Love and Abuse

Paul Colaianni: Relationship and Emotional Abuse Expert
Love and Abuse
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  • Love and Abuse

    Are your children being manipulated, too?

    2026/05/18 | 43 mins.
    You're watching your child mirror a narcissistic parent and it feels like you're losing ground. Arguing with the lies they're being told feels pointless, but asking the right questions might just be what helps you keep your connection to your children, helping them choose empathy over manipulation.
  • Love and Abuse

    If you don't draw the line on how much is too much, you won't have a line

    2026/05/07 | 39 mins.
    How much mistreatment is too much? When your boundaries are violated over and over again, there will be a point where you have none and the sky will be the limit on someone else's hurtful and controlling behaviors.
  • Love and Abuse

    How does an abusive person become an abusive person?

    2026/04/30 | 18 mins.
    There's got to be a reason someone becomes abusive, right? All abusers abused as children... is that it? Maybe it's a mental health issue. Maybe it's none, some, or all of the above. Or maybe it's something else.
  • Love and Abuse

    Getting conned into taking an unhealed abuser back

    2026/04/28 | 25 mins.
    They've changed! They've really seemed to change. They seem like a new person so you take them back. Then you find out they were just playing the long game. Emotionally abusive people can heal if they want to. Those who don't may just come back to fool you again.
  • Love and Abuse

    Do mutually abusive relationships have a chance?

    2026/04/21 | 38 mins.
    Sometimes both people in the relationship are hurtful, controlling and manipulative. When that's the case, it's going to take more than one person stopping the behaviors, and that presents a few challenges in itself.
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About Love and Abuse
Helping you identify toxic communication, emotional abuse, manipulation, and other forms of difficult behavior in relationships. Love and Abuse offers the perspective of both the victim and the perpetrator. Full of tips and advice for your friendships, family, love life, and marriage. You'll learn about covert abusive communication that takes away your power. And you'll discover how to pinpoint the specific toxic behaviors, such as narcissistic abuse and verbal abuse, before you are dragged into a psychological game so deep you come out a shell of your former self. Love and Abuse is the official podcast of The M.E.A.N. Workbook, an assessment and healing guide to help you evaluate the emotionally abusive and manipulative patterns in your relationship. Get the guide that will tell you exactly what's happening in your relationship over at loveandabuse.com. https://loveandabuse.com/
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