Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: Narcissists, Gaslighters, and Cheaters, Oh My!
Episode: When Presence Feels Like Absence
Description: Penny's grandfather had two families. He called the second one "the others." That tells you everything you need to know about where this story begins.In this episode, Penny takes us through a family legacy that was broken long before she arrived — a grandfather whose cruelty shaped a father who never learned how to show up, and a daughter who grew up feeling the very specific ache of being emotionally abandoned by someone who never actually left.But here's what makes Penny's story different. There was also her mother — a relationship so full of genuine love...