Ellie: Abusive with me, but loves our da...

*Warning: This episode details a sexual assault and may be triggering for some listeners. A chance encounter at the pool has triggered Layla to remember a sexual assault. In this session, she begins to heal. 

Hillary works with Ethan to imagine playing and connecting with his new baby. He's worked for years to process the terrifying experience of almost losing his wife during the birth of their first child. 

Host Hillary McBride advises her client Hannah to listen to a guided mediation on her commute to help ease her anxiety. Here's one for you to use, with Hillary as your guide. 

After fifteen years of physical and mental abuse Jan made the heart breaking decision to leave the family home without her children. The abuse and intimidation continued even after she left; he stalked her, slashed her tyres & made continual death threats. Jan refused to play vic ... Show More

In this counseling episode meet Kit and Jason, both with painful stories of unimaginable abuse. Kit suffered through childhood abandonment, literally locked out by her mother, but still looking for her love. Jason's wife cheated on him with his best friend, but he's mor ... Show More

This week, Ellie unpacks the complicated ups and downs of friendships. She opens up about a recent reconnection with an old friend that left her with mixed feelings, why friendship breakups can sometimes be worse than relationship breakups, why taking yourself to lunch alone is a ... Show More

In Emily's story, the abuse went both ways. After suffering a miscarriage, her husband severely beat her...after she threw a broken glass at him when he called her crazy in public. They later had a son, but the two-way abuse continued until they divorced. Now co-parenting, E ... Show More

From November 1, 1988: A mother discusses the physical and emotional abuse she suffered at the hands of her father and how she later married an abuser. Her four children recall being abused by their father, and talk about the effect it’s had on their lives and how they see the pa ... Show More

Iyanla travels to Birmingham, Alabama to work with daughters Kim and Annette whose relationship with their mother Charlene is at a breaking point. As little girls, the sisters felt their mother traded being a good parent for relationships with men who were often controlling and e ... Show More

The Last of Us's Riley Abel was self-sufficient, impulsive, passionate and Ellie's first crush. When she takes Ellie on a date to the mall where the two experience innocent first love, what happens there has a profound and lasting impact.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in ... Show More

[SCROLL FOR CW]-This week we're raising awareness for the ACT Emergency Shelter in Ft. Myers, FL: https://actabuse.com/giving/-Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233ORText START to 88788-Domestic Violence Support: https://www.thehotline.org/ Follow the podcast!-Abby's IG: http ... Show More

He didn’t become the person he wanted, so he took it out on her. A young woman speaks with Geth about her abusive ex and the red flags she realized in retrospect. She opens up about how he used pity as a manipulation tactic, threatened "social blackmail," controlled how she dress ... Show More

"What's it like to fall pregnant at 22? The gorgeous Ellie Lemons gets raw and real about interrupting her promising modelling and fitness career to have a baby in her early 20s. Find out how she dealt with a difficult birth and adjusting to motherhood at a young age when your fr ... Show More