You're Not Crazy—You Just Grew Up With a Toxic Parent: My New Podcast Is Here

I’ve been holding this in for a while and I’m so excited to finally say it:
🎙 I started a podcast! 🎙

It’s called You’re Not Crazy: A Podcast for the Cycle Breakers with Toxic Parents, and it’s officially live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music.

If you’ve ever thought, “Am I the problem?” after yet another chaotic conversation with your toxic mom or emotionally immature parent... this podcast is for you.

Why I Created You're Not Crazy

If you've followed me for a while, you probably already know—I have a lot to say. And what better way to say it than through a podcast that gives voice to the millions of us who grew up in dysfunctional families, constantly second-guessing our own experiences?

Every week, I’ll be diving into what it actually looks like to grow up with a BPD parent, a narcissistic parent, or within a family dynamic that ran on guilt, control, and chaos. This is the podcast where you can find unfiltered and honest advice from a therapist who grew up with a narcissistic parent.

What You Can Expect from Episode One:

I Don’t Believe Parents Who Are “Completely Blindsided” When Their Child Goes No-Contact

If you’ve ever gone low or no contact with a parent and heard, “They were completely blindsided!”—you already know the narrative. In Episode One, I unpack why I don’t believe parents who say that.

Inspired by Ellen Barry’s recent New York Times article on family estrangement, I talk about the real reasons adult children cut ties—and why it’s usually not sudden at all.

Most adult children of narcissistic or borderline parents bend over backwards trying to make the relationship work:

• They go to therapy

• They try to communicate their needs

• They set boundaries

• They give chance after chance

And what do they get in return?
Guilt trips. Denial. Rage. Silence. Or emotional manipulation that makes them question their own reality.

Eventually, many realize: this isn’t fixable—and it’s not safe. That’s when they make the incredibly hard decision to walk away.

Calling Out the Victim Narrative (and Why That Makes People Mad)

When emotionally immature parents are called out, especially publicly, people get uncomfortable. And when I speak out about the abusive behaviors linked to borderline and narcissistic personality disorders, I inevitably get called “stigmatizing” or “a bad therapist.”

Let me be clear:
This podcast is not about hating parents with BPD or NPD.
It’s about validating the adult children who were shaped by them.

Because pretending the abuse didn’t happen doesn’t make it go away.
Talking about dysfunctional family dynamics helps people heal. And that is the entire point of this show.

For the Cycle Breakers Who Are Done Playing Along

This podcast is for:

• The adult child who’s setting boundaries with a toxic parent for the first time

• The survivor who still wonders if they “overreacted”

• The person in therapy trying to unlearn everything their narcissistic mom taught them

• The cycle breaker who's ready to say, “This ends with me.”

I see you. I am you. And you’re not crazy.

Subscribe and Listen Now

✨ The trailer and first two episodes are already live
🎧 New episodes drop every Tuesday
⭐️ If you love it, leave a 5-star review—it helps the podcast reach other cycle breakers

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Let’s talk about the stuff nobody else wants to say out loud. Because once you start telling the truth—you stop feeling so alone.