Narcissists, Gaslighters, and Cheaters, Oh My!

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  Auroras & Intermissions 17.06.2026 15min

  Hey friends — we're hitting pause for a few weeks, and we wanted to pop in before we go.LAH is deep in the final countdown to her first solo art exhibit, Auroras in Sad Prose — an immersive show that weaves together her nature-inspired artwork, poetry, and a curated playlist of music that has carried her through healing and heartbreak. It's beautiful, it's personal, and it's all hers. We could not be prouder.Behk is heading out on a well-earned vacation.We have a new multi-part episode ready and waiting — but we're not going to drop Part One and make you sit with a cliffhanger all summer. That's not who we are. So we're holding it until we're back and can give it to you properly.In the meantime, we chatted about what's been getting us through lately: The Midnight Bookshop, Dolly Parton's rock album (yes, really — and yes, it's incredible), Maternal Instinct on Netflix, and a few other things that have us thinking, feeling, and occasionally screaming at our TVs.We'll be back in a month or so with new episodes, some stories we've been sitting on, and maybe — maybe — a toxic coworker arc. 👀If you've submitted your story and haven't heard back, please check your spam folder. We've responded to everything. We don't want anyone falling through the cracks.See you on the other side of summer. 💜— Behk & LAHBehk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Mr Chaos Incarnate Continues 03.06.2026 1h 3min

  The system failed her. She told the truth anyway.Part II picks up with Emma making the drive back to his house — not for reconciliation, but for answers she was never going to get. She arrived to find a man who looked like a total mess, said nothing about her new car, and within minutes set a large knife in front of her on the bed.What followed was assault. Coercion under the guise of reconnection, with a loaded gun and that knife within arm's reach. Completely restrained, face down, staring at red velvet curtains while Stranger Things played in the background. A phone appeared. A photo she never consented to. A chuckle.She got out the only way she knew how. Fawning. Years of trauma had taught her body exactly what to do to avoid things turning violent. When she got home and finally looked at her phone, she found two photos and a four-second video of herself — taken without her knowledge or consent. Both illegal. A week later, a lawyer by her side, she filed a police report.The DA picked up the case the same day. A felony warrant was issued the next morning. He spent two weeks on the run — attending the concert they were supposed to go to together, posting on social media, and quietly soliciting Mad Libs-style fake witness statements from strangers. Emma sent everything to the DA. They did nothing.The grand jury disposed the case. No forensic phone examination. No follow-up interview. The victim advocate stopped returning her calls. The restraining order was denied. He still has the material. He always will. Her healing journey can be interrupted any day by whatever he decides to do with it next.She is learning to live with that. And she came on this podcast anyway — because people like him thrive on secrecy, and she promised herself she would never be quiet. 🎭If you haven't listened to Part I — go back. You need the context.Resources: Are We Dating the Same Guy? — search your city's name to find your local group.Content Warning: Sexual assault, non-consensual recording, coercive control, digital abuse, physical restraint, weapons intimidation, stalking, and institutional victim blaming. Listener discretion is advised.If you or someone you know needs support: National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788 RAINN Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing.Behk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Mr Chaos Incarnate 20.05.2026 1h 2min

  Three weeks. That's all it took.Emma spent five years healing after a particularly brutal relationship ended in 2018. Five years of solo travel, self-improvement, building herself back up from the inside out. By the time she met him at a tattoo shop, she was — by her own account — at a psychological peak. More extroverted than she'd ever been. Solo traveling. Thriving. Finally ready.He was stoic. Grounded. Rough around the edges with what looked like a soft inside. He even knew someone she'd lost. Something about that pulled her in.He was a covert narcissist. And she had almost exclusively experienced overt ones. Which is exactly why she almost missed it.Emma's story moves fast — because the relationship did. Within weeks of officially dating, the mask began to slip. The hot and cold behavior that left her shaking. The 3am meltdowns that kept her from sleeping before early morning shifts while he rolled out of bed at noon. The sexual boundary violations he would reframe as her fault the moment she named them. The drinking she didn't understand the extent of until it was too late. The way he screamed at his teenage son in the kitchen over something menial — arms by his sides, not flinching — and how it reminded Emma of herself as a little girl.And then there was the premonition. Sitting in his bedroom, out of nowhere, a clear and vivid image she couldn't explain. Him. A gun. Someone on the other end of it. She filed it away and didn't tell anyone.Her mom had the same feeling the same weekend. Neither of them knew.Emma is thoughtful, self-aware, and unflinching about the moments she wishes she'd moved differently — and honest about why she didn't. She talks about what it feels like when your mind knows you need to leave, but your body has become chemically hooked on someone the way it hooks on a drug. She talks about what it means to date a covert narcissist when every abuser you've ever known was overt. And she introduces us to a man who described himself — out loud, without irony, at 45 years old — as chaos incarnate.He wasn't wrong.This is Part I. It does not end where you think it will.Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing. Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of narcissistic abuse, coercive control, sexual coercion and boundary violations, emotional manipulation, verbal abuse, alcoholism, childhood trauma, chronic illness, dissociation, and references to violence. Listener discretion is advised.If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence of any kind, you are not alone. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788 for free, confidential support — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.Behk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  The Vortex of Solitude 06.05.2026 1h 21min

  Angel was raised by a woman she called the Vortex of Solitude. Someone who could walk into a room, and you could feel the darkness.She was also, in Angel's words, genuinely funny. Charismatic. Someone Angel loved — the way you love the mother you were given, even when she was the one doing the damage.Angel's story starts at the very beginning. A car accident when Angel was a year and a half that took her mother's leg and became the foundation of a mythology Angel spent decades trying to fact-check. A childhood of hoarding, drug addiction, pathological lying, and volatility that could flip from fine to catastrophic over a Diet Pepsi. A mother who befriended Angel's friends to preemptively spin the narrative. Who made Angel stay up through the night babysitting her in case she dropped a cigarette in the hoard. Who missed her high school graduation because she didn't clean a house she wasn't allowed to throw anything away in. Who, when sixteen-year-old Angel, exhausted out of her mind at dawn, said, " Mom, your hair is so pretty today — cut off a lock of hair, shoved it in her hand, and told her she'd be dead by morning.Angel still has the hair.She talks about what it means to grow up not knowing your own history — because when a narcissist tells your story long enough, even your own memories can't be trusted. She talks about the sexual abuse she reported, and wasn't believed. The DCS call that went nowhere. The first marriage that followed directly from a childhood that taught her she deserved exactly what she got.And she talks about the moment everything changed. Rocking her six-month-old son in the nursery, looking at this tiny person she was now responsible for, and understanding with complete clarity — if I don't change, the cycle continues.She walked into that room one person. She walked out different.Angel is Behk's friend, and this one felt like a long-overdue catch-up session and a masterclass in survival all at once. She processes with humor, tells the truth without apology, and is proof that the survivor gene is absolutely real.Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing.Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of narcissistic abuse, physical and sexual abuse, parental neglect, childhood trauma, substance abuse and addiction, self-harm, suicidal ideation, sexual assault, and intergenerational trauma. Listener discretion is advised.If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence of any kind, you are not alone. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788 for free, confidential support — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.If you or someone you know is struggling with substance use, SAMHSA's National Helpline is free, confidential, and available 24/7: 1-800-662-4357Behk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Audacious Villain Era 22.04.2026 42min

  She's back — and she's healing, but she's not done. Shirley, our guest from the season two episode The Relative Truth, returns with a long-awaited update. After nine years with a man who cheated with his own cousin, Shirley has done the work: betrayal coaching, a podcast of her own, and a hard-won emotional reckoning — including one final, tearful goodbye to the house that held all of it.But just when she found her footing, a new relationship brought new trauma — and this time, she believes she was dealing with something darker. Shirley shares her experience with what she describes as a malignant narcissist, someone who weaponized her past wounds against her and has left a trail of victims behind him. She's not staying silent, and she's got receipts.This episode is emotional, empowering, and a little wickedly themed (intentionally). Shirley also shares updates on her podcast, The Audacity, her new women's support community, and closes the episode by reading a beautiful letter — a healed woman's final word to the narcissist who taught her to love herself.If you haven't heard Shirley's original episode, go back and listen to The Relative Truth (S2E22) first — you'll want the full context before this one.Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing.Follow on Instagram: @theaudacitypodcast2.0. Join the Facebook Group: theaudacityofmen. Listen to the podcast: The Audacity Podcast with Amber, Charlotte, and ShirleyContent warning: infidelity, narcissistic abuse, toxic relationships, grief, chronic illness, and discussions of manipulation and coercive control.Behk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Gaslighting for God with Becky Garrison 08.04.2026 41min

  Some people leave the church quietly. Becky Garrison stayed and took notes.A satirist, journalist, and Yale Divinity School-trained religious critic, Becky spent over a decade as Senior Contributing Editor at The Wittenburg Door — the nation's oldest, most irreverent Christian satire magazine — before the institution gave her more material than she bargained for. Her latest book, Gaslighting for God, is part exposé, part survival manual, and somehow genuinely funny. Because when the narcissist is behind the pulpit, sometimes the only sane response is satire.Becky joins Behk & LAH to talk about what happens when the tactics we recognize in toxic relationships — the love bombing, the narrative rewriting, the coercive control, the manufactured reality — get wrapped in a scripture verse and called sacred. She traces her own journey from preacher's kid to what she now calls an "epiphytic agnostic Anglican," explains why progressive spiritual spaces can be just as dangerous as conservative ones, and makes the case that your gut instinct is one of the most underrated tools you have.The conversation goes deep — from the NXIVM case and the prosecution of Keith Raniere, to the OneTaste orgasmic meditation case and why charging Nicole Daedone with human trafficking rather than prostitution was a critical distinction for survivors, to the Archbishop of Canterbury's resignation following a pattern of sexual abuse among clergy in the Church of England. Becky also breaks down why narcissistic collapse looks exactly like a three-year-old's temper tantrum, why you cannot rationalize with someone in the middle of one, and why learning to recognize the pattern is genuinely liberating.Her parting advice: trust your gut. We are taught not to. But your intuition — nurtured, cared for, and freed from the trigger responses of unhealed trauma — is the most powerful narcissist detector you have. 🎭Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing.Resources & Links: 📖 Get the book: Gaslighting for God — Lake Drive Books 📖 🌐 Website: beckygarrison.com ✍️ Substack: beckygarrison.substack.comCases mentioned in this episode: 🔗 NXIVM / Keith Raniere — women's empowerment organization prosecuted for sex trafficking and racketeering 🔗 OneTaste / Nicole Daedone — orgasmic meditation organization prosecuted for human trafficking 🔗 Archbishop of Canterbury resignation — following reports of sexual abuse patterns among Church of England clergyContent Warning: This episode contains discussions of spiritual abuse, religious trauma, coercive control, sexual coercion, human trafficking, narcissistic abuse, and references to political and institutional abuse of power. Listener discretion is advised.If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence of any kind, you are not alone. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788 for free, confidential support — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.Behk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Behk's & LAH's Cozycore Autumn: A Seasonal Special 29.10.2025 51min

  The pumpkins are out. The candles are lit. Behk & LAH are back for their annual Cozycore Autumn episode — and this one comes with gifts. 🎃🕯️In this year's cozy special, we're slowing all the way down. Fuzzy socks, fall playlists, self-care rituals, and the kind of warm conversation that feels like a blanket you didn't know you needed. We're also sharing some personal updates, pulling back the curtain on what's coming for the show, and announcing a short hiatus while we rest, recharge, and get ready for what's ahead.Oh — and we have two surprises for our listeners this season. You're going to want to tune in to find out what they are. Trust us. 🎁While we're on our little break and revisit your favorite episodes. And as our thank you — here's a playlist curated just for you by Behk & LAH. 🍂Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing.Behk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  REPLAY: Behk & LAH's Spooky Spectacular! Halloween Edition 22.10.2025 49min

  We're taking a little detour from the narcissists this week. Consider it a palate cleanser. 🎃In this special Halloween edition, Behk & LAH are setting the toxic relationships aside for one episode to bring you all the spooky autumn energy you didn't know you needed. Favorite fall rituals, cozy simmer pots, pumpkin everything — and then things get a little darker. Personal ghost stories that will have you side-eyeing every shadow in your house. Plus a special guest who stops by to read a haunting creepypasta that is not for the faint of heart.Light a candle. Grab a blanket. Turn on a lamp or two. 🕯️Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing.Behk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Written in the Cards: Emily's Story Part Three 08.10.2025 46min

  This is the final chapter of Emily's story. It is not a sad ending.In this episode, Emily brings us into the life she has built on the other side of everything — a partner who shows up with honesty and imperfection and genuine commitment, a relationship built on open communication and real intimacy, and, for the first time in a long time, the feeling of being truly safe.She also talks about the terminal diagnosis. Not with fear — with clarity. Emily has found a kind of peace with her mortality that most of us spend our whole lives searching for and never quite reach. She doesn't see what's coming as a tragedy. She sees it as the next part of the story.This episode is a meditation on love, healing, impermanence, and what it means to finally feel like your life belongs to you — even at the end of it.We are honored beyond measure to have walked alongside Emily in telling this story. She came to us with courage, left us with grace, and changed us in ways we are still finding words for.To Emily — thank you. From all of us, and from everyone whose life your story will touch. 💜Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing.Content Warning: Please listen with care. This episode includes open conversations about terminal illness, trauma, death, and end-of-life reflection.Behk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Written in the Cards: Emily's Story Part Two 01.10.2025 42min

  Emily thought her second marriage was a fresh start. It was not.In this chapter of Emily's story, she takes us into the betrayal she never saw coming — a husband living a secret life as a sex addict who had been using her photos to catfish other men online. Her image. Her face. Her identity — weaponized without her knowledge or consent.This is the kind of violation that doesn't just break trust. It breaks your sense of yourself.Emily got out. Her family opened their arms, and she came home — and the slow, nonlinear work of rebuilding began. This episode is about what that actually looks like when the deception runs that deep.Emily is still here. Still talking. Still healing. And this series is far from over.Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing.Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of PTSD, trauma, emotional abuse, sexual addiction, image exploitation, betrayal trauma, and manipulation, self-harm ideation, mental health, murder ideation, and any topics that may disturb some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.Behk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Written in the Cards: Emily's Story Part One 24.09.2025 39min

  Emily has stage 4 terminal cancer. Emily has stage 4 terminal cancer. When Behk heard her story, she knew it needed to be told. Emily said yes.This is the beginning of something different. Over the coming episodes, we'll be following Emily through the defining chapters of her life — her military service, the PTSD that followed, the toxic relationships that tested everything she thought she knew about herself, and the long road to healing that brought her here. To us. To this microphone. On her terms.In this first episode, Emily takes us back to the beginning — enlistment, duty, trauma, and the slow disillusionment that comes from giving everything to something that doesn't always give back. It's the foundation of a story that is still being written.Emily isn't telling this story for herself. She's telling it for everyone who comes after her. That's what legacy looks like.We are honored beyond words to help her do this. Please take care of yourselves, listening to this series — and take care of each other.Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing.Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of PTSD, emotional abuse, toxic behavior, narcissistic abuse, and any topics that may disturb some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.Behk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Trauma Dick 17.09.2025 1h 5min

  Annie looked like she had it all together. She was terrified someone would find out she didn't.In this episode, Annie opens up about the relationship that found her in the middle of rediscovering herself — healing her faith, exploring her identity, cautiously stepping back into dating. The man she met seemed exciting. He became a nightmare. And in a small town where everyone knows Annie's name, he knew exactly how to use that against her.The accusations. The constant surveillance. The dogs he took as leverage. The threat of public exposure hung over every move she made. Annie went back to him more than once — because that's what trauma bonding does — and she's here to talk about that too, without flinching.This one is for anyone who has ever stayed quiet about their story because of what people might think. Annie told hers anyway.All details have been kept anonymous out of respect for everyone involved.Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing.Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of toxic narcissistic behavior, emotional abuse, coercive control, manipulation, harassment, stalking, and any topics that may disturb some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence of any kind, you are not alone. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788 for free, confidential support — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.Behk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  The Ticking Love Bomb 10.09.2025 45min

  He was charming, intense, and exactly what Lauren needed during the loneliness of a pandemic. He was also on his eighth marriage when they met.In this episode, Lauren opens up about the two years she spent inside a relationship that moved fast, felt all-consuming, and slowly revealed itself to be something she needed to survive rather than enjoy. Love bombing that flipped to gaslighting. Emotional chaos that escalated to harassment, stalking, and physical violence. A mother-in-law who treated Lauren with contempt she couldn't quite explain.Lauren got out. Then came months of threatening messages, surprise visits, and phone calls — until he abruptly stopped. Because he had married someone else. His ninth wife.This one will have you picking your jaw up off the floor more than once.Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing.Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of toxic narcissistic behavior, emotional abuse, gaslighting, harassment, stalking, physical violence, and any topics that may disturb some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.If this episode brings anything up for you, please reach out. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788 — free, confidential support available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.If you or someone you know has experienced sexual assault, call the RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 — free, confidential support available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.All details have been kept anonymous out of respect for everyone involved.Behk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  When the Courts Fail Survivors with Professor Dale Margolin Cecka 13.08.2025 53min

  The legal system is supposed to protect survivors. Professor Dale Margolin Cecka is here to talk about why it often doesn't.In this episode, Behk & LAH sit down with Professor Cecka — Director of the Family Violence Litigation Clinic at Albany Law School — for one of the most important conversations this podcast has ever had. She brings decades of legal expertise to the questions survivors are asking in real time: Why isn't the court protecting me? Why are my children still at risk? Why does the system keep failing us?Professor Cecka breaks down the difference between reactive violence and calculated patterns of control — a distinction that changes everything in a legal context. She also unpacks the ways reproductive justice and family court are more connected than most people realize, and where the gaps in legal protection leave children and teens the most exposed.This one is essential listening — for survivors, for advocates, and for anyone trying to understand why leaving is legally complicated in ways that have nothing to do with courage.Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing.Professor Cecka's Featured Writings:USA Today – “Diddy trial and Macron shove reveal our blind spots about domestic violence” (June 2, 2025) — In this striking op-ed, Professor Cecka explores how high-profile cases expose dangerous societal blind spots regarding abuse. Albany Law School+1Governing – “The Fatal Consequences of Giving Violent Men Access to Their Children” (October 25, 2024) — A sharp look at how family courts’ custody decisions can put children’s lives at risk. Governing Albany Law SchoolSalon – “How ‘It Ends With Us’ Gets Domestic Violence Wrong” (August 21, 2024) — A critique of how popular culture simplifies and misrepresents the realities of intimate partner violence. Salon.comAlbany Law SchoolPeople’s World – “VAWA Is 30, But Are We Still Failing Survivors?” (October 30, 2024) — A reflective commentary marking three decades since the Violence Against Women Act. peoplesworld.orgContent Warning: This episode contains discussions of toxic behavior, narcissistic abuse, and any topics that may disturb some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.Behk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Crashed & Burned to Learn with Bryan Power 30.07.2025 1h 1min

  Bryan almost lost his marriage. He's here to tell you what saved it.In this episode, Behk & LAH sit down with Bryan Power for a conversation that doesn't happen enough on podcasts like this one — a man who looked at his own behavior honestly, traced it back to where it came from, and did something about it.Bryan opens up about the unresolved childhood trauma that quietly followed him into his relationship, the conflict it created, the restraining order, and the moment he realized he was on the edge of losing everything. What turned it around was Integrated Attachment Theory — a framework that helped him finally understand his own emotional wiring and what it was doing to the people he loved most.This episode is for the partners. The ones asking themselves whether change is actually possible. Bryan is evidence that it is — but only when someone is genuinely willing to do the work.🔗 Take Bryan's attachment style quiz and learn more at Bryan's websiteNarcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing.Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of toxic behavior and any topics that may disturb some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.Behk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Crossed Lines and Covert Mines 23.07.2025 46min

  Amie is a therapist. She still didn't see it coming.In this episode, Amie Schulz sits down with Behk & LAH to share something that takes real courage to say out loud — she got caught in an emotional affair with a coworker who turned out to be a covert narcissist. What started as a blurred boundary became a full campaign of manipulation, professional sabotage, and a smear operation designed to destroy her credibility before she could tell her own story.This episode goes deep on covert narcissistic behavior — how it works, why it's so hard to name in real time, and how someone who spends her professional life helping others navigate exactly this kind of dynamic still found herself completely lost inside it.Amie is healing. Her marriage is healing. And she's here to talk about all of it — because if it can happen to a therapist, it can happen to anyone.Follow Amie on Instagram @amieschulztherapy💛 As mentioned at the beginning of this episode, Grace from Episode 11, "The Breaking Point," has a GoFundMe started at the request of a listener. If you're able, please consider donating or sharing. Every bit helps,Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing.Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of toxic behavior, narcissistic abuse, and any topics that may disturb some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.Behk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Love Bombs and Lies 16.07.2025 1h 4min

  Kris survived a 17-year marriage. Then she fell in love again — and somehow that was harder.In this episode, Kris opens up about the relationship that found her on the other side of a long marriage and promised everything she'd been missing. The whirlwind. The love bombing. The engagement ring. The hope she kept choosing even as the messages piled up, each one revealing a little more of the double life he was running right alongside theirs.Five years. Every time she found something, he twisted it. Every time she almost left, he pulled her back. Until the day the illusion finally shattered completely — and Kris had to reckon with how much of herself she'd quietly given away in the process.This one is for anyone who has ever stayed longer than they should have because they kept believing in who someone said they were going to be.All details have been kept anonymous out of respect for everyone involved.Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing.Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of toxic behavior, narcissistic abuse, and any topics that may disturb some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.Behk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Co-Parenting Trapped by Abuse Part Two 18.06.2025 49min

  Veronika is still in the courtroom. She's also building something for everyone who comes after her.In part two, we pick back up with Veronika — still fighting, still standing, and somewhere in the middle of one of the most exhausting battles a person can face. Her ex hasn't stopped. The legal abuse continues. And Veronika has decided that if the system won't protect survivors, she'll build something that does.Veronika is creating a nonprofit for parents just like her — people whose abusers discovered that family court is the perfect place to keep hurting someone after the relationship ends. Parents navigating custody filings weaponized against them. Loopholes exploited by people who know exactly how to use them.She's turning her worst chapter into someone else's lifeline. That's not resilience. That's revolution.Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing.Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of legal abuse, family court trauma, child molestation, emotional manipulation, narcissistic abuse, and any topics that may disturb some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.If this episode brings anything up for you, please reach out. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788 — free, confidential support available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.If you or someone you know has experienced sexual assault, call the RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 — free, confidential support available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.Behk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Co-Parenting Trapped by Abuse Part One 11.06.2025 40min

  Veronika left. He just found a new way to keep hurting her.In this episode, Behk & LAH share the story of Veronika — one of LAH's friends — a woman who has spent her life navigating high-conflict men, starting with an emotionally abusive father and ending up in a relationship that became something far darker. She was drugged. She was raped. She built a life around her three children anyway.And when she tried to leave, he took her to court.This episode goes beyond the relationship itself into something survivors don't talk about enough — the way the legal system can become the next weapon. Veronika isn't fighting her ex anymore. She's fighting a man who has weaponized family court to threaten her parental rights, not because he wants to be a father, but because control doesn't stop at the front door.Veronika is still in this fight. She agreed to share her story anyway.Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing.Books Mentioned:How to Kill a NarcissistContent Warning: This episode contains discussions of domestic violence, sexual abuse, narcissistic abuse, legal manipulation, and any topics that may disturb some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.If this episode brings anything up for you, please reach out. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788 — free, confidential support available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.If you or someone you know has experienced sexual assault, call the RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 — free, confidential support available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.Behk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  When Presence Feels Like Absence 04.06.2025 1h 5min

  Penny's grandfather had two families. He called the second one "the others." That tells you everything you need to know about where this story begins.In this episode, Penny takes us through a family legacy that was broken long before she arrived — a grandfather whose cruelty shaped a father who never learned how to show up, and a daughter who grew up feeling the very specific ache of being emotionally abandoned by someone who never actually left.But here's what makes Penny's story different. There was also her mother — a relationship so full of genuine love and friendship that it gave Penny something to hold onto. A blueprint for what connection could actually look like.Penny took that blueprint and built something. A committed partnership. Emotionally intelligent kids. A home that runs on empathy, trust, and open communication — none of which were modeled for her.This is what breaking the cycle looks like when you decide the story ends with you.All details have been kept anonymous out of respect for everyone involved.Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing.Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of toxic behavior, narcissistic abuse, and any topics that may disturb some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.Behk and LAH are not doctors or therapists. Nothing shared on this podcast should be taken as medical or professional advice.Have a story you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it. Submit yours here.If this show has meant something to you, consider supporting us on Patreon for exclusive content — every bit helps us keep the curtain rising.Hosts: Behk & LAHFollow us on Instagram + Facebook @ngcompodProduction & Design: LAHardenMusic: No Reason Why by Anchor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.