Dawn Chitty
Dear Little Me
We share real, unfiltered conversations with trauma survivors—hear their truth and witness the resilience of the human spirit. Validate your own experience; what you endured was real, hard, and painful. But remember, it doesn't have to define the rest of your life. Tune in to Dear Little Me, where you will hear some of the most important heart-to-heart conversations of your life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Where to listen?
Podcasts in the app Replaio Radio Coming soonPodcasts are coming to the app soon. Install now and be the first to see a whole new take on podcasts
Episodes
111. Finding Purpose After Hitting Rock Bottom 23.11.2022 20:32
hitting rock bottom PANIC AWAY ACCESS HERE https://af3924jj23i46gadigvxkmhl98.hop.clickbank.net Jewels had never had stability her whole life. And life had not been straightforward either. As a child, Jewels just adored her Dad. But he really wasn’t coping and a violent incident meant that Jewels and her mum had to leave quickly. Her world would never be the same again. Thr...
110. Walking Away From A Narcissistic Mother 21.11.2022 1:01:14
How do you end a relationship with a narcissistic mother? PANIC AWAY ACCESS HERE https://af3924jj23i46gadigvxkmhl98.hop.clickbank.net Adriana is a coach who is empowering survivors of narcissistic abuse to heal, set boundaries and live life on their own terms. Adriana grew up with a mother who was confusing. She loved her mom and she also hated her and the older she got the more fractured the rela...
109. How To Calm Anxiety 16.11.2022 18:11
Childhood trauma has a huge impact on the nervous system. It can cause generalised anxiety, constant fight, flight, freeze or fawn responses and can be as severe as panic attacks. Mireya survived in a family with little love or care. Her mother was abandoning and she was never told “I love you” or given a hug. A destructive early relationship was a setback, but Mireya met her soulmate and finally...
108. Childhood Emotional Abandonment 14.11.2022 1:02:01
Childhood Emotional Neglect PANIC AWAY ACCESS HERE https://af3924jj23i46gadigvxkmhl98.hop.clickbank.net Kat was born to a mom who was an addict and a dad who wanted nothing to do with her. Unable to care for her, Kat's biological mom decided to put her up for adoption. Left in a home until she was 3 years old, Kat was finally adopted by a family surviving their own version of chaos. A mother who s...
107. Generational Trauma In Families 09.11.2022 18:39
Generational trauma examples DESTROY DEPRESSION ACCESS HERE: https://15484-oh24oczo-yjd223q8hoa.hop.clickbank.net Generational trauma is the traumatic events that have a ripple effect across generations. What happens to one person has an impact on their children and that impact continues to affect generation after generation until somebody sees it and heals it. Today I am sharing a quick chat...
106. What Are The Signs Of A Narcissistic Relationship? 07.11.2022 1:06:23
What are the signs of a narcissistic mother? DESTROY DEPRESSION ACCESS HERE https://15484-oh24oczo-yjd223q8hoa.hop.clickbank.net As kids we have no idea that what we are experiencing is abuse. We can't label a mother a narcissist because she is simply our mother and we don't know anything different. I have heard from so many women who never understood the toxicity of a parent until dec...
105. How To Help A Friend Who Is Struggling 02.11.2022 15:51
How to support a friend emotionally. We all know we should support a friend or family member who is struggling, but what should we actually do for them? So much of the time we feel helpless in how we can offer assistance when it's clear somebody we care about isn’t coping. But how can we help? The answer is often very simple. Actively listening. Actively inviting that person to share w...
104. Signs A Friendship Is Over - How To Break Up With Your Friends 31.10.2022 54:20
Signs of unhealthy friendships I came across Erin Falconers book How To Break Up With Your Friends and I thought it would be so valuable to chat with Erin about adult friendships. The way we are raised by our parents, the trauma we are exposed to and the way our parents interacted within their own friendships, has a profound impact on how we create and maintain friendships throughout our lives. Fr...
103. What Causes Codependency? 26.10.2022 17:23
What is codependency in a relationship? This quick chat with Shannon is a great insight into what happens to kids who grow up in a chaotic home environment. Shannon’s grandfather was abusive to her mother and her grandmother. And Shannon was a constant witness to the abuse. She took on the role of taking care of everybody. And that’s where co-dependency begins. Kids in homes where there is a...
102. How To Heal From Your Narcissistic Mother's Abuse 24.10.2022 58:03
Can you ever recover from narcissistic abuse? PANIC AWAY ACCESS HERE https://af3924jj23i46gadigvxkmhl98.hop.clickbank.net Melany grew up with a mom who gave her everything she needed. Except for love. Except for care. Except for kindness. Melany’s mother was narcissistic and whilst all of Melany's basic needs were met there was abuse, abandonment and gaslighting. There was a complete lack of love....
101. What Happens When A Child Doesn't Feel Loved? 19.10.2022 24:09
low self-esteem low self-confidence people pleasing MARK grew up desperate for love. He wanted nothing more than for his mom to wrap her arms around him and tell him "I love you". But it didn't happen. And when he was just five years old Mark's Dad told him "Don't call me Dad". What happens when a child feels unloved? This is a story that will strike a cho...
100. Abducted By A Sociopath (Part Two) 17.10.2022 46:16
Harrowing true story of the Broberg family. A Friend Of The Family Jan Broberg was kidnapped by her neighbour, Robert Berchtold, under the watch of her parents. Robert Berchtold was a sociopath, perhaps even a psychopath. He lived in a fantasy world and he manipulated EVERYBODY. His entire life revolved around planning and executing this kidnapping and then incredibly, after they were caught...
99. Fear of Anger & Avoidance of Conflict 12.10.2022 16:35
Repressed anger. Not allowed to be angry. KIMBERLY grew up in a house where anger wasn't modelled. Her parents never fought. If she was upset or angry her parents would ignore her. By the time she got to college she didn't recognise anger or how to express it and she behaved in ways that appeared strange to others. Growing up in an environment where anger is frowned upon means you neve...
98. Abducted By A Sociopath (Part One) 10.10.2022 53:47
Jan Broberg kidnapping. 'A Friend Of The Family'. Jan Broberg was kidnapped by her neighbour, Robert Berchtold, under the watch of her parents. DESTROY DEPRESSION ACCESS HERE https://15484-oh24oczo-yjd223q8hoa.hop.clickbank.net Robert Berchtold was a sociopath, perhaps even a psychopath. He lived in a fantasy world and he manipulated EVERYBODY. His entire life revolved around planning and ex...
97. Do Narcissists Fake Illness? 05.10.2022 11:24
What is narcissistic manipulation? Narcissists exert control over others by manipulating their emotions. They thrive on it. Dr Melanie Salmon's mother was a narcissist and when Melanie was a child her mother told her a secret. A secret she was to tell nobody. And this secret allowed her mother to exert control over Melanie and her emotions for many years! You can connect w...
96. When Your Family Turns Against You 03.10.2022 49:55
What are the signs of a toxic family? Bailey is only twenty. And she is right there in the middle of all the confusion and all the hurt from childhood. When Bailey was born her mom wasn't able to be there for her. And the grief of just that one piece of the puzzle is enough to change a person’s entire life. But then there was more grief, and more heartbreak. There was abuse and total abandon...
95. Complex PTSD Symptoms, Dissociation & Flashbacks 28.09.2022 14:46
Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Trauma is confusing. We can spend years of our life having no idea we are suffering from childhood trauma. It can be so severe that we might actually be experiencing a whole range of mental and physical health effects from it, but because it has always been our normal to feel this way, it can lead us down a path of just using a million different coping mechan...
94. How Do You Recover From Childhood Abandonment (Part Two) 26.09.2022 38:48
Can you heal from childhood neglect? For much of Mandy's childhood, she was completely alone. Abandoned by a mother who was working and trying to put food on the table, Mandy was left in some very unsafe situations. And it got worse. Mandy was a little girl lost. She had absolutely nobody on her side. And when Mandy decided it was time to finally speak up for herself...
93. Is It Okay To Smack My Child? 21.09.2022 14:23
Spanking Children Over the generations, hitting children has been the go-to method of keeping them 'under control'. Punishing and controlling instead of teaching and guiding. What are the effects of physical abuse on a small child? How does it affect them later in life? LeeAnn Summerfield tells her story of growing up in a physically and emotionally abusive household and how those effects last a l...
92. How Do You Recover From Childhood Abandonment? (Part One) 19.09.2022 41:37
Can you heal from childhood neglect? PANIC AWAY ACCESS HERE https://af3924jj23i46gadigvxkmhl98.hop.clickbank.net For much of Mandy's childhood, she was completely alone. Abandoned by a mother who was working and trying to put food on the table, Mandy was left in some very unsafe situations. And it got worse. Mandy was a little girl lost. She had absolutely nobody on her sid...
91. R U Okay? 14.09.2022 12:30
How do you reach out to a friend who is struggling? It takes just ONE person to make a difference. ONE person to connect, understand, offer kindness, care and love. When Amanda was 16 she was already at rock bottom. She had grown up in a home where she was abandoned by her mother and physically abused by her step-father. She had been suicidal and self-harming. She was taking drugs and alcoho...
90. How To Heal A Dysregulated Nervous System 12.09.2022 58:51
How to heal from trauma. PANIC AWAY ACCESS HERE https://af3924jj23i46gadigvxkmhl98.hop.clickbank.net Trauma affects everything. In this very important episode I am speaking with Jamie McCoy, Psychotherapist and Trauma Coach. In her twenties, Jamie was literally bed-ridden with brain fog, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and eventually receiving a diagnosis of Lyme disease. Jamie healed he...
89. How To Let Go Of The Past 07.09.2022 12:55
How can you move forward? How can you let it go? In this quick chat episode I am hearing body mind and somatic healer Sarah Harvey talking about some of the realisations she had when she first began healing from her trauma. Sarah was chronically ill for many years and she describes a point in time where she began to let people in, and she heard from these new teachers and guides about...
88. Shame and Child Sexual Abuse (Part Two) 05.09.2022 33:31
Who is most likely to sexually abuse a child? Diane grew up on a farm. There were ponies and music lessons and she loved the animals and being outside in nature. Diane's parents were incredibly busy with four kids and running the farm and Diane felt she only got their attention when she was really good or really bad. Unseen and unheard Diane didn't feel love or connection as a child. And at the ag...
87. What Is A Narcissist? 31.08.2022 13:31
How can you tell if someone is a narcissist? I asked this question of Nicole who is a Narcissistic Abuse Expert and she tells us everything we need to know in this quick chat episode. You can find Nicole on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/coaching_with_nicole/ and her website Healingthewound.org If you have a story to share for this podcast or want to connect with me, dm me on www.instagram...
Similar podcasts
Replaio is not a podcast publisher; show names, artwork and audio belong to their authors and are distributed through public RSS feeds.