Not That Girl Anymore

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  Good Girls Don't Protect Themselves 16.09.2026 30dk

  What happens when girls are taught that being “good” means being nice, forgiving, selfless, obedient, and endlessly understanding—even when something inside them is screaming that they aren’t safe?In this deeply personal episode of Not That Girl Anymore, Dawn explores how women can be conditioned to override their instinct for self-preservation. From religion and purity culture to marriage, sexuality, and motherhood, she examines how these messages can lead to self-abandonment—and create fertile ground for narcissistic abuse and coercive control.This is a conversation about boundaries, anger, consent, sexuality, and learning to trust yourself again. Because healing isn't only about recognizing the person who hurt you. It's about recognizing yourself again—your instincts, your body, your voice, your boundaries, your no, and your yes.Maybe healing isn't becoming a different woman.Maybe it's remembering the woman you were before you learned to abandon yourself.embraceyourbrave.org
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  Death of a Pastor’s Wife: Religious Trauma & Narcissistic Abuse 09.09.2026 1sa 6dk

  In this raw and deeply personal episode, Dawn is joined by Meg and Misha for a powerful conversation sparked by the documentary Death of a Pastor’s Wife. What begins as a discussion about the story quickly becomes something much bigger: an exploration of religious trauma, narcissistic abuse, purity culture, coercive control, and what can happen when women are taught to sacrifice their own identity, instincts, and safety in the name of being a “good wife” or “good Christian.”Misha, a trauma-informed coach and somatic healing practitioner specializing in narcissistic abuse, brings both professional insight and her own experience growing up in evangelical culture. Meg shares an intensely personal perspective on life as a pastor’s wife, the loss of identity she experienced, and the difficult process of recognizing and unlearning beliefs that shaped not only her relationships, but also what her children learned about relationships and womanhood.Together, they examine how spiritual authority can be weaponized, why abuse can become normalized inside religious communities, how shame and submission can silence women, and why leaving an abusive environment doesn't automatically undo years of conditioning.This conversation gets emotional because these aren't simply stories from a documentary. For many women, this is real life. Dawn, Meg, and Misha remind listeners that recognizing abuse, reclaiming your identity, and questioning what you've been taught can be part of finding your way back to yourself.Content Warning: This episode contains candid discussion of religious trauma, narcissistic and emotional abuse, sexual coercion, domestic violence, mental health, and other potentially triggering experiences.
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  What is Narcissistic Abuse? 02.09.2026 23dk

  What is narcissistic abuse—and how do you know if it’s happening to you?In this episode, Dawn goes back to the basics to explain what narcissistic abuse actually looks and feels like. Narcissistic abuse isn’t simply dealing with someone who is selfish, difficult, or hurtful. It is a pattern of emotional and psychological abuse that can slowly undermine your ability to trust your own reality, feelings, boundaries, and instincts.Dawn breaks down common narcissistic abuse tactics including gaslighting, blame shifting, DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender), projection, triangulation, silent treatment, coercive control, intimidation, isolation, and emotional manipulation.But recognizing narcissistic abuse isn’t always about knowing the terminology. Sometimes the biggest clues are found in how the relationship makes you feel.Do you constantly question yourself?Do you replay conversations wondering what really happened?Do you walk on eggshells or monitor someone else’s moods?Are you afraid of what will happen when you disagree, say no, or set a boundary?Do apologies actually lead to changed behavior?Do you feel more like yourself in this relationship—or have you slowly disappeared?Dawn also explores why leaving an emotionally or narcissistically abusive relationship can be incredibly complicated, especially when love, children, finances, fear, isolation, religious conditioning, custody concerns, and cycles of pain and connection are involved.You do not have to prove that someone is a narcissist before taking seriously what is happening to you.Start by paying attention to the patterns—and listening to yourself.✨ RECLAIMING YOUReclaiming You is a group for women healing from narcissistic and emotional abuse, as well as women who are still trying to understand what they have experienced.Together, women learn about gaslighting, DARVO, projection, triangulation, coercive control, boundaries, nervous system responses, and—most importantly—how to begin trusting themselves again.📍 In Person: Mondays, 6:00–7:30 PM in Lafayette, Louisiana💻 Online: Wednesdays, 6:00–7:30 PM Central TimeYou don’t have to have everything figured out before you come.Your experience matters. Your feelings matter. Your voice matters. And you matter.Maybe reclaiming yourself begins right here.Because remember: You’re Not That Girl Anymore.Reclaiming You Group#NarcissisticAbuse #EmotionalAbuse #Gaslighting #DARVO #CoerciveControl #NarcissisticRelationship #NarcissisticAbuseRecovery #EmotionalAbuseRecovery #ToxicRelationships #HealingFromAbuse #TraumaRecovery #ReclaimYourself
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  Healing Trauma with EMDR: Reclaiming Your Power After Emotional Abuse 26.08.2026 1sa 11dk

  What happens when you stop looking at your past only through the lens of what happened to you and begin recognizing the strength that was inside you all along?In this raw and deeply personal conversation, Dawn and Meg continue exploring Meg’s journey of healing from emotional abuse, manipulation, complex PTSD, and painful relationship and family dynamics. Meg shares how EMDR therapy is helping her process traumatic memories differently—including one breakthrough that completely changed the way she viewed one of the most painful experiences of her previous marriage.They talk openly about PTSD nightmares, trauma responses, emotional abuse, gaslighting, family boundaries, religious and church trauma, self-betrayal, and what it means to finally trust yourself again.Meg also reflects on the enormous difference between the woman she was months ago and the woman she is becoming now—a woman learning that healing isn't simply about “taking her power back.” Sometimes it's realizing the power was there the entire time.This episode explores:EMDR therapy and trauma recoveryComplex PTSD and recurring nightmaresHealing after emotional and psychological abuseRecognizing manipulation and gaslightingSetting boundaries with difficult family membersReligious and church traumaReleasing shame and self-blameRebuilding self-trust after abusive relationshipsRecognizing trauma responses in everyday lifeMoving from survival mode into actually livingRediscovering your voice, identity, and personal powerIf you’ve ever wondered who you might become when you stop living according to everyone else’s expectations, this conversation is a powerful reminder: healing can change not only how you see your past—but how you choose to live your future.
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  Religious Trauma, Narcissistic Abuse & Deconstruction: Seminary Wives to Divorced AF (And FREE) Part 2 19.08.2026 1sa 10dk

  In Part 2 of this deeply personal conversation, Meg picks up exactly where Part 1 left off: “And so I moved to the beach.” But leaving was only the beginning.Meg opens up about what it looks like to rebuild your life after abusive relationships, religious trauma, and years of being taught to put everyone else before yourself. She shares what she is learning about self-love, freedom, boundaries, and giving herself permission to create a life that actually feels like her own.The conversation goes deeper as Meg discusses her experience with EMDR therapy and how it is helping her reprocess painful experiences from her past—including her complicated relationship with her father. She shares the powerful realization that changed the way she saw their relationship: she could stop trying to fix someone who continued to choose himself and finally say, “And I choose me.”Dawn and Meg explore the difficult process of unlearning shame, releasing the need for approval, rebuilding self-worth, and recognizing that choosing yourself isn't the same as being selfish. They also talk about motherhood, the impact of healing on Meg's relationship with her children, and what it means to create joy and new memories after survival.This is the second half of Meg's story—not simply about leaving an abusive relationship, but about what comes after: healing from emotional and religious trauma, breaking old patterns, learning to trust yourself, and discovering who you are when you stop living for everyone else's expectations.And for the women listening who are afraid of what choosing themselves might cost, Meg leaves them with a message she fought hard to learn:“Baby, the well is deep, and go love yourself.”Part 2 is about freedom, healing, and finally becoming Not That Girl Anymore.
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  Religious Trauma, Narcissistic Abuse & Deconstruction: Seminary Wives to Divorced AF (And FREE) 12.08.2026 1sa

  n Part 1 of this powerful conversation, Dawn sits down with her longtime friend Meg to unpack a story that began years ago in seminary—and eventually forced Meg to question everything she had been taught about marriage, faith, womanhood, and herself.Meg opens up about life inside an abusive marriage, the religious expectations that kept her trying to make it work, and what happened when she finally turned to church leadership for help. What followed was a painful reckoning with the systems, beliefs, and messages that had taught her to stay quiet, endure more, and put herself last.Together, Dawn and Meg explore purity culture, spiritual authority, shame, control, and the complicated process of realizing that choosing yourself doesn't make you selfish—it may be the very thing that saves you.This is a story about what happens when the life you were told to build begins to fall apart—and you finally start asking whether you're willing to keep being that girl anymore.embraceyourbrave.org
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  Who Taught You Not To Trust Yourself 05.08.2026 16dk

  Have you ever stopped to ask yourself: Who taught you not to trust yourself?In this powerful episode of Not That Girl Anymore, trauma therapist and coach Dawn Bouillon explores one of the deepest wounds many survivors carry—the loss of self-trust. Whether you've experienced narcissistic abuse, emotional abuse, religious trauma, childhood trauma, gaslighting, or codependency, healing often begins by reconnecting with the voice you've learned to ignore.Instead of asking, "What's wrong with me?" Dawn invites you to ask a different question: "Where did I lose myself?"In this episode, you'll discover:Why self-doubt is often learned—not inherited.How narcissistic abuse and gaslighting deepen existing wounds.The connection between codependency and self-abandonment.Why people-pleasing is a survival strategy, not a personality flaw.How religious trauma and childhood conditioning can disconnect you from your intuition.Practical insights for rebuilding self-trust and reconnecting with your authentic self.If you've ever questioned your instincts, struggled with boundaries, or wondered why unhealthy relationships keep repeating, this conversation offers compassion, clarity, and hope for your healing journey.💙 If this episode resonated with you, please:👍 Like this video💬 Share your thoughts in the comments📤 Send it to someone who needs to hear it🔔 Subscribe for more conversations about trauma recovery, emotional healing, narcissistic abuse recovery, and reclaiming your life.Dawn Bouillion: WebsiteIG @embraceyourbrave#NarcissisticAbuse #EmotionalAbuse #TraumaHealing #Gaslighting #Codependency #ReligiousTrauma #PeoplePleasing #SelfTrust #HealingJourney #ComplexTrauma #InnerHealing #MentalHealth #Recovery #TraumaRecovery #NotThatGirlAnymore
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  The Wrong Question: Are Therapists Breaking Up Families? 29.07.2026 14dk

  Are therapists really encouraging people to cut off their families—or are we asking the wrong question?In this thought-provoking episode of Not That Girl Anymore, trauma therapist Dylan Bunion explores the growing debate around family estrangement and therapy. Rather than asking whether therapists are breaking families apart, Dylan challenges us to consider a deeper question: Why are so many people entering therapy carrying wounds from the people who were supposed to love and protect them?Drawing from years of clinical experience, Dylan explains what actually happens in the therapy room. Clients rarely seek permission to leave their families. Instead, they ask heartbreaking questions like, "Am I the problem?" "Why do I always feel guilty?" and "How much more of myself do I have to lose to keep this relationship?"This compassionate conversation explores the difference between healthy boundaries and self-abandonment, why accountability is essential for reconciliation, and how healing begins by reconnecting with yourself.In this episode, you'll learn:Why family estrangement usually comes after years of trying to repair the relationship.What therapists actually do—and don't do.The difference between forgiveness, reconciliation, and self-abandonment.Why healthy boundaries are often misunderstood.How trauma disconnects people from themselves—and how healing helps them come home again.Healing isn't about breaking families apart. It's about helping people stop breaking themselves apart just to keep everyone else comfortable.
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  Narcissists Playbook: Why Everyone Needs to See This Film ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 22.07.2026 20dk

  Can you spot the patterns of narcissistic abuse before they change your life?In this powerful episode of Not That Girl Anymore, trauma therapist Dawn Bouillon shares why the documentary Narcissist's Playbook left her speechless—and why she believes everyone should watch it.If you've ever questioned your reality, blamed yourself for someone else's behavior, or struggled to explain the emotional confusion that comes from manipulation, gaslighting, or coercive control, this conversation will help put words to what so many survivors experience.Dawn explores why narcissistic abuse follows recognizable patterns across relationships, families, workplaces, religious organizations, and other systems of power. She explains how learning to recognize these patterns can replace shame with clarity, helping survivors understand they were never "crazy"—they were responding to prolonged psychological abuse.Whether you're a survivor, a loved one trying to understand someone else's experience, or a therapist, coach, teacher, attorney, or healthcare professional, this episode is an invitation to become more aware, more discerning, and more compassionate.In this episode you'll discover:Why narcissistic abuse is so confusing and difficult to recognizeThe common tactics of gaslighting, manipulation, and coercive controlWhy survivors often blame themselves instead of the abuseHow awareness leads to healing—not fearWhy professionals need better education about narcissistic abuseHow validation removes shame and opens the door to recoveryThis is more than a conversation about narcissism. It's about recognizing unhealthy patterns, believing survivors, and creating safer relationships and communities.If this episode resonates with you, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who may need to hear that they are not alone.#NarcissisticAbuse #Gaslighting #TraumaHealing #EmotionalAbuse #CoerciveControl #MentalHealth #TraumaRecovery #HealingJourney #PsychologicalAbuse #Boundaries #NotThatGirlAnymore #DawnBouillon
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  When Stress Shows Up in Your Body 15.07.2026 20dk

  Have you ever had a headache that wouldn't go away, constant brain fog, tight shoulders, stomach issues, or found yourself getting sick more often—and wondered if stress might be showing up in your body?In this episode of Not That Girl Anymore, trauma therapist and coach Dawn Bouillon explores the powerful connection between stress, trauma, the nervous system, and physical symptoms. Inspired by her own experience of waking up with a stress-induced fever blister, Dawn shares how our bodies often recognize overwhelm long before our minds do.If you've ever struggled with anxiety, chronic stress, emotional abuse, hypervigilance, or feeling like you're always in survival mode, this conversation will help you understand why your body reacts the way it does—and why it's not working against you.In this episode you'll discover:• Why stress often shows up as physical symptoms• How trauma affects the nervous system• Why your body isn't betraying you—it's trying to protect you• The connection between emotional abuse, chronic stress, and hypervigilance• How to move from self-judgment to self-compassion• Simple ways to help your nervous system feel safe again• Why healing begins by listening to your body instead of fighting itYour body has been carrying your story for a long time. The question is: what has it been trying to tell you?If this episode encouraged you, please subscribe, leave a comment, and share it with someone who needs the reminder that healing is possible.YoutubeWebsite#Stress #TraumaHealing #NervousSystem #AnxietyRecovery #MentalHealth #EmotionalHealing #TraumaRecovery #SelfCompassion #EmotionalAbuse #HealingJourney
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  You Can Love Someone and Still Need Distance 08.07.2026 11dk

  Can you love someone and still choose distance? Absolutely—and sometimes it's the healthiest decision you can make.In this episode of Not That Girl Anymore, trauma therapist and coach Dawn Bouillon explores one of the most misunderstood parts of healing: setting healthy boundaries with people you still love. If you've ever struggled with guilt over creating distance from a family member, partner, friend, or loved one, this conversation offers the validation and clarity you may need.You'll discover why boundaries are not rejection, why forgiveness doesn't always require reconciliation, and how trauma can teach us to prioritize everyone else's needs while abandoning our own. Dawn shares compassionate insights into healing from emotional abuse, people-pleasing, codependency, toxic relationships, and chronic survival mode while learning to reconnect with your own voice, intuition, and peace.In this episode, you'll learn:Why you can love someone without allowing unlimited access to your life.The difference between forgiveness and reconciliation.How healthy boundaries support emotional healing and nervous system regulation.Why protecting your peace is not selfish.How to release guilt and choose yourself without losing your compassion.If you're healing from trauma, navigating difficult family relationships, recovering from emotional manipulation, or learning to set boundaries without shame, this episode will remind you that your healing matters—and so do you.Keywords: healthy boundaries, trauma recovery, emotional healing, toxic relationships, family boundaries, codependency recovery, forgiveness, reconciliation, self-worth, people pleasing, emotional abuse recovery, nervous system healing, self-love, mental health, trauma therapist, healing journey.
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  When Your Pain Doesn't Get to Matter 01.07.2026 18dk

  Have you ever walked away from a conversation feeling like your pain disappeared while everyone else's emotions took center stage?In this deeply personal solo episode of Not That Girl Anymore, Dawn Bouillon explores one of the most painful patterns trauma can create: becoming the emotional caretaker for everyone else while quietly abandoning yourself.Through compassionate storytelling and gentle reflection, Dawn unpacks why survivors of emotional abuse and relational trauma often become experts at understanding everyone else's pain—but struggle to believe their own deserves space. She explores how empathy without boundaries can lead to self-abandonment, why our nervous systems learn to stay silent, and how healing begins when we finally allow our own hearts to matter.In this episode, you'll discover:Why your pain deserves to be heard without being minimized or redirected.How trauma teaches us to prioritize everyone else's emotions over our own.The difference between empathy and self-abandonment.Why healthy relationships make room for accountability, repair, and both people's experiences.How boundaries become an act of self-respect—not selfishness.A simple reflection to help you reconnect with what your heart truly needs.If you've spent years being the strong one, the peacekeeper, or the person everyone leans on, this conversation is your reminder that your story, your healing, and your heart matter too.Because you don't have to disappear anymore.
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  What If Your Mother Was the One Who Hurt You? Understanding the Mother Wound, Maternal Abuse, and the Right to Protect Yourself 24.06.2026 41dk

  Dawn Bouillon explores the often-overlooked reality of the mother wound and the lasting impact of growing up with an emotionally unsafe, controlling, manipulative, critical, or abusive mother. With compassion, honesty, and deep understanding, Dawn invites listeners to examine the patterns that may have followed them into adulthood—from people-pleasing, perfectionism, and self-abandonment to boundary struggles, anxiety, shame, and difficulty trusting themselves.This powerful episode offers validation for those who have spent years minimizing their pain, questioning their experiences, or feeling responsible for a parent's emotions. Dawn discusses the effects of emotional abuse, enmeshment, criticism, control, competition, religious manipulation, and the grief that comes from mourning the mother you needed but never had.Whether you're a daughter, son, or anyone navigating the complex emotions of loving someone who hurt you, this conversation is an invitation to stop carrying the burden alone, tell the truth about your experience, and begin healing with honesty and self-compassion.Topics include:• The mother wound and childhood emotional trauma• People-pleasing, perfectionism, and self-abandonment• Emotional abuse, manipulation, and control• Boundaries, guilt, and healing from family dysfunction• Childhood trauma and nervous system survival patterns• Grieving the parent you needed but didn't have• Reclaiming your voice, identity, and self-worth• Finding a healthier path forward through truth and healingIf you've ever wondered why certain family dynamics still affect you today, this episode offers a gentle but powerful invitation to a better way.
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  You Don't Have to Lose Yourself to Be Loved 17.06.2026 15dk

  Women are exhausted—but not because they’re weak, demanding, or impossible to please. In this powerful episode, Dawn explores the hidden emotional burdens many women have carried for years: the responsibility to keep the peace, manage relationships, sacrifice their needs, and earn love through self-abandonment. She challenges the belief that love should require losing yourself and invites listeners into a deeper conversation about healing, accountability, emotional safety, and the ways both women and men are impacted by unhealthy cultural expectations. This is not a conversation about blame—it’s a conversation about truth, growth, and creating healthier relationships, families, and communities for future generations. If you've ever felt exhausted from carrying more than your share, this episode is a reminder that peace, partnership, and authenticity are not too much to ask for.
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  How Trauma Heals: The Off Campus Version 10.06.2026 24dk

  Why did a fictional love story spark such powerful conversations about trauma, healing, and hope?In this episode of Not That Girl Anymore, Dawn Bouillon explores the deeper psychological themes behind the hit series Off Campus and why so many survivors see pieces of themselves in the journeys of Hannah and Garrett. Through the lens of trauma therapy, Dawn unpacks how trauma lives in the nervous system, why anxiety, hypervigilance, flashbacks, and disconnection are often survival responses—not signs of weakness—and how healing begins when we stop asking, "What's wrong with me?" and start asking, "What happened to me?"Together, we'll explore childhood trauma, sexual trauma, abuse, nervous system regulation, attachment wounds, and the powerful role safe relationships play in healing. Dawn also shares why healing doesn't require the perfect romantic partner—but it does require connection, authenticity, and people who help us feel seen, valued, and safe.If you've ever wondered whether healing is truly possible after trauma, this conversation offers both insight and hope. Because your story matters, your pain matters, and your healing matters.Topics Covered:Trauma responses and nervous system survival patternsAnxiety, panic attacks, hypervigilance, and dissociationChildhood abuse and breaking generational cyclesSexual trauma and reclaiming safetyThe connection between relationships and healingWhy safe people matter in recoveryHope, resilience, and post-traumatic growth#TraumaHealing #NervousSystemHealing #ComplexTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma #EmotionalHealing #MentalHealthPodcast #HealingJourney #TraumaRecovery #PersonalGrowth #NotThatGirlAnymore #EmbraceYourBrave #RelationshipHealing #PTSDRecovery #SelfWorth #HealingAfterTrauma
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  Why Off Campus Feels Like A Healing Movement 03.06.2026 17dk

  Why has Off Campus impacted so many people so deeply? Why are millions of viewers crying at the same scenes, rewatching episodes, and having emotional conversations with friends, partners, children, and therapists?In this deeply personal episode, Dawn explores why this story feels bigger than just a television show. Through the lens of trauma healing, emotional safety, healthy relationships, and connection, she unpacks how Off Campus is opening conversations about trust, consent, grief, shame, healing, and what it means to finally feel seen.As a trauma therapist, Dawn reflects on the ways the story portrays healing—not through perfect people, but through wounded people learning to trust again, break cycles, and help each other heal. She shares personal reflections about motherhood, friendship, emotional safety, and why safe relationships are often where healing truly begins.This episode is a powerful conversation about trauma, hope, belonging, healthy intimacy, and the possibility of becoming more than what happened to us.If you’ve ever longed to feel understood, safe, valued, or connected… this conversation is for you.Embraceyourbrave.com
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  Authenticity Requires Boundaries 27.05.2026 24dk

  What if the version of you that everyone praises… is actually the version of you that abandoned yourself to survive?In this deeply honest and emotionally powerful episode of Not That Girl Anymore, Dawn Bouillon explores the hidden cost of people-pleasing, over-functioning, perfectionism, and chronic self-abandonment. She unpacks why authenticity can feel terrifying, especially for women who learned early in life that love, safety, and belonging depended on keeping everyone else comfortable.Through conversations about trauma, nervous system conditioning, fawning, boundaries, anxiety, burnout, and healing, Dawn explains how many women became disconnected from their own voice, needs, and identity in order to stay accepted and loved. She shares how boundaries are not punishment or selfishness — they are honesty, self-respect, and protection for the authentic self.This episode is for the woman who is exhausted from performing strength, happiness, perfection, or “being fine” while quietly drowning underneath it all. It’s for the woman learning that she no longer has to earn love through exhaustion, silence, or self-sacrifice.
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  The Courage to Be Yourself: Boundaries, Shame & Authentic Healing 20.05.2026 49dk

  What happens when life falls apart and you’re forced to rediscover who you really are?In this deeply honest and empowering episode of Not That Girl Anymore, Dawn Bouillon sits down with licensed professional counselor, supervisor, and founder of The Authenticity Center, Melissa Bowen, for a powerful conversation about authenticity, shame, boundaries, vulnerability, and healing.Melissa shares her personal journey from the restaurant industry to becoming a therapist after Hurricane Katrina and the loss of her career forced her into a season of deep self-exploration. Together, Dawn and Melissa unpack what it really means to lose yourself in relationships, people-pleasing, perfectionism, motherhood, hustle culture, and trauma — and how reclaiming your authentic self becomes the path back to healing and belonging.The conversation dives into:Brené Brown’s research on shame, vulnerability, and courageWhy authenticity feels so riskyThe hidden cost of self-abandonmentBoundaries as self-respect, not punishmentHow people-pleasing disconnects us from ourselvesWhy healing requires curiosity instead of judgmentThe importance of culturally safe vulnerability and storytellingHow authenticity creates deeper connection, healthier relationships, and true belongingThis episode is for anyone who has ever felt lost inside relationships, exhausted from trying to please everyone, or afraid to fully be themselves. It’s a reminder that healing isn’t about becoming someone else — it’s about finally coming home to yourself.If you’ve been craving deeper connection, healthier boundaries, and permission to take up space as your authentic self, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are.Melissa-BowenWebsite: https://www.theauthenticitycenter.com/
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  We Normalize What Harms Us & Stigmatize What Heals Us 13.05.2026 21dk

  In this powerful episode of Not That Girl Anymore, trauma therapist and coach Dawn Bouillon explores the painful truth behind modern burnout, anxiety, emotional suppression, people-pleasing, and self-abandonment. From toxic relationships and hustle culture to religious trauma, nervous system exhaustion, and chronic stress, Dawn unpacks how society normalizes suffering while stigmatizing healing. This deeply validating conversation offers hope, compassion, and insight for women healing from trauma, narcissistic abuse, burnout, anxiety, depression, and emotional disconnection. If you’ve ever felt exhausted from performing, surviving, or carrying everyone else’s emotional load, this episode is your reminder that healing is brave — and your humanity is not the problem.
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  Stop Calling Abuse Mental Illness 06.05.2026 9dk

  shorter, please.Show moreShow lessIn this powerful episode of Not That Girl Anymore, trauma therapist and founder of Embrace Your Brave, Dawn Bouillon challenges the dangerous habit of labeling abuse and violence as “mental illness” instead of calling it what it is: coercive control, entitlement, manipulation, and abuse.Dawn explores the realities of emotional abuse, domestic violence, victim safety, and why leaving abusive relationships is often the most dangerous time for survivors. This compassionate but direct conversation calls for accountability, prevention, healthier relationship education, and believing victims sooner.If you’ve ever questioned your reality, walked on eggshells, or confused control with love, this episode is for you.#TraumaRecovery #DomesticViolenceAwareness #CoerciveControl #EmotionalAbuse #HealingJourney #HealthyRelationships #SurvivorSupport