About Jodi
Meet Jodi Lynn Pavlock
Author, filmmaker, speaker, and survivor-story advocate whose autobiography, Jekyll Can’t Hyde, explores love, deception, resilience, and reclaiming independence.
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Author, filmmaker, and survivor-story advocate Jodi Lynn Pavlock.
Her Story
A voice reclaimed
Jodi Lynn Pavlock is an American author, filmmaker, speaker, and survivor-story advocate whose autobiography, Jekyll Can’t Hyde, explores love, deception, narcissistic abuse, resilience, and reclaiming independence.
Raised in Bergenfield, New Jersey, Jodi developed an early love of music through trumpet and singing. Her professional life has included nearly two decades transporting students, as well as work connected to casino hosting, notary services, and New Jersey real estate.
Her life changed through relationships that gradually affected her emotional well-being, physical health, financial security, and sense of independence. Writing Jekyll Can’t Hyde gave Jodi a way to revisit those experiences in her own voice—combining honesty, humour, pain, and the determination to move forward.
Today, Jodi continues developing her story for the screen while speaking about the importance of recognizing abusive patterns, supporting survivors, and creating a life beyond what happened.
Career history, location, health, family, advocacy title, coaching status, and speaking credentials are presented only with Jodi’s approval. Medical details are not disclosed without express permission.
Why I Told My Story
“I wrote Jekyll Can’t Hyde because abuse often hides behind charm, promises, apologies, and the life someone wants others to see. I wanted to tell the truth about what happened, but I also wanted readers to know that the story does not have to end with what was done to you. There can be another chapter—one built around strength, independence, support, and finding yourself again.”
— Jodi Lynn Pavlock (placeholder, pending Jodi’s approval)
From Survival to a Voice for Others
Speaking & advocacy
Jodi speaks about recognizing abusive patterns, supporting survivors, and creating a life beyond what happened.
- Recognizing the difference between charm and control
- Why leaving an abusive relationship is complicated
- Rebuilding after narcissistic abuse
- The power of telling your story
- Humour as part of survival
- Reclaiming financial and emotional independence
- Turning lived experience into a book and screenplay
- Supporting survivors without judgment
Jodi’s speaking is grounded in lived experience and advocacy—not therapy, clinical care, or legal advice. If her Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Coach certification remains in progress, it is described as “currently pursuing certification,” never as completed until verified.
Read the story behind the advocate
Jekyll Can’t Hyde is where Jodi’s voice as a survivor, writer, and advocate begins.