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🎙️ NARCISSISTIC ABUSE WITH VANESSA REISER — Podcast DescriptionNarcissistic Abuse with Vanessa Reiser is a raw, empowering podcast that gives voice to survivors of narcissistic abuse and toxic relationships.
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- Sep 15, 2026
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- Jul 7, 2026
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DAVE AND I UNPACK THE EMMA DAVEY EPISODE (opens the original)
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EPISODE SUMMARY In this powerful solo episode, the speaker marks six years since leaving an abusive "cult of one" relationship. They share raw memories of being spit on, having clothing bleached, and receiving threats, while crediting a friend named Natalie for witnessing the abuse and helping validate reality during intense self-gaslighting. The episode offers practical advice such as recording conversations with abusive people to counter "word salad" and circular manipulation. It also explores
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From Coercive Control to Justice: A Survivor's Story and Warning Signs Narcissistic Abuse with Vanessa Reiser EPISODE SUMMARY In this powerful survivor story, a woman shares her harrowing experience of coercive control and abuse that began in 2015 when, at age 26, she entered a fast-moving relationship with a 49-year-old man. What started with intense love bombing and future-faking quickly escalated into severe control over her clothing, finances, car access, and identity, followed by physical a
DAVE AND I UNPACK THE SARMA MELNGAILIS EPISODE (opens the original)
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Narcissistic Abuse with Vanessa Reiser Guest: Dave and I talk about the Sarma Melngailis episode! EPISODE SUMMARY In this powerful episode, Vanessa Reiser sits down with Dave to talk about Sarma Melngailis, the celebrated chef and restaurateur who built a New York City culinary empire with her acclaimed vegan restaurant Pure Food and Wine. Behind the glamour, Sarma endured years of hidden psychological torment, financial exploitation, isolation, gaslighting, trauma bonding, and coercive control
SARMA MELNGAILIS (opens the original)
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Narcissistic Abuse with Vanessa Reiser Guest: Sarma Melngailis Episode Summary In this raw and powerful episode, host Vanessa Reiser, licensed therapist and author, sits down with Sarma Melngailis — the trailblazing vegan chef and entrepreneur behind Pure Food and Wine who became the subject of Netflix's 2022 docuseries Bad Vegan . Sarma opens up about the psychological manipulation, coercive control, and media distortion she endured, and how her 2025 memoir, The Girl with the Duck Tattoo , recl
DAVE AND I UNPACK THE RACHEL BERNSTEIN EPISODE (opens the original)
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Narcissistic Abuse with Vanessa Reiser — "Unpacking Rachel Bernstein: Cults, Narcissism & the Cultic Family System" In this episode, Vanessa and co-host Dave break down their conversation with cult expert and therapist Rachel Bernstein , connecting the dots between cult dynamics and narcissistic abuse. Topics covered: Cults come in all shapes and sizes — from Scientology and NXIVM to cultic family systems hiding in plain sight Sarcasm as microaggression — how "death by a thousand cuts" through b
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