Surviving Toxic Relationships Podcast with The Matadoras · Elizabeth Jane and Deana Lynn

Episode 82: When Faith, Marriage, and Abuse Collide: My Journey Out of Religious and Emotional Control

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Lizzie reveals her second husband was living a double life, teaching that not all abuse is obvious or loud.

Host Lizzie shares her deeply personal journey through two toxic marriages marked by religious control, emotional and spiritual abuse, and eventual escape. She details the manipulation using scripture, the escalation to physical threats, the impact on her four sons, and her path to healing and co-founding a support community with her second husband's first wife.

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