

The Crappy Childhood Fairy Podcast with Anna Runkle
Anna Runkle
I’m Anna Runkle, also known as the Crappy Childhood Fairy, and I teach people to recognize and heal the symptoms of Childhood Trauma. Welcome to my podcast!I’m not a doctor or therapist; I know about childhood trauma because I lived it, and I discovered a radical approach to healing that focuses first on calming neurological dysregulation, which is common in people who grew up with abuse and neglect. In my podcasts, I teach about dysregulation – how to know if you have it, what it can do to your body, your thinking and your relationships, and what to do to master re-regulation. When I learned this, everything in my life got suddenly easier. I’ll also be teaching you to heal the life problems that so often develop after years of living dysregulated – feeling tired, isolated and unfocused, finding yourself always drawn to unavailable and inappropriate partners, and falling WAY short of your professional potential, for example. The thing about me is, traditional therapies never seemed to help me. When I found techniques that did work, my whole life changed. Only in the past few years has the trauma research caught up to explain why – why the techniques I use worked, why therapy didn’t, and why my healing journey was so unnecessarily long. I’ve been teaching what I learned for more than 20 years now. It started with friends who had noticed the quick and dramatic change in me, and gradually grew by word of mouth. In 2016, I had so many people seeking instruction that I made my first online video, and then an online course, and this is how Crappy Childhood Fairy was born. My techniques and principles are practical yet powerful – an approach anyone can use, whether or not you have access to professional help. In this podcast, I’ll be talking about the master of self-regulation, and teach the tough-love life-lessons that you may not have learned at home – like how to date so that stable love finds you, how to get ahead at work, and how to calm the negative hamster-wheel thoughts that block your ability to connect with other people. Today, almost half a million people follow my work and participate in my training and coaching programs. My mission is to change the paradigm of what’s possible for people like us, and to help you free yourself from the oppression of trauma wounds, and to become your full, happy and real self. I’m glad you’re here! Watch new videos on my YouTube channel every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and access my videos, courses and free tools at crappychildhoodfairy.com.
Episodes
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Apr 10, 2026 • 18min
You Blame Your Trauma—But You’re Still Doing THIS
🔴 FREE PDF: 16 Self-Defeating Behaviors: https://bit.ly/4sRZ1Dp
🔴 10 Signs Your Trauma Is Healing: https://bit.ly/4tnRJqH

Apr 10, 2026 • 14min
Do THIS When a Friend's Attention Turns CREEPY
🔴 Is Past Trauma Affecting Your Dating Life? Take the QUIZ: https://bit.ly/4cpvR8E
🔴 How To Prepare For a Great Relationship: https://bit.ly/4tjGks2

Apr 9, 2026 • 29min
Sex Creates Attachment — Stop Pretending It Doesn't
🔴 Is Past Trauma Affecting Your Dating Life? Take the QUIZ: https://bit.ly/4m08CVX
🔴 How To Prepare For a Great Relationship: https://bit.ly/4bMAg3W

Apr 9, 2026 • 16min
Why Trauma Healing Is So Hard for High-Functioning People
🔴 Try My FREE Daily Practice Course: https://bit.ly/4uYgQSA
🔴 10 Signs Your Trauma Is Healing: https://bit.ly/4v2n4Rg

Apr 8, 2026 • 15min
5 Telltale Signs You Were Emotionally Neglected As a Child (And How It's Ruining Your Relationships)
🔴 FREE PDF: Test Your Connectabilty: https://bit.ly/3PDVoCb
🔴 Try My FREE Daily Practice Course: https://bit.ly/40YOeuM

Apr 7, 2026 • 24min
Why Women Bully Other Women (And How to Shut It Down)
🔴 Try My FREE Daily Practice Course: https://bit.ly/3Q5zQ1p
🔴 Eleven Strategies to Feel Happier Today: https://bit.ly/3PBDpMP

Apr 6, 2026 • 27min
The Truth About Feeling “Unsafe” Around People
🔴 Difficult People in Your Life? Try These NINJA BOUNDARIES: https://bit.ly/4uH53I5
🔴 Try My FREE Daily Practice Course: https://bit.ly/4bq4ZFa

Apr 3, 2026 • 34min
Stop Pretending to Be "Just Friends" | You're Destroying Your Own Life
🔴 Take My DATING COURSE - Heal Trauma-Driven Patterns: https://bit.ly/3O0W2t3
🔴 Is Past Trauma Affecting Your Dating Life? Take the QUIZ: https://bit.ly/48aG32g

Apr 1, 2026 • 14min
Fake Healing Feels Nice - Real Healing Changes You
🔴 Learn Quick Measures to Get Re-Regulated: https://bit.ly/4uTULEL
🔴 Heal Trauma in Just One Year? https://bit.ly/4v8PQQy

Mar 30, 2026 • 16min
Why Trauma Healing Isn’t Working for You (5 Phases Explained)
🔴 Order My Book RE-REGULATED: https://bit.ly/47avIDi
🔴 Heal Trauma in Just One Year? https://bit.ly/4rN8Pgy


