The Rising Beyond Podcast
Are you ready to thrive as you are coming out of a toxic or abusive relationship? Join Sybil Cummin, a licensed professional counselor who has specialized in working with victims and survivors of domestic violence and narcissistic abuse for over a decade and runs a membership community for women on their healing journey. On this podcast you will finally feel understood and your experience will be validated as you learn tangible strategies to handle family court, coparent with your abuser, improve your connection with your children, and heal from the trauma of narcissistic abuse and domestic violence.
Episodes
155 episodes
Ep 155: When the Test Gets It Wrong: Why Psych Assessments Can Hurt Survivors in Family Court
If you’ve ever been told that a psychological test “proved” you were unstable or overeactive in your custody case—while your abusive ex seemed cool, calm, and collected—you are not alone.In this short but important episode, I’m unpacking...
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Ep 154: Getting Financially Back on Track After Narcissistic and Financial Abuse with Jun Chen CDFA, CFP
How much did financial abuse impact you in your relationship?We know that over 98% of all domestic violence victims experience some form of financial abuse and that it does not stop once you have left.So, how can you be prepared...
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Ep 153: Dismantling Coercive Control: How Family Court Fails Survivors with Kate Amber, MS
Are you in need of a little bit of hope?If you are a survivor of coercive control and domestic abuse (or a professional who works in this space) then hope can often be hard to come by. In this episode, I reconnect with coe...
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Ep 152: Healing After Domestic Abuse: The Progress That You Don’t See
If you’ve ever thought, “I should be further along by now,” this episode is for you.When you’re still navigating post-separation abuse, family court chaos, or co-parenting with someone who continues to hurt you, healing might not look—or fe...
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Ep 151: Maternal Narcissism with Katherine Fabrizio
As you heal from the narcissistic abuse from an intimate partner, you might come to this realization - that one of your parents is also a narcissist and has been abusive.Sometimes this realization is mind blowing and stops you in your t...
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Ep 150: Post Separation Abuse Burnout: A Nervous System Perspective
Feeling completely burned out from healing? You’re not alone.In this episode, Sybil dives into a phase of healing that almost no one talks about — the exhaustion that hits after leaving an abusive relationship. If you're feeling numb, un...
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Ep 149: Domestic Violence and Family Court: A Candid Conversation with Attorney Meg Groff
In this episode, I speak with attorney, advocate, and author Meg Groff, whose 40+ years of experience supporting victims of domestic violence have impacted countless families. We dive into the critical missteps attorneys often make in family co...
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Ep 148: Survivor’s Guilt and Moral Injury: You Escaped When Your Children Have Not
You finally left. You survived.So why do you still feel like you're the one who did something wrong?We’re unpacking the survivor’s guilt and moral injury that often surface after leaving an abusive relationship—especially when you...
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Ep 147: Co-Parenting with a Manipulative Ex: How to Shield Your Child from Coercive Control
Abusers who use coercive control don’t just manipulate one person—they manipulate everyone around them, including their own children. As a protective parent, whether you’ve left the relationship or are still navigating it, how can you empower y...
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Ep 146: How Parental Abandonment Shapes Your Healing from Coercive Control and Domestic Violence with Kaytee Gillis, LCSW
As you start healing from coercive control and domestic violence within your relationship, it is likely that you will start to have revelations about other relationships in your life.Patterns and experiences in your family of origin, sp...
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Ep 145: How Abusers Weaponize Words and How Survivors Can Take Them Back
Language shapes how we see ourselves, our experiences, and our healing journey. In this episode of The Rising Beyond Podcast, we’re diving into why words matter for survivors of domestic violence—how they can be used to manipulate and harm, and...
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Ep 144: Share Your Story of Coercive Control with Credibility So You Will Not Be Dismissed
Being able to share your experiences of coercive control and domestic violence in a way that is credible is imperative if you are dealing with any larger systems or trying to get support from friends and family.And this is something sur...
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Ep 143: Silenced No More: How Loraine Marshall Beat a Defamation Case and Found Her Voice
How often have you felt voice-less and silenced as a survivor of coercive control and domestic violence?Survivors are voice-less when living in the relationship with their abuser. They also often do not get a chance to speak their...
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Ep 142: Inside the Broken System of Supervised and Therapeutic Visitation
Supervised visitation and therapeutic visitation are meant to provide safety and structure for children and families navigating complex custody dynamics. But what happens when there are no regulations, inconsistent oversight, and a severe lack ...
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Ep 141: The Shame Was Never Yours: Healing from Vicarious Shame After Abuse
Even though you’ve left the relationship, do you still feel embarrassed when you remember the way your ex treated others? Do you find yourself cringing at memories of their public outbursts, apologizing for their past behavior, or worrying that...
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Ep 140: Acceptance and Agency: How to Find Your Power in the Midst of Coercive Control with Karen McMahon
What if the key to your post-separation freedom wasn’t fighting for control, but letting go of what’s beyond it?Imagine reclaiming your energy by focusing only on what you can control, even in the face of narcissistic abuse or c...
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Ep 139: When Abuse Follows You: Recognizing Coercive Control Outside of Romantic Relationships
You are likely listening to The Rising Beyond Podcast because of coercive control and abuse within a romantic relationship. Unfortunately coercive control often shows up in other relationships as well and can have long term impacts on you...
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Ep 138: Going Pro Se in Family Court: How to Represent Yourself and Protect Your Kids with Casey Brinkman
If you are a survivor in the battle ground of family court, would you say that your attorney is representing you well?Do you feel heard? Or maybe you do not have the financial means to even hire an attorney.And so ...
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Ep 137: Reclaiming Your Life: How to Heal When the Abuse Isn’t Over
Have you ever felt like your entire life is consumed by the chaos of post-separation abuse? What if I told you that there’s a part of you—a healing self—that can exist outside of the constant stress and conflict? And what if you could nurture t...
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Ep 136: A TikTok Revelation: Mita Begum’s Journey to Healing from Narcissistic Abuse
When you finally realize that you are being abused in your relationship and that your partner is a narcissist, it can hit you like a ton of bricks.In this episode, I have a conversation with Mita Begum on her experience of realizing that...
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Ep 135: The Power of Creative Expression in Narcissistic Abuse Recovery
Explore the transformative power of creativity as a tool for processing emotions and reclaiming your identity after abuse. Learn how engaging in creative expression can help rewire your brain, improve your mood, and reconnect you to your true s...
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Ep 134: Triggers 101: What They Are and How to Navigate Them as a Survivor of Narcissistic Abuse
We’re diving deep into the world of triggers. A common and often overwhelming experience for survivors of trauma and abuse. We’ll explore what triggers are, why they happen, and how they can actually become opportunities for healing and growth....
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Ep 133: You Can’t Think Your Way to Healing: Full Bodied Healing for Survivors of Narcissistic Abuse with Erica Bonham, LPC
Why is it that we can understand the abuse we suffered, understand why we are hypervigilant, and yet not see the progress we are hoping for on the healing front?The trauma of an abusive, narcissistic and coercively controlling relations...
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Ep 132: New Year Survival Guide: Creating Goals When Co-Parenting with an Abuser
If you’re a survivor navigating family court, co-parenting with an abusive ex, and just trying to make it through another day, goal-setting might feel like an impossible task. Even though it is a new year, you are expecting the same old BS from...
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Ep 131: How Pursuing Your Dreams Can Jumpstart Healing from Abuse with Lola Reid Allin
One of the most devastating consequences of coercive control and domestic abuse is the stripping away of the victim’s identity and sense of self.The emotional and psychological abuse leads victims to feel incapable of doing even small t...
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