Widowed with 4 Kids, Then Trapped by a Narcissist

The Scarlet Edit: Infidelity, Divorce, Starting Over. · Nov 6, 2025 · 54m

In this episode, I sit down with Julie Barth, who lost her husband to stage four pancreatic cancer when her four children were still young — the youngest was just six months old. While she was still deep in grief, she met a man who seemed like a fresh start. He wasn't. He was a narcissist who spent years isolating her from her family and friends, manipulating her, stalking her, emotionally abusing her, and threatening to kill her.

Julie shares how she went from being a widow surrounded by community to a woman who had been moved across the country, cut off from everyone she knew, and convinced…