Chad talks with Malory about her toxic marriage to a high spectrum narcissist. It's a story of being a fixer, control, facades, and parental alienation of step children.
Chad talks with Sadie about her 5 year toxic relationship with a ultra controlling narcissist. It's a story of hoovering, infidelity, secrets, extreme financial bombing, stalking, valuing yourself, codependency, and finding your identity.
Chad talks with Georgia about her 17 year toxic relationship with an emotionally abusive narcissist. It's a story of trauma bonds, manipulation tactics, infidelity and taking things out on the kids.
Chad talks with an abuse survivor named Emily about her toxic marriage to a covert narcissist. It's a story of covert grandiosity, abuse escalation phases, power plays, entitlement, not knowing how to get out, and that something was wrong.
Chad and his Old Pal Melissa listen to unsent 'Letters To My Narcissist' that they received from a handful of courageous narcissistic abuse survivors. It's an emotional roller coaster of an episode that will make you laugh and cry, with some goosebumps in between. Prepare to be inspired.
Chad talks with a return survivor named Kelly about her marriage to a physically abusive narcissist. It's a story of brainwashing, isolation, feeling embarrassed for staying and the difficulty in leaving for good.
Chad talks with a survivor named Vienna about her marriage to a triangulating narcissist who was secretly running an elaborate smear campaign against her. It's a story of blame shifting, future faking, noticing patterns, and using the constant threat of suicide to keep you trapped within a relatio…
Chad talks with an abuse survivor named Aubrey about her toxic relationship with a narcissist who loved to isolate. It's a story of pettiness, being trustworthy, nuanced lies, and bullying children.
Chad talks with an abuse survivor named Rain about growing up in a dysfunctional family with a narcissistic mother. It's a story of scapegoats, enmeshment, sexual abuse, dealing with death, and persevering through it all.
Chad talks with Gal about her toxic relationship with a victim playing narcissist. It’s a story of crazy ex’s, infidelity, accepting the love you think you deserve, and finding yourself again in the aftermath of abuse.
Chad talks with Noelle about her seven-year toxic relationship with a physically abusive narcissist. It's a story of constant blaming, jealousy, belief systems, guilt, IPV, and using religion to pull the wool over everyone's eyes.
Chad talks with Darcy about her toxic relationship with a cheating narcissist. It's a story of facades, kernels of truth, wanting proof, and trying to make things work.
Monica Nagy, Director of Reformative Services for the SAFEHAVEN Partner Abuse Intervention & Prevention Program, stops by the show to discuss red flags, working with abusers, language, isolation, how domestic abuse agencies help victims, and much more.
Chad talks with Vanessa about growing up in a dysfunctional family and the fears created by her narcissistic father. It's a story of parentification, enmeshment, extreme guilt, anxiety, being good enough, and finding your identity.
Chad talks with Harmony about her 20 year toxic relationship with an abusive police officer. It's a story of victim playing, jealousy, isolation, infidelity, and care taking.
Chad talks with Bernadette about her toxic relationship with a possessive narcissist. It's a story of sexual abuse, superficiality, extreme trauma bond withdrawal, and semantics.
Chad talks with Francesca about her abusive marriage to a controlling narcissist. It's a story of testing loyalties, conditioning, extreme stalking, and living as if you were in a prison.
Chad talks with Kelly about her marriage to a wolf in sheep's clothing. It's a story of smear campaigns, being good enough, attempted murder, and ptsd.
Chad talks with Bailey about her 27 year toxic marriage to a controlling narcissist. It's a story of financial abuse, secrets, taking responsibility, and an amazing daughter.
Chad talks with Doug about his multiple long term toxic relationships and generational trauma. It's a story of addiction, codependency, isolation, broken bonds, and doing the hard work in the aftermath.
Chad talks with Chance about her 4 year long-distance relationship with a toxic liar. It's a story of becoming a single mom while working three jobs to provide for her child and always being given the run around by a present/future deadbeat dad.
Chad talks with Rayna about her 10 year toxic relationship that had her wondering who she was anymore. It's a story of holding onto hope, pedestals, cancer survival, and breaking the trauma bond for good.
Chad talks with a survivor named Brenda about her four year relationship with a loose cannon of a narcissist. It's a story of victim playing, control, the danger of going to couples therapy with a narcissist, and overcoming the fear of leaving.
Chad talks with a survivor and therapist named Belle about her marriage to a 'supply junkie' of a narcissist. Belle's EX was also a white collar criminal and ever the opportunist. It's a story of trauma bonding, infidelity, the hooverer of all hooverers, and taking your power back. You'll laugh, yo…
