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Healing From Emotional Abuse

Healing From Emotional Abuse

Marissa F. Cohen 149 Episodes Sep 30, 2026

This podcast focuses on helping listeners break free from toxic relationships. It features real survivor stories, expert advice, and practical strategies for healing from emotional abuse and narcissistic relationships. The content aims to provide support and actionable guidance for those on a healing journey. It is hosted by Marissa F. Cohen.

Episodes

"I Didn't Know It Was Wrong, I Just Knew It Didn't Feel Good" | Francesca Raoy Lison on Breaking the Cycle
"I Didn't Know It Was Wrong, I Just Knew It Didn't Feel Good" | Francesca Raoy Lison on Breaking the Cycle Sep 30, 2026 1834 Francesca Raoy Lison is a Brown University graduate originally from Madagascar and the founder of Umena, a nonprofit working to break the cycle of emotional abuse through social-emotional learning. In this episode, Francesca joins Marissa F. Cohen to talk about what it looked like to finally have a name for what she experienced growing up, and why that single act of naming it changed everything. F
"We Punish Ourselves As If We Are the One Who Did It" | The Sedona Method with Stathis Glaros
"We Punish Ourselves As If We Are the One Who Did It" | The Sedona Method with Stathis Glaros Sep 23, 2026 2052 Stathis Glaros is a transformation coach based in Greece who works with the Sedona Method, an emotional release technique originally developed by Lester Levenson in the 1970s and carried forward today by Hale Dwoskin. In this episode, Stathis walks Marissa F. Cohen, and listeners, through what the method actually looks like in practice: naming a feeling, allowing it to be there, and asking a few s
"I Saw the Red Flags, But I Ignored Them" | Grace Oben on Healing From Emotional Abuse
"I Saw the Red Flags, But I Ignored Them" | Grace Oben on Healing From Emotional Abuse Sep 16, 2026 1867 Grace Oben is a certified mental health and life coach with over 15 years of experience supporting survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. In this conversation, Grace joins Marissa F. Cohen to talk about the patterns she sees most often in her work: the self-blame, the ignored red flags, and the moment survivors finally say, "enough is enough." Grace shares how the stigma around mental
"You Can Be Breathed": Jackie Troller on How Breathwork Helps Release Trauma From the Body | Healing From Emotional Abuse
"You Can Be Breathed": Jackie Troller on How Breathwork Helps Release Trauma From the Body | Healing From Emotional Abuse Sep 9, 2026 1799 In this episode of Healing From Emotional Abuse, host Marissa F. Cohen sits down with Jackie Troller, founder of Ocean Troller Snorkeling and Free Diving and Breakthrough Breathing, to talk about what the breath can teach us about trauma, tension, and healing. Jackie shares how a chance introduction to free diving turned into a career studying the science of breath holds, training Red Bull athlete
"I Thought He Was Going to Kill Me": Vicious Vickie on Surviving Abuse, Addiction, and the Wrestling World | Healing From Emotional Abuse
"I Thought He Was Going to Kill Me": Vicious Vickie on Surviving Abuse, Addiction, and the Wrestling World | Healing From Emotional Abuse Sep 2, 2026 3574 In this episode of Healing From Emotional Abuse, host Marissa F. Cohen sits down with Vicious Vickie, a professional wrestler from the New Jersey independent scene, to talk about the experiences that shaped her long before she ever stepped into a ring. Vickie opens up about being sexually assaulted at 15 and the reputation-driven backlash that followed, an abusive high school relationship that esc
"I Didn't Know What Unconditional Love Was": Tammy Vincent on Growing Up With Two Alcoholic Parents | Healing From Emotional Abuse
"I Didn't Know What Unconditional Love Was": Tammy Vincent on Growing Up With Two Alcoholic Parents | Healing From Emotional Abuse Aug 26, 2026 1485 In this episode of Healing From Emotional Abuse, host Marissa F. Cohen sits down with Tammy Vincent, bestselling author, speaker, and coach, to talk about growing up as the adult child of two alcoholic parents and what that early chaos did to her sense of safety, love, and identity for decades afterward. Tammy shares how she came to recognize complex PTSD in her own life, how dissociation became a
From Love Bombing to Freedom: Heather Safory on Leaving a Narcissistic Marriage | Healing From Emotional Abuse
From Love Bombing to Freedom: Heather Safory on Leaving a Narcissistic Marriage | Healing From Emotional Abuse Aug 19, 2026 1597 In this episode of Healing From Emotional Abuse, host Marissa F. Cohen sits down with Heather Safory, a certified high performance coach and certified core energy coach, to talk about her journey through a ten year marriage marked by love bombing, gaslighting, and emotional abuse and how she rebuilt her life and identity on the other side. Heather opens up about the early relationship patterns tha
Laura Richards: Healing After 33 Years of Emotional Abuse and Narcissistic Patterns
Laura Richards: Healing After 33 Years of Emotional Abuse and Narcissistic Patterns Aug 12, 2026 2302 Marissa sits down with Laura Richards, speech therapist turned podcaster and host of That's Where I'm At Podcast, for a candid conversation about her 33-year marriage and the emotional abuse she didn't have language for until near the end. Laura shares how she started noticing the patterns, what gaslighting actually felt like from the inside, and how she's rebuilding her life nine months into her
From Childhood Trauma to Energy Healer: Robin McTague on Reclaiming Your Story | Healing From Emotional Abuse Podcast
From Childhood Trauma to Energy Healer: Robin McTague on Reclaiming Your Story | Healing From Emotional Abuse Podcast Aug 5, 2026 2156 In this episode, Marissa F. Cohen talks with Robin McTague, founder of "A Life of Choice Coaching and Consulting", about her path from a deeply difficult childhood through a marriage that echoed old patterns, to the health crisis that finally pushed her to do the deeper healing work. Robin shares how she learned to separate her own emotions from what she absorbs from others, how the Enneagram and
Can You Heal From Abuse? Krystle Weaver on Turning Trauma Into Film | Healing From Emotional Abuse Podcast
Can You Heal From Abuse? Krystle Weaver on Turning Trauma Into Film | Healing From Emotional Abuse Podcast Jul 29, 2026 1218 In this episode, Marissa F. Cohen sits down with writer, director, and filmmaker Krystle Weaver to talk about Aspersian, her short film inspired by her own experience in emotionally abusive relationships. Krystle opens up about using screenwriting as a healing tool, what it was like to watch her own story reflected on screen, how she cared for herself through triggering moments during production,
Healing From Emotional Abuse: From Corporate Burnout to Energy Healer: Sexual Assault, Emotional Abuse & The Soul Intelligence Method
Healing From Emotional Abuse: From Corporate Burnout to Energy Healer: Sexual Assault, Emotional Abuse & The Soul Intelligence Method Jul 22, 2026 3194 Healing From Emotional Abuse: The Soul Intelligence Method with Kristine Glein In this episode of Healing From Emotional Abuse, host Marissa F. Cohen sits down with Kristine Glein: conscious leadership executive and creator of the Soul Intelligence Method to talk about the connection between unresolved trauma and physical health. Christine shares her own healing journey, including surviving a sexu
The Files Don't Save Survivors. We Do. | Epstein, Carroll, & Centuries of Protected Predators
The Files Don't Save Survivors. We Do. | Epstein, Carroll, & Centuries of Protected Predators Feb 19, 2026 1736 Everyone is talking about the Epstein files. But the survivors — the actual women and girls whose lives were stolen — issued a statement saying the releases retraumatized THEM while Epstein's enablers stayed hidden. So who are these files actually for? In this episode, host Marissa Cohen goes deep on the full Epstein story — the 3.5 million pages released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act,

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