Cynthia Bailey-Rug

Cynthia Bailey-Rug

My podcasts cover the same topics as my writing (Christianity, abuse recovery, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, etc.) and everything is from a Christian perspective. Some topics are repeated, because sharing new information and perspectives from a different angle can make it "click" sometimes where it didn't before. I try to add podcasts often, but due to health struggles, I'm not consistent. I periodically use voice cloner, so sometimes podcasts may sound kinda different. Sorry! Transcripts, articles, books and more are available on my website: https://www.CynthiaBaileyRug.com

Episodes

December 13, 2025 3 mins

Today's podcast explains the dynamics of being in a marriage damaged by family enmeshment, and offers encouragement for the non-enmeshed spouse in this situation.


(Please pardon the unusual voice. I use a voice cloner because I have some physical issues with my voice and this time (along with a few others) it surprised me with someone else's voice entirely..LOL I thought her voice sounded nice so I decided to leave it.)<...

Mark as Played

This podcast offers tips for victims of enmeshed, emotionally incestuous parents to help them heal.


(Please pardon the unusual voice. I use a voice cloner because I have some physical issues with my voice and this time (along with a few others) it surprised me with someone else's voice entirely..LOL I thought her voice sounded nice so I decided to leave it.)


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Mark as Played

This podcast addresses some common habits of people who grew up with emotionally incestuous, parentalizing, parentifying parents.


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Mark as Played

This podcast discusses the common phenomenon of growing up with the pain of having one overt narcissistic parent and one covert narcissistic parent.


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Mark as Played
October 18, 2025 3 mins

This podcast is for those of us who were labeled "the good kids" growing up. These children are the ones who never got into trouble, obeyed their parents and did the "right" things. "Good kids" are often made this way as a survival skill due to suffering at the hands of their narcissistic parents.


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Mark as Played
September 27, 2025 3 mins

This podcast discusses how being the black sheep in a narcissistic family really is a good thing in many ways.


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This podcast discusses the important differences between blaming abusive parents and holding them accountable for their abusive behavior. Many people think they are the same thing, but they definitely are NOT!


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Mark as Played

This podcast discusses how narcissistic families treat the narcissists and the victims of narcissistic abuse, and ways to cope with the toxic behavior.


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Mark as Played
August 12, 2025 3 mins

This podcast discusses what life with an enmeshed spouse is like, and provides insight into how to handle this incredibly difficult situation.


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July 31, 2025 3 mins

This podcast is for the people pleasers, those who feel they must prioritize everyone else over themselves no matter the personal cost. You don't have to live like this! This podcast offers tips to help the listener break free from people pleasing.


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July 13, 2025 3 mins

This podcast is for victims of narcissistic abuse who, upon telling others of the narcissist's abuse or tell people they ended relationship with a narcissist are told, "But they seem so nice!" by those who believed the narcissist's good person act.


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June 23, 2025 4 mins

This podcast discusses the signs of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in animals, and ways to help animals with PTSD.

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June 5, 2025 3 mins

This episode discusses how to tell if someone hurting you is doing so simply because they do not know any better, or if their intentions are not so innocent.


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This podcast discusses some common reasons why victims of narcissistic abuse hate themselves and why that is wrong.


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This podcast discusses reactive abuse, and how abusers use it to convince their victims that their perfectly normal responses to being abused are the problem, not the abuse.
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This podcast discusses a particularly powerful way to protect your mental health while dealing with narcissists.

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This podcast discusses the importance of protecting your spouse from your narcissistic family, and how doing so helps your relationship.

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This podcast offers responses to some common criticisms to adult children who have ended the relationship with their parents.


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This podcast discusses some common phrases abusers use to manipulate their victims, and the motives behind those phrases.


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This podcast discusses healthy and unhealthy traits of empaths.


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