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Season 1

Sept. 21, 2023

11. An Interview with Dr. George Simon: How to Deal with Manipulative…

Dr. George Simon is a psychologist and best-selling author who's been decoding manipulation for over 30 years. Tracy and Sarah ask him about his work on "character disturbance" and Dr. Simon answers a listener's question about being estranged from her …

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Sept. 19, 2023

10. Getting the Hell Out of Dodge

Sarah and Tracy talk with Nancy, a woman who pulled up stakes for a new town, a new career and a new identity after her divorce -- moving to the other end of the country to take a job as …

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Aug. 25, 2023

9. Don't Get Mad, Build an Organization

After Christina Pavlina went through her own divorce, she helped create a nonprofit to make it easier for women to navigate the process. Pavlina is the cofounder and the executive director of Jane Does Well, a national outreach organization. Beyond...

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Aug. 22, 2023

8. Nice or Nasty? Or How Could I Have Been So Wrong About This Person?

A woman calls in whose husband of 30 years walked out on her before Xmas -- after his mistress gave him an ultimatum. She wants to know -- was he a nice person who turned nasty? Or was he a …

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Aug. 1, 2023

7. Telling People Your Chump Story

Sarah and Tracy discuss being public with their chump stories. Guest Paul Doncaster takes mightiness to a new level when he tells his D-Day story "The Stranger" at Moth Radio storytelling contest in front of a live audience. And his …

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July 21, 2023

6. She Left Her Cheating Husband While Pregnant with Twins

It takes a special kind of resilience to leave a cheater when you're four months pregnant with twins -- but that's exactly what our guest Alyson did. At the time, she had two other small kids at home and was …

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July 18, 2023

5. Ordinary People with Extraordinary Mightiness

Sarah and Tracy discuss the ordinary people they've met who've impressed them with their extraordinary resilience. Teasers for mighty stories to come!

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June 30, 2023

3. D-Days -- Discovering Cheating, How It All Falls Apart

D-Days -- What you do wish you'd done differently when you discovered your partner was cheating? Many of us had gut instincts to leave immediately, but got tripped up with second-guessing and cheater manipulation. Sarah and Tracy tell their surreal...

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June 27, 2023

2. What to Do (or Not Do) When You Suspect Cheating

Imagining the unimaginable -- what to do when you suspect cheating. Tracy tells the story how she woke up with another woman's thong stuck to her. And Sarah shares her near miss moving to Devon to "rebuild the marriage." A …

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June 20, 2023

1. An Introduction to "Tell Me How You're Mighty" -- The Podcast Abou…

In this first episode, hosts Sarah Gorrell -- a BBC radio presenter -- and Tracy Schorn -- the writer known as Chump Lady -- discuss how they met, their chump stories, and why the world needs a different infidelity narrative. …

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