#98: Ghosting: Why It Happens & How to Proces...

In today's episode, we're talking about retroactive jealousy — being an excessive preoccupation with a partner's romantic and/or sexual history, and feelings of intense insecurity and comparison as a result. This is a really common experience (one I used to struggle with myself!) ...  Show more

This week's Ask Steph question comes from a 77 year old listener who recently reconnected with a man she loved 45 years ago, following the passing of her husband of 40 years. He was the one who got away, and their reunion felt like everything she'd hoped for... until he suddenly ...  Show more

A question I get ALL of the time is how to deal with being ghosted? Sometimes being ghosted is a sudden ending of a relationship or sometimes it's a gradual experience. Either way many people experience pain after being ghosted. 

In today's episode I ...

Ghosting is a phenomenon where one person abruptly cuts off all communication with another without any explanation or warning. This can leave the person being ghosted feeling confused, hurt, and rejected. The sudden disappearance of someone they thought they had a connection w ...

In honor of today being Halloween, I recorded a solo episode on the topic of ghosting. In this episode I talk about what ghosting is (and what it is not), why people ghost, why we're seeing an increase in ghosting, and how to heal when you're on the receiving end of being ghosted ...  Show more

Have you ever been a victim of the most painful kind of ghosting . . . where you’re haunted by the fact that you never got closure with someone? It’s the sort of thing that can consume your thoughts as you obsessively look over the final exchange you had with the person and en ...