The Mental Healness Podcast

I Knew the Loud Narcissist… I Wasn’t Ready for the Quiet One

October 5, 2026·52 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Ashleyjoins the Mental Healness Podcast to share how she survived two very different toxic marriages: one loud and overt, the other quiet, subtle, and much harder to recognize. After leaving a nearly decade-long relationship marked by control, betrayal, isolation, and emotional abuse, she remarried believing she knew every red flag, until covert manipulation appeared in a different form. Ashley and Lee Hammock discuss narcissistic abuse, love bombing, trauma patterns, co-parenting, childhood wounds, faith, healing, and why leaving one toxic relationship does not automatically mean you have processed what it taught you. Her story is a reminder that taking responsibility for your healing is not the same as taking responsibility for someone else’s abuse. Follow Ashley and her ministry, Commentary of Redemption, belowAshley’s links:Commentary of Redemption: https://linktr.ee/commentaryofredemptionajgYouTube: https://youtube.com/@commentaryofredemptionajg?si=H-IcXlzKTklYKn2B

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