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Adult Child

Therapist Shares Most Profound Transformations from Childhood Trauma w/ Catherine Gildiner (BEST OF ADULT CHILD)

Adult Child

Andrea

Relationships, Health & Fitness, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

How do the shadows of childhood shape the light of our future?

Catherine Gildiner, an acclaimed clinical psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery, unveils the profound transformations that emerge from the darkest of childhood traumas.

  • Cathy shares insights from her therapy sessions, exploring how new understandings of love and relationships can radically alter one’s life.
  • The long-term effects of traumatic childhood experiences and their role in shaping personal and emotional development.
  • How our unique coping mechanisms that we adopt in response to childhood trauma hold the keys to our healing
  • Why timing in therapy is crucial for effective emotional healing and recovery.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Healing comes from gathering wisdom from past actions and letting go of the pain that the education costs you.

0:07.4

My name is Andrea and this is Adult Child.

0:22.0

What's your you slow now?

0:25.2

Let it all go

0:26.4

Welcome back to a little child

0:28.3

Where we take a deep dive into the impact of growing up in a dysfunctional family.

0:33.7

Ahoy, my dear shit shows.

0:36.1

For any new listeners, my name is Andrea.

0:38.3

I am a total incomplete shit show and I am the captain of this hot mess of a ship.

0:44.7

And if you're wondering what the hell is an adult child, it is someone who grew up in a dysfunctional family whose unresolved childhood wounds are surfacing in adulthood and not in a good way.

0:58.3

Okay, not in a good way.

0:59.6

What does this look like?

1:01.2

People pleasing, approval seeking, an inability to say no, an overdeveloped sense of responsibility,

1:06.7

a track record of toxic relationships, whether that be in romance, friendship, work, a tendency to stay in relationships way past their due date, fear of people and authority figures, an addiction to negative excitement, aka drama, chaos, a deep fear of abandonment, an inability to feel emotions, having reactions that are

1:29.9

out of proportion to the situation at hand, low self-esteem, highly judgmental of oneself and

1:36.5

others. And if you related to, let's say, three or more of those, you are definitely in the right

1:43.6

place, okay? So for those of you who may not

1:46.1

know, I am currently deep in the process of reimagining and relaunching this podcast. So after a

1:54.4

profound period of breakdown that led to incredible breakthroughs, both personally and creatively, I am more excited than ever

2:04.5

to share with you the next chapter of this journey. This next phase is all about transformation.

2:11.3

Think of it as adult child 2.0 filled with even more heart and soul and raw truth.

2:17.4

We will be exploring new depths

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