Acquired, Not Courted: Surviving a Covert Narcissist — A Conversation with Mia J. Hanks

In this week’s powerful episode of Bent Not Broken, I sat down with award-winning author Mia J. Hanks, whose memoir Bridemaid exposes the hidden and devastating reality of surviving nearly 30 years with a covert narcissist.

One sentence from her book has already struck a deep chord with so many listeners:

“I hadn’t been courted—I had been acquired.”

This wasn’t just a line on a page.
It was the truth she had been living for decades.