Why We Struggle – Trauma and Relationships

Valentina Levant
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*Why We Struggle* explores developmental and relational trauma, attachment, anxiety, perfectionism, self-worth and the relationship patterns we can understand intellectually but still struggle to change. Hosted by trauma therapist Valentina Levant, the podcast looks beyond symptoms to the nervous system, early relationships and the adaptations we developed when important emotional needs could not be met. Why do we keep reacting in ways that no longer serve us? Why can insight and even years of therapy sometimes leave certain patterns untouched? And what actually makes deeper change possible?

Episodes

  1. Aug 11

    Invisible Trauma

    Childhood trauma doesn't always look like trauma. It can appear as anxiety, perfectionism, relationship difficulties, or the persistent feeling that something is wrong with you — even when you understand yourself remarkably well. In this first episode of Why We Struggle, trauma therapist Valentina Levant explores developmental and attachment trauma, the role of the nervous system, and why insight alone doesn't always create change. What we struggle with today may once have been an intelligent way of adapting to what we couldn't change.

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*Why We Struggle* explores developmental and relational trauma, attachment, anxiety, perfectionism, self-worth and the relationship patterns we can understand intellectually but still struggle to change. Hosted by trauma therapist Valentina Levant, the podcast looks beyond symptoms to the nervous system, early relationships and the adaptations we developed when important emotional needs could not be met. Why do we keep reacting in ways that no longer serve us? Why can insight and even years of therapy sometimes leave certain patterns untouched? And what actually makes deeper change possible?

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