In this Texties From The Exties, Lindsay reads a message from a partner where he tells her she's Jerry Springer trash. Though he doesn't say "trash" - he uses other words.

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In this episode, Lindsay welcomes back our BFF, Dr. Nadine Macaluso, psychologist, relational trauma expert, and survivor of one of the most infamous coercive control stories of our time. Dr. Nae breaks down trauma bonding in a way that finally makes sense, explains how narcissistic personalities pull you into their cycle, and shares the five non negotiable things you must know if you are dealing with someone who thrives on power, control, and chaos.

From Dirty John to Romeo style coercive control, Dr. Nadine gives a masterclass on the patterns, the psychology, and the science of why smart, capable, high functioning women get trapped in relationships that turn their world upside down. This is the episode every survivor, every bestie, and every woman rebuilding her life needs in her toolkit.

Inside This Episode:

• What trauma bonding actually is

• How narcissistic abuse forms and hooks you

• The five things you must understand to protect yourself

• How coercive control works and why it escalates

• Why survivors stay and what finally breaks the bond

• Nadine’s lived experience and how she rebuilt her life

About Dr Nadine Macaluso:

Dr Nadine Macaluso is a licensed psychologist and renowned expert on relational trauma and narcissistic abuse. Her work helps survivors understand the patterns that held them captive so they can break free, reclaim their identity, and rebuild with clarity and strength.

Visit her at https://drnae.com/ and get her book RUN LIKE AT HELL at https://drnae.com/product/run-like-hell-book-bundle/

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If you’re co-parenting with a narcissist, living through post-separation abuse, or just trying to protect your peace, the TalkingParents app will save your sanity. Every message. Every call. Every receipt. Safely logged. Documented bad words, gaslighting, word salads, or being run around more than a Target cart on a Sunday. Just boundaries, receipts, and your peace of mind. It’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and this collab is all about protecting survivors long after they leave.

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We all have our ways of asking for help from our partners in life, in this particular caae, a sandwich baggie. Some of us are more formal:

"My love, when you have a brief moment, can you get me a ziploc from the kitchen?"

Others are more casual:

"Honey, can you grab me a baggie when you come up?"

Yet others choose to drop the formalities altogether:

"I need a plastic bag!"

This doting partner takes a different approach entirely, deciding that emphasizing his wife's sexual prowess - whether real or imagined - as the key motivator for her to bring him a gallon-sized sandwich baggie.

Did he get his sandwich baggie? How would you respond? Email us at [email protected] or IM us on instagram @bitchisabadwordpod with what you would have done! And join our Patreon to discuss it with other Besties!

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If you’re co-parenting with a narcissist, living through post-separation abuse, or just trying to protect your peace, the TalkingParents app will save your sanity. Every message. Every call. Every receipt. Safely logged. Documented bad words, gaslighting, word salads, or being run around more than a Target cart on a Sunday. Just boundaries, receipts, and your peace of mind. It’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and this collab is all about protecting survivors long after they leave.

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In this episode, Lindsay sits down with somatic healing expert and author Beatriz (Bea) Victoria Albina, NP, MPH, SEP for a conversation that will have you rethinking how you relate to yourself and everyone else. Bea breaks down her trademarked concept, “Outsourcing Your Emotions,” and explains how we chronically and habitually give our sense of safety, belonging, and worth to everyone and everything outside of ourselves and the deep cost that has on our SELF.

Together, Lindsay and Bea unpack what it means to source your sense from within, offering practical and embodied tools for nervous system regulation, co-regulation, and building a relationship with your body that feels like home again.

She’s brilliant, bold, and such a damn good time. This episode is the somatic wake-up call every recovering people-pleaser and perfectionist needs.

Inside This Episode:

• What “outsourcing your emotions” really means

• How to recognize emotional outsourcing as a habit, not your identity

• Why codependency, perfectionism, and people-pleasing are nervous system strategies

• Somatic and co-regulation tools to bring you back into your body

• How to reclaim your safety, belonging, and worth from within

About Beatriz Albina:

Beatriz (Bea) Victoria Albina, NP, MPH, SEP (she/her) is a UCSF-trained Family Nurse Practitioner, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Master Certified Somatic Life Coach, author of the book "End Emotional Outsourcing: A Guide to Overcoming Codependent, Perfectionist and People Pleasing Habits" (Sept 30, Hachette Balance), and host of the Feminist Wellness Podcast.

With over 20 years in health and wellness, Bea helps baddies all over the world, reconnect with their bodies, regulate their nervous systems, and reclaim their joy.

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS 

• Book Website with pre-order details
• Instagram: @beatrizvictoriaalbinanp
• Podcast: Feminist Wellness

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💜 We’re teaming up with TalkingParentsApp to give the Bestie Gang one of the best tools for the Bestie Toolkit, the power to communicate without chaos. Because as much as we love reading your “Texties from your Exties,” some messages are better left professionally documented. 👀

If you’re co-parenting with a narcissist, living through post-separation abuse, or just trying to protect your peace, the TalkingParents app will save your sanity. Every message. Every call. Every receipt. Safely logged. Documented bad words, gaslighting, word salads, or being run around more than a Target cart on a Sunday. Just boundaries, receipts, and your peace of mind. It’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and this collab is all about protecting survivors long after they leave.

👉 Follow @TalkingParentsApp on Instagram & listen to the full episode of this Bitch Is A Bad Word ep now.

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In this new segment, Lindsay shares listeners' text messages from their ex's!

All submissions are anonymous!

Send your Exties' texties to [email protected]

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💜 We’re teaming up with TalkingParentsApp to give the Bestie Gang one of the best tools for the Bestie Toolkit, the power to communicate without chaos. Because as much as we love reading your “Texties from your Exties,” some messages are better left professionally documented. 👀

If you’re co-parenting with a narcissist, living through post-separation abuse, or just trying to protect your peace, the TalkingParents app will save your sanity. Every message. Every call. Every receipt. Safely logged. Documented bad words, gaslighting, word salads, or being run around more than a Target cart on a Sunday. Just boundaries, receipts, and your peace of mind. It’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and this collab is all about protecting survivors long after they leave.

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In Part 2 of Lindsay’s epic and unfiltered conversation with Richard Grannon, the trauma expert and philosopher who’s redefining recovery, the two dive head-first into what healing actually looks like after surviving narcissistic abuse. From learning to trust yourself again to understanding how to cut off the supply that keeps toxic people fed, this episode is a must-listen for anyone trying to crawl out of chaos and build peace that actually lasts.

Inside This Episode:

• How to stop mistaking pain for love

• What “cutting off the supply” really means in narcissistic relationships

• The truth about co-parenting with a narcissist and protecting your kids

• Why being “indifferent” is your ultimate power move

• How to rebuild your self-trust and finally feel safe in your own skin

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If you’re co-parenting with a narcissist, living through post-separation abuse, or just trying to protect your peace, the TalkingParents app will save your sanity. Every message. Every call. Every receipt. Safely logged. Documented bad words, gaslighting, word salads, or being run around more than a Target cart on a Sunday. Just boundaries, receipts, and your peace of mind. It’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and this collab is all about protecting survivors long after they leave.

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Richard Grannon is a psychotherapist, speaker, and creator of The Spartan Life Coach. Known for blending philosophy, psychology, and practical tools for emotional recovery, his work has helped millions break free from narcissistic abuse and rebuild with clarity and self-respect.

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In this special episode of Bitch Is a Bad Word, Lindsay sits down inside the National Domestic Violence Hotline headquarters with Katie Ray-Jones, the organization’s badass CEO and lifelong advocate for survivors. Together, they pull back the curtain on what really happens when someone calls for help.

From personal survivor stories to the Power and Control Wheel, tech abuse, and teen dating violence, this episode reveals the realities of modern abuse and the lifesaving work happening behind the scenes. Lindsay also shares her emotional experience being invited to serve as an “Advocate for the Day,” listening in on live calls and witnessing firsthand the compassion and strength of those answering up to 3,000 calls every single day.

Inside This Episode:

• What really happens behind the scenes at the National Domestic Violence Hotline

• The truth about tech abuse and digital coercion in modern relationships

• How the Power and Control Wheel helps survivors recognize and name abuse

• The rise of teen dating violence and how to stop it early

• Lindsay’s firsthand experience listening in on real hotline calls

Why This Episode Matters:

Because every call is a cry for freedom and every answer is a lifeline.

About the Guest:

Katie Ray-Jones is the CEO of The National Domestic Violence Hotline, the nation’s leading resource for survivors of abuse. Under her leadership, the Hotline has expanded its services, implemented groundbreaking safety technology, and supported millions of callers nationwide.

1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

www.thehotline.org

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Meet Richard Grannon, trauma specialist, author of A Cult of One, and the internet’s most brutally honest voice on narcissistic abuse and emotional recovery. In this episode of B!tch Is A Bad Word, Lindsay and Richard go deep on how narcissistic parents and partners shape our sense of self, why chaos can feel like love, and what it takes to finally break free from toxic patterns.

Because healing isn’t just about leaving, it’s about understanding why you stayed.

• The psychological imprint of narcissistic parenting and how it shapes adult relationships
• Why we confuse love with control and trauma with connection
• Hyper-fixation, adrenaline addiction, and why “ADHD” might actually be trauma
• The cult of toxic relationships and why we worship people who hurt us
• Co-creation vs. victimhood and how to reclaim power without shame
• Healing strategies to rewire your nervous system and rediscover your true self

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Richard Grannon is a psychotherapist, speaker, and creator of The Spartan Life Coach. Known for blending philosophy, psychology, and practical tools for emotional recovery, his work has helped millions break free from narcissistic abuse and rebuild with clarity and self-respect.

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💜 October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and we’re teaming up with TalkingParentsApp to give the Bestie Gang one of the best tools for the Bestie Toolkit, the power to communicate without chaos. Because as much as we love reading your “Texties from your Exties,” some messages are better left professionally documented. 👀

If you’re co-parenting with a narcissist, living through post-separation abuse, or just trying to protect your peace, the TalkingParents app will save your sanity. Every message. Every call. Every receipt. Safely logged. Documented bad words, gaslighting, word salads, or being run around more than a Target cart on a Sunday. Just boundaries, receipts, and your peace of mind. It’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and this collab is all about protecting survivors long after they leave.

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Kalen’s story began when she was only 17. What she thought was the drama of love quickly became a cycle of emotional and physical abuse. For years, she was told she was crazy, too sensitive, too much. She believed it. Behind closed doors, she lived with an extreme personality who used manipulation, fear, and control to keep her questioning her own mind.

In this episode of Bitch Sesh, Lindsay sits down with Kalen to explore how young love can turn into domination, how gaslighting rewrites reality, and how long-term abuse leaves scars that take years to understand. This conversation is a raw reminder that real love is not chaos or pain, and that healing begins the moment you stop mistaking cruelty for passion.

• How abuse can start young and feel like “drama” instead of danger

• The cycle of gaslighting and control in extreme personalities

• When emotional abuse escalates into physical violence

• The moment Kalan realized “crazy” wasn’t her, it was him

• Rebuilding after years of abuse, manipulation, fear, and shame

Kalen is a survivor and advocate who endured years of emotional and physical abuse beginning at 17. Today she uses her experience to help other women recognize the red flags, trust their intuition, and know that love should never hurt.

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“What is life if not a series of fresh starts?” Olivia Howell

Meet Olivia Howell, founder of The Fresh Starts Registry (as featured on the TODAY Show), who’s redefining what it means to begin again after divorce, separation, or abuse. Because when we leave, we need a fresh start registry. You might have spent years too afraid to speak up about how you wanted to decorate your home. Maybe you lost your autonomy and don’t even know what your favorite color is or what clothes feel good on your body anymore. The Fresh Starts Registry gives you permission to start over with dignity, safety, and support.

In this episode of Bitch Is a Bad Word, we explore how to rebuild your life piece by piece, emotionally, financially, and physically, while reclaiming the parts of yourself that got lost along the way.

Inside this episode

• What the Fresh Starts Registry is and how it helps fund your restart
• The power of reclaiming your space, identity, and confidence after leaving
• Co-parenting basics, boundaries, and documentation that protects you
• Financial essentials: credit, budgeting, housing, and must-have items
• Healing after narcissistic and coercive control without losing yourself
• How to build your new village: community, safety, and support

About Olivia Howell

Olivia Howell is the founder of The Fresh Starts Registry, a first-of-its-kind platform helping survivors crowd-resource the essentials for life after separation. Featured on the TODAY Show and across major media outlets, Olivia’s mission is to make rebuilding after loss or leaving not just possible but empowering.

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