Toxic Relationships with Author Maddie Anholt

Maddy Anholt is a comedian, actor, Women's Aid Ambassador, and the author of How to Leave Your Psychopath and she is our very lovely guest on this week’s podcast where we discuss her book, toxic relationships and identify some of the manipulative traits of a psychopath.There’s a discussion on a phallic Cornish luxury hotel, seagulls that fly over a 100 miles to visit their favourite fish and chip shop and also some important information on the HRT shortage that is hitting the UK.We have a mouth-watering foodie from Jinty and it’s a curry with peaches and comes in at under 30p a portion.We continue with Maddy’s fantastic book How To Leave Your Psychopath and how is everyone getting on with the WI Death Wishes list? We have Maddy Anholt with us this week as our guest, we are reading her superb first book How To Leave Your Psychopath in our Book Collective this month. The book offers a candid insight into the complex world of coercive control and abusive relationships from a woman who has spent her entire dating life trapped in them. We talk to Maddy about how she became a Womens aid Ambassador, how lockdown changed her plans from tour to book (and soon another tour). In her book she cleverly weaves her own experiences with science & psychology whilst at the same time making us laugh, she explains how important the format of the book was and how it began. She explains that ‘Each chapter in the book is a memoir, psychology and scienceHave you heard of Negging? Gaslighting? Maddy explains these, (& more) aspects of coercive behaviour and how to spot red flags in your relationship - which isn’t easy and she explains why!Maddy also opens up about how writing the book helped her understand boundaries, and the value of vulnerability.This is a must listen for anyone in a relationship or not. We learned so much and it helped us to make sense of some relationships in our own past.We had a blast talking to Maddy and you can see the interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA As our campaign for an NHS menopause clinic in Devon moves on we share with you the news from the campaign café we held before the very first Menopause Café held at Bumble and Bee in Devon, and it was a great evening with a room full of wonderful women. To sign our petition for a menopause clinic in Devon please click on the link: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: [email protected] finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk We continue our Foodie on a budget with a curry with a surprise twist from Jinty https://cookingonabootstrap.com/2018/02/13/jardaloo-ma-murghi-curry-with-apricots-22p/ Our Book Collective continues with How To Leave your Psychopath and we find out why psycho Damien is the way he is, there is a lot of emotion and vulnerability from Maddy in this book and it shows in the superb re-telling and research in the book. Next week we read to page 296. The WI has opened up a lot of discussion and if you would like a copy of the Death Wishes List emailed to you please drop us an email at: [email protected] discuss when should you have a Day of The Dead to celebrate loved ones? And how are we getting on with filling our sheets in?If you’ve been affected by any of the interview today and would like further information please contact: https://www.womensaid.org.ukhttps://www.refuge.org.uk --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.