When History Repeats: The Golden Child Gets Betrayed
In this episode, Patrick Teahan, MSW, explores a difficult and personal topic: how abusive family dynamics can scale into larger systems, and what happens when legal authority functions like an abusiv...
2 Maalis 37min
My Highschool Bully
In this episode, Patrick, explores why memories of school bullies can still feel visceral years later, even after you have done a lot of healing work. Using a poll with over 2,000 participants, Patric...
25 Helmi 34min
The Feeling of Being “In Trouble”
In this episode, Patrick Teahan, MSW, explores the baseline feeling of being “in trouble”, that constant sense that someone is mad at you, you did something wrong, or you are about to be shamed. He br...
11 Helmi 19min
Ireland—Where Flashbacks Pass Away
In this episode, Patrick shares a personal story about what it can look like when long-held trauma responses begin to loosen after years of recovery work and how flashbacks can shift into quieter mome...
4 Helmi 29min
Was This Your Family? (9 Oddly Specific Family Issues)
In this episode, Patrick Teahan, MSW, explores nine rarely named but deeply damaging family dynamics that quietly shape childhood trauma and follow people into adulthood. Rather than focusing on sympt...
16 Tammi 34min
5 Types of Lost Childhood Personalities
This episode explores how childhood trauma and emotionally unsafe parenting can cause us to lose touch with our original personality, the self we were born with before survival, compliance, and shame ...
5 Tammi 28min
Why Are Victims Expected to Do All the Work?
This episode tells the story of Thomas, a survivor who went no contact with his abusive father after a public meltdown at his wedding, and how the world around him quietly blames him for the relations...
17 Marras 202524min
Toxic Mothers and the Impact on Daughters
This episode explores how growing up with a toxic or emotionally unavailable mother can shape a daughter’s sense of worth, identity, and boundaries, and how to finally break free. Rather than focusing...
24 Loka 202546min
