Abuse doesn’t always look like bruises. Sometimes it looks like chaos. Floodsomeone with crises, spin, and noise until they can’t keep up, then move yourpieces while they’re too overwhelmed to resist.

In this episode, Jacqueline unpacks the tactic of “flood and distract” — intoxic relationships and on the political stage. From government shutdowns topersonal power struggles, distraction is used to mask control. The antidote?Clarity, presence, and refusing to drown in the noise.