Join psychologist Cass Dunn, and inspiring guests from around the world, for real talk, relatable and practical ideas to help you live a happier, more meaningful life. www.cassdunn.com
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I’m Anna Runkle, also known as the Crappy Childhood Fairy, and I teach people to recognize and heal the symptoms of Childhood PTSD. Welcome to my podcast!I’m not a doctor or therapist; I know about childhood trauma because I lived it, and I discovered a radical approach to healing that focuses first on calming neurological dysregulation, which is common in people who grew up with abuse and neglect. In my podcasts, I teach about dysregulation – how to know if you have it, what it can do to yo ...
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The Crappy Christian Podcast strives to shed a light on the topics the church often forgets. In this space, you'll find conversations with people who have gone through the fire and come back with buckets of water for the people still in it. Hosted by @thegirlnamedblake, this podcast packs a punch (the good kind) and touches on everything from mental health to sex to divorce to the everyday life of a Christian, & the good news that God in the midst of it all.
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An advice podcast for females of all ages! Crappy Friends discusses female friendship: the good, the bad, the ugly. Bestselling authors (and best friends) Kristan Higgins and Joss Dey talk about common red flags, difficulties in friendship, how to overcome difficulties and when to ditch your crappy friend. Female friendship at its best brings immeasurable value to your life. At its worst, it can be heartbreaking. Tune in, and send your letters to TheLadies@CrappyFriends.net
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The ACP covers all the latest throughout the ACC.
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It’s a crappy podcast that I’m recording for my Journalism class. Cover art photo provided by rawpixel on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@rawpixel
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The slow descent into madness as we attempt to watch and review every movie put out by Adam Sandler's production company Happy Madison.
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Crappy 2 Happy Homes LLC is a real estate investment firm with the goals of supporting sellers' urgent needs and simultaneously partnering with trusted real estate industry partners.
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Well met, weirdo! Crappy Castles is a podcast about the Forgotten Realms' finest adventure architecture firm and the two partners dead-set on destroying it—one poorly designed dungeon at a time. If you're looking to have a crappy adventure created for your party, email wellmet@crappycastles.com for a chance to have a pro-bono adventure built just for you.
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Join Tom, Bill and Jon as they read out their ridiculous fan-fic based on a new movie each week!
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The place where none of your dreams will come true.
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Readings from the forthcoming book, from my first book, Lotus, and thoughts on writing as a processing tool and why I see writing as a basic human need
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Retrokaiser's video game podcasts with a special guests every episode.
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Hosted by rapper/ artist KILL c Rey. Interviews and personal insights from the world of Hip-Hop, comedy and entertainment. Brought to you by: www.platformcollection.com Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crappyawesome/support
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College comedian couple Julie & Julian recap every episode of the Netflix sci-fi drama Sense8. Join them as they explore the paranormal intrigue of the Wachowskis' latest (and gayest) project to date.
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Creepypasta author Noah Biondi narrates a bunch of creepypastas on the Geoshea Lost Episode Wiki, primarily lost episodes.
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Welcome along to the stupendous and the shambolic Crappy Quiz; available every Friday across OTB Sports. Subscribe for carnage.
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Welcome!! In this these podcasts, we’ll chat about raw life, love, relationships, self-love, parenting, domestic violence and everything in between! My hope is to plant POSITIVITY in every mind and SMILES on every face on the planet! Sooooo, slide into your happy britches as we go on a quest to learn how to deal with the crappiest times in the most glorious way!
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Tune in as a noir LA detective works to solve a case while struggling to shake his penchant for bad songwriting. A radio drama in 7 parts. Voiced by Dan Bern. Produced by Dan Bern & Wil Masisak Theme & Underscore written by Wil Masisak & Dan Bern Songs by Dan Bern Tip jar donate button at danbern.com
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Why It's So Hard to Face Reality About People Destroying Your Life
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There’s this strange thing that happens to families when one member falls into destructive addiction. We know that addicts’ thinking gets distorted, and they fall into denial and lying and blaming and sometimes stealing. That’s what you’d expect. But, as I know so well from bitter experience, the “presumably sane” people who LOVE the addict ALSO su…
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How to Navigate Changing Churches | Blake Guichet | Episode 299
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Blake sits down to talk about her personal journey of leaving one church after seven years and transitioning to a new church, emphasizing the importance of finding alignment with a church's values and priorities. She discusses the process of discernment, prayer, and seeking God's guidance when considering a new church community. Join her for today’…
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The Healing Power of Breathwork with Samantha Skelly
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This week Cass chats with Samantha Skelly, founder and CEO of Pause Breathwork about the power of the breath to reduce stress and anxiety, heal your body, create clarity in your mind and connect with your intuition. Samantha shares her own story of going from skeptic to devoted student of breathwork, to eventually realising her mission to bring bre…
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No Sense of Self Comes From Childhood Neglect
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A chaotic and neglectful family life can deprive a child of forming an identity – not just who they are, but what they like, and what they might like to pursue in their lives. In adulthood, you may try to fill this empty space with relationships – or rather, the IDEA of a relationship – to give you direction and a sense that your life matters, and …
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CPTSD and The Curse of Loneliness: How to Heal
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There’s a symptom of trauma that is common in everyone, but it’s almost universal for people who were abused or neglected as children. It's a haunting sense of loneliness, and not fitting in, that can make any effort to connect with people extra stressful. This is not just an emotional hurt. Abuse and neglect caused an injury to your ability to con…
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Heal These Trauma Wounds and Watch Your Productivity Soar
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Have you ever struggled to get even basic things done, like get to work on time, put wet laundry in the dryer, or make a phone call? Everyone procrastinates sometimes, but for people who were abused or neglected in childhood, procrastination can take over your life and hold you back. In this four-video compilation I share some of my most powerful v…
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Male/Female Friendships Are Tested When One of You Gets A Partner
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If you're a woman and you say your "close male friend" is just a friend, one test of your true feelings is how you feel when he gets into a relationship, and how she feels about you. A lot of people will gaslight the girlfriend, or blame the boyfriend for not standing up to her, but often there’s something else going on here. My letter today is fro…
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Some CPTSD Partners Can’t Read the Signs You Need Support
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A history of abuse and neglect can make a person crave extra emotional support. But when both partners have CPTSD, communication can be fraught and feelings of abandonment can turn into hours-long processing sessions. Can you teach a partner to listen to the needs you express? In this video I respond to a letter from a man who loves his partner in …
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Come Hang Out with Me & My Best Friends | Kyleigh, Nick, & Jeremy | Episode 298
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We have a very fun and somewhat chaotic episode for you today with Blake and her best friends, Kyleigh, Nick, and Jeremy, who share their journey of friendship and life experiences. They recount how their bond evolved from Instagram acquaintances to real-life friends, including that one time when Nick and Kyleigh moved into Blake and Jeremy’s drive…
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Stop Agreeing to Stay Vague, Undefined & Unfufilled!
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If you had trauma in childhood, you may find yourself feeling that you have to hide how you feel in a dating relationship, and pretend you're "fine" when in fact you feel manipulated and hurt. Maybe you fear you'll look foolish or drive away what little love is available. But it's never worth faking a relationship just so you don't have to be alone…
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CPTSD Overloads Your Nervous System (4-Video Compilation)
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One in three people (and even more among people with CPTSD) report that most days they feel completely overwhelmed -- emotionally, mentally and in terms of all they have to do in a day. Just about everyone has lost at least SOME of their power to FOCUS during the last decade. For many, it’s become much harder to feel alert and peaceful inside, and …
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The Price of Losing (or Keeping) Hurtful People in Your Life
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It’s natural to want a loving connection with your own parents. When one or both of them have either abused or neglected you, and they continue to undermine and criticize you, it can be hard to know what to do when the parent who hurt you KEEPS hurting you. Even if you love them – even if you wish you could have a good relationship -- keeping them …
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Childhood Neglect and the Attraction to People Who Don't Care About You
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*LIVE Webinar May 14. Recover Your Vision of The Life You Want: https://bit.ly/3ifhJ8U* *Do You Have CPTSD?* Take the QUIZ: http://bit.ly/3GhE65z FREE COURSE: *The Daily Practice*: http://bit.ly/3X1BrE0 Website: http://bit.ly/3CxgkRY *** Extreme neglect in childhood – where adults literally don’t care for you appropriately, can lead to a kind of em…
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It's Time For The Church to Step Up | Russell B. Johnson | Episode 297
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Lead pastor at The Pursuit NW and recovering politician Russell B. Johnson joins Blake to talk about his journey from working in politics to planting a church that grew at record speed when they refused to close their doors during the lockdown. Listen in as they talk about his conviction and passion for sharing the truth in today’s culture where it…
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Hint: It's Not Because You "Want to Re-Create Your Childhood"
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People who were emotionally or physically neglected, or literally abandoned in childhood often find themselves getting left by partners over and over again. The reasons feel mysterious when it's happening to you. But this is how CPTSD can damage your ability to form healthy relationships AND your perception about why this happens. In this video I e…
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Change These Habits to Heal Damaging CPTSD Symptoms (4-Video Compilation)
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Everyone knows that abuse and neglect in childhood can have negative effects on us as adults. But there's a taboo around admitting the damage we do to ourselves with our own trauma-driven behaviors. it's not your fault you were abused or neglected, and it's not your fault it left you prone to these common problems in life. But today, the only perso…
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Trauma Can Blind You to the Power YOU Have to Change
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It’s easy to get sucked into terrible relationships with people who treat you badly, especially for people who were mistreated and neglected as children. You may find yourself with narcissists, manipulators, liars and people who just plain grind your spirits down. But so long as you stay hyper-focused on what’s wrong with THEM and what THEY did – t…
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Limerence Flares Up When Life Feels Empty and Sad
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Romantic obsession with someone you can’t have is a sneaky, life-wrecking toxin – almost a drug that feels great at first and *seems* like if you could just have that person, your life would go from empty... to amazing. This "drug" treats pain. And the drug wears off, and next thing you know the “solution” you’ve found has just swept like a massive…
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What Women Really Need | Fallon Lee | Episode 296
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Wellness advocate, kitchen creative, wife and mom, Fallon Lee joins Blake to share her personal journey from a mindset focused on diet culture and thinness to embracing holistic wellness and self-care. She discusses her past struggles with anxiety, joint pain, and exhaustion, attributing them to her rigid diet and lifestyle. Fallon opens up about h…
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Do This to Heal Broken Red-Flag Detector
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If you look around all the friends and partners who you've led into your life and you discover there's kind of a high proportion of people who bring trouble and danger into your life --- guess what? Your red flag detector is broken. It's supposed to be sounding the alarm when when bad or dangerous people try to walk into your life. You're supposed …
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This Trauma Symptom Hurts Others The Most (4-Video Compilation)
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Abuse and neglect in childhood can leave its mark on your ability to regulate your emotions. They come out too strong, causing you to lash out, burst into tears, panic or fall madly in love at an intensity that doesn't fit the circumstances. This is often the result of changes in children's developing brains. In this 4-video compilation, I share fo…
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It’s When The Terror ENDS That Trauma Survivors Sometimes Break Down
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Living through a traumatic childhood takes extraordinary survival skills. You shut down, act tough, dance around to make other people happy, even when it means losing yourself. Sometimes the pain of all you’ve been through doesn’t show up until after the trauma ends. In this video I respond to a letter from a woman who is reckoning with a lifetime …
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Some People Are Not Wired to Experience Romantic Love
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Most of us who have ever had a relationship have fallen love, and most of us have also had someone not love us back. But what if you’re with someone who WANTS to be with you and loves you, but they say they don’t feel IN LOVE with yoU? What does this mean? And is there ever hope that their feelings will change? In this video I respond to a letter f…
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A Surgeon's Stand Against Childhood Gender Affirming Care | Dr. Eithan Heim | Episode 295
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Small town general surgeon and whistleblower, Dr. Eithan Haim joins Blake to discuss how he courageously blew the whistle on the deceptive practices of a transgender program at Texas Children's Hospital. The conversation covered a wide range of topics, including the emotional and psychological burden faced by doctors who realize they have been comp…
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The Key to Successful Relationships with Dr Ann Kelley
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This week Cass talks with Dr Ann Kelley, licensed psychologist and co-host of the Therapist Uncensored podcast, about the importance of updating our understanding of attachment styles and the limitations of categorising ourselves and others. Ann proposes a more helpful approach of thinking about attachment as a spectrum. She introduces the idea of …
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The Great Love You Crave Is Not a Fantasy
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Your Childhood PTSD symptoms have likely created a lifetime of problems in relationships -- choosing unavailable people, clinging to bad relationships or avoiding love altogether. But the reason you long for a real love -- a "great love" even -- is because you were born to love and be loved. How does a person move past the hurts of the past and lea…
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Early Trauma Can Make It Hard to Connect and Commit (4-Video Compilation)
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People who lived through trauma in childhood often develop an "avoidant" attachment style, which can be hard for their partners who may crave reassurance, commitment, and frequent expressions of affection that don't come easily to avoidants. In this 4-Video compilation, I share four of my most popular videos about being avoidant, dating an avoidant…
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Is It Cheating to Take a Job with Boundary-less Employer?
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Charming and powerful employers have a knack for tempting people who are desperate for a big break in their career. They can offer money, fame, and connections that you might never access again. But if the price is to operate a sexually charged and boundary-less environment, what is the real price of working for them? My letter today is from a woma…
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Don’t Let Wounds of Neglect Trample Any Possibility of Love
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t’s common in our culture for people to sleep together almost as soon as they meet. And people act like that’s fun and easy, and only foolish people can’t handle it, or think it should be avoided, in favor of something better. So for people who grew up neglected and abused, there’s a contradiction – their attachment wound is crying for someone to l…
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How My Husband Got on Board with Homeschooling | Jeremy Guichet | Episode 294
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We have a very special guest on the podcast today! Husband and father, Jeremy Guichet joins Blake to discuss their decision to homeschool their children, detailing the journey from initial skepticism to enthusiastic readiness. They reflect on their personal concerns, including socialization, educational capability, and managing stress levels. Throu…
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Dealing with body dissatisfaction during pregnancy
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Cass responds to a listener who is experiencing body dissatisfaction during pregnancy. She highlights that while this is relatively common, it can be a concern if it contributes to poor maternal mental or physical health. She shares strategies for managing uncomfortable thoughts and feelings about your changing body and the importance of women feel…
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Don't Let CPTSD Block You From Becoming Your Full and REAL SELF
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Trauma in childhood can leave with obvious problems, but also a subtle tendency to hide your authentic self, and to avoid reaching for big goals that are important to you. In this video I share common reasons why people who were abused in childhood will cope try to manage their vulnerability by playing small. I'll teach you strategies to gradually …
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You're Madly In Love But Pretend to Be "Just a Friend" (4-Video Compilation)
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Limerence is the name for an obsessive infatuation that becomes more like an addiction to someone who cannot or will not be with you. It's especially common in people who were emotionally neglected as children, who will often go to any lengths to avoid losing HOPE that their love may someday be returned. They will pretend to be a friend, and lie ab…
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Childhood Trauma Corrupts Your Thinking and Pushes You Into Danger
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No matter how much you pull yourself together after a childhood full of abuse and neglect, the injury of trauma will TRY to suck you back into horrible dynamics of your childhood without you even realizing it. Your trauma-driven thinking will like to you that a clearly bad situation will be different "next time." In this video, I respond to a lette…
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Unhealed Trauma Compels You To Cling to Horrible People
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There are two terrible ways that self-centered parents can wound you in the way you have relationships – and in particular, when they didn’t take an interest or support the unique little person that you were, and they didn’t help you learn to detect and say NO to mistreatment. And if this happened to you, you may find yourself struggling to have fr…
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Church Culture, Singleness, & Contentment | Ryan Wekenman | Episode 293
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Storyteller, pastor and podcaster, Ryan Wekenman joins Blake to discuss the topic of singleness, exploring its nuances and challenges. They reflect on societal pressures surrounding marriage, particularly prevalent in certain cultural and religious contexts. The conversation highlights the need for a shift in mindset within the church to value sing…
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Evidence Shows Only a Few Treatments Are Effective
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If you've tried to get help for problems related to Childhood PTSD, you've probably tried many approaches to healing, and chances are, none of them really worked. In this video I teach about common approaches to healing childhood trauma, and the big reason why only some of them are effective. Try the FREE Daily Practice Course: FREE PDF Download: h…
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A Thousand Wasted Sundays with Victoria Vanstone
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Cass chats with Victoria Vanstone, host of the Sober Awkward Podcast and creator of the Drunk Mummy Sober Mummy blog and website, about her decision to leave behind her partying days in order to be a happier, less anxious, more present parent by giving up alcohol. Vic admits she didn't like sober people and that she feared no-one would want to be a…
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Healing Trauma Changes Your Relationship to Money (4-Video Compilation)
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Growing up poor, abused or neglected can leave you struggling in adulthood to develop a good career and earn what you are worth. In this 4-video compilation I share four of my most popular videos about trauma, work and income, and how people with Childhood PTSD can heal and grow their career lives and achieve financial security. Do you have CPTSD? …
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