My Tales from the Porch Gwen Ann

Gwen's kids needs are bigger than her checkbook and she struggles with asking for financial help. It's scary to trust after a life with a Cluster B personality disordered spouse. It's scarier to ask Nihm or anyone in his circle for anything. But, are Gwen's fears and pride (to do it all on her own, thank you very much) getting in the way of receiving true gifts and provision? Join Gwen on her porch as she figures out how to circumvent Nihm and potentially solve these problems.

Gwen reminices about the day she left Nihm....her Independence Day. The day she left for diaper wipes and never came back. What was your independence day like? Or, are you planning your day of freedom? Gwen has all her red, white, and blue decor on her porch and a fizzy drink in hand as she tells the tale. And she declares her new home as a land of freedom because she was brave.

Listening note: if you'd like to hear the podcast with all the musical elements, listen on spotify (just this episode because it's the only way, technical rules)

Cluster B refers to the category of personality disorder in psychology that contains narcissism, borderline, antisocial, and histrionics. Gwen thinks it should be called Cluster F... because this cluster really causes havoc and trauma drama wherever they go. Join Gwen on her porch as she breaks it all down for entertainment purposes, not diagnostic or treatment, with more of Nihm's emails. Bring your beverage, but caution when drinking because this tale will cause a spit take or two!



Listening note: still getting down the tech and voice changing so there are a few extra seconds of pauses between email reads. listen at 1.5 speed if that's better for ya.

Gwen shares the latest adventure with trying to keep a family tradition that's important to her. She thinks this will help her daughters make new memories and have fun and bond and all that good stuff. Traveling with teens who are recovering from trauma many years later proves to be more challenging than she expected.

Gwen is fed up with the repetitive nightmare that she has about try to escape from Nihm. She's been having this nightmare for years. Gwen took to Dr. Google to see what she could do about getting this to stop (and find out why she's having this nightmare). Grab your favorite beverage and a comfy blanket and head on up to her front porch as she shares the tale of the "nightmare on my street."

Gwen shares her reaction to a recent sermon about the Bible story of the healing at the pool of Bethesda (John 5:1-10). A man has been hanging around the porches for 38 YEARS waiting for a healing. Gwen says that she can relate because coparenting with a narcissist for 10+ years can certainly feel like 38 years. She relates how it's easy to loose hope in all those years. And then Jesus steps in...

If you need some quick encouragement to keep going, or if you've run out of hope, hang out with Gwen in this bonus episode.