The Gaslighting Effect

Healthy relationships are healing. Unhealthy ones are toxic. In this episode I share the enormous and striking contrast between the healthy relationship I have with my current boyfriend and the poisonous one I had with my ex-husband.

From being in poverty to being in love, I explain how writing down my pain led to healing and growth.

Much of my trauma has occurred in elementary schools. Yet I’m attempting to heal as I work in one. In this episode I talk about why.

Divorce is hard in the best of circumstances. But it’s so much worse when one or both parents seek to manipulate the kids. In this episode Wallace tells his story. Trigger warning for attempted suicide.

All about autism and my oldest son. The difference between a tantrum and a meltdown, how we handle crisis, and the effects of shame.

Parents who prioritize image above their children’s needs and feelings deserve a special place in mosquito heaven without nets, or pants, or bug spray. Trigger warning for depictions of verbal abuse and medical neglect. This episode is pretty heavy.

In this episode, I talk about gaining more autonomy and support. Also discussed are prayer, forgiveness, and how I lost my faith in God. Content warning for profanity.

A review of journal entries written right after I left Mormonism that reveal the unraveling of my marriage.

An analysis of how stories are used in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to increase feelings of persecution and elitism among the membership.

How do I know my home was a cult? Let me tell you.