What if the man who vowed to protect and serve was the one you needed protection from?

In this episode of Bitch Is a Bad Word's BItch Sesh, Lindsay sits down with Berkely a former police wife whose 15-year marriage began with fast love and ended in a high-stakes fight for freedom. From behind the thin blue line, Berkley takes us deep into a world where power, control, addiction, and silence reigned supreme.

What started as a whirlwind romance with a charming detective slowly unraveled into a life of manipulation, opioid abuse, financial control, and isolation. She was told to trust the system. Instead, she was targeted by it.

Now, she’s here to tell the story the badge tried to bury.

Inside This Episode:

• The subtle red flags of coercive control (and why they’re so easy to miss)

• How addiction and authority collided behind closed doors

• What it’s really like being a cop’s wife in a small, insulated community

• When the “justice system” turns a blind eye

• How Berkley broke free and used her voice to protect her children

Why this episode matters:

Berkey's story is a gut-check for anyone who’s ever questioned their reality behind closed doors. It’s about waking up to the truth, reclaiming your voice, and surviving a system that protects power not people. And if you’ve ever felt alone in your marriage, misunderstood in your motherhood, or trapped in the image of someone else's “perfect” life, this one’s for you. 

Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of child sexual abuse (SA), domestic abuse, addiction, and coercive control. Please take care while listening.

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If you or someone you love is experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit thehotline.org.

ABOUT BERKELY

Imagine a country girl from the Midwest, building a life centered on family. Now imagine that life being upended by the very person who vowed to protect it. Berkely is a mother of three kids in middle and high school, and a 'bonus mom' to three wonderful young women in their twenties. She endured not only the abuse of power within her marriage and the local police department but also the shocking complicity of the court system that was supposed to offer justice. Her journey to healing has been profound. Berkely is a woman on a mission to expose the hidden trauma of power abuse within the court system. After escaping a marriage marked by control and manipulation, she found herself fighting a second battle in the courts against her ex-husband. A proud Indigenous Native country girl at heart, she now lives her best life on a small farm, finding peace and healing among her children, her fiancé, farm animals, and her beloved sphynx, Lady Talalluah Danbury. Deeply in tune with the energy of others and the spirit world, she is using her unique perspective to help others find their voice. She is currently channeling her experiences along with her eldest daughter co-authored in a rediscovering their past to process their trauma and pave a new path forward. She is learning how to tell her story of resilience, spiritual strength, and reclaiming your power after profound betrayal. She has only recently begun sharing her side of the story in hopes to find peace and healing in helping others from experiencing the same horror she experienced. 

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