Tell Me How You're Mighty: Real Talk About Cheating
Episodes
23. Cheaters with Dark Triad Personality Disorders: An Interview with Sandra Brown
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sandra Brown is a pioneering therapist in narcissistic abuse recovery and the author of 12 books related to pathological love relationships. She talks...
22. She Left a Cheater and Fought Off an Attacker
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine going through infidelity, rebuilding your life, only to have your home invaded. Sarah and Tracy talk with Darlene, a mighty woman who has done...
21. Abandoned Wives and Runaway Husbands: An Interview with Therapist Vikki Stark
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After 21 years of marriage, one day therapist Vikki Stark's husband walked out on her. Unbeknownst to her, he'd been having an affair for six years. S...
20. How to Prepare for a High-Conflict Divorce: An Interview with Regina DeMeo
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you know if you can mediate a divorce, or if you're dealing with a high-conflict individual and it's going to court? Tracy talks with family la...
19. Being the Sane Parent: An Interview with Sue Atkins
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How to have hard conversations with kids about divorce and separation -- Sarah and Tracy talk with parenting expert Sue Atkins on being age appropriat...
18. Open Marriage, an Esther Perel 'Gift', and GPS Tracking a Cheater
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah and Tracy react to three FW of the Week submissions -- a woman whose husband suggested a "quad" with his current affair partner; an unwanted gif...
17. Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, and Solo Parenting: 'I Survived and So Can You' -- An Interview with Jenny Ball
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest Jenny Ball had four kids under 10 when her husband walked out for his affair partner and then later quit his job. At one point, she was owed...
16. 'I Lived Through Two Divorces and a Car Jacking': An Interview with Dave Jackson:
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
People know Dave Jackson as the founder of the School of Podcasting, an author, and member of the Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame. But he's also ...
15. Debunking the 180 and Other Bad Relationship Advice
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah and Tracy take on the established save-your-marriage advice of the 180, a term coined by therapist Michelle Weiner-Davis of "Divorce Busters" fa...
14. An Interview with Dr. Omar Minwalla: 'The Secret Sexual Basement'
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with Dr. Omar Minwalla, who is unique among therapists for calling cheating a "deceptive sexuality" problem. Dr. Minwalla is a psychologist an...
13. Infidelity, Divorce, and Cancer: The Suck Trifecta
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tracy and Sarah speak with Martina, a woman who divorced her cheating husband, gained a life -- only to receive a terminal cancer diagnosis a few mont...
12. Angry, 'Codependent' Women: An Interview with Trauma Specialist, Diane Strickland
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Diane Strickland started the website YourStoryIsSafeHere.com to help wives and partners traumatized by men called sex addicts. She challenges the noti...
11. An Interview with Dr. George Simon: How to Deal with Manipulative People
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
10. Getting the Hell Out of Dodge
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
9. Don't Get Mad, Build an Organization
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
8. Nice or Nasty? Or How Could I Have Been So Wrong About This Person?
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ni...
7. Telling People Your Chump Story
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
6. She Left Her Cheating Husband While Pregnant with Twins
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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. ...
5. Ordinary People with Extraordinary Mightiness
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah and Tracy discuss the ordinary people they've met who've impressed them with their extraordinary resilience. Teasers for mighty stories to come!
4. An Interview with Andrew G. Marshall -- Is Reconciliation Possible After Infidelity?
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah and Tracy interview popular British therapist Andrew G. Marshall on his views about whether a marriage can recover after infidelity. Is "affair ...
3. D-Days -- Discovering Cheating, How It All Falls Apart
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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, bu...
2. What to Do (or Not Do) When You Suspect Cheating
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
1. An Introduction to "Tell Me How You're Mighty" -- The Podcast About Surviving Infidelity
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode, hosts Sarah Gorrell -- a BBC radio presenter -- and Tracy Schorn -- the writer known as Chump Lady -- discuss how they met, the...