Are you feeling trapped in a relationship where love feels more like pain, inconsistency, and power struggles?

Have you ever found yourself questioning your own worth because of a loved one’s manipulative or abusive behavior?

In this episode, Dr. Nadine provides you with insight, validation, tools to help you reclaim control, and so much more.

✅ Trauma Bonds are based on an imbalance of power.

✅ The abuse of power is abuse

✅ Parents inherently have more power and resources than children so seduction is not necessary to trap them

✅ Eradicating the shame of staying in an abusive relationship for too long

✅ How substance abuse exacerbates an already abusive/narcissistic personality

✅ Codependency makes the victim think there is something wrong with them they need to fix, rather than looking at what an abuser needs to fix

✅ Starting over

✅ Redefining yourself after abuse

✅ Stopping the marital/divorce pain from destroying your children

Dr. Nadine Macaluso, known to her patients as Dr. Nae, is the real-life inspiration behind Naomi Belfort's character in "The Wolf of Wall Street." She survived a turbulent eight-year marriage to Jordan Belfort, marked by abuse, greed, and trauma.

Following her experiences, Dr. Macaluso relocated to California. Her journey of trauma and healing inspired her to return to school at age 39, where she earned her Master's in counseling and Ph.D. in somatic psychotherapy. She further specialized with a two-year postdoctoral training in the Neuro-affective Relational Model (NARM).

As a therapist, Dr. Macaluso combines her education and personal experiences to help others heal from trauma. Her practice focuses on assisting patients in connecting with their authentic selves, fostering confidence, resilience, and agency. Dr. Macaluso firmly believes in the potential for post-traumatic growth, instilling hope in her patients and guiding them to reach their potential in life and love.

Mentioned in the episode:

📌 [Book] Run Like Hell: A Therapist's Guide to Recognizing, Escaping, and Healing from Trauma Bonds by Dr. Nadine Macaluso - https://amzn.to/3C6vnEW

📌 [Book] Women Who Love Psychopaths: Inside the Relationships of inevitable Harm With Psychopaths, Sociopaths & Narcissists by Sandra L. Brown - https://www.amazon.com/Women-Who-Love-Psychopaths-Relationships/dp/0984172807

Connect with Dr. Nadine:

📌 Website: https://drnae.com/

📌 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealdrnadine/

📌 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drnaelmft

📌 Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drnaelmft

📌 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealDrNadine

📌 X: https://x.com/therealdrnadine

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NEW BOOK!!!

Adult Survivors of Emotionally Abusive Parents: How to Heal, Cultivate Emotional Resilience, and Build the Life and Love You Deserve - https://amzn.to/3UhURWI

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Books by Dr. Sherrie Campbell:

⚉ Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members: Tools to Maintain Boundaries, Deal with Criticism, and Heal from Shame After Ties Have Been Cut. - https://amzn.to/3L3sMuA

⚉ But It’s Your Family…: Cutting Ties with Toxic Family Members and Loving Yourself in the Aftermath - https://amzn.to/3tuNQEn

⚉ Your Pocket Therapist: Quick Hacks for Dealing with Toxic People While Empowering Yourself - https://amzn.to/3JBql1R

⚉ Success Equations: A Path to Living an Emotionally Wealthy Life - https://amzn.to/3uobd1u

⚉ Loving Yourself: The Mastery of Being Your Own Person - https://amzn.to/36mlXp5

Connect with Dr. Sherrie Campbell:

⚉ Website: https://drsherriecampbell.com/

⚉ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SherrieCampbellPhD

Check out the Sherapy Master Class: The Toxic Family Sherapy Course designed to help people...

In this episode, we uncover how toxic family dynamics mirror cult-like control.

Drawing on personal experiences and clinical expertise, this thought-provoking conversation with Vanessa Reiser will explore how toxic family environments resemble cults, tactics abusers use to manipulate, and the path toward reclaiming autonomy.

✅ Cult of One - the qualities that make up a psychopathic personality

✅ The power of isolation and confusion toxic relationships have on their victims

✅ Why it’s often more challenging and painful to leave a toxic family than a toxic romantic partnership

✅ Any group can take on characteristics of a cult.

✅ Often don’t know know you’re in a cult-like scenario for quite some time

✅ Families can be run as mini-cults

✅ Emotional Cannibalism

✅ How we replicate toxic patterns of behavior we learned in childhood in our romantic relationships

✅ The impact of toxic relationships and leaving them on our children

✅ Finding the will to leave and stay gone

Vanessa Reiser is a mother, author, entrepreneur, 2x Ironman, and psychotherapist licensed in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Florida, specializing in narcissistic and cult abuse. She is also the founder of Tell a Therapist, LLC and is best known for her run across the state of New York (285 miles in 11 days) in a wedding dress to raise awareness for narcissistic abuse. She also subsequently ran across NJ, CT, and MA. Her insights are personal and professional, giving her a unique lens into this insidious form of domestic abuse.

Vanessa holds a bachelor's degree in political science and a Master of Social Work (MSW) from the University of Southern California with a focus on community organizing.

Vanessa is also a social media influencer, sharing life-changing information that is educational and validating to those impacted by narcissistic abuse. Vanessa has been interviewed by prestigious news and media outlets like People Magazine, The New York Times, Fox News, MSN, and The New York Post.

Mentioned in the episode:

📌 [Book] Narcissistic Abuse: A Therapist’s Guide to Identifying, Escaping, and Healing from Toxic and Manipulative People by Vanessa M. Reiser - https://bit.ly/3C6fGgO

Connect with Vanessa:

📌 Website: https://tellatherapist.net/

📌 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanessareiserlcsw/

📌 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vanessa.pugliese

📌 Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vanessareiser

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NEW BOOK!!!

Adult Survivors of Emotionally Abusive Parents: How to Heal, Cultivate Emotional Resilience, and Build the Life and Love You Deserve - https://amzn.to/3UhURWI

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Books by Dr. Sherrie Campbell:

⚉ Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members: Tools to Maintain Boundaries, Deal with Criticism, and Heal from Shame After Ties Have Been Cut. - https://amzn.to/3L3sMuA

⚉ But It’s Your Family…: Cutting Ties with Toxic Family Members and Loving Yourself in the Aftermath -

Navigating life after enduring the turmoil of a toxic family background can be one of the most challenging journeys.

The process of unlearning negative beliefs and building a positive mindset is a profound and ongoing effort.

In this episode we will delve into the various aspects of this journey with life coach, Jacqueline Hurst, offering practical advice and encouragement to help you find your way toward a healthier and more fulfilling life.

✅ Mindset to heal negative emotional patterns

✅ The difference between toxic positivity and mindset training

✅ Mindset gives you a choice to feel and do better

✅ Overcoming ingrained mindsets

✅ Going from victim to victor

✅ Any worthy change process requires discipline and commitment to yourself

✅ Go To’s to change your mood and thoughts around to being more lovable

✅ There is nothing wrong with bad days —it how you get through them

✅ The gifts of our painful times along the journey

✅ Boundaries are a mindset practice of self-love and self-respect

✅ Learn to allow your more negative thoughts and emotions become motivational superpowers

Jacqueline Hurst is the UK's leading Life Coach. She is also a specialist in Advanced Structured Hypnotherapy and a Master NLP Practitioner. She has over 15 years of experience and has worked with over 5,000 clients. With many tools in her box, she uses a unique, specialized, and highly sophisticated technique to help clients drop their negative thoughts and behaviors, to get past their own limitations, and achieve a life they love.

Jacqueline is GQ Magazine's resident therapist and is regularly featured in the media as an expert in her field including The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, Harpers Baazar, The Times, Easy Living Magazine, The Daily Mail, BBC London Radio, Talk Radio, and the Oprah Winfrey Network. She has also worked alongside major brands including Clinique, Eve Lom, Space NK, Sweaty Betty, Lulu Lemon, and Bank of America.

She works with clients 1:1 by phone, Skype, or in person at her office in Mayfair in London. She also works with clients who bring her to their home country for a day, 3 days, or 5 days.

Mentioned in the episode:

📌 [Book] How To Do You: A Life-Changing Art of Mastering Your Thoughts and Taking Control of Your Life by Jacqueline Hurst - https://amzn.to/4dplJLv

📌 [Book] Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert - https://amzn.to/4fyBIIA

Connect with Jacqueline:

📌 Personal Website: https://www.jacquelinehurst.com/

📌 Business Website: https://www.thelifeclass.com/

📌 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Jacqueline_hurst_/

📌 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jhurstcoaching

📌 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqueline-hurst-83a35628/

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NEW BOOK!!!

Adult Survivors of Emotionally Abusive Parents: How to Heal, Cultivate Emotional Resilience, and Build the Life and Love You Deserve -