Episodes
A victims shares how she grappled with religious traditions, logistics, to determine if she wanted to divorce her abusive husband, and if so how?
Published 03/26/24
J.R. spent nearly a decade believing that she was the problem in the marriage. Learning about emotional abuse helped her establish safety boundaries.
Published 03/19/24
Remembering Coach Katherine We loved Katherine so much. Katherine was kind and fierce at the same time. All she wanted was to help deliver women from suffering and harm. She will be greatly missed. We LOVE you Katherine!
Published 03/16/24
Are you ready to help stop human trafficking? Melea Stephens from NCOSE shares how you can participate in advocacy without having to leave home.
Published 03/12/24
If you're wondering how to set boundaries in an emotionally abusive relationship, you are NOT alone. Elizabeth continues her story.
Published 03/05/24
What if you could spot a hidden emotional abuse right away? Elizabeth courageously shares her story to help you identify the cycle of abuse.
Published 02/27/24
Excitement, fear, frustration, self-loathing - Vicki shares the torrent of emotions she's experienced in the aftermath of her abusive marriage.
Published 02/20/24
Vicki shares her courageous journey leaving an abusive marriage, including the challenges, interventions, and empowering choices that led her to safety.
Published 02/13/24
Vicki shares the heartbreaking reality of what 30 years with a covert abuser is like for a family - a nightmare of manipulation, control, and silent suffering.
Published 02/06/24
This episode is Part 3 of the series on the new BTR.ORG Meditation Workshop.Part 1: Brand New Meditations for Victims of Betrayal & AbusePart 2: Find Peace & Calm With Our New BTR.ORG MeditationsPart 3: New Meditations: Are You Ready to Start Healing? (this episode) BTR.ORG Meditations: A Healing Modality for All Sammy, like many members of the BTR.ORG community, is a woman of faith. She shares: "I have typically shied away from meditation because I'm coming...
Published 01/30/24
This episode is Part 2 of The BTR.ORG Meditation Workshop Series. Part 1: Brand New Meditations for Victims of Betrayal & AbusePart 2: Find Peace & Calm With Our New BTR Meditations (this episode)Part 3: New Meditations: Are You Ready to Start Healing? If you, like many victims of betrayal and abuse, are desperate for stillness and peace, there is a new resource available to you. Lily, a member of the BTR.ORG community, found peace in the tumult of trauma by utilizing the new...
Published 01/23/24
This episode is Part 1 of The BTR.ORG Meditation Workshop series.Part 1: Brand New Meditations For Victims of Abuse & Betrayal (this episode)Part 2: Find Peace & Calm With Our New BTR MeditationsPart 3: New Meditations: Are You Ready to Start Healing? If you've experienced abuse and betrayal, you know chaos and despair. You also know deep yearning for peace and healing - and that's why Anne Blythe, Founder of BTR.ORG created The BTR.ORG Meditation Workshop....
Published 01/16/24
This episode is Part 2 of Anne's interview with Rachel Moran.Part 1: "Consent" Is Harming Us: What You Need to Know Part 2: Male Entitlement to Women's Bodies: The Ugly Truth (this episode) "A Muslim woman from Romania, she'd only been living in Ireland for three weeks at the time that she was killed. A Middle Eastern man who had only been here a couple of months killed her. He killed her because she was a Muslim woman in the western world, sleeping with the infidels. This is what...
Published 01/09/24
This episode is Part 1 of Anne's interview with Rachel Moran. Part 1: "Consent" Is Harming Us - Here's What You Need to Know (this episode)Part 2: Male Entitlement to Women's Bodies: The Ugly Truth What if the term consent has been harming women all along? Rachel Moran, founder of Space International and author of Paid For, My Journey Through Prostitution, shares her incredible insights and offers correct language that affirms sexual autonomy. Tune in to The BTR.ORG Podcast...
Published 01/02/24
This episode is Part 2 of Anne's interview with Dr. Stern. Part 1: "I Think My Husband is Gaslighting Me" Part 2: Everything You Need to Know About Gaslighting (this episode) What does gaslighting look like? How do successful, intelligent women end up in relationships with manipulative gaslighters? How can victims begin to seek safety from gaslighters? Dr. Robin Stern is back on The BTR.ORG Podcast answering these questions and more. Tune in to the podcast and read the full...
Published 12/26/23
This is Part 1 of Anne's interview with Dr. Stern. Part 1: "I Think My Husband is Gaslighting Me" (this episode) Part 2: Everything You Need to Know About Gaslighting "I think my husband is gaslighting me; am I crazy?" If you've asked yourself this question, you're in the right place. Dr. Robin Stern, co-founder and director for the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, is on The BTR.ORG Podcast. An expert on gaslighting, Dr. Stern is detailing the three types of gaslighters and...
Published 12/19/23
This episode is Part 4 of Anne's interview with Paige. Part 1: "Armchair Pathology": What You Need to Know Part 2: Is My Husband Enmeshed With His Mother? Part 3: Can Herbal Medicine Help With Betrayal Trauma Symptoms? Part 4: Navigating Pregnancy When You're in Trauma (this episode) It's often difficult to identify and then seek safety from abuse and betrayal. But when you're pregnant? It can be even more difficult - your body, hormones, and immediate future require nourishment,...
Published 12/12/23
This post is part of a series. Join us for: Part 1: The Dangers of Armchair Pathology  Part 2: Is My Husband Enmeshed With His Mother?  Just as every victim experiences betrayal trauma symptoms differently, victims also find comfort and healing using different healing modalities. Paige is back on The BTR.ORG Podcast, discussing herbal medicines for betrayal trauma. Betrayal trauma affects the body It's important for victims of betrayal and abuse to understand that our bodies can...
Published 12/05/23
This post is part of a series. Join us for Part One: The Dangers of Armchair Pathology and Part Three: Can Herbal Medicine Help Heal Betrayal Trauma Symptoms? Enmeshment is a concept that can be difficult to understand, especially in the context of betrayal trauma and abuse. Paige is back on The BTR.ORG Podcast, discussing enmeshment. Read the full transcript below for more. What is enmeshment? "Enmeshment in itself is too much closeness, but it's too much closeness and involvement...
Published 11/28/23
This post is part of a series. Join us for: Part 2: Is My Husband Enmeshed With His Mother? Part 3: Can Herbal Medicine Help Betrayal Trauma Symptoms?  Part 4: I'm Pregnant and In Trauma - Help Me! Armchair Pathology: The pathologizing (diagnosing, whether by a formal diagnosis or simply a suggestion) of an individual without thorough, knowledge-based, individualized care by a provider or advocate. In other words, when a provider or advocate labels a victim with certain...
Published 11/21/23
Post-traumatic growth may feel like a dream that's out of reach if you've been a victim of betrayal trauma and emotional and psychological abuse. But Simona Nicolais' research findings show us that post-traumatic growth is absolutely attainable for victims. Read the full transcript below and listen to The BTR.ORG Podcast for more. It's Post-Traumatic Growth - Not Current-Traumatic Growth Victims are often conditioned to believe that they should be changing and growing despite the...
Published 11/14/23
This interview is part of a series. Join us here for part one: What You Need to Know About Emotional & Psychological Abuse The French Fry Analogy Anne and Virginia use the "French Fry Analogy" on this podcast interview to explain why lying, gaslighting, and blame-shifting about "small things" can be a HUGE red flag. In this analogy, your husband tells you that he's made the decision to stop eating from McDonald's for his health. But when you're using his car one day, you lose a...
Published 11/07/23
Is it just the reality of marriage - that there are ups and downs? Good and bad times? Or are you experiencing emotional and psychological abuse? Anne and Virginia, a member of the BTR.ORG community, are discussing the realities of hidden abuse - and what you need to know about emotional and psychological abuse. Tune into the BTR.ORG podcast and read the full transcript below. What do emotionally & psychologically abusive marriages look like? For many women in our community,...
Published 10/31/23
Emotional and psychological abuse and sexual coercion can make boundaries extremely difficult to understand and implement. The simple boundary of saying yes or no can become cloudy and confusing - so Anne brought her daughter Penny onto the podcast to share her simple philosophy on how to say no and when to say yes. Tune in to the podcast and read the full transcript below. How & When to Say No The general idea is this: If it's unhealthy, harming me, or I don't want to do it AND...
Published 10/24/23