{"podcast":{"title":"The Audaci-Tea","slug":"the-audaci-tea-7096265","podcast_index_feed_id":7096265,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/theaudacitea/feed.xml","website_url":"https://theaudacitea.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/19709250/audacitea_2up_orange_ggqz3z.jpeg","author":"Siren Sound","episode_count":85,"summary":"Tired of men talking over you? Frustrated by those who see feminism as a “threat”? Settling for the bare minimum? Welcome to the only female-forward podcast bold enough to match the audacity of mediocre men - The Audaci-Tea! Meet your hosts, Lisa, Sovereign, and Gwen: three fearless women serving up the unapologetic truth about everything from navigating dating and relationships to dismantling double standards. We’re calling out myths, rewriting the feminist playbook, and giving women the tools to live unapologetically.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T12:18:35.764161+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audaci-tea-7096265"},"episode":{"title":"The TRUTH About Abusive Relationships (feat. Lisa Sonni)","slug":"the-truth-about-abusive-relationships-feat-lisa-sonni","published_at":"2026-03-16T07:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audaci-tea-7096265/the-truth-about-abusive-relationships-feat-lisa-sonni","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audaci-tea-7096265","url":"https://theaudacitea.podbean.com/e/the-truth-about-abusive-relationships-feat-lisa-sonni/","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/9ehedsxjhysh9inp/RA_MIXDOWNbwo12.mp3","summary":"In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign are joined by special guest Lisa Sonni, certified life and relationship coach and advocate for survivors of abusive relationships. Together, they unpack the complicated psychology behind abusive relationships and why leaving them is often far more difficult than outsiders assume. The conversation explores trauma bonds, manipulation tactics used by abusive men, and the psychological traps that keep women emotionally tethered to harmful partners. Lisa Sonni explains how abusers intentionally create confusion, self doubt, and emotional dependency through tactics like gaslighting, coercion, and intermittent reinforcement. The hosts also discuss how cultural conditioning, misogyny, and even religion can pressure women to tolerate abuse or blame themselves for their partner’s behavior. The episode also examines why couples therapy can sometimes be dangerous in abusive relationships, how abusers weaponize therapy language to avoid accountability, and why understanding the science of abuse is a critical step toward healing. But first, in Tea Time, Lisa and Sovereign discuss Trump pushing the United States into war with Iran despite campaigning as the “no new wars” candidate, react to a heartwarming story of a 90 year old woman marrying her 95 year old partner after 64 years together, examine a viral post about a husband who wanted to “try our chances” with his wife’s cancer diagnosis instead of pursuing a mastectomy, and unpack a new survey showing Gen Z men are twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey their husbands. Later, the hosts open the mailbag to help a listener navigating a friendship with a “pick-me”…","meta_description":"In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign are…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6713,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-audaci-tea-7096265/episodes/the-truth-about-abusive-relationships-feat-lisa-sonni/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audaci-tea-7096265/the-truth-about-abusive-relationships-feat-lisa-sonni.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}