Podcast Episodes

3.6b Overcoming spiraling conflicts in trauma-impacted relationships

Season 3 Episode 6

Ever feel like "the issue" isn't really "the issue" in relational conflict? That's because the real issue is buried under layers of protective instincts that keep us unable to fully connect or commun…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

3.6a. Lost love and authentic connection; the fragmented brain explanation

Season 3 Episode 6

Why do we start close relationships and love connections feeling one way... only to watch them disintegrate, become survival-based, and turn into "resentment"?

Let's walk through the easiest explanat…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

3.5 Shadow parts vs. successful relationships | Internal VIT for healthy connections

Season 3 Episode 5

We MFs struggle to begin or maintain healthy relationship dynamics, with a lot of externalized finger pointing about why. "Abusers just flock to me." But the truth is, the abuse recreation is mutual …

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Special release | "Ah Hell Naw" Learned obstacles to forming close relationships

Why don't we sign up for close connections anymore? Especially after learning about our CPTSD patterns?

It's an episode pulled from the private Fort! Let's talk about relationship hangups from an exp…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

3.4 Vulnerability, Intimacy, and Trust Issues in Relationship

Season 3 Episode 4

"So how do you feel about relationships? 

Complicated? 

You want them? You despise them? You fear them? You long for them? You try them? You exit them rapidly? Or you try to? You get stuck in them? And…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

3.3. Subconscious Self-loathing

Season 3 Episode 3

So you're doing your damndest to be "your best self." Maybe you're confident and comfortable in your identity these days. But, at the same time, you still find that self-condemnation is a big part of…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Hardening versus Healing

Today, sharing a mini essay I wrote for another platform, where controversial perspectives are the topic of conversation.

In so much of this "trauma recovery game" we're inspired to hunker down agains…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

3.2. Healing self-contradicting brains with Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy

Season 3 Episode 2

Ever feel like you've got a whole household of people contained in one skull? Fighting, just like they did in your family home? Turns out, that's normal. 

Today, let's talk about Internal Family Syste…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

3.1. Loneliness and Isolation in CPTSD

Season 3 Episode 1

Surprise, we're back! Keeping up with the private stream's topic of the month, we're here to talk about Loneliness. Let's discuss the varieties of loneliness, the trends that start in childhood and p…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

2.12. Challenges of breaking the cycle | AKA - generational upset, NC, a new world

Season 2 Episode 12

Let's talk about the opposition we face during trauma recovery - namely, from our social contacts who aren't ready to have their own histories and perspectives pulled into focus. And, let's discuss t…

Published on 3 years ago