🎙️ Title: The Avoidant: When Silence Speaks Louder Than Words

👤 Host: Tina White

📡 Podcast: The Trigger and The Truth

Have you ever been in a relationship where every conflict felt like a dead end? Conversations go unspoken, emotions get buried, and silence becomes the loudest language? You may be in a relationship with an Avoidant.

In this episode, Tina White uncovers the emotional weight of navigating relationships with avoidant partners—whether romantic, familial, or even professional. Avoidant behaviors can be subtle but deeply damaging, especially when one person craves connection and the other retreats into silence.

This episode is a reality check and a roadmap. If you’ve ever been gaslit, ghosted, or guilt-tripped into silence, this conversation is your breakthrough.

I open up about my own journey as an avoidant. From keeping people at a distance to struggling with vulnerability, I share how I discovered this coping mechanism was rooted in past pain—and how therapy helped me begin the process of healing, connection, and conscious change.

This one’s personal. But it’s also universal. Because avoidance might look like silence, but it’s often the result of stories we never learned how to tell.

💡 In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

What avoidant attachment looks like in personal and professional relationships

The emotional roots behind avoidance and the fears it protects

How avoidance creates disconnection, even when we crave closeness

Practical tools I’m using from therapy to stay present and engaged

Ways to begin healing when avoidance is your default setting

🔗 Resources Mentioned:

Attached by Amir Levine & Rachel Heller

The Trigger and The Truth 21 Day Emotional Mastery Workbook and Journal (Coming Soon)

TherapyforBlackGirls.com / TherapyforBlackMen.org

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Have you ever noticed avoidant patterns in yourself or someone close to you? What helped you move through them?

Tag @TheTriggerAndTheTruth and use #TheAvoidantTruth to share your story or DM me—let’s talk about it.

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🛑 Your past may explain it, but it doesn’t have to define it. Healing starts when we stop avoiding the truth.

Episode Title: An Open Letter to Our Fathers

*Bonus Father’s Day Episode | The Trigger and The Truth with Tina White

In this special Father’s Day bonus episode of The Trigger and The Truth, host Tina White delivers a heartfelt open letter to the men who’ve shaped, supported, and stood in the gap. From faithful fathers to quiet protectors, to the flawed but still fighting—this tribute is for every man who has dared to love, protect, and provide in a world that rarely gives them grace.

Tina also shares a deeply personal message to her big brother Manny, a man who’s been her rock through grief, transition, and turmoil. This episode is a reminder that fatherhood isn’t just about DNA—it’s about presence, consistency, and love that stands tall even when words fall short.

• A raw and real love letter to Black fathers and father figures
• The duality of Father’s Day: celebration and grief
• A powerful tribute to Tina’s big brother, Manny—aka Uncle Kat
• Reflections on fatherhood, emotional safety, and the power of showing up
• A call to give fathers their flowers while they can still smell them

If a father, big brother, mentor, or protector has held you down through the highs and lows—tell them.

Tag them, call them, write to them, or share this episode with them.

Let’s make honoring our men a habit—not just a holiday.

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Title: She Smiled, Then Stabbed Me In The Back: WITH A KNIFE

Host: Tina White

Podcast: The Trigger and The Truth

Description:

In this emotionally raw episode, Tina White returns with a story that hits home for many—what happens when the person you trusted the most turns out to be your biggest betrayal. In She Smiled, Then Stabbed Me In The Back, Tina unpacks the pain of losing a friend who once felt like family and how she fought to protect her spirit in the aftermath.

Friendship betrayal cuts deep because it often comes without warning and from those we’ve shared our most vulnerable moments with. This episode explores the journey of healing after emotional ambush, recognizing red flags, and learning how to rebuild your confidence, boundaries, and belief in genuine connection.

If you’ve ever been betrayed, blindsided, or emotionally discarded by someone you called a friend, this episode is your invitation to feel seen, validated, and stronger than ever.

• The emotional impact of fake friendships
• How betrayal can shatter your trust—but not your worth
• Signs someone was never truly for you
• The difference between revenge and release
• Why reclaiming your peace is the ultimate act of power

• The Trigger and The Truth Healing Journal (Coming Soon)
• Tools for identifying emotional manipulation and codependent patterns
• Guest application: thetriggerandthetruth.com/guest

Tag us @TheTriggerAndTheTruth and share your story using #TheTriggerAndTheTruth.

Have you ever felt betrayed by a “friend”? How did you rebuild your confidence and protect your spirit?

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Mentioned in this episode:

Fake Love, Real Wounds

Why You Can’t Miss This Episode: Heartbreaking confession: A close friend—an older sister figure—stabbed Tina. Literally. Her story proves even the deepest attacks can lead to profound healing. Red flags decoded: Learn how hidden resentment and trauma manifest in loved ones—and how to spot it before it cuts deep. Mirror of pain: Sometimes betrayal isn’t a plot—it’s a reflection. Discover how other people’s wounds can find home in your soul. Healing WITHOUT erasing: Tina reveals how she forgave not to forget, but to reclaim herself. Power of boundaries: Learn why not everyone is kin and how to protect your energy with strength, not guilt. CALL TO ACTION Listener challenge: Reflect: Has someone “smiled, then stabbed you in the back”? Journal: Notice the warning signs you ignored. Share: Use #HiddenHateHealing and tag us. Let’s turn betrayal into community support. Don’t just survive betrayal—grow through it. 👉 Tune in now wherever you get your podcasts. Let’s dismantle hidden hate together.