The Affair Recovery Podcast

Ep. 017 | Trauma or Emotional Abuse? Gaslighting, deception, and lack of empathy with Dr. Hawkins

June 22, 2026·52 min
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You've tried everything but nothing changes. You may be wondering whether something deeper is going on. Dr. David Hawkins, clinical psychologist and founder of the Marriage Recovery Center, joins our expert therapists in Episode 17 to unpack the spectrum from narcissism to emotional immaturity, clarify what real remorse actually looks like, and work through a key question: is my mate in a season of affair fog, or is what I'm seeing a pervasive pattern? In this episode: The real difference bet...

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