COVERT AVOIDANCE:

Heal The Hidden Ways You Isolate and Create a Life You Love

A 90-Min Zoom Webinar

with Anna Runkle

Tuesday, November 17, 2026 · 10-11:30 AM Pacific

Those of us who grew up with trauma often find it hard to feel connected with other people. It can feel like the disconnection is caused entirely by other people, and by the social rejection, abuse or bullying to which they’ve subjected you.

But there may be hidden ways that YOU pull away too. Like going through the motions of a connected life, but holding people at arm’s length. You want to feel supported and close to your friends and loved ones, but with unhealed trauma wounds, social interactions can feel so stressful and overwhelming, you become unconsciously motivated to isolate. You keep conversations superficial. You accept invitations but then cancel at the last minute. And you postpone doing things that give you joy until some future day when (you tell yourself) life will feel easier. This is what I call “covert avoidance," and even if other people don't notice you do it, it will gradually push them away.

Luckily, you can heal this.

In this webinar I’ll talk about the ways trauma in your past may be triggering avoidant behaviors in you, even when you crave connection with others. I’ll show you how to recognize when it’s happening, and teach you steps you can take to step gently back into the connected life where you belong.

Price $45

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**The ways you hold people at arm's length aren't always visible, not even to you. You can learn to change this.**

Discover the role of early trauma in driving avoidant tendencies that keep you isolated.

Learn how changes in brain development can make socializing feel so overwhelming, you become unconsciously motivated to withdraw.

I'll teach you practical ways to manage the stress you feel around other people

You'll learn gentle series of actions to pace yourself and hold your boundaries, freeing you to enjoy people and create a life you love.

Q&A time with me

We'll reserve plenty of time when I can take your questions, and clarify points in the webinar.

Meet Anna Runkle

Best known as "The Crappy Childhood Fairy," Anna is the creator of the popular YouTube channel, blog, courses and coaching programs that provide practical tools for adults to heal dysregulation and other common effects of early trauma, and to begin feeling better and changing their lives in everyday ways. Anna is not a therapist or doctor. Her methods were developed through research, mentoring of hundreds of individuals over the years, and direct experience healing her own symptoms of early trauma.

With more than a million subscribers across YouTube and social media platforms, she is the author of Re-Regulated: Set Your Life Free from Childhood PTSD and the Trauma-Driven Behaviors That Keep You Stuck (Hay House, 2024) and Connectability: Heal the Hidden Ways You Isolate, Find Your People, and Feel (At Last) Like You Belong (Hay House, 2025).