Searching for Christopher Robin

Christopher Robin with Keoni Productions

I used to have a different name. Before the adoption. Before the memories blurred. Before survival became a priority. That name was Christopher Robin. This podcast is what happens when you go back to find the person you used to be, question the person you could have been, and learn to accept the person you are.

Episodes

  1. May 2

    Searching for Christopher Robin: The Green House

    Episode 6 takes place in The Green House, where two very different emotional worlds existed side by side. On one side were Miss V and Henry — gentle, warm, and nurturing. Their piano, her singing, and the smell of cookies became my first true sanctuary. It was one of the few places where I felt safe, even if only for moments.But this same period also held confusion and manipulation that I didn’t yet understand.In this episode, I reflect on:Miss V and Henry — the first safe adults in my storyThe piano, singing, cookies… my temporary sanctuaryBeing grounded again at age seven without understanding whyBeing forced to stay inside during the summerAccidentally walking in on “pillow talk.”The increasing manipulation and mental controlBeing controlled through his last name — and the forced use of “Dad.”Living here briefly, maybe a lease or lessThe transition toward the final move into the “Childhood Home.”This is the chapter where safety and manipulation lived in the same house, where moments of sweetness were overshadowed by confusion, fear, and psychological control.It’s the place where I first began questioning what “family” and “love” were supposed to feel like — and what they actually felt like to me.⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of childhood trauma, emotional manipulation, and distressing events. Listener discretion is advised.The search continues — through the walls of the Green House.

    1h 7m
  2. May 2

    Searching for Christopher Robin: The Yellow House

    Episode 5 takes us into The Yellow House, also known as the Phillips House — a home that left a lifelong mark. This is where I first became aware of my own mortality, and where fear took on a shape it still holds today.This episode centers around the Hallway Event, a moment so powerful that, to this day, I still do not know what triggered it. All I know is that it changed me. The immobilizing night-frights I still have as an adult come directly from this house, and from that hallway.In this episode, I reflect on:Becoming aware, for the first time, that I could dieThe Hallway Event — and the lifelong fear that followedGood Cop / Bad Cop dynamicsA kitten offered as “peace.”The Winnie the Pooh incidentRecognizing manipulation — and learning to use it as a survival skillRealizing that at age six, I had already become a master manipulator to protect myselfSchools merging, going from a small brick schoolhouse to a larger district schoolWhy “everyone being new” became important laterThis episode explores the complicated survival instincts children develop when trapped in unpredictability and fear: manipulation, emotional masking, splitting behaviors, and early awareness of danger.This is not a graphic episode.It is about fear, mortality, and how survival behaviors begin long before we realize what they are.⚠️ Content Warning: This episode discusses childhood trauma, emotional manipulation, fear responses, and psychologically distressing events. Listener discretion is advised.The search continues — into the house that taught me fear.

    53 min
  3. May 2

    Searching for Christopher Robin: The White House

    In Episode 4, I revisit a period I refer to as “The White House,” a chapter of my childhood marked by the earliest signs of grooming, manipulation, and emotional confusion. This is where affection became a weapon, boundaries disappeared, and the foundations of fear and instability were built. During this time, I experienced: The beginning of sexual abuse, Grooming through affection, forced closeness, kisses, Being “grounded” for the first time — and not understanding what that meant. Destroying my mother’s wedding dress, cutting the hair on all of my stuffed animals, stabbing holes into the closet wall. My best friend lives across the highway, and I got into trouble trying to get his attention. The Disney Trip of 1976: Hotboxed for hours in a 2-door Monte Carlo, nearly run off the road by 18-wheelers due to “drafting.”Being dangled over the edge of a lighthouse by the stepfather. The birth of my lifelong fear of heights and falling. This episode is about the moment childhood innocence was replaced with confusion, fear, and emotional chaos. It’s about recognizing grooming for what it was, even if I had no language for it back then. This is not a graphic retelling. It is a reflection on how manipulation begins quietly, how fear hides behind affection, and how a child absorbs worlds they never should have had to understand.⚠️ Content Warning: This episode discusses grooming, early signs of sexual abuse, emotional manipulation, and traumatic childhood events. Listener discretion is advised.The search continues — into the places where fear first took root.

    56 min
  4. May 2

    Searching for Christopher Robin: How it All Began

    In Episode 3 of Searching for Christopher Robbin, I revisit the earliest memories that stayed with me—the moments where childhood shifted, and life no longer felt stable or safe.This episode focuses on my first reliable memory and a series of life-changing events that occurred around the age of five, beginning with a move from a farm to an apartment. It wasn’t just a change of location—it meant leaving behind real friendships, familiarity, and a sense of belonging that had already formed.In this episode, I reflect on:My first reliable childhood memoryMoving at age five from a farm to an apartmentLosing long-term friendships, not just classmatesWalking through a working sawmill at age five or six to get to schoolThe story of two kittensThe beginning of mental and emotional abuseWitnessing my first experience with adult violenceThe bowling ball fightMoving back to my hometown shortly after, less than one year later, still in first gradeMy first experience with trauma and manipulationThis episode explores how early disruption, fear, and exposure to violence began shaping my emotional world before I had the words to understand what was happening.I also begin answering an important question:How did these experiences impact me—and how do they still show up today?This is not a graphic or sensationalized episode.It is a reflection on how trauma can quietly take root in childhood and follow us into adulthood.⚠️ Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of childhood trauma and exposure to violence. Listener discretion is advised. The Search begins-Back to where it all began.

    51 min

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I used to have a different name. Before the adoption. Before the memories blurred. Before survival became a priority. That name was Christopher Robin. This podcast is what happens when you go back to find the person you used to be, question the person you could have been, and learn to accept the person you are.