What if the chronic pain, the exhaustion, and the sleepless nights aren’t because of stress, or you’re getting older, but because your body keeping the score of narcissistic abuse?

In this episode, Dr. Kerry sits down with somatic healing expert Liz Tenuto, as known The Workout Witch, to explored one of the most overlooked truths: abuse doesn't just impact your mind; it affects your body.

Learn why survivors get trapped in a constant state of fight-or-flight and the surprising reason that talk therapy and EMDR alone often aren't enough to finally heal.

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In this members-only bonus, Liz walks Dr. Kerry through a simple body self-assessment to learn if you’re storing trauma. Learn the early warning signs before they turn chronic.

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LIZ TENUTO (known to her millions of followers as The Workout Witch) demystifies somatic healing and offers a compassionate, science-backed roadmap for anyone struggling with the physical aftermath of stress and trauma. As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and an abusive marriage, Liz spent years battling chronic pain, anxiety, and insomnia. She cycled through countless healing trends before discovering the life- changing power of somatics. Today, Liz is a trauma informed practitioner with a degree in psychology, 15 years of teaching experience, and advanced training in somatic movement through Pilates, Reiki, and 6 years of Feldenkrais mentorship with Augusta Moore.

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Book: When the Body Speaks: How Somatic Healing Sets You Free

Key Moments

• 00:00 Like a paper doll, flat and dead
• 01:00 Meet Liz Tenuto, the Workout Witch
• 02:40 When foot pain feels like walking on glass
• 04:23 Why your body never leaves fight or flight
• 05:59 How chronic stress dominoes into disease
• 08:47 The angry father and the trauma beneath the pain
• 10:22 Unexplained pain your doctor can't explain
• 11:49 Stress weight and the shame no one talks about
• 13:56 What somatics actually is
• 14:36 The massage that unlocked a buried trauma
• 16:29 Why talk therapy alone isn't enough
• 19:21 What somatics felt like the first time
• 21:46 The small, perfect self you built to survive
• 24:07 Why chasing your step count backfires
• 26:30 Fight, flight, freeze, and the Goldilocks state
• 28:44 Five minutes a day to rewire your nervous system
• 31:01 Are you armored up without knowing it? (→ Podcast Extra)

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Why has the person who claimed to love you gone years without once saying your name — not even once?

When a narcissist won't say your name, it isn't a quirk. It's name erasure: a slow, deliberate way of treating you as less than a full person.

In this Viewers' Stories episode, Dr. Kerry reads real survivor stories and unpacks four ways the same tactic shows up. Each one is a covert control tactic, and together they're a form of withholding affection most survivors don't recognize as emotional abuse until much later. You'll learn how to read what someone's use of your name reveals about how they actually see you, and why these small omissions add up to something far bigger than rudeness.

Key Moments

• 00:00:00 — The Husband Who Never Said Her Name
• 00:01:19 — When "Gorgeous" Was a Quiet Cruelty
• 00:03:11 — The Trap Hidden Inside "Babe" and "Honey"
• 00:04:08 — Hearing Your Name Until the Room Goes Foggy
• 00:05:09 — Mispronounced on Purpose, Again and Again
• 00:05:51 — What the Sound of Your Name Reveals

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• The Complete Recovery Collection: Narcissistic abuse resources
• First Steps to Leaving: Online self-paced digital course
• Toxic-Free Relationship Club: Live coaching & community support

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Kerry Kerr McAvoy, Ph.D, a retired psychologist & author, is an expert on cultivating healthy relationships and deconstructing narcissism.

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What if the sweet pet name your partner calls you isn't affection at all — but rather designed to keep you off balance?

In this episode, Dr. Kerry and co-host Lynn Strathdee unpack one of the strangest and most overlooked patterns in narcissistic relationships: the use of pet names.

Learn why some narcissists even speak about themselves in the third person, and the chilling moment when a "compliment" reveals exactly what they really think of you.

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What does it actually take to heal when the abuse has shaped how you see yourself? In this members-only bonus, Lynn and Dr. Kerry discuss why recovery requires building a stronger sense of self.

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LYNN STRATHDEE is a UK-based psychodynamic psychotherapist specializing in echoism, narcissistic abuse recovery, and the unconscious patterns that keep survivors stuck in repeating relationship cycles. A former educator turned therapist, Lynn brings both clinical training and lived experience to her private practice, where she works with clients online and in person. Her approach goes beyond surface-level psychoeducation to the deeper identity work that creates lasting change.

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• ReclaimYou: Dr. Kerry's AI-powered coaching app
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