When Love Erases You: Reclaiming Your Voice After Emotional Manipulation
Emotional abuse doesn’t always show up as bruises or yelling. Sometimes it arrives dressed as poetry, rose petals, and the promise of devotion. In my conversation with author, filmmaker, and survivor Nikki Allen, she shared a truth many women know intimately: the most damaging relationships are often the ones that feel like love at first… until they don’t.
Rebuilding After Divorce: How MaLinda Perry Turned Red Flags Into Renewal
Divorce is rarely just a legal ending—it’s an emotional unraveling, a loss of identity, and for many women, a journey back to themselves. In my conversation with MaLinda Perry, award-winning industry leader, Gallup Certified Strengths Coach, bestselling author, and founder of Happy Girls Don’t Do That, she opened up about her own deeply personal divorce story—one filled with ignored red flags, manipulation, and the slow erosion of self-worth.
Rebuilding Life After Divorce: How Strategy, Clarity, and CBT Help You Heal
Divorce doesn’t just end a relationship—it rewires your sense of self, your confidence, and your belief in what’s possible. In my recent conversation with Dr. Robin Buckley, executive coach, clinical psychologist, and author of Marriage Incorporated, we explored what it truly takes to rebuild your life after separation or emotional abuse. What she shared was powerful, practical, and deeply healing.
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.