09/29/2026
+What if the apology you've been waiting for isn't late — it's structurally impossible?
A real apology requires three things a human predator doesn't have: the ability to feel your pain as distress rather than data, the ability to sit in "I was wrong" without treating it as a status loss, and a self that can survive being wrong.
In this Live, Kerry unpacks the accountability void: why predators can't say sorry, how they counterfeit it, and why your own nervous system keeps you in the waiting room.
We will cover:
1. The three missing pieces that make genuine remorse unavailable
2. Why you keep waiting:
3. The eight counterfeit apologies — the non-apology, the conditional, the blame-shift, the reset, the apology-as-leverage
4. The one test that separates real from fake ones.
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KERRY MCAVOY, PHD, an author and educator, draws on her 25-year background in psychology and her lived experience as a survivor to help individuals decode toxic dynamics, recognize manipulation, and rebuild self-trust. Her memoir, “Love You More,” offers an uncensored glimpse into the dynamics of narcissistic abuse.
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