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The Scarlet Edit: Infidelity, Divorce, Starting Over.

The Scarlet Edit: Infidelity, Divorce, Starting Over.

By: Nikki Corbett
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I was the other woman for five years. He was married. It wasn't the plan — but it happened, and it changed everything about how I see love, relationships, and myself. The Scarlet Edit is my podcast. I started it because I was tired of carrying my story in silence and I knew I wasn't the only one. This is where I talk about affairs, infidelity, cheating, divorce, and starting over — without shame, without the moral lectures, and without pretending that love and relationships fit into the neat little boxes everyone wants them to. I'm Nikki Corbett. I've been the other woman. I've been divorced. I've been in the situationship that made me question everything. And now I'm on the other side of all of it — figuring out what I actually want, who I actually am, and what love looks like when you stop performing and start being honest. Every Thursday, I share what I'm learning, what I'm living, and what I'm still figuring out. Sometimes that's a solo episode where I go deep on my own experience — falling in love with a married man, the loneliness of affairs, the grief that comes after you walk away from something that wasn't yours to keep. Sometimes it's a conversation with a guest who has been through their own version of the mess — narcissistic abuse, toxic relationships, divorce in midlife, secret relationships, or the slow process of rebuilding after everything falls apart. This show is for the woman who has been the other woman and never had a safe place to talk about it. For the woman going through a divorce she didn't see coming. For the woman stuck in a marriage that looks fine on the outside but feels dead on the inside. For the woman who is dating again after years and has no idea what she's doing. For the woman who is choosing to be alone and is learning that solo doesn't mean lonely. And for anyone who has ever been told that their story makes them less worthy of love — it doesn't. I don't have all the answers. I'm not a therapist. I'm just a woman who decided to stop being quiet about the things we're all going through but nobody wants to say out loud. If you've ever thought "am I the only one?" — you're not. Pull up a chair. Let's talk about it. New episodes every Thursday. 💌 Business inquiries: teamnikkicorbett@gmail.com 🔐 Join the Patreon community for live Q&As and deeper conversations: https://www.patreon.com/c/thescarleteditCopyright 2026 Nikki Corbett Biographies & Memoirs Relationships Social Sciences
Episodes
  • The Subconscious Patterns Behind Every Affair

    The Subconscious Patterns Behind Every Affair
    Mar 26 2026

    Why do smart, successful people end up in affairs — and then can't leave? What's actually driving the pattern? And how do you know if you're settling or self-sabotaging?

    In this episode, I sit down with Katarina Polonska — behavioral scientist, executive relationship strategist, and someone whose own family was torn apart by infidelity. Katarina watched her father's affair destroy her parents' marriage, then found herself repeating the exact same pattern in her own engagement. That wake-up call led her to build a methodology that's now helped hundreds of high performers break the cycle.

    We get into the subconscious fear that keeps high performers trapped in double lives, why traditional therapy kept Katarina going in circles for 15 years, what it actually takes to know whether you should stay or go, and why only about 4% of affair relationships survive the transition — and what the ones that make it have in common.

    Whether you're the one being betrayed, the one doing the betraying, or the other woman wondering where you fit in all of this — this conversation will challenge how you think about every relationship you're in.

    Guest: Katarina Polonska — Behavioral Scientist, Executive Relationship Strategist, Founder of Successfully in Love®

    LinkedIn: Katarina Polonska

    New episodes every Thursday.

    💌 Business inquiries: teamnikkicorbett@gmail.com

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    58 mins
  • Kristin Cabot Speaks Out — Why 90% of the Hate Came From Women

    Kristin Cabot Speaks Out — Why 90% of the Hate Came From Women
    Mar 20 2026

    Kristin Cabot — the woman from the Coldplay Kiss Cam — finally told her side of the story on Oprah's podcast. She was already separated. He told her he was too. But only one of them got death threats, drive-bys, and 500 calls a day.

    90% of the hate came from other women. Every single in-person confrontation — a woman.

    I talk about what Kristin revealed, the double standard between how she and Andy Byron were treated, why we judge affairs so harshly, and why women tearing down other women is the part of this story that should bother all of us.

    This one's a call for collective grace — and a promise to do better.

    New episodes every Thursday.

    💌 Business inquiries: teamnikkicorbett@gmail.com

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    24 mins
  • Do Happy People Cheat? I Don't Think So.

    Do Happy People Cheat? I Don't Think So.
    Mar 19 2026

    There's a stat that gets cited everywhere in the infidelity space — that 56% of men and 34% of women who cheat rate their marriages as happy.

    It shows up in therapy blogs, Reddit threads, podcasts, and articles, and it's used to push the narrative that cheating is random and unpredictable.

    I'm calling BS. Not on the data itself, but on what people are doing with it.

    In this episode, I break down why self-reporting is flawed, why "happy" has become a dangerously low bar, and why I firmly believe that nobody wakes up and decides to have an affair.

    I also tie in data from my Ashley Madison episode, challenge myself on my own belief that happiness is a choice, and share why I think the people who actually do the work in their relationships are the ones who don't end up with cracks. If you've ever heard "it could happen to anyone" and thought that sounded like a cop-out — this one's for you.

    Related episode: The Truth About Affairs: Sexless Marriages, Emotional Validation, and Modern Love

    New episodes every Thursday.

    💌 Business inquiries: teamnikkicorbett@gmail.com

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    29 mins
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