• When you can barely take care of yourself let alone give them what they want
    Sep 20 2024

    What if you're doing all you can to maintain your own health and well-being but you have someone in your life who a consistent drain on your mental and emotional health? Can you rebuild your energy or do you have to accept that it may never stop and you may have to make tougher choices about the relationship?

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    41 mins
  • When they shower you with love after they've done bad behavior
    Aug 22 2024

    How can you tell if your partner’s affection is genuine or a manipulation tactic? Love bombing usually takes place at the beginning of a relationship to create a strong bond between an abusive person and their victim. But it can also be used to get away with bad behavior in long-term relationships as well.

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    50 mins
  • When you decide enough is enough - the first step isn't the last
    Jul 13 2024

    The victim of abusive behavior will eventually reach their breaking point. In that moment, they finally feel like they can take their life back. But they may still not be out of the woods yet during the transition from victim to empowered.

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    18 mins
  • What change really looks like when the emotional abuser heals
    Jun 6 2024

    The healed former emotional abuser looks a lot different than the person they used to be. If you've ever accepted a hurtful person back into your life after they said they've changed but notice after a short while that their old behaviors are creeping back in, you might have missed an important clue that they haven't changed at all.

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    39 mins
  • Feeling discarded when they leave the relationship
    May 22 2024

    Why does it seem so easy for some people to leave a relationship, get into another one, and act as if the one they were in didn't mean anything?

    If you've felt discarded and can't stop thinking about what you did wrong, this episode is a good reminder of everything you were doing right.

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    31 mins
  • When the emotional abuser reaches back out after they've healed and changed
    Apr 25 2024

    When the emotional abuser apologizes and tries to make amends with their ex-partner after they've done a lot of personal growth and development, should they expect a response from their ex? Is that expecting too much? Or is it time for all to move on and start anew?

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    25 mins
  • Time with yourself is not only necessary, its required
    Apr 15 2024

    You give, you adapt, and you change who you are almost to your very core... to what end? When you are overly compassionate to others, you might actually be taking away from yourself. This is as harmful to your mind as a lack of sleep is to your body.

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    29 mins
  • Emotionally abusive behavior is also physically painful
    Mar 27 2024

    Victims of emotional abuse can experience physical pain from all the trauma, potentially leading to increased tolerance and resilience of harm. They can gradually lose their identity due to the abuser’s actions, becoming a shell of their former selves.

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    20 mins