Adult Children In Recovery - Moving From Insanity To Serenity

Adult Children In Recovery - Moving From Insanity To Serenity

Growing Up With Insanity & Choosing Serenity As Your "New Normal" Reality Adult Children In Recovery is a podcast that serves to empower, inspire & provide practical solutions to anyone struggling as a result of complex and repeated early childhood stress, abuse & trauma. As a survivor of emotionally unhealthy, unsafe & wounded adult child parenting, I know how important it is to heal and recover with compassionate self-care practices from childhood trauma. I'm here to remind you none of the stress, confusion, abuse or neglect was your fault but were passed onto you. Each episode features inspiring stories & guidance from speakers, therapists, coaches, teachers & authors who have not only survived childhood trauma, but who share powerful yet gentle tools & techniques to help you learn how to navigate your feelings, trust your intuition & become your own loving parent. For more information on how to find a support group, visit www. adutchildren.org If you would like to support my channel. please like & subscribe to my podcast. Blessings on your healing journey, Vandana Atara Aura For More Healing Resources, Visit: Https://Vandanalighthealing.com

Episodes

December 21, 2024 31 mins

Greetings Adult Child,

On this episode, I sat down with returning guest and therapist Phyllis Leavitt who is the author of America In Therapy where we talked about when unhealed childhood trauma can get the best of us and even create toxic relationships.

We spoke about the potential danger when untreated wounds create a sense of entitlement and misuse of power when unhealthy family dynamics are not examined which ...

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Re-Writing Childhood Trauma Scripts

Greetings Resilient Adult Child,

Thank you for joining me for episode 24 where I sat down for a raw & real healing conversation with trauma informed business & leadership coach Denise G Lee.

We talked about the lifelong impact of unhealed childhood wounds, spiritual injuries & emotional scars and how we can slowly recover when we connect with safe healers, teachers & a community that...

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October 16, 2024 41 mins

CHILDHOOD BETRAYAL TRAUMA

Welcome to episode #23 of my Adult Child In Recovery Podcast!

On this show, I spoke with Ria Flanagan, a compassionate trauma coach & counselor. She’s an  MA MFT, LISAC, CSAT, CMAT, owns and operates a private practice supervising associate counselors and provides coaching and consultation services. She is the author of the book Happiness is an Inside Job Playbook and hosts a podcast, Happiness Playbook ...

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September 29, 2024 40 mins

Boundary Setting For Adiult Children

Thank you for tuning into another episode of Adult Children In Recovery!

I had so much fun speaking with a fellow adult child traveler who spoke in depth about her own recovery process, how she was able to come out of denial and practice healthy boundary setting in her most significant and closest adult relationships!

Barb Nangle is a boundaries coach, speaker and the ...

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September 13, 2024 50 mins

In this episode, I had the honor & pleasure to speak to a fellow inner child coach who shed so much light on how she was able to heal, recover from years of multi-generational religious trauma & deprogram her inner child from stressful fear-based thinking & learn how to regulate her emotional nervous system.

Alicia Farricielli holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Metaphysical Science, B.Msc., and has cultivated a 20-ye...

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 Hello Adult Children,

Today I welcomed back one of my most requested guests Phyllis Leavitt to unpack the potential danger when our inner childhood wounds, abuse & trauma remain buried and unhealed and how the toxic after effects of being raised in an abusive and dysfunctional home may and often do negatively affect all of us on in our adult relationships and why every one of us benefits from therapy.

Phyllis & I discussed t...

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August 12, 2024 40 mins

Greetings Adult Child,

On this episode, I met with the "un-doctor" Dr Fred Moss who shares that you may not have a mental illness and there may be absolutely nothing wrong with you.

Dr. Fred Moss is a mental health advocate/psychiatrist serving in many capacities: keynote speaker, psychiatry expert witness, podcaster, mental health coach, and teacher. A desire to help people be real and heard has been th...

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August 4, 2024 50 mins

Greetings To All Adult Children,

It was my honor & pleasure to sit in conversation with a narcissistic coach & therapist in today's latest Adult Child In Recovery Podcast.

About Darren Elliott

Darren is a warm and compassionate story teller who has an exceptional perspective as both a survivor of narcissistic abuse and now a coach and therapist specializing in this field. His personal journey, from victim to therapist, pr...

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July 27, 2024 41 mins

Greetings Beautiful Adult Child,

In my latest adult child in recovery podcast, I sat down with Katharine Giovanni, an amazing author, speaker & forgiveness facilitator!

Katharine's a three-time award-winning best-selling author, speaker, and one of the original founders of the independent concierge industry. Katharine has authored over twelve books, including her latest release, 'The Ultimate Path to Forgiveness: Unlock...

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July 16, 2024 23 mins

Greetings Adult Child,

I sat down with an internal family systems practitioner and spoke about how this healing system can heal the wounded parts of us that can overtake our nervous system leading to chronic anxiety, worry & not allowing our core self, wisdom & gifts to shine through and be expressed.

I hope you listen, like & subscribe to my Adult Child Podcast if you're interested in making peace with the...

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July 16, 2024 42 mins

Greetings Adult Child In Recovery,

On this latest episode, I spoke with therapist & author Shannon Petrovich about how to heal and recovery from narcissistic abuse and toxic relationships.

I hope you find the guidance, recommendations & conversations helpful and give you greater clarity and peace of mind on your healing journey.

About Shannon:

Shannon is a therapist, author, and YouTube c...

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Greetings Adult Child Family,

In this episode, I had the pleasure of sitting in conversation with a truly courageous soul who overcame years of hardship, struggle & abuse in childhood and how she was able to pause and recover from the debilitating symptoms of complex ptsd.

Dr. Jeanne was diagnosed with Panic Disorder in 2015 which forced her to reconsider her life path and views on mental illness. Facing a health and soul crisis,...

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March 15, 2024 47 mins

Greetings Beautiful Adult Child,

In this latest adult child podcast, I interviewed Damla Atkien, a kindred spirit and inner child trauma informed energy healer.

Damla shared how she views the clouds as unhealed wounds and the stars as our inner childs shining light and she also spoke about Goddess Innana that we can call upon as our greatest ally to help us die and be reborn again.

She guided us through a...

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March 14, 2024 45 mins

Greetings Adult Child.

In my latest episode, I sat down with an amazingly gifted author & magical manifestor who shared her personal journey of how she was able to move beyond surviving in a dysfunctional home as a parentified child and develop new tools to thrive & grow into becoming her own loving parent.

Susan was raised in a challenging and chaotic family system, the middle child of five & wound up...

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March 5, 2024 42 mins

Thank you for watching my latest episode where I had an enlightening & empowering conversation about the adult child journey with my special guest Leslie Lindsey Davis.

We discussed the importance of honoring our authentic feelings and becoming our own loving parent & feel safe being seen, heard & remember to trust that we are all perfect just the way we are.

Leslie discussed her own life journey and h...

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March 2, 2024 50 mins

Generational Family Trauma

Join me & my special guest Tracey Yokas the author of Bloodlines & childhood trauma survivor in a conversation about strength, hope, resilience & the healing recovery process.

In this episode, Tracey speaks candidly about being raised by emotionally unavailable, neglectful & immature parents and how she was able to overcome years of chaos, confusion & dysfunction and ...

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February 1, 2024 44 mins

I truly enjoyed learning about how to heal childhood trauma with MDMA Therapy and how to demystify what it really is and how it may help you recover from years of abuse or neglect in our most important & precious developmental years and even while we're in utero in our birth Mothers womb.


Jill Sitnick is the founder of The Journey Sage, an educational platform that demystifies MDMA Therapy for PTSD to help dispel the s...

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Dear Adult Child Listeners.

I recently sat down with Dr Joy Bracey & had a heart opening & mind blowing conversation about adult childrens trauma response to eating our feelings which soothed our developing nervous system, helped us feel safe & calmed us down when no adult caregiver was available or able to and how we can love ourselves free of the past with self-care tools to stay present with mindfulness. awa...

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December 20, 2023 51 mins

This episode features Kimberly Braun, A Minister, M.A., Reiki Master, Author,
Speaker, Retreat Leader & Meditation Coach & TEDx Speaker, Former Meditation Faculty At The Omega Institute & Inspirational Podcast Presenter


Kimberly was impelled from earliest childhood experiences & has spent over a decade as a monastic nun exploring the path of Presence. With a master's in theology, she lives to ...

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November 30, 2023 46 mins

Welcome To My Adult Child In Recovery Podcast!


My special guest today is author, speaker & licensed marriage & family therapist Melody Murray who shares how to heal & recover from childhood grief, loss & trauma & has written a new book called "Mourning The Living - When The Loved One You've Lost Is Still Living"


Melody discussed her own family of origin toxic patterns & battles with fa...

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