Fellow member of The Shitshow Jesse joins us to discuss the intricate dynamics of trauma responses, dissociation, and the importance of understanding and nurturing the fragmented parts of oneself. Complex trauma can lead to fragmentation of the self, where a person's identity splits into distinct parts to cope with overwhelming experiences. These parts often include a wounded inner children holding the trauma, protector parts that guards against further harm, and manager parts that strives to ma...
Jun 26, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 168
⬇️DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat 📰 SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱 www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH 🛍️ www.adultchildpodcast.com/shop 🎙️NEW TO THE POD🎙️ How I learned I was an Adult Child - The Tale o...
Jun 22, 2024•36 min
Dr. Amelia Kelley is a trauma-informed therapist, author, podcaster and researcher. Her specialties include; Art therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR and Brainspotting as well as being a certified meditation and Yoga instructor. Her work focuses on women’s issues, empowering survivors of abuse and relationship trauma, Highly Sensitive Persons, motivation, healthy living, and adult ADHD. She is the author of 4 books including Gaslighting Recovery for Women and Powered by ADHD: Strategies ...
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 167
⬇️DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat 📰 SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱 www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH 🛍️ www.adultchildpodcast.com/shop 🎙️NEW TO THE POD🎙️ How I learned I was an Adult Child - The Tale o...
Jun 15, 2024•40 min
Lori Jean Glass is an expert in the field of emotional wellness, specializing in healing from the profound impacts of growing up in a dysfunctional family and navigating the complexities of Complex PTSD. As the CEO and founder of Pivot - a groundbreaking relationship coaching program - which combines her extensive knowledge in attachment theory, neuroscience, and holistic healing practices to provide a comprehensive framework for recovery. She is the author of #HealthyAdult: PIVOT from Fantasy t...
Jun 12, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 166
Members of the Shitshow Community share their experience of using psychedelics as part of the healing process. ⬇️DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat 📰 SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱 www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHO...
Jun 08, 2024•35 min
🔑 Could the key to overcoming deep-rooted wounds lie in the transformative power of psychedelics?! Myles Katz has been at the forefront of the legal psychedelics for personal growth and healing since 2018. As the founder of one of the first legal psychedelic retreats in Amsterdam, which served over 1,000 clients before its closure one year ago. He is the founder of Confluence Retreats – where he facilitates nature-based, multi-modality legal psilocybin retreats in Oregon. Psychedelic Research R...
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 165
⬇️DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat 📰 SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱 www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH 🛍️ www.adultchildpodcast.com/shop 🎙️NEW TO THE POD🎙️ How I learned I was an Adult Child - The Tale o...
Jun 01, 2024•35 min
Andeea Rae is a licensed counselor and certified in Applied Quantum Biology with 16 years of freedom from substance use disorder and bulimia nervosa. Her background is in addiction counseling and for 6 years she has worked at one of the world's most renowned treatment centers and leaders in the field of addiction. She is the founder and CEO of Quantum Pages where she is practicing Quantum Health Coaching for individuals in recovery. She has helped hundreds of people achieve their goals and exper...
May 29, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 164
⬇️DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat 📰 SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱 www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH 🛍️ www.adultchildpodcast.com/shop 🎙️NEW TO THE POD🎙️ How I learned I was an Adult Child - The Tale o...
May 25, 2024•36 min
Specializing in emotional enmeshment, covert incest and sex addiction, Dr. Kenneth Adams is a therapist and EMDR practitioner with 40+ years of experience. He is the author of 4 books, including A Light in the Dark: The Hidden Legacy of Adult Children of Sex Addicts , This groundbreaking book details the unique issues experienced by adult children who grew up with a sexually addicted parent, and offering a path to unburden their shameful legacy and embrace sexuality and intimacy without the intr...
May 22, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 163
Three members of the Shitshow community get real and raw about their experience and healing from narcissistic abuse. ⬇️DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱 www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHIT...
May 18, 2024•50 min
Healing from childhood trauma and neglect has a new soundtrack... Matt Kollock is an alt-indie rocker hailing in New Mexico by way of Wisconsin. His second album ‘Family Plot’ will be released on June 21st, 2024 and is inspired by his dysfunctional childhood. The first part of the album focuses on the trauma and neglect of his childhood as a sheltered, isolated and “too-sensitive” boy. Side two explores the positive transformation the artist has undergone since deciding to “go no contact” with h...
May 15, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 162
Today we are joined by Shitshow Mitchell who shares about his upbringing, the impact that manifested in adulthood, and his ongoing journey of healing & recovery. ⬇️DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat 📰 SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL &...
May 11, 2024•44 min
The QUEEN of Abandonment Trauma Susan Anderson returns to the pod, With more than 30 years of clinical experience, she has helped tens of thousands overcome abandonment trauma and its aftermath of self sabotaging patterns. In today's episode, we discuss... Rejection trauma and the impact of being ostracized by your peers The role of positive narcissism and defensive abandonmen t in our social interactions and self-perception The process of internalizing our emotional responses to abandonment How...
May 08, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 161
⬇️DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱 www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH 🛍️ www.adultchildpodcast.com/shop 🎙️NEW TO THE POD🎙️ How I learned I was an Adult Child - The Tale of 2...
May 04, 2024•43 min
Dr. Lara Dye is a psychologist who specializes on treating childhood relational trauma that ultimately results in substance, love and sex addictions. Her treatment approach is focused on understanding how particular childhood traumas cause humans to grow destructive defense mechanisms. Those defenses, while originally a solution to the pain of the childhood situation, ultimately decrease healthy adult relationships. Dr. Dye has extensive post-graduate training in love and sex addiction from the ...
May 01, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 160
Two mom's of the Shitshow community get real and raw about their struggles and growth of parenting with Complex PTSD. ⬇️DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱 www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHI...
Apr 27, 2024•34 min
Janet Lansbury has helped hundreds of thousands of parents as an educator, best-selling author and podcast host. Her passion for parenting began when motherhood turned out not to be the fulfilling and magical experience she had anticipated. Riddled with anxiety, fear and shame - Janet sought guidance from infant expert Magda Gerber. We discuss the challenges of parenting with trauma, the importance of just letting our children, and the challenges of acknowledging the dysfunction of our childhood...
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 159
Today's episode is a recent recording from a Shitshow Support group. ⬇️DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱 www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH 🛍️ www.adultchildpodcast.com/shop 🎙...
Apr 20, 2024•40 min
Hailey Magee is a certified life coach who helps people around the world stop people pleasing and find their power. Her upcoming book " Stop People Pleasing And Find Your Power" provides a nuanced perspective on boundary-setting, self-advocacy and research-supported strategies for change. Key topics discussed - Having needs does not make you needy Others being unable to meet your needs is their problem - not yours Common misconceptions about people-pleasing that may block you from healing The im...
Apr 17, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 158
Today we are joined by Shitshow Katie who shares about her upbringing, the impact that manifested in adulthood, and her ongoing journey of healing & recovery. ⬇️DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT ...
Apr 13, 2024•45 min
Born in a bathroom stall at a NYC movie theater, Peter Yelton’s mother vanished without a trace within the first minutes of his life. And so begins a lifetime of abandonment trauma… Adopted into a family ill-prepared for parenthood, his father's struggle with alcoholism only deepened his wounds. Peter’s denial about being gay would be the fuel to his own alcoholism before finally finding sobriety in his 30s. A failed relationship in his second year of sobriety caused Peter's abandonment trauma t...
Apr 10, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 157
Today's episode is a recent recording from a Shitshow Support group. ⬇️DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱 www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH 🛍️ www.adultchildpodcast.com/shop 🎙...
Apr 06, 2024•41 min
When we let go of things that no longer serve us, we create space for what does. This is the gift of decluttering. Andrea Wait has been helping people organize their homes—and, by extension, their lives—for fifteen years, and after all that time, she knows one thing for sure: putting your house in order can change your life for the better. Her recently published book Home in Harmony is a straightforward guide to organizing living spaces-and is full of helpful tips and real-talk motivation to hel...
Apr 03, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 156
Today's episode is a recent recording from a Shitshow Support group. ⬇️DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱 www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH 🛍️ www.adultchildpodcast.com/shop 🎙...
Mar 30, 2024•31 min
Krista St-Germain is a grief expert, Master Certified Life Coach, widow, mom and host of The Widowed Mom Podcast. When her husband was killed by a drunk driver in 2016, Krista’s life was completely and unexpectedly flipped upside down. She now helps fellow widows to not just survive, but thrive in the aftermath of losing your spouse. Key Takeaways: Common misconceptions about grief and the healing process (Five Stages of Grief) Grief can stem from any perceived loss and lead to secondary losses,...
Mar 27, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 155
Today's episode is a recent recording from a Shitshow Support group. ⬇️DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱 www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH 🛍️ www.adultchildpodcast.com/shop 🎙...
Mar 23, 2024•43 min
Marie Selleck is a licensed therapist and Parent Wound Coach – committed to helping women heal from the impact of emotionally unavailable mothers so that they can raise confident children. She shares about the toxic marriage which mirrored the dysfunctional relationship with her father – which led to the realization that she couldn’t help others confront their childhood trauma until she did. Breaking through the shame inherited from subliminal messages from emotionally immature parents The way t...
Mar 20, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 154
Today we are joined by Shitshow Marie who shares about her upbringing, the impact that manifested in adulthood, and her ongoing journey of healing & recovery. ⬇️DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT ...
Mar 16, 2024•43 min