Surviving Toxic Relationships Podcast with The Matadoras
Surviving Toxic Relationships is a faith based podcast for women who are ready to break free from toxic, emotionally abusive, or narcissistic relationships and step into healing, clarity, and truth.
Deana and Lizzie are two women whose lives unexpectedly crossed when they were married to the SAME manipulative, cheating, financially abusive partner.
Their combined passion is to provide women with the tools to avoid, escape, or heal from toxic, harmful, or confusing relationships.
If you’ve been searching for faith based wisdom that goes deeper than surface-level advice, this show is for you. We talk honestly about trauma, emotional wounds, spiritual confusion, and the process of rebuilding your identity through faith.
Our esteemed guests consist of Therapists, Authors, Doctors, and Survivors. Together, we explore topics that include self-discovery and healing, narcissistic abuse, boundaries, discernment, and learning to hear God’s voice clearly in relationships.
Whether you’re trying to avoid early red flags, are in the middle of a toxic relationship, or recovering from one, this emotional and spiritual healing podcast offers real conversations, practical insight, and biblical encouragement to help you move forward into hope, restoration, self worth, and renewal.
Remember beautiful friends: You are not alone, You are not crazy, and You are deeply, deeply loved.
Deana & Lizzie
Surviving Toxic Relationships Podcast with The Matadoras
Episode #108: The Red Flags I Ignored Before Discovering the Truth
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What happens when the relationship you've been fighting to save turns out to be something entirely different than you believed?
In this powerful episode of Surviving Toxic Relationships with The Matadoras, Heather Justice shares her personal story of emotional abuse, trauma bonding, narcissistic manipulation, and the shocking discovery that changed everything.
After two and a half years of an on-again, off-again relationship, Heather uncovered an expunged felony record that forced her to confront the reality she had been unable to see clearly.
Together we discuss:
• Trauma bonding and emotional addiction
• Breadcrumbing and intermittent reinforcement
• Why survivors struggle to leave
• Hidden red flags in toxic relationships
• Narcissistic abuse and manipulation
• Loneliness inside a relationship
• Faith, healing, and recovery
• Rediscovering your identity after abuse
• How God can bring beauty from painful seasons
Heather also shares her devotional resource designed to help survivors heal through biblical truth, prayer, and rediscovery.
If you've ever wondered:
"Why couldn't I leave?"
"Why did I keep going back?"
"How did I miss the warning signs?"
This episode is for you.
You are not alone. You are not crazy. You are deeply loved.
Connect with Heather Justice using the links below:
Website: http://heathernjustice.com/
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@hnjustice?si=hrhrK9dOZ2vk7KTt
Book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4bKemyt
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