The Crappy Childhood Fairy Podcast with Anna Runkle

Oh Anna, if I had only found you 30 years ago! The trauma in my and my hubby’s childhood has kept us together for over 40 years, but we’ve not been on the “same team” the whole time. Neither of us could stand the thought of abandoning the other or being abandoned because we knew what that felt like.(Thanks for explaining “Abandonment Melange”). Now after listening to your podcasts for only one year, he and I are BEST FRIENDS. We have a long way to go but you have been more helpful than I can ever say. God Bless you, Anna! You’re an amazing person. Don’t forget about all of us when you become even more famous than you already are!!

I’ve been searching for a LONG time for podcasts to listen to on overcoming trauma. I felt a disconnect from every one I listened to until the crappy childhood fairy came into my life, waved her magic wand, and gave me the hope and understanding I needed to keep working on myself. Anna Runkle understands C-PTSD, what it feels like, and how to heal from it. This podcast gave me the kick I needed to start somatic therapy after years of damaging and unsuccessful talk therapy and losing faith in the healing process. Tomorrow I start somatic therapy for the first time with a new therapist. Thanks, Anna Runkle 💓. Wish me luck!

Amelia, you are not alone in this. I’m 63, & still dealing with it. Keep your head up, keep calm, hug yourself and keep loving & caring for you, you are important to us 💐🌈💖

I love what Anna has done to raise awareness of CPTSD and generally is a great resource when first getting familiar with one’s trauma patterns. What I don’t appreciate how she makes fun of therapy, and even of inner child work, for example. And, confusingly, her biggest advertiser is for better help, which is therapy. I don’t get it. In her Sept 4 podcast, she was saying that the woman shouldn’t be saying “a part of me feels this way” because that’s somehow disassociating. I totally disagree. Internal family systems therapy (IFS) is very helpful for trauma recovery, and that work is specifically about relating to the parts in us that are scared or angry, or even wise. This is all about reparenting and becoming that parent to ourselves and all of the fragmented parts within that have done all these desperate things to help us survive. This isn’t disassociation, this is unblending so we can see these parts of us more clearly, the roles they have been trying to play to protect us, and then ultimately integrate them. I completely agree with her that talk therapy can actually be re-traumatizing, but some therapy can be super helpful.