Real Talk with Lisa Sonni: Relationships Uncensored
Episodes
How Abusive Men Turn Strong Women Into Women Who Stay with Dr. Peter Salerno | S3EP15
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send Lisa a question for her to reply in a future episode!You didn’t become someone else overnight. You were shaped into someone who could survive h...
“These Are Not Facts”: The Lies That Keep Abuse Normalized | S3E14
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send Lisa a question for her to reply in a future episode!You were never “too sensitive.” You were surrounded by lies repeated so often they start...
When Sex Becomes Obligation: Sexual Entitlement in Relationships | S3E13
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send Lisa a question for her to reply in a future episode!Sexual entitlement isn’t “a relationship issue.” It’s a belief system. It’s the mi...
Divorcing a Narcissistic or Toxic Partner: What You Need to Know | S3EP12
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send Lisa a question for her to reply in a future episode!In this episode of Real Talk with Lisa Sonni: Relationships Uncensored, Lisa speaks with Ang...
Toxic vs Abusive Relationships: The Difference Most People Miss with Dr. Marina Rosenthal | S3EP11
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Couples therapy is not the place to sort out coercive control. Full stop. But I also get why women end up there anyway, because when your relationship...
Why Women End Up Doing Everything in Relationships with Terri Cole | S3E10
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For years, women have been told they’re codependent. Too attached, too emotional, too responsible for everyone else’s feelings. And a lot of you h...
How The Manosphere Is Teaching Men to Abuse with Rafael Gomez | S3EP9
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Manosphere isn’t “just podcasts.” It’s a curriculum teaching men how to destabilize, dominate, and call it leadership.If you’ve ever sat...
He’s Not Immature, He’s Abusive: Why Narcissists Don’t “Grow Out of It” with Dr. Les Carter | S3EP8
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most women don’t stay because they’re naïve.They stay because they believe he’s just immature.He’s still growing. He’ll change. He just nee...
How Stay-at-Home Wives Get Trapped in Financial & Emotional Abuse with Lisa Carr | S3E7
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“Everybody’s a feminist… until a woman chooses to be a tradwife.”That line gets thrown around like it ends the conversation. It doesn’t. It ...
Weaponized Incompetence Isn’t an Accident | w/ Laura Danger S3E6
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You’re not “bad at asking for help.” You’re exhausted from carrying everything and being told it’s your fault.In this conversation, Lisa sit...
Why You Didn’t Know It Was Abuse w/ Chelli Pumphrey | S3E5
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“If it was really abuse, you would’ve left.” That lie has kept countless women silent and blamed for something that was never their fault....
Men, Accountability, and the Myth That Women Are the Problem with Lex | S3E4
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You’re not “too sensitive.” You’re reacting to a system that teaches men entitlement and then calls women dramatic for pushing back. If accoun...
The Truth Behind the “Perfect Marriage” with Sarah White | S3E3
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From the outside, it looks like a happy marriage: smiling photos, family dinners, and church events. Inside the house, it is a completely different st...
He Knows, He Just Doesn’t Care. The Truth About Abuse and “Communication” w Aishia Grevenberg | S3E2
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you have ever thought, “I just need him to understand”, the truth is, he already does.Lisa is joined by therapist and survivor Aishia Grevenber...
The Lies That Keep You Stuck: How Abusers Rewrite Reality Dr. Alan E. Godwin | S3E1
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Abusers do not just lie. They build entire realities that feel safer than the truth. Realities where doubt keeps you tethered, confusion feels normal,...
Why Couples Counseling Backfires With Abusive Partners w/ Dr. Peter Salerno | S2E15
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You’re not crazy for thinking therapy would help. You were taught that relationships can be “fixed” if you just try harder, communicate better, ...
He Knew You Wouldn’t See It | How Abusers Exploit Your Brain w/ Dr. Jennifer Freyd | S2E14
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You didn’t “miss the signs.” Your brain protected you from them.That’s not stupidity, it’s survival.Dr. Jennifer Freyd, the researcher who c...
Can Narcissists Really Change? w/ Dr. Elinor Greenberg | S2E13
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You can’t love a narcissist hard enough to make them change.And loyalty isn’t the cure — it’s the trap.In this powerful conversation, Lisa sit...
The Secret Weapon Every Abusive Man Uses w/ Dr. Christine Cocchiola | S2E12
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Control doesn’t always look like control. Sometimes it looks like care, protection, or “respect.” That’s what makes coercive control the most ...
What Divorce Lawyers Know That Therapists Don’t w/ Justin Lee | S2E11
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Therapists hear what people say in marriage. Divorce lawyers see what people do when it ends. And what they see tells the truth about power, control, ...
Why Gender Does Matter in Abuse Conversations w/ Rebecca Pacheco | S2E10
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Abuse isn’t gendered.”That phrase gets thrown around every time women speak up. Yet, it’s not true and it’s not harmless.Lisa sits down w...
When “You Owe Him Sex” Is Abuse w/ Dr. Danielle Kramer | S2E9
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve ever said yes to sex when every part of you wanted to say no, that’s not “being a good partner,” It’s coercion. Coercion is abuse...
Why You Didn’t Know It Was Abuse with Chelli Pumphrey | S2E8
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“If it was really abuse, you would’ve left.” That lie has silenced survivors for decades. The truth? Most women in abusive relationships don’t...
The World Doesn’t Need Softer Men…It Needs Evolved Ones w/ Nick Matiash | S2E7
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We keep telling men to “open up” and “be more emotional,” but that’s not the problem — and it’s definitely not the solution. Real streng...
Narcissistic Abuse Is a Cult: Trauma Bonds, Brainwashing, and Breaking Free with Vanessa Reiser | S2E6
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When a relationship feels like oxygen at first and a chokehold later, you’re not “being dramatic”—you’re being indoctrinated. Narcissistic a...
The Mid-Loser Fear: Why I'm More Scared for My Daughter Than My Son | S2E05
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Staying up at night over your daughter’s safety is expected. Losing sleep over your son becoming the guy who drains a woman’s light? That’s the ...
Stalking and Narcissistic Abuse: Why It’s a Red Flag for Lethal Violence with Lt. Mark Wynn | S2E04
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stalking isn’t love, and it's certainly not devotion. It’s control, entitlement, and fear dressed up as “concern.” Survivors know that si...
Blended Family Chaos: Stepmoms, Biomoms, and the Truth About High-Conflict Co-Parenting | S2E03
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Somewhere along the way, society convinced us that the battle lines in blended families are always drawn between “evil stepmom” and “bitter baby...
The Most Addictive Relationship Pattern In The World | S2E02
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Nadine Macaluso, formerly Belfort is a British-born American psychotherapist, author, internet personality, and former model. She was the second w...
Finding Real Love After an Abusive Relationship | S2E01
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After abuse, so many of us wonder if love is even possible again. We tell ourselves we’re too broken, too much, or too “used up". I used to b...
Twisting Scripture The Abuser Who Pretends to Be Godly | Ep. 014
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you've ever been in a relationship with a man who tells you that God hates divorce or weaponizes religion of any kind against you, this episod...
Serial Cheating Isn’t a Struggle. It’s a Strategy. | Ep. 013
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cheating doesn't always happen in spite of how much it hurts you. Sometimes it happens because it hurts you - because that's the exact reaso...
The Best Selling Relationship Book That Taught Him To Abuse Me | Episode 012
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Five Love Languages seems like such a helpful relationship tool - until it's weaponized by an abusive partner. I brought this popular book in...
It’s Not That He Doesn’t Know It’s That He Doesn’t Care.. | Ep. 011
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There's a kind of abuse happening in relationships that doesn't involve broken dishes or broken bones, but it's just as damaging. It&ap...
Why You Believed His Lies: The Psychology of Manipulation and Abuse | Ep 010
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Somebody can look you dead in the eye, say everything that you've been dying to hear, and they can still be lying to you. The science behind dece...
If My Own Children Can't Forgive Me, How Dare I Forgive Myself? | Episode 009
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The hardest truth about parental accountability isn't admitting you were wrong- it's living with the consequences when your own children c...
His Voice Sounded Familiar — Because It Was | Ep. 008
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The voice of your abuser doesn't just sound familiar—it echoes the voices that shaped you long before you ever met them.This week, I sit down w...
Male Fragility: Why Accountability Feels Like an Attack | Ep. 007
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Male fragility isn't weakness - it's emotional inflexibility that becomes a weapon to avoid accountability. When men explode over basic feed...
You Can't Love Him Into Healing | Why Women Stay With Abusive Men | Ep. 006
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is going to hit different. I'm joined by therapist and domestic violence survivor Aishia Grevenberg to destroy the most dangerous my...
Why Therapy Can't Fix Abusive Men | The Truth About Misogyny vs Mental Health | Ep. 005
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is going to challenge everything you've been told about abusive men and why they do what they do. We're ditching the "he&a...
You're Not Confused — You're Being Manipulated | Ep. 004
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this explosive episode, Lisa and Dr. Peter Salerno drop a truth bomb that will change how you see manipulation forever. They dive deep into the unc...
Why Trauma Bonds Feel Like Love But Destroy You | Ep. 003
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this raw and vulnerable episode, Lisa opens up about the confusing reality of trauma bonds - why they feel so much like love when they're actu...
The More They Reject You, The Harder You Try | Why We Chase Love That Hurts | Ep. 002
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When love feels like a battle you're desperate to win, something deeper is happening. In this vulnerable episode, I share my personal story of st...
The Podcast They Don't Want You Listening To | Ep. 001
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This Is the Podcast They Don’t Want You Listening ToYou weren’t too sensitive. You weren’t overreacting. You were abused — and no one told yo...