Narcissists, Gaslighters, and Cheaters, Oh My!

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.

The charges were dropped this morning. Annie got the call the day we recorded.That moment alone — a DA personally writing a letter, a detective calling ahead to warn her, a system finally seeing through the fog he spent years creating — is the kind of validation that doesn't arrive on a schedule. It arrives when it's ready. And it arrived that day.Part II picks up where we left off: the gun safe emptied, the car packed, the decision made. But leaving, as so many survivors know, is not the end of the story. It is often where the real battle begins.What followed was a masterclass in post-separation abuse. False child abuse allegations. Eighteen secretly recorded videos hoarded for months. A will drafted by him and his father — signed the day before a beach trip — that would have handed everything, including their children, to his family if anything had happened to her. A neurologist he was calling behind her back, managing her appointments, controlling her results. A smear campaign that started on their wedding day.And through all of it — two toddlers to raise, a rental to furnish, a legal war to survive, and not one child support payment received.Annie is still in it. She is not on the other side yet. But she has an underlying peace she cannot fully explain, a burner phone, a really good attorney, and the Tortured Poets Department on repeat.She said it herself: she is very much living "The Smallest Man That Ever Lived." Twice.🎧 If you haven't listened to Part I yet — start there. You need the context.Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing.Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of domestic violence, coercive control, financial abuse, sexual coercion, medical abuse and gaslighting, psychological manipulation, child abuse allegations, post-separation abuse, legal abuse, postpartum depression, and references to suicidal ideation (attributed to the abuser's manipulation, not the survivor). 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.Annie mentioned a resource we want to pass along: Aimee Says (aimeesays.com) — an AI tool built specifically for domestic violence survivors to log events, organize evidence, and prepare for legal proceedings. Free version available.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.

Welcome to Season 4. We're starting with Annie — and Annie's story is not for the faint of heart.Annie had a husband, young children, and a house in the middle of nowhere that felt less like a home and more like a carefully constructed trap. The rural isolation was intentional. So was everything that followed.When her husband decided Annie was "crazy," he didn't just say it — he built a case. He had her committed to a mental health facility, maintained back-channel communication with her psychiatrist, and walked away with a borderline personality disorder diagnosis he could wield against her for years. Every time she pushed back. Every time she tried to be heard. Every time she dared to trust her own reality.He had an answer for all of it. She was crazy. The paperwork said so.Part one ends where Annie's survival instinct finally took over — the moment he opened the gun case, laid out every weapon, and spread the ammunition out in front of her like a message she wasn't supposed to misunderstand. Annie picked up her children from school and ran.This is only the beginning.Narcissists, Gaslighters, & Cheaters, Oh My! — real folks, real stories, survival & healing. Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of toxic narcissistic behavior 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cleo lost her sister-in-law — the woman who had become one of the most important people in her life. And then someone new arrived. And things got worse.In this episode, Cleo opens up about grief, generational trauma, and what happens when a toxic person enters a family that is already broken open by loss. The manipulation. The fractured relationships. The helplessness of watching someone you love fall under a spell you can see clearly, and they can't — not yet.This is the first chapter of Cleo's story. It is not a short one.We'll be following Cleo's journey over time — because some stories are still unfolding, and this one deserves to be told in full.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 abuse, alcoholism, mental health struggles, narcissistic abuse, 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.

Buddy is back. And he is doing the work.A year ago, Buddy sat down with us fresh out of a whirlwind marriage that unraveled in ways nobody saw coming. Today he's back — lighter, clearer, and with the kind of hard-earned perspective that only comes from actually doing the hard things instead of just talking about them.In this episode, Buddy opens up about what healing has genuinely looked like over the past year. The patterns he had to unlearn. The joy he found in doing things purely for himself. And the final conversation with his ex-wife that surprised even him with what it revealed about how far he'd come.He's also here to talk about something that doesn't get said enough on podcasts like this one — men supporting men. The power of vulnerability between male friends. What happens when you dismantle the idea that needing help is a weakness? Buddy has lived it, and he's not shy about saying so.Happily single, focused on his health, and fully himself. This is what a year of real healing looks like.Follow Buddy on IG, Facebook, TikTok & Bluesky @brillianceproperAll 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 narcissistic abuse, toxic abuse, alcoholism, mental health issues, and any topics that may disturb some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, you don't have to figure it out alone. Call the SAMHSA National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357 for free, confidential support — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It's a judgment-free call.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.

We told you part two was a lot. We meant it.In the conclusion of Buddy's story, things escalate in a direction nobody saw coming — including a stint in jail that changed everything. Again. Buddy takes us through the aftermath, the turmoil, and ultimately the clarity that only comes after you've been through something truly unhinged.Stay until the end. Buddy has something to say to the men listening — about mental health, about therapy, about asking for help — and it's the kind of message that doesn't get said enough on podcasts like this one or anywhere else.Follow Buddy on Instagram, Facebook & TikTok @brillianceproperAll 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 abuse, narcissistic abuse, drug use, infidelity, and any topics that may disturb some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, you don't have to figure it out alone. Call the SAMHSA National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357 for free, confidential support — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It's a judgment-free call.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.