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. 

Ellie shares her experiences growing up with an abusive and narcissistic father. She details his leadership role in church and how he moved her family to Peru for a mission and subsequently got kicked out for poor behavior towards his cohort. Ellie discusses how his mental and em ... Show More

Are you in an emotionally abusive relationship? Are you finding it hard to leave?Listen to EJ's story and how she no longer ignored her intuition and the red fags that keep coming her way about the narcissistic abuse, manipulation and threats from her partner were not good for he ... Show More

Left Behind. Ellie flashes back to an innocent mall outing that ended in love at first bite, and wrestles with survivor's guilt in the present.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

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

<p>In Emily&apos;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 ... Show More

She's grappling with the aftermath of a tumultuous relationship with a narcissistic partner. First, he love bombed her and made her feel special only to turn manipulative and aggressive in a time of need following her father's death. She doesn't know how to bounce back or how she ... Show More

Once sworn enemies, now forced into an unlikely alliance… can Eleanor and Angela put the past behind them?