{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 78: My Grief Was Gaslighted (3 of 4)","description":"Warning: Crash helmet is required for this mind-bending episode because Molly blows the roof off!  If you haven't listened to parts 1 and 2, do that first or you'll be lost. Here are the links to  Part 1 and&amp;nbsp;Part 2. Elusive puzzle pieces and climactic revelations clearly appear. The breadcrumbs, all the clues MolIy drops, lead to what I call the inconceivable twist. Molly grieves Dick\u2019s death. But, barely a week after the funeral, Molly is summoned to an emergency meeting with her husband\u2019s business department heads, accountant, and attorney. One long-time loyal employee starts the meeting by declaring to Molly, &quot;I don\u2019t know what you\u2019ve been told.&quot; Questionable business dealings are disclosed. Molly\u2019s world turns upside down. Molly soon discovers her late husband Dick is not the man everyone saw on the surface. Molly labels the real diagnosis behind Dick\u2019s behavior. And it\u2019s the essence of evil. Remember the title of this series, My Grief Was Gaslighted? Molly defines gaslighting. But worse, she identifies and labels exactly who might employ this mind-melting tactic. Molly reveals Dick\u2019s befitting mental condition\u2014with its own special name. A person with this disorder is a stealthy perpetrator\u2014the pure essence of evil. And Molly describes exactly how the perpetrator chooses his target. Revelations vindicate and crush Molly\u2014because she realizes, for decades, she was the target. Right in Dick's cross-hairs, Molly was the bullseye. And there\u2019s more\u2026 Dick had a secret addiction. And secret money accounts. Secrets kept from Molly. Did others know? Molly details the corrosive mind games plied against her  \u2014  and her kids. And I point-blank ask, How did you not see this? And what is grief like now? And now, what loss do you grieve? Please listen diligently to part three of my late evening conversation with widowed guest co-host Molly Murphy.  If you haven't listened to parts 1 and 2, do that first or you'll be lost. Here are the links to  Part 1&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Part 2.  Link to my sister's podcast episode Three Weddings. Thanks for listening. Because you shouldn't have to journey alone, join me in the My Spouse Died Too community email list for members-only benefits:  Behind-the-scenes commentary gives you deeper insight--helps you heal. Episode alerts so you'll know when a new episode is ready. Updates on past podcast guests because their journeys continue too. Plus more thoughts, resources, and random widowed journey stuff I discover. And it's the best way to contact me.  Because you shouldn't have to journey alone. Sign-up takes less than fifty-seven seconds. Here's the link: https:\/\/www.myspousediedtoo.com. Hope. Heal. Find love again. ~ Emeric My Spouse Died Too podcast, images, logos, artwork copyright \u00a9 2019-2022 by Emeric McCleary. Music and lyrics \u00a9 2019-2022 by Emeric McCleary and Elena McCleary. ","author_name":"My Spouse Died Too","author_url":"http:\/\/myspousediedtoo.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/23154866\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/23154866"}