Survivor Story: Yvette [216]
Flying Free
English - March 28, 2023 17:30 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 950 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality Health & Fitness Mental Health abuse christian divorce emotional marriage narcissism spiritual Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Have you experienced being discarded by your husband, either emotionally or physically? Yvette Stone has experienced both. Being discarded is a pain that cuts so deep, even the strongest person is not immune to it.
Yvette is here to tell us about her life story, from marrying her narcissistic abuser at nineteen to thriving as a trauma-informed psychotherapist who now helps other women just like her. Just like you. Join us as she tells her incredible story of healing.
Key Points From This Episode:
What a narcissistic abusive relationship is.Why it’s fair to say that everyone is on the narcissistic spectrum. What the phrase “deflated narcissistic tendencies” means.How Yvette found out that she was dealing with a narcissistic husband.How Yvette’s husband packed up and left after a year of marriage (and how they “made up” and spent the next twenty-some years together). Yvette’s journey back to school and the repercussions that caused in her marriage.How Yvette was served divorce papers at the end of her two decades of marriage without even a single conversation about divorce. Talk about discard. The hardest part about healing and the best part about healing from a narcissistic abusive relationship.Access the transcript, read the show notes, and/or ask Natalie a question here
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Yvette Stone is a human, both being and doing. A former magazine publisher, Yvette changed careers midlife and now practices as a trauma-informed psychotherapist and life coach based in Seattle, Washington, specializing in helping women recover from domestic violence, particularly narcissistic abuse. Yvette earned her degree from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, and has worked as a Fellow at the Allender Center, and as an advocate with Northwest Family Life. In her free time, you can find her holding a one-sided conversation with her dog, doing some sort of intense workout, painting a portrait, reveling in paradox, or dreaming of her next great challenge.