The Mental Healness Podcast

Can an Entire Family Be Narcissists?

Can everyone in a family be a narcissist or deeply toxic? In this video, Lee Hammock explains how harmful family systems can operate through loyalty, secrecy, isolation,

Why Do You Keep Choosing Unhealthy Partners and Relationships!?

Why do some people keep choosing toxic, narcissistic, or emotionally unavailable partners? In this video, Lee Hammock explains how childhood patterns, trauma bonds, famil

Why do abusive people want to hurt you on purpose?

Why do abusive people hurt you on purpose, then blame you for the pain they caused? In this video, Lee Hammock explains how control, punishment, shame, resentment, emotio

What REALLY Happens When You Go No Contact With a Narcissist

What happens when you go no contact with a narcissist or toxic ex? In this video, Lee Hammock explains why no contact is a boundary for healing rather than a way to punis

Former Trad Wife Escaped 24 Years of Abuse and Lost Everything | Jennie Gage’s Story

In this powerful episode of The Mental Healness Podcast, domestic violence survivor and advocate Jennie Gage shares how she escaped a 24-year abusive marriage and rebuilt

Hayden Panettiere’s Story Shows How Toxic Relationships Trap You

Hayden Panettiere’s story has renewed difficult conversations about domestic abuse, toxic relationship cycles, family estrangement, and the complicated reasons people sta

5 Survivors Explain Why They Broke No Contact With a Narcissist

Why do people break no contact with a narcissist or toxic ex? In this live call-in conversation, five survivors of narcissistic abuse share the real reasons they went bac

Your Own Mind Can Be Your Worst Enemy After Narcissistic Abuse

Why do you miss a narcissist or toxic ex even when you know they hurt you? In this video, Lee Hammock explains the inner conflict between logic and emotion after narcissi

8 “Romantic” Things That Are Actually Red Flags

Some of the biggest toxic relationship red flags feel romantic in the beginning. In this video, Lee Hammock breaks down behaviors that can be mistaken for love, including

Why Narcissist Enablers Defend Toxic Behavior

Why do narcissist enablers defend toxic behavior and pressure you to stay? This video explains why family members, friends, and other flying monkeys may make excuses, bla

He Set Her on Fire Then Tried to Play the Hero | Tonya's Survival Story (@burnedbeauty2018)

In one of the most powerful and emotional episodes of the Mental Healness Podcast, host Lee Hammock sits down with survivor and creator Tonya, widely known as Burned Beau

Healing While Living With a Narcissist: Is It Possible?

Can you heal while you are still in a relationship with a narcissist, toxic partner, or emotionally unsafe person? In this video, Lee Hammock explains the difference betw

Why Narcissists Will Never Change (And It’s Not About You)

Diagnosed narcissist Lee Hammock explains why narcissistic, toxic, or abusive partners rarely change, even when they promise therapy, growth, or a fresh start. I break do

Why Narcissists Hate Seeing You Happy Without Them

Why do narcissists get angry when you move on even if they cheated, left, or appear happy in a new relationship? In this video, Lee Hammock explains how ego, jealousy, co

Narcissists Love When You’re Trauma Bonded To Them!

What does a narcissist really think when you are trauma bonded to them and cannot let them go? As a clinically diagnosed, self-aware narcissist, I explain why they may no

Surviving a Narcissistic Gambling Addict: Taylor’s 14-Year Escape Story

In this powerful Mental Healness Podcast interview, Taylor Stevens shares how she survived 14 years with a narcissistic gambling addict and reclaimed her life through no

Narcissists Are Toxic No Matter Who They’re With (It’s NOT You)

In this video, I break down why narcissists are going to be toxic no matter who they’re with and why their abuse is not proof that you weren’t “enough.” Research shows th

Why I Feel Bad For People Who Stay With Narcissists

In this video, I talk from the heart about why I genuinely feel bad for people stuck with narcissists who will likely never experience real happiness while they stay in t

When Narcissists WANT You To Leave Them (The Reverse Discard Explained)

In this video, I explain the “reverse discard”. When a narcissist emotionally gets rid of you, treats you horribly, and pushes you to end the relationship so they can pla

Covert vs Overt Narcissism Explained By a Diagnosed Narcissist

In this video, I break down the main differences between an overt narcissist and a covert narcissist, two faces of the same disorder that show up very differently in rela