Welcome to Betrayal Trauma Recovery, BTR.org. I'm Anne. I'm sure you remember what it was like when you were searching for help, maybe for your husband, hoping to find the right program or therapist. That's why I started podcasting. I supported my husband through seven years of pornography addiction recovery and not one therapist during that time told me I was experiencing emotional

and psychological abuse and sexual coercion. I didn't want any other woman on the planet to be in

the dark. If you're like the majority of my listeners, you're experiencing the type of abuse that's

invisible and difficult to wrap your head around. Your husband is using porn or having

affairs or lying to you, and you're getting the same bad advice about how to improve communication

or your relationship. If you need support from women who totally understand, check out our daily

group session schedule at BTR.org slash group. We'd love to see you in a session today. One simple, anonymous way to help spread the word

is to click, follow, or subscribe to the Betrayal Trauma Recovery podcast on your favorite

podcasting app. While you're there, every five-star rating helps make this podcast more visible

and will help save other women from getting the wrong kind of help, like a couple

program that will make this type of abuse worse. For those of you who follow or subscribe to this

podcast, thank you so much. Your support means so much to me. I have Penny Lane on today's

episode. She's a writer, wife, and mother with an insatiable passion for life and books. Originally from Queens,

she loves being outdoors, cycling, hiking, traveling, and connecting to, and inspiring people.

She has a master's degree in industrial and organizational psychology from Golden State University,

and in her spare time, she helps underserved youth, learn to read, apply to college,

and find jobs. Her book redeemed a memoir of a stolen childhood, recounts how she was pressured

into marriage and endured years of forced confessions, Salem-style accusations, secretive,

disciplinary actions, and excommunication. Penny finally reached her breaking point, and we're going to

talk about her story today. Welcome, Penny. Thank you for having me. Why do you feel it's important

for you to speak out about your abuse and write this memoir? For one, I feel compelled to write it because

I have since met a lot of people who have childhood trauma of

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