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Episode 87: Listener Katie Yeargain Palacio
Listener Katie Yeargain Palacio was literally a red-headed stepchild. Though her blended family was large (7 kids), her stepfather was not Mr. Brady. He was, in her words Machiavelli. Attacked by a stranger at 15, something in her snapped. It would be years before she dealt with the pain, as she tried to numb herself with sex, drugs, shopping and men who treated her like, yep you guessed it, her stepfather. Topics include PTSD, Bipolar II, Attachment Disorder, divorce and mothering. Paul reads some listener emails that are critical of him and the show, as well as one from a girl who credits the Teresa Strasser episode as the beginning of her healing. Katie's blog can be found at www.iamaredheadedstepchild.blogspot.com and you can find her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/katie.yeargainpalacio