How To Be a Terrible Daughter
Wondering how to be a terrible daughter? Listen as Elizabeth Malamed and Megan Caper, mental health professionals who also happen to be cousins, discuss growing up in toxic families, surviving narcissistic abuse, and moving forward after trauma. The How To Be a Terrible Daughter podcast is a place to find community, put words to your experience, and laugh at the dark stuff. We'll share our stories from our own childhoods, make mental health concepts easy to understand, and interview intriguing guests along the way. Oh, and you can also let Megan and Elizabeth hate your parents for you if you're having mixed feelings. We don't mind, we've got plenty of pent up anger for everyone. If your parents have ever called you terrible, horrible or something even worse, come join us!
Episodes
In this episode, we take the blueprint of the narcissistic family and lay it over the systems we're living inside.
And unfortunately, the overlay lines up.
We talk about how the tactics you survived as a child didn't disappear. They just scaled. The gaslighting got institutional. The blame got bureaucratic. The punishment became policy. Same dynamics, now with a PR team.
If you gr...
In this episode, we zoom out.
...
Not all narcissists look the same. Some are loud, shiny, and aggressively self-impressed, others are quiet, aggrieved, and somehow still manage to make every situation about themselves. In this episode, we break down both the obvious and the sneakier versions, from the classic grandiose type to the subtler subtypes that operate under the radar while quietly running the entire emotional economy of the family.
Read more
In this episode, we break down the strange and rigid logic of narcissistic family systems and the roles children are quietly forced into just to keep things from blowing up. We talk about how these identities get assigned early, why they stick so stubbornly into adulthood, and how sibling relationships often carry more tension, confusion, and grief than anyone wants to admit. Some roles absorb blame, some are rewarded ...
In this episode, we introduce the idea of Good Parent Messages
This episode is a re-release of our Holiday Survival Guide from last year!
We wanted to bring it back for a couple of reasons. First, we have a lot of new listeners (welcome!) and we want to make sure that as we enter this chaotic holiday season, you have the tools you need to make it a little...
This week we are wading into the murky, sparkling, and occasionally shark infested waters of romantic relationships. You know, the ones everyone insists are supposed to feel like a cozy partnership except yours somehow keeps echoing the ...
In this episode, we wade into the wild, destabilizing landscape of apology and repair, where narcissistic "I'm
So you finally did it. You went no contact. You broke out of the emotional prison your narcissist built, and now you are standing in the sunlight, blinking like a hostage released from a basement full of family heirlooms and gaslighting.
Read more
Welcome back! It's time to hate your parents with us again!
Read more
This week, we're tackling one of the most unsettling and deeply confusing questions many of us face:
Anger. The emotion we were taught to fear, suppress, or avoid entirely—especially if we grew...
Not everyone has the luxury of going no-contact with a narcissistic parent, and if that's your situation, congratulations—you've unlocked the expert-level difficulty setting on
Ah, forgiveness—the gold standard of healing, right? Well, not so fast. When you've been through narcissistic abuse, the usual "forgive and move on" advice hits differently (read: doesn't apply). In thi...
In this episode, we wade through the debris of self-esteem left in the wake of growing up with narcissistic parents. It's not a pretty picture. From the relentless cycle of ...
Parenting is hard enough without the baggage of a narcissistic childhood, but add that to the mix, and it's like trying to assemble IKEA furniture with a blowtorch—messy, con...
We're off to the movies this week! On How to Be a Terrible Daughter, we're diving into the 1987 cult classic The Lost Boys. Vampires, family drama, and a killer soundtrack—what's not to love? But beneath the stylish leather jackets and fangs, this film holds surprising insights for anyone unraveling the complexities of childhood trauma.
Join us as we unpack the movie's themes of found family, gaslighting, and rebellion. We explore...
This week, we're tackling the high-stakes scavenger hunt of finding the right therapist, especially for those of us recovering from narcissistic abuse.
What happens when the place that's supposed to feel the safest—your childhood home—turns out to be the source of your deepest stress? Your nervous system does what it's designed to do: it kicks into survival mode. In this episode, inspired by Megan's viral blog post, we explore the four common stress responses: fight, flight, freeze, and the lesser-known (but all-too-familiar) fawn. If you've ever felt like making yourself small wa...
Popular Podcasts
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
The Clifford Show with Clifford Taylor IV blends humor, culture, and behind-the-scenes sports talk with real conversations featuring athletes, creators, and personalities—spotlighting the grind, the growth, and the opportunities shaping the next generation of sports and culture.
The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.
Saskia Inwood woke up one morning, knowing her life would never be the same. The night before, she learned the unimaginable – that the husband she knew in the light of day was a different person after dark. This season unpacks Saskia’s discovery of her husband’s secret life and her fight to bring him to justice. Along the way, we expose a crime that is just coming to light. This is also a story about the myth of the “perfect victim:” who gets believed, who gets doubted, and why. We follow Saskia as she works to reclaim her body, her voice, and her life. If you would like to reach out to the Betrayal Team, email us at betrayalpod@gmail.com. Follow us on Instagram @betrayalpod and @glasspodcasts. Please join our Substack for additional exclusive content, curated book recommendations, and community discussions. Sign up FREE by clicking this link Beyond Betrayal Substack. Join our community dedicated to truth, resilience, and healing. Your voice matters! Be a part of our Betrayal journey on Substack.