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Childhood and family
Honest conversations that uncover the invisible beliefs and emotional patterns shaping our lives. These are the episodes about childhood and family.
30 October 2026 · 00:41:45Emotional healing from childhood trauma and shame | Anne PeshkaWhy do some of us carry shame for what happened to us, and how can it begin to loosen? Emotional healing can begin when we start to see that what happened to us isn't who we are.
23 October 2026 · 00:39:37Self-worth: why you feel like you don't matter | Teresa McLellanWhy do you feel like you don't matter, even when you give so much? Self-worth can be shaped very early, and it can follow us into the way we love, give and make ourselves smaller.
19 October 2026 · 00:41:44People Pleasing: When Love Feels Like Something You Have to Earn | Joni WoodsHave you spent years trying to earn love by being good, agreeable and easy to be around? People pleasing can begin so early that we mistake it for who we are.
2 October 2026 · 00:52:21Identity After Trauma: You Are Not What Happened to You | Candice OlivierHow much of who you are was actually chosen? Identity is hard to separate from history, because a story you've carried since childhood doesn't announce itself as a story. It simply feels like you.
28 September 2026 · 00:40:51Self-Abandonment: When Your Perfect Life Stops Feeling Like Yours | Kim CostaHave you ever looked at a life you worked hard for and quietly wondered when it stopped being yours? Self-abandonment rarely arrives as a crisis. It usually arrives as being reasonable, for years.
21 September 2026 · 00:49:44How to Change Limiting Beliefs and Stop Feeling Stuck | Giorgia BettiliHave you ever felt stuck without knowing why? Limiting beliefs and subconscious patterns can quietly shape what we think is possible, even when life looks fine from the outside.
11 September 2026 · 00:43:08She Left the Job But Kept Grading Her Own Worth | Connie Kwan on Self-Worth & Identity ChangeWhy does your sense of self-worth disappear the moment there's nothing left to point to? Have you ever finished a day with nothing "produced" and felt strangely uneasy about it, like the day didn't qu
4 September 2026 · 00:50:18Why We Say Yes When We Really Mean No | Kirsty Tait on People Pleasing & BoundariesWhy do we keep saying yes to things we don't want to do, even when it leaves us feeling resentful and exhausted? People pleasing often begins in places so small we barely notice them.
21 August 2026 · 00:43:36Why We Repeat the Same Relationship Patterns | Dr Judith Swack on Unconscious Beliefs & Self-WorthWhy do we keep repeating the same painful relationship patterns, even when we desperately want things to change?
17 August 2026 · 00:53:04I Had to Stop Abandoning Myself | Claira J on Mother Wounds, Self-Worth & Finding Your VoiceSome of our deepest wounds don't come from dramatic moments—they come from the quiet absence of feeling truly seen.
5 June 2026 · 00:36:36Self-Abandonment: I Adapted Until I Slowly Stopped Being Me | Valerie RitchieHave you ever looked around your life and quietly wondered:
26 May 2026 · 00:47:52Performing Strength vs. Living Truthfully | Riham El Hawary on Burnout & MidlifeWhat happens when the role you’ve spent your whole life performing suddenly disappears?
18 March 2026 · 00:42:23When Success Isn’t Enough: Maria Marali on Burnout, Tantra & Reclaiming Your BodyOutwardly, Marali had built the perfect life. A successful corporate career across Europe. Financial independence. Achievement. Discipline.
26 February 2026 · 00:44:25Reclaiming Your Body in Midlife - Terry Tateossian on Trauma, Weight Gain & Self-SabotageWhy is it that you can show up for everyone else… build a career, raise a family, carry responsibility… but when it comes to yourself, something unravels?