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ARE YOU BEING GASLIT? PART 1

What happens when love turns  into control? In this eye-opening episode, author Karen Bijkersma joins Annie McCubbin to expose the hidden mechanisms of domestic violence that leave victims trapped in cycles of abuse and confronts the question, "Why do women stay in toxic/abusive relationships?"  

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/are-you-being-gaslit-pt-1/id1758672641?i=1000706419098

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ARE YOU BEING GASLIT? PART 2

"Why didn't she leave him sooner?" In this incisive continuation of Annie McCubbin's conversation with Karen Bijkersma, they dive deep into the psychology behind manipulative dating tactics and why intelligent women sometimes find themselves trapped in dangerous relationships.


https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/are-you-being-gaslit-pt-2/id1758672641?i=1000708167453

RELATIONSHIP GURUS PART 1

17 August 2025 

Karen Bijkersma chats with Adrienne Hill on the Skeptic Zone Podcast 

about some of the predatory "Relationship Gurus" exposed  in her recent presentation, "The Heartbreak Industry" (see presentation 1 above). 

RELATIONSHIP GURUS PART 2

24 August 2025

Karen Bijkersma continues the conversation with Adrienne Hill, exposing the the even darker side of "Relationship Gurus" and Facebook marketers from "The Heartbreak Industry" (see presentation 1 above). 

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