Trauma Bonds in Relationships: Why People Stay and How They Rebuild
Trauma bonds in relationships can grow out of childhood neglect, people pleasing and a need to rescue others. That is what Serena Garcia describes in this conversation with Jeremy Van Wert, as she tells how foster care, group homes and a hard relationship shaped her, and why leaving was only the start of rebuilding who she is.
Toxic Family: Healing Childhood Trauma and Finding Adult Freedom
A toxic family can shape how you work, trust and love long after you leave home. Author Susan Gold, who wrote Toxic Family: Transcending Childhood Trauma into Adult Freedom, tells Jeremy Van Wert what she learned from her own upbringing, why talk therapy alone did not move her forward and what freedom means to her now.
Rebuilding Self Worth After a Painful Childhood, Through Fitness
Rebuilding self worth can begin with how you treat your body. That is the story of Linda Steele, a trainer and author who says lifting weights helped her see her life clearly after a childhood spent feeling unseen. In this conversation with Jeremy Van Wert, she explains how she faced childhood hurt, let toxic people go and learned to put herself first.