The Crappy Childhood Fairy Podcast with Anna Runkle

Anna Runkle
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Apr 13, 2025 • 1h 20min

Stop Tolerating People Who Treat You Like S**t (4-video compilation)

Explore the emotional struggles of people-pleasing stemming from trauma. Discover the importance of setting healthy boundaries and the impact of complex PTSD on relationships. Learn Layla's journey of healing, highlighting cultural pressures and self-worth. Gain insights into nurturing supportive relationships and effective self-care practices. Finally, delve into breaking free from toxic dynamics by recognizing harmful patterns and embracing emotional healing. It's a journey towards self-awareness and reclaiming your emotional well-being.
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Apr 11, 2025 • 19min

Attachment Styles and the Pain of Ending Toxic Relationships

The problem with romantic attachments, especially for those of us who were hurt and neglected as kids, is that our attachment wounds make us feel so.... attached! Ending a relationship can make it feel like you’re dying, even when you don’t like the person. Even when you don’t want to be with the person. Even when the person has been abusive to you – You’ll start having thoughts of going back to them. And many of us have gone back to these people, and wasted years of our lives, unhappy and stuck with someone we don’t want to be with just because our attachment wounds can’t bear the pain of leaving. In this video, I respond to a letter from a woman who can't bear the thought of leaving someone she doesn't want to be with. Is Past Trauma Affecting Your Dating Life? Take the QUIZ: FREE PDF Download: https://bit.ly/3EUy8Yh 🟢 Order My New Book, RE-REGULATED: https://bit.ly/4dtGVze Take my FREE Course or Quizzes: https://bit.ly/40M2YeW Enroll in my Courses or Membership: https://bit.ly/3HP5qcf Send your questions & comments to: hello@crappychildhoodfairy.com NEED ONLINE THERAPY? *BetterHelp* can connect you with a licensed, online therapist: https://betterhelp.com/CCF  
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Apr 9, 2025 • 27min

How to Express Anger Without Ruining Everything

When you get angry and people can hear it in your voice? They don’t like it! And you know what? That’s OK! Because in a healthy relationship, it’s OK for you to express your anger. In fact it’s necessary. But it’s all about how you express it – not cruelly, not constantly – of course that can hurt a relationship, especially when there’s kinda subterranean resentment and wounds underneath that maybe you can’t even acknowledge in the moment. But this OTHER factor is no matter how nicely you express yourself – and you MUST express yourself somehow or it’s not a relationship – are they emotionally mature enough to handle an argument and not have to rage at you or leave the relationship? In this video, I respond to a letter from a woman who is about to find out. Try the FREE Daily Practice Course: Free PDF Download: https://bit.ly/3Y4263I 🟢 Order My New Book, RE-REGULATED: https://bit.ly/4dtGVze Take my FREE Course or Quizzes: https://bit.ly/40M2YeW Enroll in my Courses or Membership: https://bit.ly/3HP5qcf Send your questions & comments to: hello@crappychildhoodfairy.com NEED ONLINE THERAPY? *BetterHelp* can connect you with a licensed, online therapist: https://betterhelp.com/CCF  
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Apr 7, 2025 • 15min

Stop Letting Your Trauma Drive Decision-Making

With unhealed trauma wounds, it's easy to make terrible mistakes at critical moments. Times of stress (which is often when you have to make important decisions) can shut down critical thinking skills, and push you toward emotional thinking that can lead to bad outcomes. This is common for people with CPTSD. In this video, I talk about trauma-driven decisions, and how you can stop them before the damage is done! Do you have CPTSD? Take the QUIZ: FREE PDF Download: https://bit.ly/3X9MZ7J 🟢 Order My New Book, RE-REGULATED: https://bit.ly/4dtGVze Take my FREE Course or Quizzes: https://bit.ly/40M2YeW Enroll in my Courses or Membership: https://bit.ly/3HP5qcf Send your questions & comments to: hello@crappychildhoodfairy.com NEED ONLINE THERAPY? *BetterHelp* can connect you with a licensed, online therapist: https://betterhelp.com/CCF  
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Apr 6, 2025 • 1h 23min

What To Do When You Can't Let Go of The One You Love (4-Video Compilation)

Romantic obsession with someone you can’t have is a sneaky, life-wrecking toxin – a "drug" that feels great at first. It seems like if you could just have that person, your life would go from empty... to amazing. It treats pain... until the drug wears off, and next thing you know the “solution” you’ve found has become the problem, wrecking everything good in your life. Can it ever be true that this one person you wanted but lost, is the missing element in your life that explains why you’ve been sad so long? In this 4-video compilation, I share four of my most popular videos featuring letters from people suffering from limerence. Hear my advice on how to recognize limerence has gone too far, and what you can do to stop it. How to Tell if Someone is Partner Material?: FREE PDF Download: https://bit.ly/3YBwKkj 🟢 Order My New Book, RE-REGULATED: https://bit.ly/4dtGVze Take my FREE Course or Quizzes: https://bit.ly/40M2YeW Enroll in my Courses or Membership: https://bit.ly/3HP5qcf Send your questions & comments to: hello@crappychildhoodfairy.com NEED ONLINE THERAPY? *BetterHelp* can connect you with a licensed, online therapist: https://betterhelp.com/CCF  
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Apr 4, 2025 • 30min

What to Do When You’re In Love With Someone Who Can Ruin Your Life

Work is the worst place to fall in love with someone you can’t have – or rather, someone with whom you're forbidden to pursue a relationship with. Workplace affairs have the potential to ruin your happiness and theirs and cause both of you to lose your jobs. One thing that can make this all much worse, is if you are prone to limerence, i.e., you tend to get romantically obsessed with people – at the level of a strong addiction – especially when they are off limits to you. This is common for people who grew up abused and neglected. In this video, I respond to a letter from a man who is on the very brink of running everything in his life. The Signs of Limerence: Free PDF Download: https://bit.ly/3PbqblT 🟢 Order My New Book, RE-REGULATED: https://bit.ly/4dtGVze Take my FREE Course or Quizzes: https://bit.ly/40M2YeW Enroll in my Courses or Membership: https://bit.ly/3HP5qcf Send your questions & comments to: hello@crappychildhoodfairy.com NEED ONLINE THERAPY? *BetterHelp* can connect you with a licensed, online therapist: https://betterhelp.com/CCF  
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Apr 2, 2025 • 27min

The Limits of Empathy in Toxic Relationships

The trouble with being abused is that it can wreck your thinking... You disconnect. You go numb. And when you feel awful inside, you can't always tell where the feeling is coming from. In a dysfunctional family, the hurt and blame can go flying in all directions, and become like glue – binding everyone to the toxic dynamic that hurt them in the first place. So how do you heal? In this video, I respond to a letter from a woman who is struggling to make her daughter stop blaming her. But she may be unable to see the underlying problem. Try the FREE Daily Practice Course: FREE PDF Download: https://bit.ly/3Y4263I 🟢 Order My New Book, RE-REGULATED: https://bit.ly/4dtGVze Take my FREE Course or Quizzes: https://bit.ly/40M2YeW Enroll in my Courses or Membership: https://bit.ly/3HP5qcf Send your questions & comments to: hello@crappychildhoodfairy.com NEED ONLINE THERAPY? *BetterHelp* can connect you with a licensed, online therapist: https://betterhelp.com/CCF  
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Mar 31, 2025 • 58min

Why Doing HARD THINGS Helps You Heal, with Commune Founder Jeff Krasno

Jeff Krasno, the founder and CEO of the global wellness platform Commune Media, thought he was pretty healthy. Though he suffered from brain fog, chronic fatigue, and bouts of insomnia, those symptoms seemed utterly normal in today’s society. When he learned he had diabetes, his first thought was, How can that be? I run a wellness company! In this video, I interview Jeff about his new book "Good Stress," why doing hard things can actually be GOOD for your health, and the surprising ways people healing from past trauma might benefit from doing things that are hard. You can get Jeff's book Good Stress here: https://a.co/d/2483o8f You can find Jeff's wellness company Commune here: https://www.onecommune.com/ 🟢 Order My New Book, RE-REGULATED: https://bit.ly/4dtGVze Take my FREE Course or Quizzes: https://bit.ly/40M2YeW Enroll in my Courses or Membership: https://bit.ly/3HP5qcf Send your questions & comments to: hello@crappychildhoodfairy.com NEED ONLINE THERAPY? *BetterHelp* can connect you with a licensed, online therapist: https://betterhelp.com/CCF  
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Mar 30, 2025 • 2h 17min

What to Do When You're Ready or Total Transformation (4-video compilation)

So many people are stuck in their CPTSD symptoms. How can you face your trauma symptoms and make REAL changes that last? In this 4-video complication, I share some of my most popular videos about TRANSFORMATION -- how you can overcome some of the common challenges associated with trauma in your past, and become more successful, more connected, and more FREE to live your life happily. Ten Signs Your Trauma Is Healing: FREE PDF Download: https://bit.ly/3raZghI 🟢 Order My New Book, RE-REGULATED: https://bit.ly/4dtGVze Take my FREE Course or Quizzes: https://bit.ly/40M2YeW Enroll in my Courses or Membership: https://bit.ly/3HP5qcf Send your questions & comments to: hello@crappychildhoodfairy.com NEED ONLINE THERAPY? *BetterHelp* can connect you with a licensed, online therapist: https://betterhelp.com/CCF  
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Mar 28, 2025 • 31min

Unhealed Trauma & Poor Boundaries Make Finding The ONE Feel Impossible

When your heart’s desire is to find a love that’s lasting and real, listen to that. This is what you are meant to have. And if you grew up with trauma, what might be blocking you from what you want is unhealed trauma, wobbly boundaries, and a big cluttered pile of half-relationships all over your life. You can’t be open to real love when your emotions are like a cluttered home. No one can get in the door. And even if they did, you might not recognize them. In this video, I respond to a letter from a woman who wants real love but first must emerge from the cluttered emotions left behind by her history of disappointing relationships and trauma from the past. Is Past Trauma Affecting Your Dating Life? Take the QUIZ: FREE PDF Download: https://bit.ly/3EUy8Yh 🟢 Order My New Book, RE-REGULATED: https://bit.ly/4dtGVze Take my FREE Course or Quizzes: https://bit.ly/40M2YeW Enroll in my Courses or Membership: https://bit.ly/3HP5qcf Send your questions & comments to: hello@crappychildhoodfairy.com NEED ONLINE THERAPY? *BetterHelp* can connect you with a licensed, online therapist: https://betterhelp.com/CCF  

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