Andrea Ashley

Adult Child

Raw, honest, and a little unhinged - Adult Child dives into the lasting impact of growing up in a dysfunctional family. Host Andrea Ashley, a recovering shitshow with 17 years sober, unpacks complex trauma, codependency, and inner child healing with unapologetic authenticity and zero BS.

Author

Andrea Ashley

Category

Education

Podcast website

redcircle.com

Latest episode

Jul 11, 2026

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Episodes

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #124 - Laundry List Trait 2 "We became approval seekers and lost our identity in the process" 05.10.2024

⬇️ DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY ⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat 📰 SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱   www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH...

181 - Healing Childhood PTSD: Emotional Dysregulation, Toxic Relationship Patterns & Limerence w/ The Crappy Childhood Fairy Anna Runkle 02.10.2024

The Crappy Childhood Fairy, Anna Runkle joins us to discuss her newly published book - Re-Regulated: Set Your Life Free from Childhood PTSD and the Trauma-Driven Behaviors That Keep You Stuck . Through her guidance, readers can break out of self-defeating patterns, calm triggers, and move toward a life of growth and healing by providing practical steps to recognize and manage dysregulation. 🔑 Key...

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #123 - Grant 28.09.2024

⬇️ DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY ⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat 📰 SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱   www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH...

180 - Unearthing Repressed Memories Through Somatic Healing w/ Body Psychotherapist Naomi Morad 25.09.2024

Naomi Morad is a body psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience, specializing in brain spotting, parts work, and inner child healing. Her practice focuses on helping individuals heal unresolved childhood trauma and reclaim their emotional well-being. After sinking into a deep depression following the birth of her second child, she began working with a body psychotherapist and made the power...

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #122 - Karen W. 21.09.2024

⬇️ DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY ⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat 📰 SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱   www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH...

179 - Accountability in Relationships: Sibling Dynamics, Healthy Anger, and Friendship Breakups w/ Michelle Farris 18.09.2024

Michelle Farris is a psychotherapist, codependency expert, and anger management, specialist. She’s been featured in The Daily Positive, BossMom, Psych Central, The Good Men Project, and Your Tango just to name a few. Her relationship recovery helps people go from relationships that don’t serve them, to learning how to trust themselves and create mutually satisfying connections that work. Michelle...

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #121 - Heal Your Fear of Abandonment 14.09.2024

BREATHE TO HEAL: A 6-Week Journey of Somatic Release  - Get your spot here LIMITED CAPACITY -->  adultchildpodcast.com/breathetoheal 🚨 CYCLE BREAKER SUMMIT: REPARENTING OURSELVES -  GET YOUR FREE TICKET HERE 🚨 ⬇️ DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY ⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 p...

178 - How a Seasoned Therapist Ended Up with a Narcissist (Part 2): Confronting Autism & Narcissistic Friendships w/ Kerry McAvoy, PhD 11.09.2024

BREATHE TO HEAL: A 6-Week Journey of Somatic Release  - Get your spot here LIMITED CAPACITY -->  adultchildpodcast.com/breathetoheal 🚨 CYCLE BREAKER SUMMIT: REPARENTING OURSELVES -  GET YOUR FREE TICKET HERE 🚨 Kerry McAvoy,  PhD, a mental health clinician with over 20 years of counseling experience and a narcissistic abuse survivor. Now help men and women who have left an abusive relationship...

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #120 - Laundry List Trait 1: Fear of People and Authority Figures 07.09.2024

BREATHE TO HEAL: A 6-Week Journey of Somatic Release  - Get your spot here LIMITED CAPACITY -->  adultchildpodcast.com/breathetoheal 🚨 CYCLE BREAKER SUMMIT: REPARENTING OURSELVES -  GET YOUR FREE TICKET HERE 🚨 ⬇️ DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY ⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 p...

177 - How a Seasoned Therapist Ended Up with a Narcissist: Grief, Love & Lies w/ Kerry McAvoy, PhD 04.09.2024

Kerry McAvoy, PhD, a mental health clinician with over 20 years of counseling experience and a narcissistic abuse survivor. Now help men and women who have left an abusive relationship get on the road of healing and recovery.  ⬇️ DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY ⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, &...

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #119 - Setting Boundaries 31.08.2024

⬇️ DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY ⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat 📰 SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱   www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH...

176 - Dysfunctional Family Dynamics: Navigating Conflict (Part 2) - Processing Anger 28.08.2024

Is thinking that you’re “just angry” preventing you from truly resolving conflict? 🤔 Anger is often a secondary emotion - meaning it is a mask for another emotion like fear, sadness, shame or disappointment. When we don’t recognize that our anger is masking deeper, more uncomfortable emotions, it keeps us from seeing the conflict clearly. Instead, we end up reacting to our anger rather than addre...

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #118 - Sam B. 24.08.2024

⬇️ DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY ⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat 📰 SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱   www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH...

175 - Dysfunctional Family Dynamics: Navigating Conflict (Part 1) - Trauma's Impact on Conflict Management 21.08.2024

Do you avoid conflict like the plague? Is your first reaction in a disagreement to apologize, even if you’re not at fault? Or is your first instinct in a disagreement to go on the offensive? If you said yes to any of those questions - then this episode is for you! We are diving deep into how unresolved trauma from our childhood shapes our ability (... or lack thereof) to handle conflict as adults,...

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #117 - Andrew H. Revisits 17.08.2024

⬇️ DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY ⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat 📰 SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱   www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH...

Best of Adult Child: CPTSD & Emotional Dysregulation w/ The Crappy Childhood Fairy 14.08.2024

Anna Runkle - "The Crappy Childhood Fairy" - is on the pod today to talk about her crappy childhood having grown up in an alcoholic and poor family, how her unresolved trauma surfaced in adulthood, her realization that she was suffering from CPTSD, and the tool she created to combat emotional dysregulation - one the hallmark symptoms of the Adult Child Trauma Syndrome. Crappy Childhood Fai...

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #116 - Navigating Conflict 10.08.2024

⬇️ DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY ⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat 📰 SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱   www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH...

174 - From Chaos to Calm: Conflict Resolution Through the Lens of Trauma w/ Sharon Morrissey 07.08.2024

Sharon Morrissey is a Mediator and Conflict Resolution practitioner, with 25 years of experience helping families and businesses successfully navigate conflict. We explore how our childhood experiences and the environment we grew up in shapes our default conflict style as adults, why managing trauma responses is the key to resolving conflict in a healthy way, and the impact of parental conflict on...

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #115 - Claire C. 03.08.2024

⬇️ DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY ⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat 📰 SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱   www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH...

173 - Secret Language of the Body: Somatic Healing w/ Karden Rabin 31.07.2024

Karden Rabin is a Somatic Experiencing practitioner, the co-founder of Somia, and co-creator of the Heal Program specializing in treating nervous system-related illnesses. His newly published book The Secret Language of the Body: Regulate Your Nervous System, Heal Your Body, Free Your Mind is in-depth look at nervous system regulation, somatic therapy, Polyvagal theory, the vagus nerve, and the mi...

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #115 - Mind-Body Connection 27.07.2024

⬇️ DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY ⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat 📰 SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱   www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH...

172 - Healing Childhood Wounds: Tim Fletcher on Trauma, Addiction, and Toxic Shame Part 2 24.07.2024

Tim Fletcher  is the founder and president of  RE/ACT  (Recovery Education for Addictions and Complex Trauma). He is a counselor himself, as well as a researcher and pastor. His  YouTube channel   is a wealth of resources on complex trauma and behavior patterns leading up to addiction with 24+ million views. ⬇️ DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY ⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 w...

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #114 - Beth L. 20.07.2024

⬇️ DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY ⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat 📰 SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱   www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH...

171 - Healing Childhood Wounds: Tim Fletcher on Trauma, Addiction, and Toxic Shame 17.07.2024

Tim Fletcher is the founder and president of RE/ACT (Recovery Education for Addictions and Complex Trauma). He is a counselor himself, as well as a researcher and pastor. His YouTube channel is a wealth of resources on complex trauma and behavior patterns leading up to addiction with 24+ million views. ⬇️ DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY ⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly...

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #113 - Shame vs. Guilt 13.07.2024

⬇️ DAMN THE JOIN SHITSHOW - ADULT CHILD HEALING COMMUNITY ⬇️ https://theshitshow.mn.co 4 weekly zoom support groups (Sun 3: 30 pm EST, Mon 8:30 pm EST, Tues 1 pm EST, & Thurs 8:30 pm EST) Support community at your fingertips with discussion boards and chat 📰 SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATION - ADULT CHILD NEWSLETTER 👩 HELP A GIRL & CAT EAT🐱   www.buymeacoffee.com/adultchild 🛍️ SHITSHOW MERCH...

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