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Mae Scott joins Alex and Amanda to share the full story of escaping her abusive, narcissistic ex‑husband, a respected lawyer who was eventually sentenced to 12 years to life in prison. This episode goes inside the escalating violence, the therapist who warned her she had to leave immediately, and the five felony charges that finally led to his conviction. Then we walk through the part no one talks about: the nine‑month, $100,000 battle for supervised visitation, the foreclosure, and the judge who ordered Mae to pay her abuser $550 a month in spousal support while raising three kids on $54,000 a year.

In this episode, we cover:

- How abusers hide behind a perfect public image and professional status while terrorizing their families at home

- Why a marriage counselor told Mae, “You and your children have to leave”

- What really happens when you call the police for the first time after years of abuse

- The smear campaign: wild accusations filed in court documents with zero evidence

- How the family court system can punish survivors (foreclosure, no support, massive legal costs)

- The nine months and $100,000 it took to secure supervised visitation for her children

- What Mae wants other survivors to know about documenting abuse and planning to leave

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If you’re searching for stories about domestic violence survivors, divorcing a narcissist, abusive lawyers, family court failures, coercive control, or financial abuse, this conversation with survivor and advocate Mae Scott is for you.

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In part two of this conversation, Philip breaks down the legislation that came out of that loss — Keira’s Law Law, passed unanimously across all party lines — and what it actually does to change how judges are trained on domestic violence and coercive control. He also gets into why reunification therapy has no standardized training, no governing body, and no consistent methodology, why the Department of Justice's own HELP Toolkit confirms abuse is relevant to parenting but that knowledge still hasn't trickled down to the front lines, and what he would say to a victim who is afraid to come forward because they've already seen the system fail.

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In this episode, Alex and Amanda sit down with Philip Viater, a family lawyer with 17 years of experience at VP Family Law Group, for one of the most candid conversations about the failures of family court we've ever had. Philip breaks down why parental alienation is predominantly used as a defense against abuse rather than a genuine diagnosis, why he views it as junk science not recognized by the DSM, and why the moment someone raises it in his cases he considers it a red flag. He also explains the concept of institutional betrayal trauma — what happens when a victim turns to psychologists, judges, social workers, and child protection services for help and gets re-victimized by the very systems designed to protect them.

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In this episode, Alex and Amanda sit down with family lawyers Sean Valentine and Ryan Osbourne — co-creators of I Do Prenup, an app that lets couples generate a real marriage contract in hours for a fraction of traditional legal costs. They break down who actually needs a prenup and why the answer is basically everyone, what three things must be included in any agreement, why couples who do prenups have lower divorce rates, what happens when grandma and grandpa are the ones demanding it, and why infidelity clauses — no matter how satisfying they sound — are completely unenforceable.

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In this episode, Alex and Amanda sit down with Dale and Annabel, the duo behind We Are More Than Moms, to talk about why the postpartum identity shift is so disorienting, how they built a thriving community for career-driven women who refuse to shrink themselves after having kids, and why the early parenting years are such a genuine test of a relationship. Dale also shares what it was like growing up as a child of divorce — including years in a nesting arrangement — and how that experience made her more intentional about her own marriage. Annabel gets into navigating the holidays with multiple sets of divorced parents, and both share why authenticity online matters more than ever in a space full of curated perfection.

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Most couples don't fall out of love dramatically. They just slowly stop paying attention to each other — until one day they look up and realize they're running a household with a stranger.

In this episode, Alex and Amanda sit down with marriage coach Monica Tanner to talk about why the advice you've been given — don't sweat the small stuff, compromise, just let it go — might actually be accelerating the drift. Monica introduces the idea of skillful communication over lazy communication, explains why there's always a desire underneath every complaint, and walks through her relational reckoning tool for couples who aren't sure if there's still enough to save.

They also get into roommate syndrome, how to talk about sex without it becoming a battleground, the difference between compromise and collaboration, and why getting what you asked for from your partner can sometimes feel worse than not getting it at all.

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If you're in a controlling relationship, start writing everything down — today. Not someday. Today.

Family lawyer Maryam Manteghi explains exactly how a journal becomes the foundation of a coercive control case, why abusers follow a predictable playbook, and what women can do right now to protect themselves whether they're ready to leave or not.

Coercive control isn't one dramatic event. It's a pattern — and you can't prove a pattern you never documented.

Maryam also breaks down domestic mischief as a criminal charge, how to document safely while still in the home, why financial independence is the most important thing a woman can have, and what the Emergency Birkin actually means legally.

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Coercive control and family violence finally have a legal price tag in Canada — and the Supreme Court decision that could make it permanent is coming any day.

For the first time in Canadian history, a judge looked at twenty years of coercive control inside a marriage and said — that has a dollar amount. Family lawyer Maryam Manteghi breaks down the Alawalia case, the new tort of family violence, and why the Supreme Court of Canada's imminent decision could change divorce forever for abuse survivors.
The existing torts were never built for what coercive control actually does to a person. Justice Renu Mandhane priced it anyway. The Court of Appeal overturned it. Now it's at the Supreme Court and the decision is coming any day.

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