The Gaslight Effect Podcast

On this episode, Dr. Robin Stern talks with Tami Burdick about her journey of self-advocacy in which she worked closely with her doctors to diagnose and cure a rare inflammatory breast disease.   Tami's book, Diagnosis Detective: Curing Granulomatous Mastitus  is a: "memoir is about how one woman was cured of a chronic inflammatory breast disease known as Granulomatous Mastitis, by her own advocac...

On this episode, Dr. Robin Stern talks with Dr. George Bonanno , Professor of Clinical Psychology at Columbia University. Dr. Bonanno is the author of two amazing books - The End of Trauma and The Other Side of Sadne ss .  From Dr. Bonanno's website :  "He is recognized by the Web of Science as among the top one percent most cited scientists in the world, and has been honored with lifetime achieve...

On this episode, Dr. Robin Stern interviews Alyssa Haray about generational gaslighting and how Alyssa was able to identify the gaslighting in her family and break the cycle. Alyssa discusses how interacting with the mother of her boyfriend, and watching him interact with his mother, showed her what a normal parent/child relationship should be, and how this experience changed how she interacted wi...

On this episode, Dr. Robin Stern interviews Michelle McQuaid , founder of The Wellbeing Lab , "a benefit-led organization...passionate about energizing and equipping people to care for their wellbeing even when they're struggling so we can help you to build thriving teams, workplaces, schools, and communities."  Michelle explains that harassment is the #3 reason people burn out at work, and gaslig...

On this episode Dr. Robin Stern talks with Dr. Paige Sweet , a Sociologist at The University of Michigan, doing work on gender and sexuality, with a specialty in studying domestic violence.  In her research and the interviews she conducted for her book, The Politics of Surviving: How Women Navigate Domestic Violence and its Aftermath (2021) Dr. Sweet noticed an almost universal reporting of gaslig...

Has the remote working phenomenon spurred by the pandemic caused an increase in gaslighting in the workplace?   On this episode, Robin talks with Dr. Heidi Brooks , Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behavior at Yale University, about this intersting phenomenon.  Many workplaces instituted a work-from-home policy during the recent COVID-19 pandemic.  Now that more offices are opening back up, many...

Are you involved in a gaslighting situation and feel like you're all alone? Are you having trouble breaking away from your gaslighter? Robin's guest on this episode of The Gaslight Effect Podcast, Lucy Rose, found herself in exactly this situation.  Robin discusses with Lucy how, looking back, Lucy was experiencing signs of gaslighting as early as the very first date with her then boyfriend.  Stru...

Does unintentional gaslighting exist? Are people born gaslighters? How do parents gaslight their children without either one of them knowing it? We'll dig deeper in this episode. In this episode of The Gaslight Effect Podcast, Robin talks with Psychology Today's Hara Marano . Hara is the Editor at Large of Psychology Today and writes the magazine's advice column, Unconventional Wisdom. Her newest...

On this episode of The Gaslight Effect Podcast, Robin talks with New York based divorce and family law attorney Evan Schein .  Evan is the Head of Litigation at Berkam Bottger Newman & Schein LLP . As stated on Evan's website - "Evan has helped clients find post-divorce happiness and build successful financial lives, advocated to protect children and fought for the rights of victims of domestic vi...

Gaslight (/ˈɡaslīt/). Verb. Manipulating someone by psychological means into questioning their own reality. The Gaslight Effect podcast is hosted by Dr. Robin Stern, co-founder of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and author of the best-selling book, The Gaslight Effect. On her podcast, Robin helps listeners identify gaslighting, to escape the destructive dynamic and reclaim their reality...