Episodes of the Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Podcast is dedicated to healing and recovery from narcissistic abuse, from moving from victim to survivor, seeing and understanding the tactics within relationships.
Ep. 116 Scapegoat Perfectionism: Surviving Narcissistic Family Expectations Published: January 09 2026 Your browser does not support the audio element. Scapegoat Perfectionism You’ve spent years obsessing over every mistake, convinced that if you…
Ep. 115 Men Know What Respect Is: Why the Confusion Excuse Doesn’t Hold Up Observing How Men Show Respect to Each Other Reveals What They’re Capable Of Published: January 08 2026 Your browser…
Ep. 114 When Your Parent Targets Your Sibling: How to Support Without Getting Destroyed Published: January 07 2026 Your browser does not support the audio element. Breaking the silence on family scapegoating, triangulation,…
Ep. 112 The Respect Gap: Why Men Know How to Respect But Choose Not to Extend It to Women Decoding the Performance of Respect and How Narcissists Weaponize It Published: December 31 2025…
Recognizing Narcissistic Abuse Patterns at Scale | Why Recovery Requires Unlearning Cultural Conditioning | Emotional Labor, Boundaries, and Refusal Seeing the world differently? The following is a brief transcript of the episode from…
In today’s fast-paced world, understanding the dynamics of manipulation and control is crucial for personal empowerment and healing. In the latest episode of our podcast, we dive deep into three powerful manipulation tactics…
How Society Mirrors the Narcissist’s Playbook The following is a brief transcript of the episode from the Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Podcast. Podcast: Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Podcast Host: Lynn Nichols Follow our work beyond the…
Triangulation: here’s what makes this particularly difficult for people who’ve experienced narcissistic abuse: You may have been conditioned to think this is just how relationships work. If you grew up in a family where people never talked directly to each other, where messages were always passed through third parties, where you were constantly hearing about what ‘other people’ thought – this might feel familiar. Not comfortable, but familiar.
Emotionally Absent Have you spent years feeling unseen in your relationship, wondering why someone who says they love you can’t seem to connect with you emotionally? In this episode, we explore the hidden…
Podcast Episode: The Awakening – When You Realize It’s Not Just Your Partner A journey from personal pain to systemic understanding Podcast: Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Podcast Host: Lynn Nichols Follow our work beyond the…
How Cultural Conditioning Suppresses Emotion, Undermines Intimacy, and Perpetuates Psychological Harm Alexithymia: Is this happening in your relationship? The following is a brief section of our transcript of our podcast episode – Narcissistic…
Everything is Designed to Secure Male Sexual Access The following is a transcript from the Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Podcast Podcast: Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Podcast Host: Lynn Nichols Follow our work beyond the podcast: We publish…
Do you have ambition? The following is a transcript from the Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Podcast Podcast: Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Podcast Host: Lynn Nichols Listen Here Episode 82: Lynn is a heartfelt advocate for personal…
We Move Forward Together With Unbelievable Strength Join our Exclusive Community on Supercast! Hope Without Expectation Follow our work beyond the podcast: We publish essays and insights on Medium through our Moving Forward with Hope…
Review on Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by Bell Hooks Bell Hooks: I will give a standing ovation to Bell Hooks who bravely, accurately, boldly, and thoroughly has taken on the…
The Hidden Connection Between Narcissistic Abuse and Patriarchy Are you seeking True Partnership and wondering why it’s so hard to find? Follow our work beyond the podcast: We publish essays and insights on Medium…
How Alanis Morissette Exposed What Women Really Experience with Men Sympathetic Character – Have you heard? In 1998, one song said what we were all thinking but afraid to say out loud I…
The Hidden Difference Between Supportive Partnership and Emotional Control When care becomes control? Follow our work beyond the podcast: We publish essays and insights on Medium through our Moving Forward with Hope publication, and you…
How Emotional and Financial Illiteracy Were Engineered to Keep Women Dependent and Men Disconnected Is it the Perfect Trap? Follow our work beyond the podcast: We publish essays and insights on Medium through…
How a Young Woman from Massachusetts Helped Ignite the Women’s Rights Movement and Inspired Generations Imagine standing in front of a crowd in the 1840s, knowing your very voice was an act of…
How Cultural Scripts Condition Us to Stay Small and How Uncovering the Truth Can Ignite a Soul-Deep Awakening The following is a transcript from the Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Podcast Podcast: Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Podcast…
It’s not drama. It’s design. Emotional labor isn’t love—it’s a system The following is taken from our podcast episode published as Episode 91. Transcript for Episode 91. Podcast: Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Podcast Host: Lynn…
Uncovering the Hidden Code of Male Respect, Emotional Hierarchies, and Why Women Are Often Second in Line The following is from a recent episode of the podcast. The Silent Brotherhood Welcome back to…
How the Pick Me mindset stalls ambition, undermines identity, and reinforces systems of control Welcome back to the Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Podcast. I’m Lynn, your host. Before we get into today’s topic, I…
Unpacking the history, language, and societal pressure that shaped generations of women to believe their worth depends on being wanted. The following is the podcast transcript from the episode Pick Me Culture: Why…