Azadeh Atzberger: Born Into War, Broken by Narcissistic Abuse, and How She Rebuilt Her Life From the Ground Up
4/18/202621 min
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"My introduction to the world was riots and violence."
Azadeh Atzberger was born in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution — bombs, riots, and chaos were her earliest memories. She came to America as a child, was bullied relentlessly, called the Ayatollah's daughter, and found herself in a violent, abusive relationship that left her bloodied, stitched up, and abandoned at a mental institution by her own mother.
Today she is one of the leading voices on narcissistic abuse recovery — author of the 12 Steps of Narcissistic Abuse, a couples coach, and a women's empowerment expert who has helped thousands reclaim their lives, their identity, and their power.
As Iran is at war and the world watches, Rachel Uchitel sits down with a woman who actually lived it — and came out the other side stronger than anyone who tried to break her.
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First 90 secondsRachel Uchitel· Host0:00
Welcome back to Misunderstood, everybody. Thank you so much for joining us. I wanna take a minute to thank all of our listeners, and if you don't mind, please take a second to write a review. Go to Apple, write something, um, in YouTube, but, um, those reviews help us a lot with the algorithms. Give us five stars. Um, if you ever wanna touch base with us, please email us at pr@missumedia.com, or also, um, you can DM me personally, which is r- uh, @rachelucatelnyc. Today we're having a very sensitive conversation, and honestly, a complicated one. Because what's happening right now between the United States and Iran, it's not officially being called a war in the traditional sense, but it's also not not a war. We're seeing escalation, retaliation, and a very fragile moment where things could either stabilize or spiral. There are negotiations happening quietly behind the scenes, global pressure building, and a real sense that the world is watching and waiting. So we're living in this strange space, not quite at peace, not fully at war, and that's why today's guest matters, because most of us are experiencing this through the headlines and social media, while Azadeh Asperger, our next guest, has lived the reality of what it means to come from a place shaped by this conflict. She understands the human side of this in a way most of us never will. She's not here to debate politics. She's here to give us a perspective, to remind us that behind every headline, every escalation, every breaking news alert, are real people, real lives, and stories that don't