Set Apart + Called Podcast

<p>Leaving the relationship didn’t end the control. It just changed how it showed up.</p><p>In this Season 2 premiere, I’m talking about the reality of post-separation abuse — what happens when a narcissistic or...

<p>This podcast exists because of one night. This episode tells that story.</p><p>In this first-ever guest conversation, I sit down with Stephanie — a woman who played a pivotal role in my healing and the moment...

<p>You finally left, and you're starting to feel like yourself again.<br />And then they reach out.</p><p>In this final episode of the Manipulation Tactics series, we unpack why narcissists often resurface right when...

<p>When someone hurts you, then claims they’re the victim — the confusion can be overwhelming.</p><p>This episode breaks down how the victim complex is used to flip accountability, rewrite reality, and turn you into the...

<p>There’s a reason conversations with certain people go nowhere.</p><p>In this upcoming episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on the victim complex — a pattern where correction is received as cruelty, and...

<p>IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS INSIDE</p><p> Gaslighting isn’t confusion — it’s conditioning.It’s when someone repeatedly denies your reality, rewrites what happened, and slowly trains you to doubt your own memory...

<p>Gaslighting is the manipulation tactic designed to make you doubt your memory, minimize your intuition, and question your own reality. In this episode, we break down how gaslighting works, why it’s so effective, and...

<p>Projection is one of the most disorienting manipulation tactics — because it turns their behavior into your supposed flaw. In this episode, we break down how narcissists use projection to dodge accountability...

<p>When you hold a narcissist accountable, the conversation doesn’t move toward clarity — it reroutes. In this episode, we break down deflection: the tactic that turns your valid concern into a brand-new argument, a...

<p>DARVO — Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender — is one of the most common and most disorienting manipulation tactics survivors encounter. If you’ve ever tried to have a simple conversation with a narcissist and...

<p>The holidays can be beautiful… but if you’re co-parenting with a narcissist, they can also feel heavy, confusing, and painfully performative.<br />In this bonus episode, we talk about holiday manipulation, emotional...

<p>This final episode of the Understanding Trauma series is about moving from survival into restoration — learning how to receive care, honor your body, and build a life that can hold you.</p><p>We’re closing this...

<p>What happens when the body keeps the score… long after the mind learned how to survive?</p><p>In this episode, we talk about the cost of unhealed trauma, the symptoms that don’t make sense, the exhaustion that won’t...

<p>The patterns you keep repeating didn’t start in adulthood.<br />They started in childhood—where safety was inconsistent, needs went unmet, and love came with conditions.</p><p>In this episode, we talk about the...

<p>In Part 2 of the Understanding Trauma series, we’re stepping into the quiet corners of the body — the places that stay braced long after the relationship ends.</p><p>Hypervigilance. Freeze. Emotional shutdown.<br...