Jodi Pavlock's Wake-Up Call — How She Finally Recognized the Narcissist and Wrote the Book That Freed Her

The Advisor with Stacey Chillemi · Jul 18, 2025 · 46m

Most people do not recognize what is happening until they are already deep inside it. The charm felt real. The love felt intense. And by the time the control became visible the trauma bond was already doing its job of making leaving feel impossible. Jodi Pavlock had her own wake-up call — and what came out of it was a book written in a rapid burst of clarity that has since helped thousands of survivors recognize the same patterns she lived through. What she shares about the subtle early red flags that appear before the grand romantic gestures, why trauma bonding makes breaking free feel…