# Jessica Pressler

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[PREVIEW] 'Inventing Anna' Is One Long Con

The slippery thing about scams, cults, pyramid schemes, grifts: As horrifying as it is to be caught up in one, it can be difficult to explain what makes them any different from the general rules of life under capitalism — especially America’s religiously inflected version, in which hierarchical str…

ANNA DELVEY: THE CON ARTIST WHO INVENTED AN HEIRESS (APRIL FOOLS SERIES)

She had no money. No trust fund. No Swiss bank account. What Anna Delvey had was a fake name, a designer wardrobe, and the nerve to walk into New York's most exclusive rooms and act like she owned them. For four years, she fooled banks, hotels, and Manhattan's social elite — using Microsoft Word an…

393: Infidelity

Stories of cheating, cheaters, and the cheated. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription. Prologue: Ira talks with Jessica Pressler about a phenomenon she noticed in the wedding notices in The New York Times. Couples were cheerfully telling—as part of their …

Hustlers (2019)

EPISODE 97 - Nomfanelo heads into the nightclub to explore the 2019 crime comedy drama film Hustlers, which is based on New York magazine's The Hustlers at Scores by Jessica Pressler. The film is written/directed by Lorene Scafaria (Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World, The Meddler) and stars …

Uncovering the Roots of Self-Sabotage in Working Moms

Your triggers aren't random — they're your childhood talking. 🪞 Tia Graham sits down with therapist Jessica Anne Pressler to unpack why working moms self-sabotage, how childhood shapes the way we parent, and how to spot when you're really parenting your inner child instead of the one in front of yo…

How a Narcissistic Sibling Becomes the Emotional Center of the Family | Epi 172

In this episode, Jessica Pressler and I explore the often-overlooked impact of growing up with a narcissistic sibling. Together, we examine how one child's emotional world can gradually come to organize an entire family, why parents unknowingly adapt around that child, and how repeated accommodatio…

Why She Couldn't Let Go | Epi 173

In this second part of my conversation with Jessica Pressler we continue our exploration of narcissistic sibling dynamics by looking at how these patterns are unconsciously stabilized within the family system. We looked at how Jessica’s mother not only adapted but unintentionally reinforced her chi…

What Happens When We Betray Ourselves With Jessica Pressler

Free 10 Day Couples Challenge Try Relationship Academy Why do we so often find ourselves repeating the same painful relational patterns even after promising to choose differently? In this episode, therapist and author Jessica Anne Pressler joins us to unpack how early protective survival str…

What Happens When We Betray Ourselves With Jessica Pressler

Free 10 Day Couples Challenge Try Relationship Academy Why do we so often find ourselves repeating the same painful relational patterns even after promising to choose differently? In this episode, therapist and author Jessica Anne Pressler joins us to unpack how early protective survival str…