Episodes 474
Avg. Duration 55m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.9 (1,854)
Since Feb 2021
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Adult Child dives deep into the lasting effects of growing up in dysfunctional families—unpacking complex and relational trauma, codependency, toxic shame, and addiction patterns with raw vulnerability and unapologetic authenticity.

Hosted by Andrea Ashley, a recovering shitshow with 17 years sober, each episode shares unfiltered insights, expert conversations, and practical tools to heal your nervous system and break free from the cycles that hold you back.

Whether you’re an adult child of alcoholics or from a dysfunctional family, navigating toxic relationships, or healing your inner child, this is your no-BS space for healing. New episodes every Wednesday & Saturday.

And damn the join The Shitshow Healing Community for live support groups and connection with fellow cycle breakers.

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Shitshow Saturday #209 - Ana S.

Jun 13, 2026 23m

✨ NEW COURSE — Safe Within: a 7-week live somatic healing journey to Self energy. Starts July 1st.Grab your spot!⚓JOIN THE SHITSHOW — The Adult Child Healing Community6 weekly Zoom support groups ·…

234 - Wired for Abandonment: How Somatic Work Heals What Talk Therapy Can't w/ Valerie Rubin

Jun 10, 2026 1h 1m

✨ NEW COURSE — Safe Within: 7-week live somatic healing journey to SELF energy. Starts July 1st.--Your childhood taught your body that love means waiting to be left. No amount of insight changes…

Shitshow Saturday #208 - Wanting to Be Chosen

Jun 06, 2026 33m

✨ NEW COURSE — Safe Within: a 7-week live somatic healing journey to Self energy. Starts July 1st.Grab your spot!⚓JOIN THE SHITSHOW — The Adult Child Healing Community6 weekly Zoom support groups ·…

233 - The Gift of Grief: When Loss Becomes the Door You Couldn't Open On Your Own w/ Joe Ryan

Jun 03, 2026 1h 15m

✨ NEW COURSE — Safe Within: a 7-week live somatic healing journey to Self energy. Starts July 1st.Waiting to be chosen is the slowest way to abandon yourself.Joe Ryan is a trauma recovery coach and…

Shitshow Saturday #207 - How Do I Know I'm Healing?

May 30, 2026 55m

⚓JOIN THE SHITSHOW — The Adult Child Healing Community6 weekly Zoom support groups · Discussion boards · Peer connection👉 theshitshow.mn.co🗞️ SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATIONGet the newsletter for…

232 - Healing Together: A Couple's Journey Through Repressed Trauma w/ Tarah & EJ Kerwin

May 27, 2026 1h 14m Transcript

What your partner does when you fall apart is what your relationship was actually built on.Tarah and EJ Kerwin are licensed therapists, co-founders of Relationship Renovation Counseling in Tucson,…

Shitshow Saturday #206 - Impossible Self-Expectations

May 23, 2026 27m

⚓JOIN THE SHITSHOW — The Adult Child Healing Community6 weekly Zoom support groups · Discussion boards · Peer connection👉 theshitshow.mn.co🗞️ SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATIONGet the newsletter for…

231 - Why Your Relationships Keep Triggering You Even After You've Done the Work w/ Patrick Teahan

May 20, 2026 1h 14m

Doing the work means you start picking healthier people. It doesn't mean stuff stops coming up when you do.Patrick Teahan is a psychotherapist, childhood trauma educator, and YouTube creator. In…

Shitshow Saturday #205 - The Return of Sam B.

May 16, 2026 34m

SHITSHOW SATURDAY #118 - Sam B.⚓JOIN THE SHITSHOW — The Adult Child Healing Community6 weekly Zoom support groups · Discussion boards · Peer connection👉 theshitshow.mn.co🗞️ SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW…

230 - The Shame Triangle: The Inner War That's Keeping You Stuck w/ Jessica Fern & David Cooley

May 13, 2026 1h 14m Transcript

The voice beating you up, the shame absorbing it, the part that doesn't want you to feel it — that's the triangle you're trapped in.Jessica Fern is a certified clinical trauma therapist, David Cooley…

Shitshow Saturday #204 - When Your Parent Shared Too Much or Not Enough

May 09, 2026 36m Transcript

⚓JOIN THE SHITSHOW — The Adult Child Healing Community6 weekly Zoom support groups · Discussion boards · Peer connection👉 theshitshow.mn.co🗞️ SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATIONGet the newsletter for…

229 - The Codependency Bottom: When Sobriety Cracks Open the Trauma Underneath w/ David Deane Haskel

May 06, 2026 1h 22m Transcript

The most painful rock bottoms don't come from a relationship with a substance. They come from a relationship with a person.               David Deane Haskel is an author of several fiction books,…

Shitshow Saturday #203 - Why Can't I Just Let Myself Feel Good?

May 02, 2026 33m Transcript

⚓JOIN THE SHITSHOW — The Adult Child Healing Community6 weekly Zoom support groups · Discussion boards · Peer connection👉 theshitshow.mn.co🗞️ SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATIONGet the newsletter for…

228 - Bracing for Impact: Why Trauma Blocks Joy & Good-Feeling Emotions w/ Jeannine Rashidi

Apr 29, 2026 1h 5m Transcript

Your childhood taught you good things don't last. Your body still believes it.Jeannine Rashidi is a TEDx speaker and bestselling author of Abundance Beyond Trauma —and her work on why we can't feel…

Shitshow Saturday #201 - When Healing Dismantles "Truth"

Apr 25, 2026 35m

⚓JOIN THE SHITSHOW — The Adult Child Healing Community6 weekly Zoom support groups · Discussion boards · Peer connection👉 theshitshow.mn.co🗞️ SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATIONGet the newsletter for…

227 - Daughters of Narcissistic Fathers: The Golden Child's Grief w/ Taylor Pearl

Apr 22, 2026 1h 7m Transcript

The moment you finally see a parent clearly is the moment the grief begins.Taylor Pearl is a therapist specializing in complex trauma, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, and survivors of…

Shitshow Saturday #200 - The Return of Jenny

Apr 18, 2026 41m

Jenny's first appearance on the pod - Shitshow Saturday #129⚓JOIN THE SHITSHOW — The Adult Child Healing Community6 weekly Zoom support groups · Discussion boards · Peer…

226 - Losing Yourself in Love: Why You Become Whoever They Need You to Be w/ Tammy Sollenberger

Apr 15, 2026 52m

Tammy Sollenberger is an IFS therapist and host of The One Inside podcast, and today she's not holding back. She shares about the sudden loss of her father and a devastating breakup — and how both…

Shitshow Saturday #199 - The 4 Alarms of Hypervigilance

Apr 11, 2026 31m

⚓JOIN THE SHITSHOW — The Adult Child Healing Community6 weekly Zoom support groups · Discussion boards · Peer connection👉 theshitshow.mn.co🗞️ SIGN UP FOR SHITSHOW NATIONGet the newsletter for…

225 - The Deepest Wounds, the Darkest Shame: Covert Incest, Relapse & Radical Self-Compassion w/ Paul Gilmartin

Apr 08, 2026 1h 26m Transcript

The parts of you that carry the most shame are the parts that most need to be seen.Paul Gilmartin, host of the Mental Illness Happy Hour, is back on Adult Child for the third time, and this is the…

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