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"Loved You, Hated You": Surviving Toxic Love, Losing Yourself & Choosing You | Nikki Allen
What happens when you love someone so deeply that you lose yourself in the process — and then find the courage to transform that pain into art?
In this episode, I sit down with Nikki Allen — singer, songwriter, filmmaker, and author of Loved You, Hated You — a bold, emotionally charged novel born from a real toxic relationship, a song written to survive it, and years of "soul surgery" to heal from it.
We talk about:
💔 Why we stay in toxic relationships long after we know we should leave
🎭 The "six-month mask" — and why the anesthesia always wears off
🌱 What choosing yourself actually looks…
The skinny
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