How Trauma Responses Shape Us as Adults

We were handed a blueprint for what a “good life” is supposed to look like: fall in love, get married, buy the house, have kids, build a career, and stay together. But what happens when you achieve the life you were supposed to want and realize it doesn’t actually feel like yours ...  Show more

Being in love and loving someone aren’t always the same thing. Being in love can be about chemistry, longing, fantasy, desire, and the way someone makes you feel. But loving someone asks something harder: can you keep seeing who they actually are as they change? Can you stay curi ...  Show more

Today I have a very special guest, Dr. Nima Rahmany, a good friend and a retired chiropractor who now teaches people how to break free from trauma bonds. In this episode we explore the concept of 'fawning' - a trauma response where individuals suppress their true feelings to plea ...  Show more

Physical and emotional trauma can have a profound impact on our lives and we may not even realize it. Listen to today's show for a holistic approach to treating trauma, it's link to your digestion and much more. In this episode with Dr. Ellen Cutler we discuss relationship advice ...  Show more

Listen Closely For: - Debunking the myth that adults cannot be abandoned - The impact of developmental trauma on adult behavior - The importance of taking responsibility in relationships - The damage caused by abandonment at any age - Understanding the truth about abandonment ...

In this episode I discuss how we make sense of trauma when it is happening, and how these meanings impact us long term. I discuss what it means to reprocess trauma by focusing on meanings and learnings instead of specific incidents and autobiographical memories. o view Kinas reso ...  Show more