Since I know we all love our “wrapped” info, I thought it would be a fun way to end the year, and season two of Deconstructing Gaslighting®, the podcast.

I’m so glad you’re here. I’m your host, Sarah Morales. If this is the first time you’re listening to the pod, welcome! Since I’m going to be taking a break from podcasting for a hot minute, I invite you to go back to the beginning of Season 1. There is so much helpful information and a TON of validation as people share their stories of experiences of gaslighting, and I help them understand the ins and outs of how and why it was gaslighting.

If you want to know a bit more about me and the offerings I have to help people recognize the patterns of gaslighting, and what’s more - heal from the effects of chronic gaslighting, please check out my website. There you can also find information about joining one of my groups or 1:1 coaching.

Your "Wrap"

Quick facts:

• 40 episodes
• January and March were the two highest listening months
• The episode with the highest number of downloads was “Are they a gaslighter or just an asshole?”, from the 23rd of January
• The podcast was downloaded in 24 countries, with the top three being the US, Denmark, and Canada
• 57,074 downloads all-time (Seasons 1 & 2)

What’s NEXT?

• Taking a break to rest
• Taking a break to prioritize: Launching the Deconstructing Gaslighting® Academy

1. Added more tools and new information
2. New format – ONE course, with five parts: Part 1 – Clearing away the fog. Part 2 – Unmasking the gaslighter. Part 3 – Breaking the patterns. Part 4 – Reclaiming authentic power. Part 5 – Owning your truth
3. New ways to go through the courses: video, audio, workbook (later in 2025)
4. NEW, SUPER-ACCESSIBLE PRICE: $29/$39

• Taking a break to re-envision the podcast. I want to go back closer to what season 1 was like – click here if you would like to be a guest.

I wanted to address the fact that I’ll be gone for a hot minute, and let you know that you can work with me in a group cohort or 1:1 sessions; you can hire me to come do a workshop; you can invite me to come speak, and of course you can learn so much from my new course: Deconstructing Gaslighting: Take Your Power Back – available in video and audio no later than mid-January. Check it all out on my website or even schedule a free consultation with me.

I invite you to follow me on your preferred social media platform… I’m on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.

Thank you for listening to today’s episode. If you found it helpful and want to help me get it in the hands of more people who could benefit from it, please leave a review and subscribe.

And remember – you may have crashed and burned; been broken and hurt, but damn it, You’re a phoenix and you’re rising again. I think it’s time we fly.

Almost a year ago, on winter solstice (which is this upcoming Saturday), I wrote this in a social media post. I said: Winter Solstice marks the day with the longest amount of darkness; it marks a SHIFT - the symbolic death and rebirth of the Sun; the gradual waning of daylight hours is reversed and begins to grow again.

Death & rising. Darkness reversed into Light...What other imagery does this evoke? Like many who go through betrayal trauma and find themselves rising from the hell they've been through into post-traumatic growth, I resonate DEEPLY with the imagery of the PHOENIX.

The song, Phoenix by Katrina Stone, that I picked to be the theme song of my podcast for 2024, to me captures the audacious amount of power I feel to face the "fire" (GASLIGHTING, anyone? 😂).

I was IN it. I "laid there awhile" and made that hell my home. I walked through it. I came out the other side. And now, when I see the smoke rising from the hell my clients are walking through, I don't choke - I smile. Because I know I'm a phoenix. And I know they are, too.

2024 has been A YEAR, y’all! So, for my last “formal” podcast episode of season two and the year of 2024, my guest and I are going to share what we’ve learned and love about rising from the ashes, phoenix style!

Welcome to Deconstructing Gaslighting®, the podcast. I’m your host, Sarah Morales. If this is the first time you’re listening to the pod, welcome! I invite you to go back to the beginning of Season 1. There is so much helpful information, and a TON of validation, as people share their stories of experiences of gaslighting, and I help them understand the ins and outs of how and why it was gaslighting.

You can also check out my website for my courses on GASLIGHTING or to inquire about joining one of my groups or 1:1 coaching.

My guest today is Shawna Meek of Living Stones Coaching, based in Arizona. She is the author of the book, Determined for More, based on her own 25-year marriage journey, now available on Amazon.

Story Time: Sarah and Shawna talk about the "Phoenix" experiences they have had, and both the inspiration and life lessons they have learned from the story of the journey of the Phoenix.

If you'd like to know more about Shawna, her book, her workshops, or coaching, please check out her website!

I wanted to invite you to follow me on your preferred social media platform. I’m on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.

And remember – you may have crashed and burned; been broken and hurt, but damn it, you’re a phoenix and you’re rising again. I think it’s time we fly. And now, Phoenix, by Katrina Stone…

Here we are, in the middle of all of the end of the year holidays. It’s this weird time that’s a juxtaposition of feeling all the nostalgia, and often romanticizing childhood, AND coming face to face with the jarring reality of the toxic patterns we see in our society, our religious systems, and in our family of origin.

Today, my guest and I are going to talk about the different responses people have when confronted with this experience, how we can choose the cycle-breaker option, and how we can stay on that obstacle-ridden path.

Welcome to Deconstructing Gaslighting®, the podcast. If this is the first time you’re listening to the pod, welcome! If you are looking to deepen your understanding of this thing we call GASLIGHTING and learn how to recognize the patterns so that you can break the patterns, I encourage you to check out my website. I am in the process of relaunching my programs, and in the interim, I’ve already lowered the cost of my programs significantly. You can now get my signature program for just $29.

My guest today is Sharon Rinearson of CORE Relationship Recovery.

Story Time: Sarah and Sharon discuss what generational patterns are, how trauma is connected to it, how we can increase our awareness around places we may be unknowingly living in these patterns, and what obstacles we may want to be aware of as we are trying to become pattern-breakers!

If you'd like to check out the work that Sharon and her husband, James, are doing, please visit their website, or email Gail to set up a free consultation.

I wanted to invite you to follow me on your preferred social media platform… I’m on Instagram, Facebook, and (for now) TikTok.

Thank you, my listener, for listening to today’s episode. If you found it helpful and want to help me get it in the hands of more people who could benefit from it, please leave a review and subscribe. Additionally, if you can think of one person in particular who could benefit, please share it with them.

And remember – you may have crashed and burned; been broken and hurt, but damn it, you’re a phoenix and you’re rising again. I think it’s time we fly.