gaslighting

Episode 70: Follow up to #SurvivorStories Series with Jessica Ingels–on courts giving custody to abusers

On this episode of the en(gender)ed, I am responding to the flurry of attacks I received from publishing Jessica Ingels’ #SurvivorStories series episode last week.  Here is the transcript to this episode: Greetings listeners, survivors, advocates and allies: I am launching this episode as a follow up to our series on the weaponization of motherhood. …

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This Video is Authentic Gaslighting — not “Authentic Love”

A therapist friend recently shared the below video with me. While I was watching with her, I couldn’t help but pepper my viewing with angry interruptions to correct, challenge and/or contextualize their broad brush strokes that essentially rendered women responsible for patriarchal oppression against men. From Authentic Love Berlin   For those of us who…

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The First Step to Healing is Admitting You’re in an Abusive Relationship

When I woke up this morning, I found this great tweet that summed it up perfectly — America is in an abusive relationship with her ‘president.’ I’ve been saying this since the election. I’m sure we can all remember what we were doing that night — November 8, 2016 — and how we felt the next morning. For me, that grim…

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