# This Is What It Takes with special guest Daniel Ryan Cotler,  Psychological Warfare In Intimate Relationships

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Podcast: [A Contagious Smile Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-contagious-smile-podcast-5769951)
Published: 2026-06-12T00:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail The most dangerous abuse is often the kind nobody can photograph. We talk with Daniel Ryan Cotler, author of *Voiceless No More* and founder of the Heal Loudly movement, about the reality survivors describe as narcissistic psychological warfare: coercive control, gaslighting, charm in public, cruelty in private, and the slow collapse of self-trust that makes you question your own reality. We also get precise about language. We’re tired of every bad partner being labelled a n...

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