Adult Child of Dysfunction

In this episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy Vincent sits down with Christine Trimpe, certified health coach and founder of the Sugar Freed Method, to explore the deeper layers of sugar addiction, metabolic dysfunction, and emotional healing. After losing over 100 pounds, Christine shares her powerful journey from struggling with sugar dependency to helping professional women reclaim their...

In this episode of Tammy’s Takes , Tammy Vincent breaks down one of the most misunderstood parts of healing: 👉 forgiveness Following her conversation with Paul Drugan, Tammy reframes forgiveness in a way that moves beyond surface-level advice and into something you can actually apply in your everyday life. If you’ve ever been told to “just forgive and move on”… but still feel triggered, stuck, or...

In this powerful and deeply personal episode, we sit down with Chicago-based memoirist and men’s mental health advocate Paul Drugan , author of Forgiving Dr. Jekyll: From Hyde to Healing . Through raw storytelling and thoughtful insight, Paul explores childhood trauma, addiction, recovery, and the transformative power of forgiveness. Raised in a silent, controlled Irish Catholic family rooted in s...

In this episode of Tammy’s Takes , Tammy Vincent dives into one of the most powerful concepts in healing and personal growth: 👉 the stories you tell yourself—and how they’re shaping your reality. Following her conversation with Dr. Karen Parker, Tammy breaks down the idea that you don’t just have a story… you are living inside of it . These internal narratives—what she calls “tape loops”—can keep...

In this episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction , I sit down with Dr. Karen Parker, founder of Quantum Human Design, to talk about something that impacts all of us more than we realize… the stories we carry. So many of the patterns we struggle with today, whether it’s burnout, feeling stuck, or constantly falling into the same cycles, are rooted in the narratives we formed earlier in life. And the p...

In this Tammy’s Take, we build on my conversation with Angie Hawkins and break down one of the biggest misconceptions around boundaries: it’s not that you don’t know how to set them, it’s that your body doesn’t feel safe enough to hold them. If you’ve ever found yourself saying yes when you meant no, over-explaining, or giving in after trying to set a boundary, this episode will help you understan...

In this deeply empowering episode, we sit down with Angie Hawkins , known as The Inner Glow Coach , to explore what it truly takes for women to move from chasing external validation to embodying self-acceptance, confidence, and inner peace. Angie works with high-achieving women who have “done the work” — therapy, personal development, self-help — yet still feel stuck, unfulfilled, or disconnected...

In this episode of Tammy’s Takes , Tammy Vincent breaks down a powerful insight from her recent conversation with Doris Angel and turns it into a practical strategy you can use immediately. If you’ve ever felt like you’ve done the work—talked about your past, understood your triggers, and still feel stuck—this episode will help you understand why. Tammy explains the missing piece in many healing j...

What if healing wasn’t something you had to search for… but something already inside of you? In this episode, Tammy sits down with Doris Angel—musician, spiritual guide, and creator of Divine Flow workshops—to explore how breath, sound, and movement can help release emotional pain, regulate the nervous system, and reconnect you to your heart. Doris shares her journey through adversity, insomnia, a...

In this Tammy’s Takes episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction , Tammy Vincent unpacks a powerful insight from her conversation with Kelly Kinney: 👉 You don’t need to find yourself—you need to remember yourself. This episode dives deep into how trauma, conditioning, and life experiences can disconnect us from who we truly are. Tammy explains that many people feel “lost,” not because they’ve lost the...

What happens when childhood trauma shapes the way we see ourselves, our relationships, and the world? In this powerful conversation, Tammy Vincent sits down with mystic healer Fairy Kelly , founder of the Wild Way Apothecary, to explore the journey from childhood dysfunction to deep personal healing. Kelly shares her story of abandonment, addiction, motherhood, and ultimately discovering a path of...

In this Tammy’s Takes episode of the Adult Child of Dysfunction podcast , Tammy Vincent explores why emotional triggers can feel so powerful and where those reactions really come from. Building on her recent conversation with Josie Gibson, Tammy explains how the nervous system stores past experiences and trauma patterns , which can influence our emotional reactions in the present. Many people beli...

In this episode of the Adult Child of Dysfunction podcast , Tammy Vincent sits down with Josie Gibson to explore the ideas behind Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health and how understanding the mind can help people navigate trauma, emotional triggers, and personal growth. Josie shares how discovering Dianetics as a teenager helped her make sense of intrusive thoughts, emotional reactions,...

In this Tammy’s Takes episode of the Adult Child of Dysfunction podcast, Tammy Vincent reflects on her recent conversation with marriage coach Dr. Lee Balcom and expands on an important topic: how childhood dysfunction often shows up in our adult relationships. Many people assume relationship struggles start within the relationship itself, but the truth is that our early environments shape the way...

In this insightful episode, Dr. Lee Baucom — renowned marriage coach, speaker, and author — joins the conversation to unpack one of the most common yet overlooked challenges in marriage: disconnection . Dr. Baucom explains how many couples enter marriage with deep love and good intentions, only to unintentionally place their relationship on pause as careers, parenting, stress, and daily responsibi...

In this Tammy’s Take follow-up episode, Tammy Vincent expands on the powerful conversation from Episode 277 with resilience coach Tom Lenoble about what he calls “terrible gifts.” Tom shared the idea that some of life’s hardest experiences can eventually lead to unexpected growth. While that perspective can be incredibly empowering, Tammy dives deeper into an important truth many people who grew u...

In this powerful episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction , Tammy Vincent sits down with executive leader, resilience coach, and international speaker Tom LeNoble to explore the transformative power of resilience and how life’s most difficult experiences can shape us into stronger, more compassionate human beings. Tom shares insights from his remarkable journey through business leadership, life-threa...

In this follow-up solo episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction , Tammy Vincent expands on a powerful moment from her recent conversation with Carly Alyssa Thorne about forgiveness and trauma recovery. Forgiveness is one of the most misunderstood concepts in healing. Many trauma survivors hear the word “forgive” and assume it means excusing abuse, forgetting what happened, or allowing harmful people...

In this deeply powerful episode, I sit down with Carly Alyssa Thorne , trauma-informed coach, advocate, and transformational guide, to talk about what it truly means to heal from survival mode and reclaim your life after trauma. Carly shares her lived experience navigating adversity, chronic stress, and the long-term impact of unresolved trauma — and how those experiences shaped her mission to hel...

In this powerful and hope-filled episode, we sit down with Eileen Kopsaftis , founder of Lifelong Well-Being and co-founder of Cameo Ministries, to explore the deep connection between chronic pain and unresolved emotional trauma. For more than 26 years, Eileen has dedicated her life to supporting women who have endured various forms of abuse. As a chronic pain specialist and nutrition educator, sh...

In this follow-up teaching episode inspired by my conversation with Sue Bowles, we go deeper into one life-altering question: Do you believe that you matter? Not intellectually. Not because someone else says you do. But in your body. In your nervous system. In the quiet spaces where your real beliefs live. For so many adult children of dysfunction, the core wound isn’t just what happened to us — i...

In this powerful and heart-centered episode, we sit down with Sue Bowles , life and mental health coach, founder of the Dare to Believe Movement , and passionate advocate for dismantling the stigma surrounding mental health. At the center of Sue’s work is one transformative question: “Do you believe that you matter?” Drawing from her own journey through trauma, grief, resilience, and personal rebu...

In this episode, I sit down with Anthony Spark , a personal and business coach who brings powerful insight into the often-overlooked gap between external success and internal alignment . Together, we explore what happens when life looks successful on paper—career growth, leadership roles, financial wins—but feels disconnected, strained, or empty behind the scenes. Anthony shares his own journey of...

As a follow-up to the recent episode with Bryan Power, this conversation looks at a familiar experience many people encounter in long-term relationships—often referred to as “the ick.” That subtle but persistent feeling of irritation, resentment, emotional distance, or shutdown can be unsettling and easy to misinterpret. Rather than suggesting these feelings mean something is wrong with your partn...

In this episode, Bryan Power shares his personal experience of a major breakdown in his marriage and the journey that followed. What appeared to be a stable relationship in 2024 quickly unraveled, leading to a period of separation that required deep self-reflection and personal accountability. Rather than focusing solely on fixing the relationship, Bryan explains how this time became an opportunit...