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September 2, 2026 · 2 min read · Episode 13
Rebuilding self-trust after gaslighting
Gaslighting does not erase your memory — it removes your permission to act on it. This episode maps the self-doubt loop and gives you the practices that rebuild working judgment: logging your reads, separating observation from interpretation, thirty-second decisions, and repair without collapse.
September 2, 2026 · 2 min read · Episode 12
Riding the waves of grief: how to navigate it
An in-depth guide to grief after a difficult relationship — why it moves in waves instead of stages, the anatomy of each wave, what to do while one is on you, how to use the calm gaps, and how to tell ordinary grief from the kind that needs help.
August 25, 2026 · 2 min read · Episode 4
Grief that doesn't look like grief
Why losing a difficult relationship can hurt more than losing a good one, what the first months actually feel like, and how to tell ordinary grief from the kind that needs help.
August 18, 2026 · 2 min read · Episode 3
The week after the discard
What the first seven days after being discarded tend to look like, why hoovering arrives right on schedule, and how to survive the quiet.