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Podcast: Narcissists, Gaslighters, and Cheaters, Oh My!
Episode: Covertly Yours, Dick the Charmer
Description: Jena escaped a cult. And then she married Dick.In part two of Jena's story, we pick up where we left off — with a woman who had already survived the unsurvivable, finally feeling like she'd found something safe. Dick seemed like everything she needed: comforting, strong, gentle. It took time for the mask to slip. It always does.What followed was a different kind of control — quieter than the cult, more personal, and in some ways harder to name. Coercive, insidious, and aimed directly at the parts of her that were already broken.This...