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Stop Living Like a Victim: The Mental Housecleaning That Changes Everything
After 25 years in a coercively controlling relationship, author Eva Levina had to answer a difficult question: How did a strong, intelligent, capable woman stay for so long—and how could she make sure it never happened again?
In this candid conversation, Eva joins Robin to talk about the subtle warning signs that are easy to mistake for vulnerability, love, or even intimacy: the tragic backstory that activates your instinct to rescue, feigned helplessness, boundary testing, and the slow conditioning that teaches you to put someone else’s needs ahead of your own.
But this episode isn’t about…
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