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No, You're Not Obliged to Lend an Ear to Troubled "Friends"
A true friend is someone who cares about you, and is interested in you, and supports what is best for you. They don’t get to tell you what to do, they don’t get to mercilessly criticize you, and they don’t get to use...
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Neglectful Parents Condition You to Love Unavailable People
If you grew up without the attention and love of good parents, you may find yourself with symptoms of Complex-PTSD. One of the worst symptoms is an attraction to people who can’t give you attention or love. You see...
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When Past Trauma Has You Stuck, Do This
If you’re living with trauma-related symptoms from abuse and neglect in childhood, you’ve had to work extra hard for things in life that come more easily to other people. Complex PTSD (CPTSD) is a type of PTSD that...
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FIRST Get The Trauma Out Of Your Life, THEN Help Others
For people who grew up with abuse and neglect – it’s a HUGE DAY when you finally break free of that family of origin. You actually have a barrier up against their ability to keep hurting you. You're safe, and only way...
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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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