The 100% Podcast

The biggest red flag in a toxic relationship is not always cheating, yelling, or even money. Sometimes it is confusion—the slow, disorienting feeling that keeps you hoping for clarity while your gut keeps warning you to run. Attorney, author, and TEDx speaker Maria shares the story of a second marriage that looked emotionally intelligent from the outside but unraveled into financial abuse, alcohol...

Host & Love Expert, Chaya Sarah Garcia has the best guest to speal about true tansformative growth You need to hear to get the relationship you dream of! Guest Kelsey Aida break down the exact patterns that kept her trapped, including intermittent reinforcement, trauma-bond style attachment, and the false belief that loving harder could heal his mental illness. Some relationships don’t feel wr...

Chaya Sarah Garcia, Dating & Love Expert, sits down with Eve Hall, a licensed physical therapist who treats sexual health conditions in the pelvic floor. Eve opens up about surviving sexual abuse, spending years in a sexless marriage, and what she learned when she stopped trying to fix a relationship that wasn’t willing to change. Sexless marriage, childhood sexual abuse, and one women's story...

The advice to “settle” can keep people in relationships that don’t feel right. Relationship Expert, Chaya Sarah Garcia, and Katie Krimitsos, founder of the Women’s Meditation Network, explore why building self-awareness, strengthening your standards, and trusting your intuition can help you make clearer choices in love. Katie shares her experience of staying too long in an emotionally abusive rela...

Catherine Chestnut spent 30 years as a powerhouse corporate executive. She was speaking at conferences, leading teams, and thriving — until a covert narcissist entered her life. What started as flattering pursuit slowly turned into 11 years of gaslighting, emotional manipulation, forced polyamory, and isolation so complete that Catherine cried every single day for six years and hid it from everyon...

What happens when a woman who survived abuse, lost a baby, and wanted to die stands on a stage in front of 5,000 people and declares, "I am a queen"? Holly Fair found out -- and she hasn't stopped reigning since. In this episode, Chaya sits down with Holly Fair, a Tony Robbins trainer, speaker, and empowerment coach whose radical transformation -- from childhood trauma to crowning herself queen fo...

He put the gun to her forehead and pulled the trigger. It jammed. At 18, after five years of abuse, Chef Neena Perez grabbed her son and ran. This is the story of how she went from a battered women's shelter to a 27-year healthy marriage — and why she now helps other women find their purpose. In this episode, Chaya sits down with Chef Neena Perez, a transformational life coach, author, and speaker...

At 15, she fell for a man who told her she was special - then destroyed her. At 18, she chose herself. At 58, she's a self-made millionaire married 33 years to the man she dreamed about as a teenager. In this episode, Chaya sits down with Lisa Drennon, Wealth Activator and founder of iDateMoney, who shares her raw story of emotional abuse, love bombing, and the moment she decided to break the gene...

Five years ago, Victoria Baker escaped an abusive marriage in the middle of the night with three sleeping children. Today she's the author of 8 books, founder of two thriving businesses, and proof that your worst chapter can become your strongest foundation. In this episode, Chaya sits down with Victoria Baker, who shares her raw story of surviving six years of narcissistic abuse, the midnight esc...

She counted every second through the night, waiting for dawn, waiting to hear him leave the house. That was the night Carine Van Hee knew she had to get out. But when she reached for help, no one reached back. This episode will change how you see the people around you — and maybe how you see yourself. In this episode, Chaya sits down with Carine Van Hee, visual artist, abuse survivor, and author o...

In this powerful episode of The 100% Podcast, Chaya Garcia, The @EpicLoveExpert, sits down with guest Carine Van Hee for a deeply important conversation about toxic relationships, narcissistic abuse, and the signs that are often missed in the beginning. So many unhealthy relationships do not begin with obvious danger. They can begin with intense chemistry, instant connection, synchronicity, and th...

In this deeply honest and eye-opening episode of The 100% Podcast , Chaya Garcia sits down with Katie Lain , founder of Thrive Alcohol Recovery and a former high-functioning drinker who struggled with alcohol for nearly a decade. Katie shares her personal journey of using alcohol as a coping mechanism, especially within the pain and confusion of an abusive relationship. Together, Chaya and Katie e...

What happens when a lifetime of bullying convinces you something is fundamentally wrong with you? For Brooke DeBoer — life coach, author of Living the Free Life , and creator of the docuseries Fastlife — the answer was a pattern of toxic relationships that nearly destroyed her. In this deeply moving episode, Brooke takes us from death threats in high school, to an older boyfriend who threw her to...

If you've ever been called "too nice" or felt like you need everyone's approval to feel worthy, this episode will change how you see yourself forever. Julie Barth—author, mother of six, and CEO of the Colin James Barth Outreach—knows the people-pleaser trap intimately. After losing her first husband to cancer, she tried to outrun her pain by becoming someone new. What she discovered: unprocessed t...

If you've ever stayed in a relationship where you felt uncomfortable but told yourself to "suck it up and not make waves," this episode will change everything. What Jo Ann Fawcett shares about her 20-year marriage to a narcissist will reveal truths about your own worthiness that you need to hear. Jo Ann Fawcett is an author and survivor who transformed her life after seven marriages that included...

If you've ever felt trapped in a relationship because you have been pressured by your clergy to stay, this episode will change everything. What Joni Woods shares today will shift how you see abuse, faith, and your own strength. Joni Woods is a certified life coach and author of Burned, Blocked, and Better than Ever . Six months into her marriage as a youth pastor, her husband literally tried to ca...

If you've ever felt trapped repeating your parents' relationship patterns, this episode will change everything. Jori O'Neale, 10-time published and 2-time bestselling author, TEDx speaker, and women's empowerment coach, knows this struggle. Growing up in inner-city Chicago, she witnessed her grandmother beaten near death, watched her mother navigate loveless relationships, and survived sexual assa...

In this raw and life-changing first episode of The 100% Podcast , Chaya sits down with Caty—an extraordinary woman who survived three decades of emotional and psychological abuse…and lived to reclaim her freedom. Together, they expose the quiet, creeping lies women tell themselves that keep them trapped: “I just want my kids to have a father.” “Maybe it’s not that bad.” “I can fix him.” “This is w...