Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Accepting who someone is doesn’t mean you agree with their behavior. It doesn’t mean you condone it. And it definitely doesn’t mean it’s okay.
You get to decide: Is this behavior okay with me? Or not?
Growing up, I wasn’t allowed to ask that question. In my family of origin, harmful behavior was labeled “right” simply because it came from a parent. Their authority justified anything.
But that’s not the truth. And we don’t have to pass that confusion on to our kids. They get to decide. You get to decide.
Want to watch the rest of this episode of the Divorced Christian Woman Podcast? Head over to youtu.be/uJxC6_DQnu0
#familyoforigin #boundaries #christianwomen #familyoforigin #emotionalabuse #spiritualabuse #healingjourney #reparenting #yougettodecide
Accepting who someone is doesn’t mean you agree with their behavior. It doesn’t mean you condone it. And it definitely doesn’t mean it’s okay.
You get to decide: Is this behavior okay with me? Or not?
Growing up, I wasn’t allowed to ask that question. In my family of origin, harmful behavior was labeled “right” simply because it came from a parent. Their authority justified anything.
But that’s not the truth. And we don’t have to pass that confusion on to our kids. They get to decide. You get to decide.
Want to watch the rest of this episode of the Divorced Christian Woman Podcast? Head over to youtu.be/uJxC6_DQnu0
#familyoforigin #boundaries #christianwomen #familyoforigin #emotionalabuse #spiritualabuse #healingjourney #reparenting #yougettodecide
![Why Do Your Friends Believe the Person Who Abused You? [372]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sXOw3biIgqk/mqdefault.jpg "Why Do Your Friends Believe the Person Who Abused You? [372]
What happens when seeing your ex derails all your progress? And why do your friends think hes such a great guy when you know the truth?
🔑 Key Takeaways:
- Why seeing your ex after months can feel like all your progress disappeared (it didnt)
- What trauma bonding actually does to your memory of the relationship
- Why emotionally abusive people seem so great to everyone else
- The false equivalency that keeps people from believing abuse survivors
- How to know if youre lonely for him or for something else entirely
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![Narcissist? Or Just Plain Evil? (Know the Difference!) - The Narcissism Trap Series Part Two [367]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tHoG8d9BQDE/mqdefault.jpg "Narcissist? Or Just Plain Evil? (Know the Difference!) - The Narcissism Trap Series Part Two [367]
In this second episode of The Narcissism Trap series, we open up the DSM-5 and walk through the actual clinical criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder but with a crucial twist.
🎯 Key Takeaways:
- The diagnosis youre hunting for might be the least of your problems. Even if your partner doesnt meet all nine DSM-5 criteria for NPD, you can still be experiencing serious harm in your relationship.
- Everyone has narcissistic traits, but its about pattern, pervasiveness, and pathology. The difference between normal self-esteem and a personality disorder comes down to whether the behavior is consistent, shows up everywhere, and causes real damage.
- Not all narcissists look the same. Grandiose narcissists bulldoze you with charm and dominance. Vulnerable narcissists guilt-trip you with sensitivity and victimhood. Both cause devastation.
- Youre likely dealing with coercive control, not just a difficult personality. This systematic pattern of isolation, gaslighting, financial control, and micro-regulation is psychological warfare, and its actually a criminal offense in some countries.
- The label matters less than the behavior. Whether hes a clinical narcissist, has traits from the Dark Triad, or is just plain abusive, what matters is the harm youre experiencing, and you dont need a diagnosis to know its not okay.
- Stop waiting for him to be diagnosed. Narcissistic traits are ego-syntonic” which means he sees them as strengths, not problems. Hell never walk into a therapists office asking for help, which means you cant wait for professional validation to seek safety.
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![Why Your Empathy is a Superpower (and a TARGET!) - High Functioning Women Series Part Two [375]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tkjpyY3-qno/mqdefault.jpg "Why Your Empathy is a Superpower (and a TARGET!) - High Functioning Women Series Part Two [375]
This is Part Two of my series on high-functioning Christian women in destructive marriages. In Part One, we explored how the very qualities that make these women extraordinary are the same ones that make them exceptionally vulnerable. Today were going deeper into one of the most specific and targeted of those qualities: empathy.
If youve ever felt like your compassion is working against you, like the more you understand him, the more stuck you become, this episode will show you exactly whats happening underneath that cycle. And it will start to give you a way out.
🔑 Key Takeaways:
- Why does understanding his pain seem to pull you closer to danger instead of toward safety? The answer will reframe everything you thought you knew about your own compassion.
- Theres a biological metaphor in this episode that explains precisely how your God-given empathy gets hijacked, and once you see it, you cannot unsee it.
- What does a scapegoat have to do with your marriage? Natalie unpacks a family systems concept that might explain why you always end up holding everyone elses chaos.
- Theres a trap that was specifically designed to make every exit feel impossible. Natalie names it, and then shows you the crack in the wall.
- Whats the difference between empathy and enabling, and why does that distinction change everything about how you move forward? The answer might surprise you.
Get Today’s Free Resource:
📒 Take a free Emotional Abuse Assessment by going to emotionalabusequiz.com
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