The Good Mood Clinic Podcast
Love Without the Wound is a podcast for emotionally intelligent, self-aware women who are tired of repeating painful patterns in love — especially those involving emotionally unavailable or narcissistic partners.
After a long career in clinical psychology, I’ve recently shifted direction and now focus primarily on my work as a Relationship Coach & Mentor for women who want to break free from unfulfilling dating and relationship cycles. I bring over 25 years of experience helping clients understand the deeper emotional patterns that shape their relationship choices — patterns often rooted in early attachment wounds, abandonment fears, people-pleasing tendencies, and loss of self.
In this podcast, I offer insight, compassion, and practical strategies to support your journey of self-discovery, schema healing, and relationship transformation. We explore why smart, capable women can feel stuck in love, how to reclaim your voice, and how to choose from self-worth rather than old emotional wounds.
If you're ready to break the cycle, trust yourself more deeply, and create love that feels secure, connected, and true — you’re in the right place.
Episodes
125 episodes
116: Why Do We Minimize Harm in Relationships? Understanding the Psychology Behind Tolerating Abuse
In this important solo episode, Gemma reflects on a disturbing real-life conversation overheard between two teenage girls — one of whom casually describes being physically assaulted by her boyfriend. What follows is a powerful deep dive into wh...
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115 – Healing for Love: Why Reparenting Your Abandoned Inner Child is the First Step to Secure Relationships
In this solo episode, Gemma explores one of the most foundational concepts when it comes to healing relationship patterns—the abandonment schema.Whether you're currently dating or in a long-term relationship, understanding your own aband...
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47:35
114. Are You Dating As Your True Self — Or a Coping Mode?
The Red Flag Project – Learn how to break free from toxic relationship patterns – theredflagproject.comSchema Coaching & Support –
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113. The Mailbox – Healing from the Mother Wound: Letting Go of the Hope That Keeps You Stuck
In this mailbox episode, we dive into a listener question from Amy (name changed for privacy), who is struggling with the trauma bond with her narcissistic and emotionally neglectful mother. Amy shares her experience of <...
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112. Breaking Free from People-Pleasing: Six Questions to Help You Reconnect with Yourself
In this episode, Dr Gemma takes a deep dive into one of the most common and persistent life patterns—people-pleasing. If you've ever found yourself constantly prioritizing others' needs over your own, struggling to say no, or feeling exh...
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111. Seven Deadly Sins of the Narcissistic Dater: Red Flags You Can’t Ignore
Episode Description:Are you dating someone new and wondering if they’re truly a good match? Or do you have a pattern of attracting emotionally unavailable or narcissistic partners? In this episode, Gemma breaks down The 7 Deadly ...
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50:45
110. Q&A: Understanding Emotional Availability and Narcissistic Family Challenges
Episode Overview:In this engaging Q&A episode, Dr. Gemma Gladstone answers two listener questions, diving into the nuances of emotional availability in relationships and managing complex dynamics with a narcissistic parent.
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109. When Family Ties Hurt: Navigating Estrangement and Difficult Relationships
Episode Overview:In this deeply personal and insightful episode, Dr. Justine Corry shares her experience of family estrangement, reflecting on her relationship with a narcissistic mother and the impact on her life. Dr. Gemma Gladston...
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108. Which Life Script Do You Want to Let Go of This Year?
Happy New Year! In this first episode of 2025, Gemma invites you to reflect on the life scripts and recurring patterns that no longer serve you and take intentional steps toward rewriting them. Life scripts are the unconscious stories and patte...
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40:17
ENCORE + More: 73. Six Strategies for dealing with difficult relatives over the Holidays
Welcome to the final Episode for this year! We will be back with new episodes in 2025.
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107. The Guilt Game: Inside The Martyr Mode
In this episode of we dive deep into the "martyr mode," a coping style often discussed in schema therapy. We explore what it means to have a martyr complex or mode, how it shows up in relationships, and the emotional dynamics that fuel this beh...
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32:56
106. Healthy Adult Daily Practice: An Intentional Reflection Tool
Healthy Adult Daily Practice: An Intentional Reflection ToolIn this episode, Gemma introduces a practical tool called Healthy Adult Daily Practice, designed to help you strengthen and nurture your Healthy Adult mode. Buildi...
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19:27
105. 7 Essential Characteristics of the Healthy Adult Mode
In this episode, Gemma dives into the cornerstone of schema therapy: the Healthy Adult mode. This is the part of us that represents balance, wisdom, and compassion—our best self that helps us navigate relationships, emotions, and life’s ...
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104: The Good, the Bad and the Bond: Understanding Trauma Bonding.
In this solo episode, Gemma dives deep into the concept of trauma bonding, shedding light on why some people feel emotionally tethered to unhealthy or toxic relationships. Drawing from listener questions she explores the psychological mechanism...
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50:30
103. A Deep Dive into the Self-Sacrifice Schema
This episode will resonate with anyone struggling with an overdeveloped sense of responsibility to others and those who feel “stuck” in cycles of overgiving. In this solo episode, Gemma dives deep into the self-sacrifice schema, ex...
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42:50
ENCORE. Dating with an abandonment schema: Coping with triggers
New Group Coaching Program: "Date Differently": A 6-week online group coaching program designed to help women build self-trust, set boundaries, and date with confidence. Star...
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44:38
102. Dating Without Fear: 8 Common Anxieties and How to Overcome Them
New Group Coaching Program: "Date Differently": A 6-week online group coaching program designed to help women build self-trust, set boundaries, and date with confidence. Star...
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38:50
ENCORE: 41. Dating with an Abandonment Schema Part 1
Special Announcements:New Group Coaching Program: "Date Differently": A 6-week online group coaching program designed to help women build self-trust, set bounda...
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34:43
ENCORE + more: Dating Fatigue - How To Stay Hopeful!
Special Announcements:New Group Coaching Program: "Date Differently": A 6-week online group coaching program designed to help women build self-trust, set bounda...
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56:27
101. Is Hook-Up Culture Affecting Your Self-Worth?
In this episode, we explore the challenges of navigating casual sex culture and hookup culture, particularly for individuals with abandonment schemas, emotional deprivation schemas, or anxious attachment styles. Join us as we discuss common sce...
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100. The Mailbox: Hidden in Plain Sight: Recognizing Red Flags You Can’t Ignore
New Group Coaching Program: "Date Differently": A 6-week online group coaching program designed to help women build self-trust, set boundaries, and date with confidence. Starts No...
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34:12
99. The Mailbox - The Hidden Costs of Casual Sex: Unpacking the Abandonment Schema
Special Announcements:New Group Coaching Program: "Date Differently": A 6-week online group coaching program designed to help women build self-trust, set bounda...
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29:36
98. The Entitlement Trap: Understanding the Schema That Sabotages Relationships
In this episode, we unpack the complexities of the entitlement schema—a schema that's often linked to narcissistic traits and one that rarely brings individuals to therapy. Unlike schemas like abandonment or self-sacrifice, those with an entitl...
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97. This Hidden Schema Sabotages Success: Unmasking the Failure Schema
Episode Summary:Dr Gemma Gladstone and Justine Corry dive into the Failure Schema, a schema that is often overlooked but can be profoundly impactful in many areas of life, particularly in achievement and work-related contexts....
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