Brandon talks with Poncho about her physically abusive relationship with an impulsive spendthrift. It's a story of child sex abuse, caretaking, thinking you're the problem, and infidelity. Plus they discuss, ex wives, rage, gaslighting, death, trauma bonding, narcissistic mothers, neglect, healing, and much more. *** Trigger Warning - This episode discusses graphic discussion of child sex abuse and intimate partner violence. The child sex abuse is mentioned when Poncho is describing her upbringing in the first 12 minutes of the show.***Thank you to our sponsor BOMBAS. Go to Bombas.com/nap and get 20% off your purchase of socks, underwear, and t-shirts. Bombas donates an item to a homeless shelter for every item purchased. They are a wonderful company. We love Bombas.Thank you to our sponsor HELLOFRESH. Go to HelloFresh.com/nap16 and use code nap16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! Enjoy America’s #1 Meal Kit today!Thank you to our sponsor BETTERHELP. If you need online counseling from anywhere in the world, please do go to https://www.betterhelp.com/nap Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month.If you or someone you know are experiencing abuse, you are not alone. DomesticShelters.org offers an extensive library of articles and resources that can help you make sense of what you're experiencing, connect you with local resources and find ways to heal and move forward. Visit www.domesticshelters.org to access this free resource. Join our new Community Social Network at https://community.narcissistapocalypse.com/Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypseJoin our Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTIgjTqVJa4caNWMIAJllA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode from our archives, Brandon talks with Shirin Peykar (LMFT & Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Coach) about divorce, coparenting, and toxic narcissist abuse. Plus they answer lots of questions sent in by the audience. It's a very informative episode.Shirin Peykar can be reached at https://www.talkwithshirin.com/Thank you to our sponsor BOMBAS. Go to Bombas.com/nap and get 20% off your purchase of socks, underwear, and t-shirts. Bombas donates an item to a homeless shelter for every item purchased. They are a wonderful company. We love Bombas.Thank you to our sponsor HELLOFRESH. Go to HelloFresh.com/nap16 and use code nap16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! Enjoy America’s #1 Meal Kit today!If you or someone you know are experiencing abuse, you are not alone. DomesticShelters.org offers an extensive library of articles and resources that can help you make sense of what you're experiencing, connect you with local resources and find ways to heal and move forward. Visit www.domesticshelters.org to access this free resource. Join our new Community Social Network at https://community.narcissistapocalypse.com/Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypseJoin our Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTIgjTqVJa4caNWMIAJllA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brandon talks with Roxy about growing up with a narcissistic mother who was a pathological liar. It's a story of caretaking, trauma, questioning reality, only child guilt, and letting go. Plus they discuss, validation, addiction, death, neglect, rage, the healing process, infidelity, security, fears, theft, fraud, jail, and much more. This episode may be a family story, but even if you're in a relationship, you'll feel what Roxy has to say. She's infectious in a good way. *** Trigger Warning - This episode mentions physical abuse and a situation where Roxy's mom tries to get her to marry a man she's having an affair with. ***Thank you to our sponsor BOMBAS. Go to Bombas.com/nap and get 20% off your purchase of socks, underwear, and t-shirts. Bombas donates an item to a homeless shelter for every item purchased. They are a wonderful company. We love Bombas.Thank you to our sponsor HELLOFRESH. Go to HelloFresh.com/nap16 and use code nap16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! Enjoy America’s #1 Meal Kit today!Thank you to our sponsor Tru Niagen. Tru Niagen is a supplement that’s clinically proven to boost N-A-D levels, an essential coenzyme required for cellular energy and repair. Add more vitality to your life today, with Tru Niagen. Right now, new customers can save 10% on their first purchase by going to https://TruNiagen.com/nap and use code nap.If you or someone you know are experiencing abuse, you are not alone. DomesticShelters.org offers an extensive library of articles and resources that can help you make sense of what you're experiencing, connect you with local resources and find ways to heal and move forward. Visit www.domesticshelters.org to access this free resource. Join our new Community Social Network at https://community.narcissistapocalypse.com/Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypseJoin our Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTIgjTqVJa4caNWMIAJllA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode from our archives, Brandon talks with Elizabeth Barre (Relationship & Narcissist Abuse Recovery Coach) about transpersonal psychology, using spirituality in the healing process, and spiritual abuse.Elizabeth Barre can be reached at https://relational-somatics.com/Thank you to our sponsor HELLOFRESH. Go to HelloFresh.com/nap16 and use code nap16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! Enjoy America’s #1 Meal Kit today!Thank you to our sponsor Tru Niagen. Tru Niagen is a supplement that’s clinically proven to boost N-A-D levels, an essential coenzyme required for cellular energy and repair. Add more vitality to your life today, with Tru Niagen. Right now, new customers can save 10% on their first purchase by going to https://TruNiagen.com/nap and use code nap.If you or someone you know are experiencing abuse, you are not alone. DomesticShelters.org offers an extensive library of articles and resources that can help you make sense of what you're experiencing, connect you with local resources and find ways to heal and move forward. Visit www.domesticshelters.org to access this free resource. Join our new Community Social Network at https://community.narcissistapocalypse.com/Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypseJoin our Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTIgjTqVJa4caNWMIAJllA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brandon talks with Phoenix about her experience as a spiritual cult member and her marriage to a physically abusive husband. It's a story of manipulation, threats, fear, obligation, guilt, and shame in the aftermath of abuse. Plus they discuss, self esteem, family enmeshment, isolation, emotional abuse, gaslighting, trauma bonding, stockholm syndrome, and much more. *** TRIGGER WARNING - This episode has graphic description of strangulation. ***Thank you to our sponsor BOMBAS. Go to Bombas.com/nap and get 20% off your purchase of socks, underwear, and t-shirts. Bombas donates an item to a homeless shelter for every item purchased. They are a wonderful company. We love Bombas.Thank you to our sponsor HELLOFRESH. Go to HelloFresh.com/nap16 and use code nap16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! Enjoy America’s #1 Meal Kit today!Thank you to our sponsor Tru Niagen. Tru Niagen is a supplement that’s clinically proven to boost N-A-D levels, an essential coenzyme required for cellular energy and repair. Add more vitality to your life today, with Tru Niagen. Right now, new customers can save 10% on their first purchase by going to https://TruNiagen.com/nap and use code nap.Thank you to our sponsor BETTERHELP. If you need online counseling from anywhere in the world, please do go to https://www.betterhelp.com/nap Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month.If you or someone you know are experiencing abuse, you are not alone. DomesticShelters.org offers an extensive library of articles and resources that can help you make sense of what you're experiencing, connect you with local resources and find ways to heal and move forward. Visit www.domesticshelters.org to access this free resource. Join our new Community Social Network at https://community.narcissistapocalypse.com/Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypseJoin our Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTIgjTqVJa4caNWMIAJllA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brandon talks with Dr. Amelia Kelley (trauma informed therapist & author) about the overlapping behaviors of ADHD & Narcissism and how to recognize where Narcissistic Abuse begins.  Plus they discuss, control, intentions, can't vs. won't, doing the work, comorbidity, weaponizing mental health issues, and much more.Dr Amelia Kelley's website is https://www.ameliakelley.com/ and you can purchase her book 'What I Wish I Knew: Surviving and Thriving After an Abusive Relationship' by clicking here.Thank you to our sponsor BOMBAS. Go to Bombas.com/nap and get 20% off your purchase of socks, underwear, and t-shirts. Bombas donates an item to a homeless shelter for every item purchased. They are a wonderful company. We love Bombas.Thank you to our sponsor HELLOFRESH. Go to HelloFresh.com/nap14 and use code nap14 for up to 14 free meals AND 3 free gifts! Enjoy America’s #1 Meal Kit today!Thank you to our sponsor Tru Niagen. Tru Niagen is a supplement that’s clinically proven to boost N-A-D levels, an essential coenzyme required for cellular energy and repair. Add more vitality to your life today, with Tru Niagen. Right now, new customers can save 10% on their first purchase by going to https://TruNiagen.com/nap and use code nap.Thank you to our sponsor BETTERHELP. If you need online counseling from anywhere in the world, please do go to https://www.betterhelp.com/nap Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month.If you or someone you know are experiencing abuse, you are not alone. DomesticShelters.org offers an extensive library of articles and resources that can help you make sense of what you're experiencing, connect you with local resources and find ways to heal and move forward. Visit www.domesticshelters.org to access this free resource. Join our new Community Social Network at https://community.narcissistapocalypse.com/Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypseJoin our Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTIgjTqVJa4caNWMIAJllA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brandon talks with Macy about her toxic relationship with an AWARE partner with mental health issues and abusive behaviors. It's a story of caretaking, jealousy, manipulation, paranoia, and not wanting to do the work. Plus they discuss, gaslighting, projection, narcissistic parents, child abuse, reactive abuse, push/pulls, the silent treatment, hoovering, discards, and much more. *** TRIGGER WARNING - This episode has graphic descriptions of physical child abuse. ***Thank you to our sponsor BOMBAS. Go to Bombas.com/nap and get 20% off your purchase of socks, underwear, and t-shirts. Bombas donates an item to a homeless shelter for every item purchased. They are a wonderful company. We love Bombas.Thank you to our sponsor HELLOFRESH. Go to HelloFresh.com/nap14 and use code nap14 for up to 14 free meals AND 3 free gifts! Enjoy America’s #1 Meal Kit today!Thank you to our sponsor Tru Niagen. Tru Niagen is a supplement that’s clinically proven to boost N-A-D levels, an essential coenzyme required for cellular energy and repair. Add more vitality to your life today, with Tru Niagen. Right now, new customers can save 10% on their first purchase by going to https://TruNiagen.com/nap and use code nap.Thank you to our sponsor BETTERHELP. If you need online counseling from anywhere in the world, please do go to https://www.betterhelp.com/nap Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month.If you or someone you know are experiencing abuse, you are not alone. DomesticShelters.org offers an extensive library of articles and resources that can help you make sense of what you're experiencing, connect you with local resources and find ways to heal and move forward. Visit www.domesticshelters.org to access this free resource. Join our new Community Social Network at https://community.narcissistapocalypse.com/Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypseJoin our Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTIgjTqVJa4caNWMIAJllA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brandon talks with Dr. Kenneth Adams about the signs of enmeshment, emotional incest, and red flag dysfunctional family dynamics. Plus they discuss, codependency, surrogate companions, boundaries, and warning signs that your partners apple may not fall far from the tree. *** TRIGGER WARNING - Non Sexual and Sexual Incest is briefly discussed in this episode. ***Dr. Kenneth Adams' website is https://www.overcomingenmeshment.comThank you to our sponsor BOMBAS. Go to Bombas.com/nap and get 20% off your purchase of socks, underwear, and t-shirts. Bombas donates an item to a homeless shelter for every item purchased. They are a wonderful company. We love Bombas.Thank you to our sponsor HELLOFRESH. Go to HelloFresh.com/nap14 and use code nap14 for up to 14 free meals AND 3 free gifts! Enjoy America’s #1 Meal Kit today!Thank you to our sponsor BETTERHELP. If you need online counseling from anywhere in the world, please do go to https://www.betterhelp.com/nap Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month.Thank you to our sponsor Tru Niagen. Tru Niagen is a supplement that’s clinically proven to boost N-A-D levels, an essential coenzyme required for cellular energy and repair. Add more vitality to your life today, with Tru Niagen. Right now, new customers can save 10% on their first purchase by going to https://TruNiagen.com/nap and use code nap.If you or someone you know are experiencing abuse, you are not alone. DomesticShelters.org offers an extensive library of articles and resources that can help you make sense of what you're experiencing, connect you with local resources and find ways to heal and move forward. Visit www.domesticshelters.org to access this free resource. Join our new Community Social Network at https://community.narcissistapocalypse.com/Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypseJoin our Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTIgjTqVJa4caNWMIAJllA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brandon talks with Erika Guest (Behavioral Therapist) about the behavior shaping techniques used by abusive narcissists to condition their victims for long-term abuse. Using clips from the survivor series episodes, Erika and Brandon break down the techniques and how to recognize when the abusive narcissist is using them against you. Thank you to our sponsor BOMBAS. Go to Bombas.com/nap and get 20% off your purchase of socks, underwear, and t-shirts. Bombas donates an item to a homeless shelter for every item purchased. They are a wonderful company. We love Bombas.Thank you to our sponsor HELLOFRESH. Go to HelloFresh.com/nap14 and use code nap14 for up to 14 free meals AND 3 free gifts! Enjoy America’s #1 Meal Kit today!Thank you to our sponsor BETTERHELP. If you need online counseling from anywhere in the world, please do go to https://www.betterhelp.com/nap Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month.Thank you to our sponsor Tru Niagen. Tru Niagen is a supplement that’s clinically proven to boost N-A-D levels, an essential coenzyme required for cellular energy and repair. Add more vitality to your life today, with Tru Niagen. Right now, new customers can save 10% on their first purchase by going to https://TruNiagen.com/nap and use code nap.If you or someone you know are experiencing abuse, you are not alone. DomesticShelters.org offers an extensive library of articles and resources that can help you make sense of what you're experiencing, connect you with local resources and find ways to heal and move forward. Visit www.domesticshelters.org to access this free resource. Join our new Community Social Network at https://community.narcissistapocalypse.com/Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypseJoin our Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTIgjTqVJa4caNWMIAJllA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brandon talks with Aszul about her toxic relationship with a rage filled narcissist. It's a story of triangulation, open relationships, creating problems that don’t exist, and caretaking. Plus they discuss, gaslighting, patterns of abuse, hypocrisy, invalidation, projection, hoovering, bonding over trauma, mind reading, victim playing, boundaries, control, and much more.Thank you to our sponsor BOMBAS. Go to Bombas.com/nap and get 20% off your purchase of socks, underwear, and t-shirts. Bombas donates an item to a homeless shelter for every item purchased. They are a wonderful company. We love Bombas.Thank you to our sponsor HELLOFRESH. Go to HelloFresh.com/nap14 and use code nap14 for up to 14 free meals AND 3 free gifts! Enjoy America’s #1 Meal Kit today!Thank you to our sponsor BETTERHELP. If you need online counseling from anywhere in the world, please do go to https://www.betterhelp.com/nap Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month.Thank you to our sponsor Tru Niagen. Tru Niagen is a supplement that’s clinically proven to boost N-A-D levels, an essential coenzyme required for cellular energy and repair. Add more vitality to your life today, with Tru Niagen. Right now, new customers can save 10% on their first purchase by going to https://TruNiagen.com/nap and use code nap.If you or someone you know are experiencing abuse, you are not alone. DomesticShelters.org offers an extensive library of articles and resources that can help you make sense of what you're experiencing, connect you with local resources and find ways to heal and move forward. Visit www.domesticshelters.org to access this free resource. Join our new Community Social Network at https://community.narcissistapocalypse.com/Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypseJoin our Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTIgjTqVJa4caNWMIAJllA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices