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How To Break Your Obsession With Winning Impossible Love
When you weren’t loved properly as a child, it’s very, very common to become romantically involved in “complicated” relationships – where YOU’RE longing for something monogamous and committed and THEY’RE just jerking...
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After Terrible Things Have Happened, Here's How to Build A HAPPY LIFE
Bad things happen in everyone's life. For some of us, a history of abuse and neglect in childhood produces common, trauma-driven symptoms that hold us back. Even if you've endured trauma and tragedy, it's possible to...
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Stop Reactivating Trauma Wounds With "Partners" You Never See
If you grew up neglected or abandoned, it's very likely you developed an attachment wound, and this can drive you into relationships with people who aren’t available, aren’t good to you, and aren't necessarily someone...
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Staying Stuck in Bad Jobs, Bad Relationships FEELs Like The Safe Choice: Here's Why
Being STUCK means you know you’re in a bad place, but you don’t have the power to do anything about it. Most people get stuck sometimes, but those who were abused or neglected in childhood have extra susceptibility to...
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What to Say to Doctors Who Don't Understand Childhood Trauma
The long-term effects of trauma on virtually every aspect of health has been well known for more than 20 years. But still, few clinical professionals understand the broad effects of trauma or which treatments have...
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How Good Boundaries Set You Free to Enjoy Your Relationships
Many of us who grew up in dysfunctional families struggle to recognize or create boundaries that work. You may be fed up with people who ignore your stated boundaries, or you fear setting any boundaries at all,...
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Their Behavior Generates Insecurity And Obsession In YOU
When you date a Love Addict, YOU become their drug. At first they can make you feel like the most special, beautiful person, and all the pain and loneliness in your life was for a reason, because NOW, finally, you...
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Neglect In Childhood Primes You to Eroticize Abandonment
When your parents didn’t love you properly, the feeling of falling in love is often followed by a dramatic lapse into insecurity. When they pull away it has a spooky, deep emotional power for you. And it’s very easy...
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Some People Feel Betrayed When YOU Heal Your Trauma
Many people in your life really do want the best for you, but there are others who act as if you've done a terrible thing by working on your trauma. It's as if they want and need you to stay hurt and victimized,...
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Childhood Neglect And The Feeling That You Can Never Belong
Childhood PTSD is, in essence, an injury to the ability to connect with other people. So it's no surprise that abuse and neglect in your childhood may have left you with a feeling that no matter what you do, you never...
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If You "Throw" Love At Unavailable People, It Could Be From Wounds of Neglect
People neglected as children sometimes spend their WHOLE life longing or love – chasing it, fighting for it, longing for it, and never having it, all because of this -- an attraction to unavailable people. This...
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How to Set Boundaries When They're Obsessed With Their Next Love Object
Ever get the feeling you're just an accessory for a friend who is romantically obsessed? They WANT to hang out with you, and they love to tell you about the emotional rollercoaster of their latest romance. But what do...
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