Everyone knows that trauma in childhood can cause problems later in life, but until recently, we totally misunderstood how this happens. Here are four myths that have dominated our [...]
Here's an excerpt from my new online course, Healing Childhood PTSD. Here I talk about three negative emotions that can hijack a person's thoughts, driving negative impulses and then, [...]
https://youtu.be/dwlZyy6eHIE VIDEO TRANSCRIPT: Hi. I’m Anna Runkle also known as the Crappy Childhood Fairy. Today, I’m really excited, because I get to answer a reader question and I love [...]
When we talk about trauma, we are usually referring to the things done TO us — childhood abuse and neglect, growing up poor, violence by a partner, exposure to [...]
Today you’d probably lump me in with the middle class, but I carry some residue of having grown up poor. I work with people who work hard to help the [...]
https://youtu.be/fLHN8SGQwyw This week, my video talks about the seeming cloud that can hang over folks who who went through a lot of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). It’s a cloud [...]
https://youtu.be/CaWhQvcdL3o Well, it’s what we suspected all along… A new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows that stress from childhood is linked with a diminished awareness of looming [...]
https://youtu.be/ainEZwlnmc8 If you grew up with a lot of childhood crap, you probably know a thing or two about broken down relationships! And sometimes, sometimes, it’s we who did [...]
https://youtu.be/vNsCOCnMcK4 If you'd like to learn more about healing disconnection and forming better relationships, you may want to check out my new course, "Healing Childhood PTSD" . It's a self-paced course [...]
In the last couple of weeks, the “Me Too” campaign has prompted lots and lots of women to start speaking up about experiences they’ve had being raped, sexually abused [...]
