Adult Child

Andrea Ashley 509 - 248 - When Your Body Has the Memory and You Don't: Repressed Memories & Somatic Healing w/ Dr. Deniz Ahmadinia

Adult Child dives deep into the lasting effects of growing up in dysfunctional families—unpacking complex and relational trauma, codependency, toxic shame, and addiction patterns with raw vulnerability and unapologetic authenticity.

Hosted by Andrea Ashley, a recovering shitshow with 17 years sober, each episode shares unfiltered insights, expert conversations, and practical tools to heal your nervous system and break free from the cycles that hold you back.

Whether you’re an adult child of alcoholics or from a dysfunctional family, navigating toxic relationships, or healing your inner child, this is your no-BS space for healing. New episodes every Wednesday & Saturday.

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Episodes

248 - When Your Body Has the Memory and You Don't: Repressed Memories & Somatic Healing w/ Dr. Deniz Ahmadinia

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #222 – What You Hide Hardest

247 - What Happens When Only One of You Does the Work: Family Role Dynamics and What Repair Actually Takes w/ Dr. Angelica Shiels

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #221 – Getting the Support You Need

246 - Finding a Trauma Therapist Who Won't Harm You: Red Flags, Self-Disclosure & What to Ask w/ Amber Trejo & Megan Walsh

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #220 – 5 Kinds of Fears

245 - The Other Side of Fear: Life After the Wound Stops Being Your Identity w/ Bethany Webster

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #219 – Nicole F.

244 - What Lives in Your Shadow: A Jungian Approach to Complex Trauma w/ Hannah Fraser Moore

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #218 – Turning Toward Self: Inside Safe Within

243 - The Caregiving Trap: When the Parent You're Estranged From Becomes Your Responsibility w/ Katherine St. Claire

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #217 – Imposter Syndrome

242 - Imposter Syndrome Through the Lens of CPTSD: Confronting the Fraud Inside

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #216 – The Return of Haley

241 - Inside an Emotional Flashback: Recognizing One, Surviving One & What's Underneath

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #215 – Things You Learned Were Normal That Never Were

240 - Borderline or Abandoned? What Separates a Personality Disorder From Untreated Relational Trauma w/ Susan Anderson

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #214 – Lynda S.

239 - Chronically Stuck in Your Head: How Trauma-Informed Mindfulness Quiets the Overthinking Mind w/ Joe Flanders

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #213 – The Return of Moustache Mike

238 - The Deathbed Reckoning: Facing Unhealed Trauma and Family Wounds at the End w/ Kat Courtney

Shitshow Saturday #212 - When Scarcity Fuses With Self-Worth

237 - Stopping The War Within: Understanding Your Patterns Through Parts w/ Britt Frank

Shitshow Saturday #211 - Why Asking For Help is Hard

236 - The ADHD Nervous System: Rewiring What Your Body Needs to Actually Function w/ Kristen Carder

Shitshow Saturday #210 - Why We Struggle Socially

235 - The Obligation Myth: What You Owe the Parent Who Hurt You w/ Lisa Stinson

Shitshow Saturday #209 - Ana S.

234 - Wired for Abandonment: How Somatic Work Heals What Talk Therapy Can't w/ Valerie Rubin

Shitshow Saturday #208 - Wanting to Be Chosen

233 - The Gift of Grief: When Loss Becomes the Door You Couldn't Open On Your Own w/ Joe Ryan

Shitshow Saturday #207 - How Do I Know I'm Healing?

232 - Healing Together: A Couple's Journey Through Repressed Trauma w/ Tarah & EJ Kerwin

Shitshow Saturday #206 - Impossible Self-Expectations

231 - Why Your Relationships Keep Triggering You Even After You've Done the Work w/ Patrick Teahan

Shitshow Saturday #205 - The Return of Sam B.

230 - The Shame Triangle: The Inner War That's Keeping You Stuck w/ Jessica Fern & David Cooley

Shitshow Saturday #204 - When Your Parent Shared Too Much or Not Enough

229 - The Codependency Bottom: When Sobriety Cracks Open the Trauma Underneath w/ David Deane Haskel

Shitshow Saturday #203 - Why Can't I Just Let Myself Feel Good?

228 - Bracing for Impact: Why Trauma Blocks Joy & Good-Feeling Emotions w/ Jeannine Rashidi

Shitshow Saturday #201 - When Healing Dismantles "Truth"

227 - Daughters of Narcissistic Fathers: The Golden Child's Grief w/ Taylor Pearl

Shitshow Saturday #200 - The Return of Jenny

226 - Losing Yourself in Love: Why You Become Whoever They Need You to Be w/ Tammy Sollenberger

Shitshow Saturday #199 - The 4 Alarms of Hypervigilance

225 - The Deepest Wounds, the Darkest Shame: Covert Incest, Relapse & Radical Self-Compassion w/ Paul Gilmartin

Shitshow Saturday #198 - The Return of Nate

224 - Scared to Be Seen: Finding Authenticity Through Parts Work w/ Jesse Deal

Shitshow Saturday #197 - Wendy N.