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Adult Child

Andrea Ashleyredcircle.com

Adult Child dives deep into the lasting effects of growing up in dysfunctional families—unpacking complex and relational trauma, codependency, toxic shame, and addiction patterns with raw vulnerability and unapologetic authenticity.

Hosted by Andrea Ashley, a recovering shitshow with 17 years sober, each episode shares unfiltered insights, expert conversations, and practical tools to heal your nervous system and break free from the cycles that hold you back.

Whether you’re an adult child of alcoholics or from a dysfunctional family, navigating toxic relationships, or healing your inner child, this is your no-BS space for healing. New episodes every Wednesday & Saturday.

And damn the join The Shitshow Healing Community for live support groups and connection with fellow cycle breakers.

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Episodes

182 - The Fear of Being Seen: Integrative Trauma Therapy w/ Dr. Deniz Ahmadinia

Dr. Deniz Ahmadinia is a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in the areas of trauma, anxiety disorders, and mindfulness meditation. She has extensive formal training in evidence-based therapies, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Prolonged Exposure, and Cognitive Processing Therapy. Her approach integrates these modalities with holistic, mindfulness, and body-based therapies that are tailored to clients' individual needs and backgrounds in order ...

Oct 09, 20241 hr 6 minSeason 1Ep. 182

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #124 - Laundry List Trait 2 "We became approval seekers and lost our identity in the 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 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH 🛍️ www.adultchildpodcast.com/shop 🎙️NEW TO THE POD🎙️ How I learned I was an Adult Child - The Tale...

Oct 05, 202440 min

181 - Healing Childhood PTSD: Emotional Dysregulation, Toxic Relationship Patterns & Limerence w/ The Crappy Childhood Fairy Anna Runkle

The Crappy Childhood Fairy, Anna Runkle joins us to discuss her newly published book - Re-Regulated: Set Your Life Free from Childhood PTSD and the Trauma-Driven Behaviors That Keep You Stuck . Through her guidance, readers can break out of self-defeating patterns, calm triggers, and move toward a life of growth and healing by providing practical steps to recognize and manage dysregulation. 🔑 Key Takeaways From Episode: Neurological and Emotional Dysregulation : Discover how stress can impair r...

Oct 02, 20241 hr 18 minSeason 1Ep. 181

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #123 - Grant

⬇️ 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...

Sep 28, 202435 min

180 - Unearthing Repressed Memories Through Somatic Healing w/ Body Psychotherapist Naomi Morad

Naomi Morad is a body psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience, specializing in brain spotting, parts work, and inner child healing. Her practice focuses on helping individuals heal unresolved childhood trauma and reclaim their emotional well-being. After sinking into a deep depression following the birth of her second child, she began working with a body psychotherapist and made the powerful connection between her depression and suppressed anger. This journey led to the surfacing of rep...

Sep 25, 20241 hrSeason 1Ep. 180

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #122 - Karen W.

⬇️ 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...

Sep 21, 202436 min

179 - Accountability in Relationships: Sibling Dynamics, Healthy Anger, and Friendship Breakups w/ Michelle Farris

Michelle Farris is a psychotherapist, codependency expert, and anger management, specialist. She’s been featured in The Daily Positive, BossMom, Psych Central, The Good Men Project, and Your Tango just to name a few. Her relationship recovery helps people go from relationships that don’t serve them, to learning how to trust themselves and create mutually satisfying connections that work. Michelle loves creating online products and courses on relationship skills, codependency recovery, anger mana...

Sep 18, 20241 hr 2 minSeason 1Ep. 179

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #121 - Heal Your Fear of Abandonment

BREATHE TO HEAL: A 6-Week Journey of Somatic Release - Get your spot here LIMITED CAPACITY --> adultchildpodcast.com/breathetoheal 🚨 CYCLE BREAKER SUMMIT: REPARENTING OURSELVES - GET YOUR FREE TICKET HERE 🚨 ⬇️ 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 NAT...

Sep 14, 202442 min

178 - How a Seasoned Therapist Ended Up with a Narcissist (Part 2): Confronting Autism & Narcissistic Friendships w/ Kerry McAvoy, PhD

BREATHE TO HEAL: A 6-Week Journey of Somatic Release - Get your spot here LIMITED CAPACITY --> adultchildpodcast.com/breathetoheal 🚨 CYCLE BREAKER SUMMIT: REPARENTING OURSELVES - GET YOUR FREE TICKET HERE 🚨 Kerry McAvoy, PhD, a mental health clinician with over 20 years of counseling experience and a narcissistic abuse survivor. Now help men and women who have left an abusive relationship get on the road of healing and recovery. ⬇️ DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY ⬇️ h...

Sep 11, 202459 minSeason 1Ep. 178

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #120 - Laundry List Trait 1: Fear of People and Authority Figures

BREATHE TO HEAL: A 6-Week Journey of Somatic Release - Get your spot here LIMITED CAPACITY --> adultchildpodcast.com/breathetoheal 🚨 CYCLE BREAKER SUMMIT: REPARENTING OURSELVES - GET YOUR FREE TICKET HERE 🚨 ⬇️ 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 NAT...

Sep 07, 202434 min

177 - How a Seasoned Therapist Ended Up with a Narcissist: Grief, Love & Lies w/ Kerry McAvoy, PhD

Kerry McAvoy, PhD, a mental health clinician with over 20 years of counseling experience and a narcissistic abuse survivor. Now help men and women who have left an abusive relationship get on the road of healing and 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 FO...

Sep 04, 20241 hr 13 minSeason 1Ep. 177

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #119 - Setting Boundaries

⬇️ 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...

Aug 31, 202440 min

176 - Dysfunctional Family Dynamics: Navigating Conflict (Part 2) - Processing Anger

Is thinking that you’re “just angry” preventing you from truly resolving conflict? 🤔 Anger is often a secondary emotion - meaning it is a mask for another emotion like fear, sadness, shame or disappointment. When we don’t recognize that our anger is masking deeper, more uncomfortable emotions, it keeps us from seeing the conflict clearly. Instead, we end up reacting to our anger rather than addressing the real, underlying issues. True conflict resolution only happens when we dig deeper and unco...

Aug 28, 202453 minSeason 1Ep. 176

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #118 - Sam B.

⬇️ 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...

Aug 24, 202438 min

175 - Dysfunctional Family Dynamics: Navigating Conflict (Part 1) - Trauma's Impact on Conflict Management

Do you avoid conflict like the plague? Is your first reaction in a disagreement to apologize, even if you’re not at fault? Or is your first instinct in a disagreement to go on the offensive? If you said yes to any of those questions - then this episode is for you! We are diving deep into how unresolved trauma from our childhood shapes our ability (... or lack thereof) to handle conflict as adults, common conflict patterns in dysfunctional families, misconceptions about conflict and conflict reso...

Aug 21, 202447 minSeason 1Ep. 175

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #117 - Andrew H. Revisits

⬇️ 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...

Aug 17, 20241 hr 2 min

Best of Adult Child: CPTSD & Emotional Dysregulation w/ The Crappy Childhood Fairy

Anna Runkle - "The Crappy Childhood Fairy" - is on the pod today to talk about her crappy childhood having grown up in an alcoholic and poor family, how her unresolved trauma surfaced in adulthood, her realization that she was suffering from CPTSD, and the tool she created to combat emotional dysregulation - one the hallmark symptoms of the Adult Child Trauma Syndrome. Crappy Childhood Fairy on YouTube ⬇️DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly ...

Aug 14, 202458 min

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #116 - Navigating Conflict

⬇️ 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...

Aug 10, 202443 min

174 - From Chaos to Calm: Conflict Resolution Through the Lens of Trauma w/ Sharon Morrissey

Sharon Morrissey is a Mediator and Conflict Resolution practitioner, with 25 years of experience helping families and businesses successfully navigate conflict. We explore how our childhood experiences and the environment we grew up in shapes our default conflict style as adults, why managing trauma responses is the key to resolving conflict in a healthy way, and the impact of parental conflict on children. Sharon Morrissey Mediation Services ⬇️ DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMU...

Aug 07, 20241 hr 17 minSeason 1Ep. 174

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #115 - Claire C.

⬇️ 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...

Aug 03, 202436 min

173 - Secret Language of the Body: Somatic Healing w/ Karden Rabin

Karden Rabin is a Somatic Experiencing practitioner, the co-founder of Somia, and co-creator of the Heal Program specializing in treating nervous system-related illnesses. His newly published book The Secret Language of the Body: Regulate Your Nervous System, Heal Your Body, Free Your Mind is in-depth look at nervous system regulation, somatic therapy, Polyvagal theory, the vagus nerve, and the mind-body connection. Combining science-backed insights and hands-on techniques, The Secret Language o...

Jul 31, 20241 hr 15 minSeason 1Ep. 173

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #115 - Mind-Body Connection

⬇️ 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...

Jul 27, 202443 min

172 - Healing Childhood Wounds: Tim Fletcher on Trauma, Addiction, and Toxic Shame Part 2

Tim Fletcher is the founder and president of RE/ACT (Recovery Education for Addictions and Complex Trauma). He is a counselor himself, as well as a researcher and pastor. His YouTube channel is a wealth of resources on complex trauma and behavior patterns leading up to addiction with 24+ million views. ⬇️ 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) Supp...

Jul 24, 202453 minSeason 1Ep. 172

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #114 - Beth L.

⬇️ 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...

Jul 20, 202436 min

171 - Healing Childhood Wounds: Tim Fletcher on Trauma, Addiction, and Toxic Shame

Tim Fletcher is the founder and president of RE/ACT (Recovery Education for Addictions and Complex Trauma). He is a counselor himself, as well as a researcher and pastor. His YouTube channel is a wealth of resources on complex trauma and behavior patterns leading up to addiction with 24+ million views. ⬇️ 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) Supp...

Jul 17, 202458 minSeason 1Ep. 171

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #113 - Shame vs. Guilt

⬇️ 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...

Jul 13, 202429 min

170 - The Intersection of Trauma, ADHD and Toxic Family Dynamics w/ Kristen Carder

Kristen Carder is the host of the I Have ADHD podcast (7.5 million downloads) and a dually certified coach who has supported thousands of people with ADHD worldwide. Her extensive experience working with ADHDers began in 2012, and she now leads a global community of adults with ADHD in her coaching program, FOCUSED . Timestamps 8:20 – Coming to terms with your childhood trauma 15:22 - Breaking the fantasy bond that our parents and going no-contact 27:10 - How shame and the Inner Critic heightens...

Jul 10, 20241 hr 22 minSeason 1Ep. 170

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #112 - Grief, Growth & Friendships

A recording a recent Shitshow support group. Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families dive deep into the rollercoaster of emotions, personal growth, and the importance of authentic connections. Key takeaways : Embrace Emotions : It's crucial to accept and understand our feelings, no matter how difficult they may seem, for true emotional growth. Genuine Connections Matter : The struggle to maintain friendships as we get older highlights the importance of fostering genuine connections and a suppor...

Jul 06, 202443 min

169 - Narcissistic Parents, Relationship Relapses & Trauma Bonds w/ Jerry Wise

Jerry Wise , MA, MS, CLC has been a marriage and family therapist, addictions therapist, ACOA expert, and codependency expert with over 40 years of professional experience. As a self-differentiation and relationship systems coach, he uses his knowledge in family systems theory to help clients get unstuck from family dysfunction and find a true sense of Self. Free 84-Minute Training: 13 Practices to Build The Self You Were Never Allowed To Have T i me Stamps 9:10 - How "recycling" old coping mech...

Jul 03, 20241 hr 12 minSeason 1Ep. 169

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #111 - Jesse D.

⬇️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 29, 202441 min
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