All Episodes
You Are Not Crazy — 268 episodes
When Co-Parenting Isn't Safe: The Case for Parallel Parenting
Why Closure Is a Myth with Najwa Zebian
Pattern Blindness: Why No One Believes You Until It's Too Late
The Angry Daughter in Love
The Angry Daughter
Why You Keep Saying Sorry (Even When You Did Nothing Wrong)
You Were Never the Problem with Najwa Zebian
How Coercive Controllers Use Timing to Keep You in Their Orbit
What Coercive Control Does to Your Time
I Didn't Know I Was Still Holding My Breath
It Shouldn't Feel This Confusing: Naming the Cycle of Abuse
When Love Feels Like a Hostage Situation
How Manipulators Use Words to Maintain Control
The Underpinning of All Abuse: Coercive Control with Dr. Christine Cocchiola
When Co-Parenting Becomes Coercive Control
I'm Not Fucked Up, I'm Detoxing
Walking on Razor Blades: Life with Someone with BPD Description
How I Actually Healed (And Why It Didn't Look the Way I Expected)
What I Did When I Couldn't Trust My Own Mind
BPD Splitting in Relationships: What It Feels Like and How to Heal
Why They Never See It: The Psychology Behind Why Personality-Disordered People Don't Know They're the Problem
Pattern Recognition vs. The Blame Game
When Mental Illness Becomes an Excuse for Abuse
How I Help Clients Untangle High-Conflict Divorce
“No One Sees It” — The Pattern of Covert Abuse (And Why the System Misses It)
Wanting Them to Change Isn’t Abuse - Interview with Paul Colaianni
“Why Do I Feel Crazy?” — Life Inside a Trauma Bond
When Leaving Feels Impossible: The Hidden Reality of Loving Someone With Untreated BPD
Why They Feel Fine After the Blowup—and You Don’t
Emotional Whiplash, Hypervigilance, and the BPD Cycle of Abuse
When They Say You Can’t Communicate
Letting Go of the Why
The Blame Game: A Key Tactic in the Cycle of Emotional Abuse
When Co-Parenting Messages Make You Doubt Yourself
How Do I Stop Second Guessing Myself After Leaving an Abusive Relationship?
The Holiday Breakdown: Why High-Conflict Co-Parenting Becomes Unbearable
When “How to Treat a Man” Teaches Women to Disappear
Instead of Resolutions, I Do This
Dreading the New Year Doesn’t Mean You’re Failing
The Holidays, the Cycle of Abuse, and the Moment You Finally See It
Why the Holidays Feel Heavy (Even When You’ve Left)
Double Speak: When Coercive Control Hides Behind "Concern"
“You’re the Only One Who Has a Problem With Me”
When Everything Feels Like a Misunderstanding
How to Document DARVO in Family Court
When the Court Feels Like the Abuser: Family Court Awareness Month and the Fight for Safety
DARVO in Divorce — When the Abuser Becomes the “Victim”
When You Become the Villain in Their Story
How Do I Stop Craving Them? And Have They Really Changed?
Abusers Don’t See Themselves as Abusers
You’re Not Crazy—You’re Trauma Bonded
False Accountability and the Control Behind It
You Can’t Talk to Your Lawyer Like They’re Your Friend
What I Learned from Loving a Narcissist (Even Though It Nearly Broke Me)
High-Conflict Divorce and Co-Parenting
Inside the Trauma Bond: Why I Couldn’t Leave (and How I Finally Did)
Craving Relief: Why Trauma Bonds Feel Impossible to Break
How to Work With Me: Coaching, Courses, and What’s Ahead
The Cycle of Sexual Coercion
The “Nice” Version Isn’t Proof They’ve Changed
From Love Bombing to Losing Myself — and Finding My Way Back
Am I Overreacting?
When It Was Never About Change: Understanding the Psychology Behind Cluster B Abuse
Breaking the Trauma Bond
Healing a Trauma Bond: The Power You Still Have
Whose Shame Are You Carrying? How Abusers Offload Pain to Avoid Accountability
Why Abusers Believe Their Own Lies with Paul Colaianni
When You’re Not Allowed to Be Human: A Journal Entry from Inside the Cycle of Abuse
The Abuse That Didn’t Look Like Abuse
The Manipulation I Didn’t See—Until I Did
Mapping Your Specific Cycle of Abuse
Can a Narcissist Actually Change?
Why It Hurts So Much (Even After Everything)
Why They Couldn’t Love You: Understanding Emotional Capacity in Toxic Relationships
Understanding the Trauma Bond
The Outburst That Isn’t About You: Emotional Storms and BPD Traits
They're Just Avoiding Accountability
The Cumulative Effect: Why It Wasn’t “Just One Thing”
When Betrayal Breaks Your Sense of Self
Emotional Abuse Breakthrough Course: Why It Matters and How It Can Help
He Controlled the Money — Now What? with Victoria Kirilloff
Breaking Free from a Pathological Partner with Dr. Nae
How Abusers Use Therapy Against You
When Gaslighting Silences Your Inner Voice
Choosing Yourself Isn’t Selfish—It’s Necessary
Are You Trapped in a High Conflict Divorce with a Narcissist?
DARVO: The Manipulation Tactic That Keeps You Questioning Yourself
How Cluster B Traits Show Up in Toxic Relationships
I Love You, If You Do This: A Story of Realizing Sexual Coercion
Do You Feel Pressured to be Intimate?
Aimee the AI Advocate: How Aimee Says Supports Survivors of Emotional Abuse
Navigating Breakups
Understanding the Capability of Emotionally Abusive People with Paul Colaianni
Trauma Bonding – Understanding the Addictive Cycle in Toxic Relationships
Breaking Free from a Toxic Relationship
Why Am I Stuck?
Fear of Abandonment vs. Pushing People Away: Breaking the Cycle of Chaos in Relationships
When "No" Isn't Respected: Understanding Sexual Coercion
Divorce Coaching is a Game-Changer for High-Conflict Situations
Navigating New Year’s Pressure After Emotional Abuse
Holiday Triggers and Emotional Healing
High-Conflict Co-Parenting During the Holidays
Holidays Without Your Kids
Emotional Coercion
Coercive Control with Dr Christine Cocchiola
Financial Coercion with Victoria Kirilloff
Last Straw Moments
Is it love or is it control?
Why we romanticize past toxic relationships
Sexual Coercion
Understanding the Mindset of an Abusive Person
Insidious and Not-So-Insidious Control
The Challenge of Setting Boundaries
Seeing Them for Who They Really Are
A Relationship with someone w/BPD
Is Your Relationship Safe?
Are you feeling crazy after a breakup?
How to Work with Me
Are You Becoming Like Them?
"Co-parenting" with a Narcissist: Interview with Chantal Contorines
Q & A Episode: Responding to Fan Mail Questions
What Recovery FEELS Like with Paul Colaianni
Beginning to Heal
The Three Faces of Your Partner in an Abusive Relationship
Why It's Okay to Not Be Over It Yet
Trauma Bonding is Betrayal Trauma
Reclaiming your inner voice with Amy Fielder
Borderline Personality Disorder
Recognizing and Resisting Manipulation
Co-Parenting with Grace: Navigating Difficult Waters with Kind Mama Coaching
Q&A Episode with Jessica Knight
Cognitive Dissonance with Kerry McAvoy
Navigating the Financial Storm of Divorce with Victoria Kirilloff
Narcissists rewrite history to escape accountability
An Update on Christina Pierce
Understanding the Nuance of the Cycle of Abuse
The Danger of Oversimplified Advice
Recognizing the Red Flags of Abuse
A Guide for Protective Moms with Courtney Gilmartin
Further Unpacking Gaslighting
Breaking the Cycle of Narcissistic Abuse: Understanding the Discard with Ben Taylor
The 5 Love Languages Do Not Work With Abuse
Does the abuser see you as a person?
Emotional Immaturity and it's Ties to Abuse
Recognizing Manipulation and Healing from Emotional Abuse
Understanding Trauma Responses and Triggers with Emmy Marie
Is it Emotional Abuse? Assessment Tool
Coercive Control
Single Mother Stripped of Parenting Rights: The Reality of High Conflict Divorce
Detaching from an Abusive Relationship
Healthy After Toxic with Ginger Dean
Deciphering Personality Disorders and Navigating Manipulative Relationships with Kerry Kerr McAvoy
Navigating High-Conflict Divorce: Strategies and Insights with Family Court Strategist Tori
Inside the Mind of a Narcissist with Ben Taylor
Navigating the Maze of Subtle Emotional Abuse
Decoding Narcissistic Abuse and Manipulation Tactics with Katherine Kleis
Navigating the Journey from Emotional Abuse to Self-Awareness and Love
Understanding and Healing Trauma Bonds with Lisa Sonni
Navigating the Holidays with Narcissistic Ex's and Co-Parenting
Breaking the Cycle of Rumination with Trey
Navigating Abusive Relationships with Paul Colaianni: Q&A Episode
Love Addiction: Understanding and Overcoming with Psychotherapist Jodi White
Working Through Trauma from Abuse with Emmy Marie
Recognizing and Healing from Covert Narcissism with Erin Riley
How to Divorce a Narcissist with Tina Swithin
Reactive Abuse: Recognizing Patterns with Paul Colaianni
Understanding and Overcoming Gaslighting in Toxic Relationships with Dr. Frieda
Overcoming Narcissistic Abuse
Recognizing and Overcoming Abusive Relationships: Episode 100
Regaining Control in Toxic Relationships
End of Friendships & Navigating Post-Trauma Relationships
Choosing a Therapist or Life Coach when Healing from Abuse
Unraveling Insecure Attachment Styles: Understanding and Overcoming Anxiety in Relationships
Unraveling the Family Court System: Strategies for Protecting Your Child in High Conflict Divorces
Escaping the Cycle: Healing from Toxic Relationships and Trauma Bonds with Ben Taylor
Journey to Healing: Overcoming Trauma through Therapy, Yoga and Mindfulness with Anna Hindell
Love After Abuse with Nia Renee
How to Begin to Heal from a Trauma Bond
Breaking Free from Emotional and Narcissistic Abuse
Divorcing and Co-Parenting a Narcissist {Interview with Tori}
"How Can I Get Him to Understand Me?"
How I Got Here - My Story
Codependancy and Narcissistic Abuse with Manjit Rupri
Inside Love You More: Surviving Emotional, Sexual and Financial Abuse
Growing Up in a Narcissistic Home & Healing from Abuse with Katherine Kleis
The Healing Empath with Raven Scott
The Rollercoaster of Narcissistic Abuse with Rossana Faye
Importance of Community when Healing from Narcissistic Abuse with Kerry McAvoy
What is Trauma Bonding?
The Intersection Between Christianity and Narcissistic Abuse with Ben Taylor
Recovering from Narcissistic Abuse with Trey
When You're Stuck in Love with an Abuser
How Do You Know You're Not the Problem? {aka not a Narcissist}
Signs You're Co-Parenting with a Narcissist + Q&A
Shame, Blame and Narcissistic Abuse with Ben Taylor
Surviving Narcissistic Abuse with Ashlee Levitch
Divorcing and Co-Parenting a Narcissist with Kind Mama Divorce Coaching
Love Bombing
Sexual and Marital Coercion with Nat/Mending Me
Can the Abuser and the Victim Learn to Love Healthy? {Interview with Paul Colliani}
Fawning: What is it and why do we do it?
Healing After an Abusive Relationship with Emmy Marie
Fawning Explained - What it feels like
Pamela Anderson Documentary
The Narcissists Perspective with a Diagnosed Narcissist {Interview with Lee Hammock}
No Contact with a Narcissist
The Cycle of Narcissistic Abuse with Psychologist Kerry Kerr McAvoy
10 Signs You're in a Trauma Bond
Understanding Narcissism in South Asian Culture
Narcissistic Personality Disorder with Manjit Kaur Ruprai
The Yellow Rock Method for Communicating with a Narcissistic Co-Parent
Parallel Parenting Explained
What I Learned from Being in a Relationship with a Narcissist
Is it Abuse or Toxicity? 3 Tools to Understand
5 Reasons Narcissists Ruin the Holidays
Did the Narcissist Love Me?
Emotional and Narcissistic Abuse Q & A
The Rules of a Non-Abusive Relationship Do Not Apply to a Narcissistic Breakup
How to Leave (Part 1)
5 Qualities of a Healthy Partner
"Don't Rock the Boat" is Toxic
Working to Control Your Thoughts is Important
A Meditation to Help You Connect to Yourself
Am I Responsible for Feeling Abused?
Understanding Trauma Bonds with Lisa Sonni
Emotional Abuse on Netflix Love is Blind (Matt and Colleen)
Post Separation Abuse and the Family Court System {Interview with Tina Swithin}
Narcissistic Projection Explained
When you don't know you're being Gaslit, you defend yourself endlessly
Conversations with a Narcissist
Identifying a Trauma Bond
The Difference Between Therapy and Coaching
What Emotional Abuse Looks and Feels Like
The Mind of the Abuser, Interview with Paul Colaianni, Host of the Love and Abuse Podcast
The Relationship Recovery Program
Types of Abuse in Domestic Partnerships
Season Break Update
End of Season Updates
A Purgatory
How to Stop Feeling Bad for a Narcissist
Narcissistic Cycle of Abuse
How to Break a Trauma Bond
Why Other Peoples Opinions Do Not Matter
Books that Helped Me Heal
Interview with a Love Witch
How to Use Canned Responses as a Boundary
Wait, do you only work with 20-30 yr olds?
7 Ways to Starve a Narcissist
Understanding Qualities of Narcissistic Behaviors - Part 3
Understanding Qualities of Narcissistic Behavior - Part 2
Understanding the Qualities of Narcissistic Behavior - Part 1
5 Strategies To Help You When Dealing with a Narcissist or Emotional Abuser
What is the Difference Between a Narcissist and an Abuser?
Emotional Abuse Q & A
What do you do when the Emotional Abuser comes back?
How to Diffuse a Narcissist
How to Set Boundaries with an Abuser
Learning to be There for Yourself
Understanding the Cycle of Abuse
An Abusers Apology and How to Know if they are Truly Sorry
I Hate the Rhetoric on Self Love
What it Feels Like to be in an Emotionally Abusive Relationship
What it's Like to Work with Me
Common Signs of Gaslighting and How to Ungaslight Yourself
Trauma Bonding and How We Can Heal
What are Signs of Emotional Abuse?
Will My Emotionally Abusive Partner Change?
My Story