Vulnerability, Control, and Not Falling for Narcissists Again (Also: Shaving Cats)

Sisters Michelle and Kimberly are trying to be emotionally evolved… without launching themselves off the romance cliff again. We talk about the kind of vulnerability nobody brags about: asking for help, admitting you screwed up, letting people see the un-Instagram parts, and the special rage that ignites when someone tells you you’re wrong when you are, in fact, aggressively correct.

There’s cancer forcing the “let people in” lesson, preacher-era truth-telling that accidentally torched relationships, and the very adult skill of distinguishing “I miss connection” from “I will never hand a man my heart again, thank you.”

We also name the beast: narcissism, love-bombing, and why we’re not falling for that circus twice. Plus: community, bounda ...