The Mean Lady Talking Podcast

Today's episode wraps up where we've been since episode 126. We're talking unresolved grief, loss, the burden of the legal system to restore victims to some semblence of healed and how the rest of closure happens from inside us. We look through the lens of the Waukesha Wisconsin Christmas Parade Attack of 2021 and how botched that coverage has been. Hope this holiday season brings healing to all victims of crime and those who are grieving for lost loved ones.

MLT Ep 129 continues the Life in Dysfunction Junction series and will wrap up in 130 regarding how unresolved childhood grief affects us and our relationships all of our lives.

This is the 3rd in a 5 part series about how childhood issues can affect you as an adult and how we learn what we live and live what we learn. If we grow up being the one who is the Identified Patient or "scapegoat" we carry that into adult relationships. If we're lucky, as I was, to finally have enough and go "UNCLE!" we have a chance to be happy and healthy. The Getting Past Your Breakup program can lead you on that journey and make the devastating loss be the best thing that ever happened...

Episode 127 is part of the series that began with 126 and will end at 130. Unresolved grief and loss. Relationships broken. Divorce. How childhood issues carry into adult life.

This is the first podcast in a series about growing up in a dysfunctional family where all are losing their heads and blaming it on you. You never think, "It's not me, it's them..." and learning to survive there is all you can really think about. Emotions, for children are really a difficult landscape. They're either screaming bloody murder or sucking it all in. But no one gets a lesson on truly how to act and what life is like for a child in a completely crazy landscape. I'm going to...

This podcast has 4 topics: No Contact when you share children; Revealing yourself when dating and/or a new relationship; Making Healthy Choices; and Get Back Where You Belong Messages. Enjoy!

When we want to analyze our relationship "health," we need not look further than our partner. Water seeks its own level and we are attracted to those we can dance with.

Status report and those who lie about DV etc.

This episode covers the Laundrie/Petito relationship timeline and the letter he wrote before his death.

Status of the podcast and talking about kids continuing relationships with step parents and integration in grief.

In this episode we discuss the situations created by commitmentphobic people, the frustration of those involved with them and how to deal with the distressing aftermath of recovering from a relationship with a commitmentphobe.

The last episode of Season 3 - thoughts about "Toxic Positivity" and healing through BALANCE.

This episode is answering a few emails that are too long for Lightening Road questions and too short for Mail We Get Mail. YouTube version is here: https://youtu.be/WOLgl8cTtH0 and the ending contains the long version of the theme song - listener requested. ENJOY!

Adult children of dysfunctional parents continued. YouTube version here: https://youtu.be/aXnVlbArsz8

This episode is a Meanie-requested topic: if you have nothing but bad memories of an adult caregiver, why do we find ourselves attracted to the same type that hurt us? It's a bit of a complex answer but one that is worth figuring out and resolving, once and for all. The YouTube link is: https://youtu.be/eEyYEr6AQZE (please go there, like and subscribe, but listen to the episode on the most convenient app to you).

This is the response to some of the comments from the Boundaries series. Good people are not doormats and thinking you're "good and loving" when you're merely foolish is not a winnin strategy and you will never get healthy like that.

This episode explains the "narcissism continuum" from the DSM definition of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Pathological Narcissism, through healthy self-esteem. A discussion about subtypes, mostly covert and overt, misconceptions about female narcissists, a bit of the differences between male and female narcissists and reasons why studies on female narcissists are scant, part C I discuss the narcissistic Watts and Coleman affairs and murders.

This episode explains the "narcissism continuum" from the DSM definition of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Pathological Narcissism, through healthy self-esteem. There is a discussion about subtypes, mostly covert and overt but I mention others, misconceptions about female narcissists, a bit of a deep dive into the differences between male and female narcissists and reasons why studies on female narcissists are scant, and on part C I discuss the narcissistic relationships of Chris Watts...

This episode explains the "narcissism continuum" from the DSM definition of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Pathological Narcissism, through healthy self-esteem. There is a discussion about subtypes, mostly covert and overt but I mention others, misconceptions about female narcissists, a bit of a deep dive into the differences between male and female narcissists and reasons why studies on female narcissists are scant, and on part C I discuss the narcissistic relationships of Chris Watts...

A round robin update/answering your questions episode with a short commentary on the #GabbyPetito case and #DomesticViolence at the end.