RomConned

What actually happens when attachment styles collide during a fight? Dr. Jon Dabach returns to role-play common relationship conflicts, breaking down anxious and avoidant reactions before replaying the conversations with more secure behavior. We explore reassurance, taking space without creating abandonment, defensiveness, repair, and what to do in the moments after you're triggered.

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The Lindsay Clancy trial centers on whether she was criminally responsible when she allegedly killed her three children in 2023. Law&Crime's Sierra Gillespie joins the show from inside the courtroom to examine what Lindsay's family and doctors knew before the deaths, the defense's claim of postpartum psychosis, and the prosecution's evidence of planning and purposeful behavior. We also ask a harder question: when do troubling signs become actionable, and how much does knowing the ending change the way we judge everything that came before?

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Can someone genuinely love you and still be emotionally unsafe to live with? Chris Rodack of Rising Father joins the show to examine reverse accountability, contempt, weaponized vulnerabilities, and the difference between genuine change and crisis behavior. We look at how compassion can become self-abandonment—and when to stop asking whether someone could change and start asking whether they actually are.

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Avoidant—or Unwilling to Change? How Attachment Styles Can Make or Break Your Relationship ——— Is he avoidant—or just unwilling to change? Laurel House sits down with couples counselor and relationship coach Dr. Jon Dabach to break down the four attachment styles—secure, anxious, dismissive-avoidant, and fearful-avoidant—and how each can strengthen, strain, or slowly destroy a relationship. They dig into the anxious-avoidant cycle, what happens when different attachment styles collide in marriage, how a secure person can begin behaving anxiously in an unstable relationship, and how to tell the difference between someone who is struggling, resistant, unwilling, or truly immovable. Dr. Jon also explains why empathy can sometimes become dangerous, how compassion is different, why some avoidant partners don't become willing to change until they're pushed, and what genuine change actually looks like. Because understanding why someone behaves the way they do can help save a relationship—but it can also become the reason you keep explaining away a pattern that is hurting you.

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Singer D4VD is headed to trial in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Law&Crime reporter Sierra Gillespie joins the show to examine the case against him, the relationship prosecutors described in court, and the defense arguments as the case moves toward trial. We also look at the relationship through a psychological lens: how age, fame, validation, secrecy, and first love can shape a developing teenage identity—and the moments when intervention may have been possible.

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Terms like gaslighting, coercive control, and love bombing can help explain abuse—but do they matter in court? Joined by family law attorney Silvana Raso, we explore what judges actually look for, why behavior matters more than labels, and how to build a stronger legal case during divorce and custody disputes.

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Sara Gilson's story sparked millions of conversations online. Joined by Sierra Gillespie of Law&Crime, we examine the publicly reported timeline, coercive control, betrayal trauma, protective orders, and why separation can become one of the most dangerous periods in abusive relationships.

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A retired man lost more than $1.3 million after responding to a single wrong-number text. This week, we revisit his story with Graphika senior analyst Jean le Roux, breaking down what was happening behind the scenes and the manipulation patterns that make romance scams so effective.

Graphika is a decision intelligence platform that analyzes how narratives, influence, coordination, and momentum evolve across networks including in the scams and fraud online ecosystem.

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Graphika is a decision intelligence platform that analyzes how narratives, influence, coordination, and momentum evolve across networks including in the scams and fraud online ecosystem.

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Graphika puts out public reports to raise awareness of online harms, including romance scams.

Fauxmantic Overtures looks at synthetic dating profiles on social platforms funnelling romance seekers into a Chinese-operated online scam.

Looking for Love on All the Wrong Pages chronicles how romance scammers masquerade as celebrities and lonely singles to ensnare and deceive online love seekers.

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Ginny Priem thought she had found the love of her life. Instead, she discovered she had built a future with someone living a double life. In this episode of RomConned: Crime Inside Relationships, Laurel House and Ginny explore the psychology of love bombing, overfunctioning, deception, betrayal, and the shocking realization that hundreds of other women experienced the same pattern. This isn't just a story about infidelity—it's about how manipulation quietly takes hold, why our bodies often recognize danger before our minds do, and what it takes to reclaim your identity after discovering the person you trusted was never who you thought they were.

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A professional matchmaker who teaches people how to spot red flags found herself being conned by someone she met on Hinge. Laurel House and dating coach Anna Morgenstern break down what happened, the warning signs she ignored, and why smart, successful people often explain away manipulation until it's too late.

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