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Helping you identify toxic communication, emotional abuse, manipulation, and other forms of difficult behavior in relationships. Love and Abuse offers the perspective of both the victim and the perpetrator. Full of tips and advice for your friendships, family, love life, and marriage. You'll learn about covert abusive communication that takes away your power. And you'll discover how to pinpoint the specific toxic behaviors, such as narcissistic abuse and verbal abuse, before you are dragged into a psychological game so deep you come out a shell of your former self. Love and Abuse is the official podcast of The M.E.A.N. Workbook, an assessment and healing guide to help you evaluate the emotionally abusive and manipulative patterns in your relationship. Get the guide that will tell you exactly what's happening in your relationship over at loveandabuse.com. https://loveandabuse.com/

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The early warning signs and red flags that make up an emotionally abusive relationship

2026/10/09

Are there early warning signs that signal the strong possibility of a relationship becoming abusive? Yes. Absolutely. And you should know them. There are many, unfortunately. Knowledge is power - and this episode is all about your power.

When there's zero reprieve and it's always bad

2026/10/01

Every single thing you do is not only not good enough, but on top of that, you're insulted, belittled, put down, and shamed in front of others. There is absolutely no reprieve from some people. It's like they don't even like you, let alone love you.

In the never-ending rut of hoping they change

2026/09/23

When you're exposed to toxic behavior day after day, you get stuck in a rut with walls so high that you feel like you can never get out. Sometimes a slight shift in mindset allows you to find the first stepping stone toward the top. It may take a while, but there is a path out of the in-the-rut thinking.

Can you get past more aggressive or physical abuse?

2026/09/10

Physical abuse is the totality of all abuse in one package. It's violent and extremely damaging. And the victim of such aggressive behavior can literally be scarred for life. I hope you never experience anything like it. But if you have, this episode may be helpful to you.

When the relationship boundaries are broken a second time

2026/09/02

Someone's obsession of you can be disastrous

2026/08/27

It can feel amazing when someone focuses entirely on you, supporting you, helping you achieve whatever makes you happy... until it turns into a nightmare.

Isolating you from everything and everyone, leaving you a shell of your former self

2026/08/21

Isolation is one of the more destructive forms of emotional abuse, yet many people don't realize it's happening. They simply notice they no longer feel happy or fulfilled. Understanding how isolation works gives you the foundation to make decisions from a place of empowered knowledge instead of from a place someone else has put you in.

They call me names, put me down, tell me how pathetic I am - I guess I'm the problem.mp3

2026/08/14

Are you the problem if nothing you do is ever right or good enough? Could they possibly be right about everything they're saying? If you believe this, please listen to this episode. It might just save you a lot of doubt and confusion.

It's me or them: When someone wants to control your relationship with others

2026/07/09

When someone wants to control who you see by giving you an ultimatum between them and "me", you might have a hard choice to make. Or, maybe it's an easy choice, but it might be hard to get there from here.

Being called a bad parent if you want to leave the abusive relationship

2026/07/02

You realize the relationship isn't going to work out and want to leave, but you're worried about being called a bad parent. Not only that, you are guaranteed to be called a bad parent by an abusive partner. Are you stuck in this relationship forever?

I don't want to hurt the person who hurts me by leaving them

2026/06/26

Your heart is big. And your kindness and compassion, though amazing qualities, can also keep you in situations that are unhealthy for you. When you're afraid you're going to hurt someone by leaving them, there's a bigger picture to keep in mind.

The feeling that you lost a big chunk of your life to the abusive person

2026/06/18

It's hard enough to be in a difficult relationship, but when your boundaries are shot, your adrenals are through the roof, and lots of years have passed, you might be wondering if this entire relationship was a giant waste of time, thinking about all the things you could have or should have done instead.

Leaving an abusive person isn't easy and sometimes isn't over

2026/06/11

It can be hard to be in an emotionally abusive relationship. The challenge is real! But what about leaving one? It might be just as hard or harder because of the unknown of what happens next.

The trauma bond keeps you lovesick and broken

2026/06/04

A trauma bond is like being addicted to both the highs and lows, just waiting for your next fix. It's not impossible to break a trauma bond, but it can be hard as hell.

Can you still like someone who hurt you but not love them?

2026/05/28

Can the victim of emotional abuse accept the former abuser as a friend after a lot of time has passed? I received this question from someone who used to be emotionally abusive, feels awful about it, but has been out of that relationship for years. Then she met up with her ex again, and things are different, but not in the way she expected.

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Ermomgtv 2025/12/04

Unstructured

I don’t know if it is structured or not, I’m assuming it would be. Based on listening to it, however, it sounds like one long run-on sentence/train of...

★★★★★

SahhTori 2025/10/14

Better than therapy

Thank you so very much!

★★★★★

❣️keeping classy ❣️ 2025/08/23

Thank You

For being married for 20 years and my 20th anniversary, we spent being abused by my perpetrator. I was at my wits end. I prayed for God to give me a s...

★★★★★

patricia micaela bessa 2025/08/05

Great show to stop the abuser

Boundaries get confused with care and crossing boundaries - cruel behavior, manipulation followed Random acts kindness … it makes you feel crazy Tha...

★★★★★

Shankgirl 2025/06/28

Wow. 1st time listener. He gots it!!!!

I just happened to be lead to this pod cast (thank you God) and am in awe. I have learned so much in this few 40 plus minutes. The details and clarity...

★★★★★

Millennial Man Reviewer 2025/03/16

Each Episode Helps!

Paul’s voice and insight helped me get over one of the toughest phases of my life. He helped me realize that the relationship failing was not my fault...

★☆☆☆☆

La Chama Graciosa 2024/12/28

I don’t want a fat wife

I wanted to learn about the silent treatment; the title of the episode. All I heard was a 25 min rant of how much this man did NOT want a fat, unattra...

★★★★★

GiveThnx 2024/06/09

Saving my life

This podcast has made me feel like I’m not alone, or “crazy”. Whenever I feel down I put an episode on. To remind myself what I went through, what tha...

★★★☆☆

readbooksforsanity 2024/06/06

Latest episode

I’ll start by saying I appreciate this show. The last episode rubs me the wrong way. I am in an emotionally/verbally abusive relationship. I was al...

★★★★★

Toughchick128 2024/06/05

Highly recommend!

I just found this podcast and listened to the episode about the walls that abusers put up. This is so insightful and I highly recommend this podcast t...

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