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You’re exhausted from over-functioning. Always managing the chaos. Always trying to keep the peace.
You feel alone. Misunderstood. Like no one sees the full story—except you.
You question yourself constantly. You wonder if you’re the problem.
You’re not.
This podcast helps you understand emotional abuse, coercive control, narcissistic relationships, and trauma bonds—so you can stop doubting yourself and start trusting what you already know.
I’m Jessica Knight, emotional abuse coach and survivor. I help people make sense of confusing, destabilizing relationship dynamics—including gaslighting, manipulation, intermittent reinforcement, and post-separation abuse.
Here, you’ll learn to recognize the patterns of narcissistic abuse, understand the psychology of trauma bonding, and rebuild your sense of clarity, stability, and self-trust.
This podcast is especially for you if you are:
• Leaving or recovering from an emotionally abusive relationship
• Navigating divorce or post-separation coercive control
• Trying to co-parent with a high-conflict or manipulative partner
• Questioning your reality after gaslighting
• Rebuilding yourself after psychological abuse
You are not crazy. Your nervous system adapted to survive something real.
This is your space to understand what happened, reclaim your truth, and heal—on your terms.
🖤 Learn more and find resources at www.emotionalabusecoach.com
| Episode | Date |
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I'm Not Fucked Up, I'm Detoxing
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May 20, 2026 |
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Walking on Razor Blades: Life with Someone with BPD Description
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May 13, 2026 |
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How I Actually Healed (And Why It Didn't Look the Way I Expected)
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May 06, 2026 |
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What I Did When I Couldn't Trust My Own Mind
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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BPD Splitting in Relationships: What It Feels Like and How to Heal
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Why They Never See It: The Psychology Behind Why Personality-Disordered People Don't Know They're the Problem
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Pattern Recognition vs. The Blame Game
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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When Mental Illness Becomes an Excuse for Abuse
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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How I Help Clients Untangle High-Conflict Divorce
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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“No One Sees It” — The Pattern of Covert Abuse (And Why the System Misses It)
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Wanting Them to Change Isn’t Abuse - Interview with Paul Colaianni
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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“Why Do I Feel Crazy?” — Life Inside a Trauma Bond
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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When Leaving Feels Impossible: The Hidden Reality of Loving Someone With Untreated BPD
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Why They Feel Fine After the Blowup—and You Don’t
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Emotional Whiplash, Hypervigilance, and the BPD Cycle of Abuse
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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When They Say You Can’t Communicate
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Letting Go of the Why
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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The Blame Game: A Key Tactic in the Cycle of Emotional Abuse
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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When Co-Parenting Messages Make You Doubt Yourself
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Jan 17, 2026 |
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How Do I Stop Second Guessing Myself After Leaving an Abusive Relationship?
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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The Holiday Breakdown: Why High-Conflict Co-Parenting Becomes Unbearable
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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When “How to Treat a Man” Teaches Women to Disappear
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Instead of Resolutions, I Do This
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Dreading the New Year Doesn’t Mean You’re Failing
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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The Holidays, the Cycle of Abuse, and the Moment You Finally See It
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Why the Holidays Feel Heavy (Even When You’ve Left)
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Double Speak: When Coercive Control Hides Behind "Concern"
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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“You’re the Only One Who Has a Problem With Me”
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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When Everything Feels Like a Misunderstanding
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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How to Document DARVO in Family Court
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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When the Court Feels Like the Abuser: Family Court Awareness Month and the Fight for Safety
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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DARVO in Divorce — When the Abuser Becomes the “Victim”
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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When You Become the Villain in Their Story
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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How Do I Stop Craving Them? And Have They Really Changed?
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Abusers Don’t See Themselves as Abusers
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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You’re Not Crazy—You’re Trauma Bonded
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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False Accountability and the Control Behind It
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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You Can’t Talk to Your Lawyer Like They’re Your Friend
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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What I Learned from Loving a Narcissist (Even Though It Nearly Broke Me)
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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High-Conflict Divorce and Co-Parenting
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Inside the Trauma Bond: Why I Couldn’t Leave (and How I Finally Did)
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Craving Relief: Why Trauma Bonds Feel Impossible to Break
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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How to Work With Me: Coaching, Courses, and What’s Ahead
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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The Cycle of Sexual Coercion
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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The “Nice” Version Isn’t Proof They’ve Changed
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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From Love Bombing to Losing Myself — and Finding My Way Back
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Am I Overreacting?
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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When It Was Never About Change: Understanding the Psychology Behind Cluster B Abuse
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Breaking the Trauma Bond
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Healing a Trauma Bond: The Power You Still Have
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Whose Shame Are You Carrying? How Abusers Offload Pain to Avoid Accountability
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Why Abusers Believe Their Own Lies with Paul Colaianni
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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When You’re Not Allowed to Be Human: A Journal Entry from Inside the Cycle of Abuse
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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The Abuse That Didn’t Look Like Abuse
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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The Manipulation I Didn’t See—Until I Did
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Mapping Your Specific Cycle of Abuse
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Can a Narcissist Actually Change?
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Why It Hurts So Much (Even After Everything)
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Why They Couldn’t Love You: Understanding Emotional Capacity in Toxic Relationships
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Understanding the Trauma Bond
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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The Outburst That Isn’t About You: Emotional Storms and BPD Traits
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May 28, 2025 |
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They're Just Avoiding Accountability
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May 22, 2025 |
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The Cumulative Effect: Why It Wasn’t “Just One Thing”
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May 14, 2025 |
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When Betrayal Breaks Your Sense of Self
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May 07, 2025 |
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Emotional Abuse Breakthrough Course: Why It Matters and How It Can Help
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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He Controlled the Money — Now What? with Victoria Kirilloff
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Breaking Free from a Pathological Partner with Dr. Nae
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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How Abusers Use Therapy Against You
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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When Gaslighting Silences Your Inner Voice
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Choosing Yourself Isn’t Selfish—It’s Necessary
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Are You Trapped in a High Conflict Divorce with a Narcissist?
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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DARVO: The Manipulation Tactic That Keeps You Questioning Yourself
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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How Cluster B Traits Show Up in Toxic Relationships
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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I Love You, If You Do This: A Story of Realizing Sexual Coercion
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Do You Feel Pressured to be Intimate?
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Aimee the AI Advocate: How Aimee Says Supports Survivors of Emotional Abuse
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Navigating Breakups
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Understanding the Capability of Emotionally Abusive People with Paul Colaianni
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Trauma Bonding – Understanding the Addictive Cycle in Toxic Relationships
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Breaking Free from a Toxic Relationship
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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Why Am I Stuck?
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Fear of Abandonment vs. Pushing People Away: Breaking the Cycle of Chaos in Relationships
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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When "No" Isn't Respected: Understanding Sexual Coercion
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Divorce Coaching is a Game-Changer for High-Conflict Situations
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Navigating New Year’s Pressure After Emotional Abuse
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Holiday Triggers and Emotional Healing
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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High-Conflict Co-Parenting During the Holidays
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Holidays Without Your Kids
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Emotional Coercion
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Coercive Control with Dr Christine Cocchiola
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Financial Coercion with Victoria Kirilloff
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Last Straw Moments
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Is it love or is it control?
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Why we romanticize past toxic relationships
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Sexual Coercion
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Understanding the Mindset of an Abusive Person
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Insidious and Not-So-Insidious Control
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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The Challenge of Setting Boundaries
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Seeing Them for Who They Really Are
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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A Relationship with someone w/BPD
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Is Your Relationship Safe?
|
Sep 11, 2024 |
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Are you feeling crazy after a breakup?
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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How to Work with Me
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Are You Becoming Like Them?
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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"Co-parenting" with a Narcissist: Interview with Chantal Contorines
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Q & A Episode: Responding to Fan Mail Questions
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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What Recovery FEELS Like with Paul Colaianni
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Beginning to Heal
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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The Three Faces of Your Partner in an Abusive Relationship
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Why It's Okay to Not Be Over It Yet
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Trauma Bonding is Betrayal Trauma
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Reclaiming your inner voice with Amy Fielder
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Borderline Personality Disorder
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Recognizing and Resisting Manipulation
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Co-Parenting with Grace: Navigating Difficult Waters with Kind Mama Coaching
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Q&A Episode with Jessica Knight
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Cognitive Dissonance with Kerry McAvoy
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Navigating the Financial Storm of Divorce with Victoria Kirilloff
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May 29, 2024 |
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Narcissists rewrite history to escape accountability
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May 22, 2024 |
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An Update on Christina Pierce
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May 16, 2024 |
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Understanding the Nuance of the Cycle of Abuse
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May 08, 2024 |
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The Danger of Oversimplified Advice
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May 01, 2024 |
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Recognizing the Red Flags of Abuse
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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A Guide for Protective Moms with Courtney Gilmartin
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Further Unpacking Gaslighting
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Breaking the Cycle of Narcissistic Abuse: Understanding the Discard with Ben Taylor
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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The 5 Love Languages Do Not Work With Abuse
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Does the abuser see you as a person?
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Emotional Immaturity and it's Ties to Abuse
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Recognizing Manipulation and Healing from Emotional Abuse
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Understanding Trauma Responses and Triggers with Emmy Marie
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Is it Emotional Abuse? Assessment Tool
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Coercive Control
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Single Mother Stripped of Parenting Rights: The Reality of High Conflict Divorce
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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Detaching from an Abusive Relationship
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Healthy After Toxic with Ginger Dean
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Deciphering Personality Disorders and Navigating Manipulative Relationships with Kerry Kerr McAvoy
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Navigating High-Conflict Divorce: Strategies and Insights with Family Court Strategist Tori
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Inside the Mind of a Narcissist with Ben Taylor
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Navigating the Maze of Subtle Emotional Abuse
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Decoding Narcissistic Abuse and Manipulation Tactics with Katherine Kleis
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Navigating the Journey from Emotional Abuse to Self-Awareness and Love
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Understanding and Healing Trauma Bonds with Lisa Sonni
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Navigating the Holidays with Narcissistic Ex's and Co-Parenting
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Breaking the Cycle of Rumination with Trey
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Navigating Abusive Relationships with Paul Colaianni: Q&A Episode
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Love Addiction: Understanding and Overcoming with Psychotherapist Jodi White
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Working Through Trauma from Abuse with Emmy Marie
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Recognizing and Healing from Covert Narcissism with Erin Riley
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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How to Divorce a Narcissist with Tina Swithin
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Reactive Abuse: Recognizing Patterns with Paul Colaianni
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Understanding and Overcoming Gaslighting in Toxic Relationships with Dr. Frieda
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Overcoming Narcissistic Abuse
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Recognizing and Overcoming Abusive Relationships: Episode 100
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Regaining Control in Toxic Relationships
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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End of Friendships & Navigating Post-Trauma Relationships
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Choosing a Therapist or Life Coach when Healing from Abuse
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Unraveling Insecure Attachment Styles: Understanding and Overcoming Anxiety in Relationships
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Unraveling the Family Court System: Strategies for Protecting Your Child in High Conflict Divorces
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Escaping the Cycle: Healing from Toxic Relationships and Trauma Bonds with Ben Taylor
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Journey to Healing: Overcoming Trauma through Therapy, Yoga and Mindfulness with Anna Hindell
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Love After Abuse with Nia Renee
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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How to Begin to Heal from a Trauma Bond
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Breaking Free from Emotional and Narcissistic Abuse
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Divorcing and Co-Parenting a Narcissist {Interview with Tori}
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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"How Can I Get Him to Understand Me?"
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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How I Got Here - My Story
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Codependancy and Narcissistic Abuse with Manjit Rupri
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Inside Love You More: Surviving Emotional, Sexual and Financial Abuse
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Growing Up in a Narcissistic Home & Healing from Abuse with Katherine Kleis
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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The Healing Empath with Raven Scott
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May 31, 2023 |
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The Rollercoaster of Narcissistic Abuse with Rossana Faye
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May 24, 2023 |
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Importance of Community when Healing from Narcissistic Abuse with Kerry McAvoy
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May 12, 2023 |
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What is Trauma Bonding?
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May 10, 2023 |
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The Intersection Between Christianity and Narcissistic Abuse with Ben Taylor
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May 03, 2023 |
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Recovering from Narcissistic Abuse with Trey
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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When You're Stuck in Love with an Abuser
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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How Do You Know You're Not the Problem? {aka not a Narcissist}
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Signs You're Co-Parenting with a Narcissist + Q&A
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Shame, Blame and Narcissistic Abuse with Ben Taylor
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Surviving Narcissistic Abuse with Ashlee Levitch
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Divorcing and Co-Parenting a Narcissist with Kind Mama Divorce Coaching
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Love Bombing
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Sexual and Marital Coercion with Nat/Mending Me
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Can the Abuser and the Victim Learn to Love Healthy? {Interview with Paul Colliani}
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Fawning: What is it and why do we do it?
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Healing After an Abusive Relationship with Emmy Marie
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Fawning Explained - What it feels like
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Pamela Anderson Documentary
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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The Narcissists Perspective with a Diagnosed Narcissist {Interview with Lee Hammock}
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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No Contact with a Narcissist
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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The Cycle of Narcissistic Abuse with Psychologist Kerry Kerr McAvoy
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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10 Signs You're in a Trauma Bond
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Understanding Narcissism in South Asian Culture
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder with Manjit Kaur Ruprai
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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The Yellow Rock Method for Communicating with a Narcissistic Co-Parent
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Parallel Parenting Explained
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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What I Learned from Being in a Relationship with a Narcissist
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Is it Abuse or Toxicity? 3 Tools to Understand
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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5 Reasons Narcissists Ruin the Holidays
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Did the Narcissist Love Me?
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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Emotional and Narcissistic Abuse Q & A
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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The Rules of a Non-Abusive Relationship Do Not Apply to a Narcissistic Breakup
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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How to Leave (Part 1)
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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5 Qualities of a Healthy Partner
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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"Don't Rock the Boat" is Toxic
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Working to Control Your Thoughts is Important
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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A Meditation to Help You Connect to Yourself
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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Am I Responsible for Feeling Abused?
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Understanding Trauma Bonds with Lisa Sonni
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Emotional Abuse on Netflix Love is Blind (Matt and Colleen)
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Post Separation Abuse and the Family Court System {Interview with Tina Swithin}
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Narcissistic Projection Explained
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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When you don't know you're being Gaslit, you defend yourself endlessly
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Conversations with a Narcissist
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Identifying a Trauma Bond
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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The Difference Between Therapy and Coaching
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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What Emotional Abuse Looks and Feels Like
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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The Mind of the Abuser, Interview with Paul Colaianni, Host of the Love and Abuse Podcast
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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The Relationship Recovery Program
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Types of Abuse in Domestic Partnerships
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Season Break Update
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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End of Season Updates
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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A Purgatory
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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How to Stop Feeling Bad for a Narcissist
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Narcissistic Cycle of Abuse
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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How to Break a Trauma Bond
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Why Other Peoples Opinions Do Not Matter
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Books that Helped Me Heal
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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Interview with a Love Witch
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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How to Use Canned Responses as a Boundary
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Wait, do you only work with 20-30 yr olds?
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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7 Ways to Starve a Narcissist
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Understanding Qualities of Narcissistic Behaviors - Part 3
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Understanding Qualities of Narcissistic Behavior - Part 2
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May 25, 2022 |
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Understanding the Qualities of Narcissistic Behavior - Part 1
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May 17, 2022 |
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5 Strategies To Help You When Dealing with a Narcissist or Emotional Abuser
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May 13, 2022 |
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What is the Difference Between a Narcissist and an Abuser?
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May 04, 2022 |
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Emotional Abuse Q & A
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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What do you do when the Emotional Abuser comes back?
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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How to Diffuse a Narcissist
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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How to Set Boundaries with an Abuser
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Learning to be There for Yourself
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Understanding the Cycle of Abuse
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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An Abusers Apology and How to Know if they are Truly Sorry
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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I Hate the Rhetoric on Self Love
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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What it Feels Like to be in an Emotionally Abusive Relationship
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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What it's Like to Work with Me
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Common Signs of Gaslighting and How to Ungaslight Yourself
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Feb 12, 2022 |
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Trauma Bonding and How We Can Heal
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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What are Signs of Emotional Abuse?
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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Will My Emotionally Abusive Partner Change?
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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My Story
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Jan 10, 2022 |