This one is personal.

If you’ve ever worked your ass off only to be undermined by someone insecureIf you’ve ever spoken the truth and been punished for itIf you’ve ever trusted someone in a position of power who ended up exploiting youThis episode is for you

In this one, I talk about:

* Being targeted by a micromanaging coward who felt threatened by my performance

* Watching a company I helped grow turn its back the moment I stopped being silent

* Losing my career in finance, then losing my best friend

* Getting blackmailed by my own therapist during the darkest time of my life

* And still finding a way to build something real from the wreckage

Also — yes, my ADHD was loud todayI forgot to plug in the micSo the audio isn’t studio qualityBut the message still lands

This is not polishedIt’s not scriptedIt’s real

It’s me

—Cody Taymore

Kill The Silence

For two years, I felt like I was losing my mind.

I was at the top of my career, managing hundreds of millions in assets, recognized as one of the best financial advisors in the countryuntil a targeted attack by my manager left me jobless, blacklisted, and vulnerable.

Then life turned darker. My mentor and best friend died just months after my career was shattered. And in my vulnerability, the one person I thought I could trustmy therapist of five years who'd helped me achieve sobrietyweaponized my trust and orchestrated chaos to exploit me. Harassment, threats, blackmail. She turned my world upside down when I was already drowning.

I'm still fighting for justice. The investigation remains open. I'm not fully healed, but I'm not broken either.

This trauma taught me something powerful: healing shouldn't come with a price tag. So I've created a digital libraryfree, traumainformed recovery tools built for survivors, people battling addiction, or anyone just trying to rebuild their lives. No gimmicks, no "gurus," no paywalls. Just tactical strategies and emotional armor that helped me get through the darkest days.

I'm also launching my sales methodWAKE UP Sales Methodbuilt on authentic alignment and empathy. It’s not manipulative, it’s not superficial. It’s real human connection. And yes, parts of this will have a cost, but it won't be high. It'll be fair, transparent, and genuinely valuablebecause I despise the baitandswitch bullshit rampant in the industry.

Here's one more thing I've learned through this nightmare: not all your thoughts are your own. Trauma can implant intrusive, bizarre thoughtsthings you wouldn't consciously think. They're echoes, remnants of pain. They don't define you. You are not your thoughts. You have permission to detach from them, to let them go, to not assign them meaning.

If you're battling intrusive thoughts, anxiety, CPTSD, addiction, or burnoutI see you, and you're not alone. It took far more than my therapist’s manipulation, threats, and harassment to destroy me. And if you're reading this, I know you're strong enough to overcome whatever you're facing too.

Don't beat yourself up for having intrusive thoughts. Practice detachment. Use tools like meditation (try Headspace or Calm appsthey helped me). Remember that trauma recovery isn't about never feeling broken againit's about learning to navigate the breaks without losing yourself.

So keep fighting. Keep showing up. And remember:

You’re not crazy. You're surviving.

Cody TaymoreKill The Silence

This episode is a little chaotic. A little funny. And a lot real.

Welcome to Cody’s brain.

I talk about everything from my new Willy Wonka hat to the moment I realized the police were actually taking my case seriously. It took months of isolation, investigation, and holding the line with no closure — but now things are moving. That means something.

We talk addiction. Self-regulation. Trusting people again after being manipulated by someone who was supposed to help you. I open up about trying therapy again after surviving one of the most devastating betrayals a person can experience.

I tell the truth about what it’s like to feel like you’re crawling in your skin. To not know if it’s trauma, anxiety, or just too much energy. And I get honest about nicotine pouches, recovery, work addiction, and how Eminem and Starbucks sometimes carry me through.

This episode isn’t polished. It’s not linear. But that’s exactly what healing actually looks like.

If you have ever felt like you were rebuilding your entire life alone…If you have ever doubted your own story because nobody believed it…If you are trying to trust yourself again…This one is for you.

Listen to Episode 7 now.Then send it to someone who needs to know they are not the only one.

— Cody TaymoreKill The Silence

After psychological abuse, people expect you to “move on.”But what happens when your mind won’t let you?What happens when the person who was supposed to help you heal is the one who caused the damage?

In this episode, I talk about what actually happened to me after I broke away from a therapist who manipulated and extorted me.Not just the facts — the symptoms. The fallout. The reality I had to put back together.

I talk about:

* The confusion of not knowing what was true and what was a lie

* The racing thoughts, night terrors, and nervous system dysregulation

* The guilt of caring about someone who was actively hurting me

* How shame lives in the body, and how it can make you feel physically sick

* The way trauma makes time fold in on itself — how months of recovery can still feel like you’re trapped in the same moment

I also talk about the pressure to prove it.How painful it is to feel like you have to convince people what happened — like surviving wasn’t enough.Like the burden is on you to explain, justify, retell the worst moments of your life just to be taken seriously.

This wasn’t a clean break.It was a long, drawn-out process of slowly reclaiming my nervous system, my clarity, my sleep, my self-worth.And I’m still rebuilding.

But I’m not where I was.And if you’re in it — if you’re clawing your way back from something you never thought you’d have to survive — just know this:

You’re not alone.You’re not broken.And you don’t have to justify the damage to anyone.

You can recover from this.

Whatever “this” may be.

Keep going.

— Cody TaymoreKill The Silence

In 2023 I lost my job.

I was scared, unemployed, back at home, and trying to start over at a new company while hiding that I hated everything about my life.

That’s when my therapist of five years, Emily Ann Davis, invited me to her house.

She told me she was being stalked. That someone named Reily, a woman I had dated, was destroying her life. Posting pictures of her kid. Downloading her divorce records. Making complaints to the psychology board. And that it was my fault.

She said I had to cut Reily off. Delete everything. Sign a contract. Pay her money. Or she and her son would lose everything. That’s what she told me.

And I believed her.

Over the next year, I would be:

• Drugged by my therapist — pills “to calm down,” which turned out to be benzos and muscle relaxers• Forced to sign a coercive contract under threat of career destruction if I didn't• Ordered to cut off all friends, exes, and family members — even told to deny I ever knew them• Bombarded with anonymous messages and threats from burner phones and random emails• Sent fake complaints to my employer, allegedly from Reily and someone named Mark• Harassed by hundreds of blocked calls at all hours of the day and night• Threatened with a 50000 dollar penalty if I broke a single “rule” in the contract she wrote• Told I owed her over 100000 dollars for “legal fees” and “reputation protection”• Terrified my FINRA case would be sabotaged, that my career was over before it began

And the whole time, I was trying to show up and learn my new job, pretending everything was okay while my life was being psychologically burned to the ground.

I had multiple breakdowns. Dissociated. Felt like I was outside of my body. I stopped sleeping. I couldn’t eat. I felt suicidal. I couldn’t tell anyone what was going on because I thought if I did, I’d lose my career, hurt my family, and never recover.

That’s how she kept me quiet.

With fear.With threats.With a fucking contract.

This wasn’t therapy. This was abuse disguised as guidance. Calculated. Manipulative. Almost deadly. She knew every one of my vulnerabilities because I told her in therapy. And she used them all against me when I was at my lowest.

That’s what this episode of Kill The Silence is about.

We speak the truth here. Even when it’s ugly.

Because silence is how abusers win.

Not this time.

— Cody Taymore

Kill The Silence

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In this episode, I go all in on something I’ve carried for years — shame.

I think I’ve always struggled with shame due to my upbringing. It seems like it was hard wired into me.

The kind of shame that doesn’t belong to me. The kind that was planted in me by people who should’ve protected me.And the kind that grew because I stayed silent for too long.

I talk about what it’s been like to live with the shame of being manipulated, targeted, abused, and extorted by my therapist of five years.

This one’s heavier. But it’s the truth. And I’m done being quiet about it.

What’s Inside This Episode:

* Why shame lingers after abuse — even when it wasn’t your fault

* The fallout of being targeted and fired while in recovery

* How my therapist exploited my darkest fears and made me question my sanity

* What it’s like to be gaslit by the person you trusted most

* The pressure to keep it all secret, and what happens when you stop

* Why I refuse to carry the shame that belongs to my abuser

* The real cost of silence — and why predators rely on it

This is one of the most personal episodes I’ve ever recorded.Not to make you uncomfortable — but because I know I’m not the only one who’s felt like this.

Show Notes:

* Abuse doesn’t always look like violence. Sometimes it looks like support.

* I talk openly about my experience being manipulated by a licensed therapist while I was vulnerable, recovering, and isolated.

* I share how shame became the tool she used to keep me quiet — and how I’m finally taking that back.

* I reflect on why survivors blame themselves, and why that shame never belonged to us in the first place.

* This episode includes real details of what happened — including identity distortion, manipulation, and threats.

* I talk about how difficult it’s been to find a new therapist, trust again, and function under PTSD symptoms like emotional flooding, night terrors, and dissociation.

* And why none of that is going to shut me up.

—Cody Taymore

Kill The Silence

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I wasn’t planning to talk about all of this today.

But like most of what I’ve built — this episode is unscripted, uncomfortable, and real.

I talk about why I didn’t record yesterday.I talk about losing my entire career.I talk about what it felt like to have a therapist blackmail me, threaten me, and destroy my trust while I was already in the middle of the worst professional collapse of my life.

And I talk about what it means to try and build something again… when you don’t even know if you’re okay.

What’s inside this episode:

* How being the top performer in my role didn’t protect me from being targeted

* The aftermath of being fired, silenced, and psychologically manipulated by a therapist I trusted for five years

* Why traditional “shame regulation” and therapy tools never worked for me

* PTSD symptoms I still deal with daily — night terrors, rage spirals, dissociation

* How one friend saved my life just by showing up when no one else did

* Why most people have no idea what to say when you’re spiraling — and what actually helps

This episode is messy, honest, and probably uncomfortable to listen to.But it’s not for everyone.It’s for the people who’ve been there — or who are there right now.

If that’s you, press play.

—Cody Taymore

Kill The Silence

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In this raw and unfiltered episode, I share the truth I’ve never fully told until now — the story of how I was blackmailed and psychologically abused by my therapist of five years, and what it took to survive it without relapsing, losing my job, or giving up on myself.

This isn’t a sob story. It’s a war story.It’s about what happens when the person you trust most becomes the one who destroys you.

I talk about:

* Getting sober after years of alcoholism and trauma

* Why I created the Kill The Silence digital library

* How my therapist manipulated, isolated, and extorted me

* The emotional cost of being silenced, and how I broke free

* The tools that actually helped me stay grounded through it all

* How shame almost killed me — and how I took my power back

Topics Covered

* ADHD, CPTSD, and the shame of "not being healed"

* Getting sober without AA, church, or traditional therapy

* Why I’ll never charge for recovery tools — and what’s in the Digital Library

* The truth about therapist abuse, coercive contracts, and trauma gaslighting

* How I kept my job and didn’t relapse under extreme psychological pressure

* Why I’m turning this story into stand-up comedy (and survival power)

Mentioned in This Episode

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This is the first episode of the Kill The Silence podcast — and I recorded it raw, unscripted, and unfiltered. I didn’t want to script this. I didn’t want to polish it. I just wanted to show up and speak — about survival, humor, silence, and what happens when you stop pretending you're fine.

This episode is the beginning of something I’ve needed to say out loud for a long time. I talk about my decision to finally launch this show, the difference between writing your truth and saying it, and how comedy helped me survive things that almost destroyed me.

Whether you’re here for the personal story, the professional journey, or just the voice of someone who’s been through it and still gets up swinging — this is where it starts.

Episode Breakdown

Welcome to the Kill The Silence PodcastWhy this show exists — and why it’s different from anything I’ve done before.

The Journey Begins: My First Podcast ExperienceWhat it feels like to go unscripted for the first time and speak from the gut.

The Power of Sharing True StoriesHow honesty — especially the hard kind — becomes a weapon in the right hands.

Embracing Vulnerability and ConnectionWhy showing up with nothing to prove is the most human thing you can do.

My Professional Background and Future PlansWhat I’ve done, what I’m building, and what I’ll be talking about on this show.

The Role of Humor in Overcoming AdversityHow joking saved my life — and why I plan to laugh through the darkness, too.

Conclusion and Looking ForwardWhat’s next. Why this matters. And how I plan to show up again.

If any part of this hit — share it with someone who needs it.If you’re surviving silently, this podcast is for you.And if you’re ready to kill the silence in your own life, you’re not alone.

—Cody Taymore

Kill The Silence

These aren’t affirmations.They’re survival tactics.

I wrote these rules in the middle of chaos — when everything in my life was collapsing.Manipulation. Addiction. Silence. Financial sabotage. Emotional warfare. To name a few.And still, I had to keep showing up like nothing was wrong.

So I wrote these on my wall.Big. Sharp. Honest.Something I could look at when I felt like I was losing my mind.Something I could stand on when everything around me felt unstable.

These rules helped me survive.

And then I thought — what if this could help someone else?

So I turned it into an eBook. It’s called THE KILL CODE.13 rules for surviving the worst — and becoming untouchable to it.

I’m not charging for it.This one’s free. Because I know how it feels to need something now.

13 raw, no-fluff rules to help you survive narcissistic abuse, burnout, psychological manipulation, and high-functioning trauma — and walk away with your power.

If you’ve ever performed while unraveling...If you’ve ever smiled while you’re bleeding out...If you’ve ever rebuilt in silence while pretending everything was fine —

This is yours now.

— Cody Taymore

Kill The Silence