

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.
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Mar 17, 2026 • 16min
20 Subtle Ways You’re Signaling Low Self-Esteem (Without Realizing It)
🔴 Is neglect of the past restraining you? https://bit.ly/40VJHJk
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Mar 15, 2026 • 15min
Why Making New Friends Feels So Hard (Try This Instead)
🔴 FREE PDF: Friendship Red Flags: https://bit.ly/4uqjMY6
🔴 FREE PDF: Signs of a Great (Potential) Friend: https://bit.ly/4rpxMOW

Mar 13, 2026 • 16min
The Polite Habit That Makes People Disrespect You
🔴 16 CPTSD Behaviors That Sabotage Your Success: https://bit.ly/47niN0F
🔴 Try My FREE Daily Practice Course: https://bit.ly/4d8dvd7

Mar 11, 2026 • 17min
How Selfish People Gradually Take Over Your Life
🔴 10 Things Romantic Manipulators Say: https://bit.ly/4rh6F8M
🔴 Try My FREE Daily Practice Course: https://bit.ly/4rjsogh

Mar 8, 2026 • 19min
You Thought It Was Rejection | It's a BOUNDARY
🔴 FREE PDF: Friendship Red Flags: https://bit.ly/477Rmb6
🔴 Try My FREE Daily Practice Course: https://bit.ly/46HqE9b

Mar 6, 2026 • 14min
What I Learned From Watching Thousands of People Try to Heal Their Trauma
🔴 10 Signs Your Trauma Is Healing: https://bit.ly/3OLUWRU
🔴 Try My FREE Daily Practice Course: https://bit.ly/4rLSKsj

Mar 4, 2026 • 16min
Why Connection Feels Harder for You Than for Other People
🔴 Try My FREE Daily Practice Course: https://bit.ly/47bbCbK
🔴 10 Signs Your Trauma Is Healing: https://bit.ly/4tYIZbC

Mar 2, 2026 • 22min
Limerence is How You Abandon Your Life And Everyone In It
🔴 FREE DOWNLOAD "Signs of Limerence": https://bit.ly/3ZZ4XxG
🔴 16 CPTSD Behaviors That Sabotage Your Success: https://bit.ly/4aP1KWd

Feb 28, 2026 • 14min
10 Signs Someone Truly Belongs in Your Life
🔴 FREE PDF: Signs of a Great (Potential) Friend: https://bit.ly/4se9CYD
🔴 How to Be a Better Friend: https://bit.ly/4b8kKQN

Feb 27, 2026 • 12min
What Happens When You Stop Doing Everything for Everyone
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🔴 10 Signs Your Trauma Is Healing: https://bit.ly/4tQz6Ne


