{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealing-women-of-color.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthe-mask-TawnTXnc","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Mask","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f4dacecb-c39a-423c-8e80-e0f31b90567b/14e3fc54-1da9-4ddd-b748-a663d06fb499/eae261bd_a53c_4d82_a302_e5eddfe0acf1.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/978fdf55-61f0-4288-a30e-1a93242442ba\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"The Mask\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"\nIn this episode, we unpack the painful reality of loving someone whose words never matched their actions.\n\nThe Mask is a raw conversation about:\n\n* false narratives after a breakup,\n* emotional manipulation,\n* covert, malignant, and grandiose narcissism,\n* performative healing,\n* and the confusion that comes when someone suddenly becomes “everything you asked for” only after you leave.\n\nWe discuss how some people change their image—but not their character—and why healing requires us to stop falling in love with potential while ignoring patterns.\n\nThis episode is also about empowerment.\n\nAbout choosing peace over performance.\nTruth over illusion.\nHealing over attachment.\n\nBecause this season, we are becoming women who:\n\n* trust our discernment,\n* protect our peace,\n* stop abandoning ourselves for love,\n* and choose relationships rooted in consistency, accountability, and emotional safety.\n\n🎧 The Mask is for the woman reclaiming herself after emotional confusion.\n\nYou are not crazy for what you experienced.\nAnd you are not weak for finally walking away.\n"}