Episodes

How do you recover from profound betrayal and trauma? Dr. Denise McDermott, and adult and child psychiatrist, acknowledges each person, she says, experiences grief, loss and shock in their own way. The first step is to take care of yourself, which could mean finding the will to live. Then, Dr. Denise McDermott says to take it one day at a time, asking for the help that you need.

After more than 20 years together, Kimberly Lucas and her partner, Jacquelyn Jamason split up. Three months later, Jacquelyn, the biological mother of their two children, agreed to let Kim have them for a visitation on Memorial Day, 2014. Jacquelyn went on a kayak trip with friends. Kimberly Lucas was supposed to take the children to the zoo and the beach, but her real plans for the day were much more sinister.

Don Shipley, is an authentic Navy SEAL (retired). After serving for 24 years, including multiple deployments on SEAL Team One and SEAL Team Two, his mission now is to expose phony Navy SEALs, and he’s busted almost 50,000 of them. In this interview, he explains how he verifies whether a claim of being a SEAL is true or false, how he spots fake documentation, and the first warning sign that someone who says he’s a Navy SEAL is lying.

Alejandro Wickham was good-looking, smart, former military, single, no kids — and had a presence that Denise found appealing. After six weeks of dating, he humbly revealed that he had served as a Navy SEAL, and she was even more impressed. Alejandro Wickham decided to pursue powerlifting, and in only two years, became a champion powerlifter. They married, opened a gym together — and then Denise learned the shocking truth about her husband.

Donna Andersen reassures you that yes, there is love after the sociopath, narcissist or psychopath. In this special episode from the Lovefraud Live! podcast, Donna Andersen and her second husband, Terry Kelly, reveal their secrets for a strong, happy relationship: mutual respect, staying in the moment, and enjoying your relationship and life as they unfold. They want you to know that if you’ve been hurt by a sociopath, narcissist, psychopath or some other disordered person, you can recover, move...

Donna Andersen tells the original True Lovefraud Story — how she was deceived into marrying a sociopath, James Alwyn Montgomery. He claimed to be a Hollywood scriptwriter, entrepreneur, Special Forces operator — lying to her and multiple other women. Because of her experience, Donna became an expert on sociopaths, narcissists and psychopaths, and offers three quick lessons about them that you absolutely must learn.