627 // An Analysis of Gaslighting w/ Dr. Robin Stern

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🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Welcome back to Crawlspace. In this new episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by new friend of the show, renowned doctor and foremost expert on gaslighting, Dr. Robin Stern. The conversation proves to be amongst the most important ones aired. Dr. Stern breaks down the nuances of gaslighting and how people use that tactic to manipulate relationships of all kinds to further their own agendas. Check out everything Dr. Stern has going on: Home - Robin Stern Robin Stern https://robinstern.com Listen to Dr. Stern's podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1XdjMoLzr9s0T8QIvXThn0?si=25729f29c93949bb https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gaslight-effect-podcast/id1645322193 And pick up your copies of Dr. Stern's books: The Gaslight Effect https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-gaslight-effect-how-to-spot-and-survive-the-hidden-manipulation-others-use-to-control-your-life-dr-robin-stern/aa1d51d5eb5b0518?ean=9780767924467&next=t The Gaslight Effect Recovery Guide https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/702846/the-gaslight-effect-recovery-guide-by-dr-robin-stern/ Emotional Intelligence for School Leaders https://hep.gse.harvard.edu/9781682538647/emotional-intelligence-for-school-leaders/ Dr. Stern is also the co-founder and associate Director for the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence: https://medicine.yale.edu/childstudy/services/community-and-schools-programs/center-for-emotional-intelligence/ Check out Quince: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://quince.com/MISSING⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. The music for Crawlspace was produced by David Flajnik. Listen to his music here: ⁠https://www.pond5.com/artist/bigdsound.⁠ Follow Crawlspace: IG:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Missing: IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Spotify:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out our entire network at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://crawlspace-media.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What are you thinking?
0:01.7	Where are your family?
0:04.8	What's going to happen to you?
0:08.6	And when gaslighting is to the point where you're not even allowed to think certain things,
0:17.7	no, that isn't what happened in history.
0:20.7	This is what happened in history. Even if you
0:23.2	have documents yourself that prove otherwise, what happens in stage one of gas sliding is that you
0:29.6	end up when somebody is that certain and that exquisitely attuned to the right time to tell you
0:36.7	that maybe, just maybe, your thinking is
0:40.5	wrong, it's not a weakness of you. It's actually something that is vulnerable in you, but you will say
0:47.0	maybe they're right. I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm In today's new episode, we speak with new friend and highly accomplished Dr. Robin Stern about the topic of gaslighting.
1:29.4	And this is just a fascinating conversation.
1:35.4	Lance, what did you think of this? I love this conversation. Everything that Dr. Stern says is totally applicable to the scenarios that we speak about on this show and on our other show missing.
1:41.7	We talk a lot about how people navigate through abusive
1:45.8	relationships and a lot of that stems from a partner or a significant other or family member,
1:51.6	whether they know it or not, gaslighting the individual. And we've always been fascinated by this
1:57.5	concept of gaslighting, this tactic that is used by individuals to manipulate.
2:03.2	We are so fortunate to have Dr. Stern on the show.
2:06.1	She is the leading expert on gaslighting.
2:08.8	She's written a book on it called The Gaslight Effect, and then she also has the Gaslight Effect Recovery Guide.
2:14.2	And she's also the co-founder and associate director for the Yale Center for
2:18.6	Emotional Intelligence. Like you said, highly accomplished. Love the fact that she agreed to come on
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