Facing the Mirror | Toxic Relationships & Attachment Patterns

Facing the Mirror | Toxic Relationships & Attachment Patterns

Christina Stuller | Trauma-Informed Coach & Toxic Relationships

Episodes 26
Avg. Duration 6m
Activity Sporadic
Since May 2025
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
51%
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anchor.fm

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About This Podcast

Facing the Mirror with Christina explores toxic relationships through the lens of a trauma-informed coach, addressing attachment patterns, codependency, and trauma healing. Christina challenges listeners to face their own emotional wounds, reactive abuse, and survival mechanisms with brutal honesty. If you're seeking real change beyond blaming and denial, this podcast offers powerful tools and honest conversations to break free and heal.

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Recent Episodes

Unlocking Your Shadow: Attachment Trauma, Triggers & Radical Self-Awareness

Feb 16, 2026 7m Bonus

What if your triggers aren’t the problem… but the doorway?In this episode of Facing the Mirror, we break down what it really means to unlock your shadow and why most people stay stuck repeating the…

What Is Shadow Work? Healing Attachment Styles, Trauma Bonds & Toxic Relationship Patterns

Feb 16, 2026 7m Bonus

What is shadow work and how does it actually help you heal?In this episode of Facing the Mirror, trauma-informed coach Christina breaks down shadow work in simple, real-world language. We explore how…

Reactive Abuse Explained: Why Survivors Snap, Get Blamed, and Doubt Themselves

Feb 05, 2026 4m

Reactive abuse is one of the most misunderstood dynamics in toxic, narcissistic, and high-conflict relationships. Survivors are pushed, provoked, emotionally cornered, and then blamed for the very…

You Wanted Closure. What You Needed Was Accountability.

Feb 05, 2026 6m

This episode isn’t about blaming your past, diagnosing your ex, or waiting for someone else to change.It’s about the moment most people avoid: facing yourself.In this conversation, I break down how…

Resentment Isn’t About Them. It’s About What You Didn’t Say

Feb 05, 2026 8m

Resentment doesn’t come from being wronged. It comes from self-betrayal.In this episode of Facing the Mirror, we unpack what resentment actually is, how it quietly builds, and why it almost always…

Attachment Styles in Friendships: Who Feels Safe, Who Feels Familiar, and Who Lasts

Dec 22, 2025 8m

Attachment Styles in Friendships: Who Feels Safe, Who Feels Familiar, and Who LastsWe talk a lot about attachment styles in romantic relationships, but friendships are where attachment patterns…

The Myth of Laziness: Why You’re Not Broken, You’re Protected

Dec 05, 2025 12m

What if the part of you you’ve spent years calling lazy… was actually the part of you working the hardest to keep you alive?In this powerful episode of Facing the Mirror, Christina Stuller — life…

Fearfully Avoidant, Fiercely Human: Understanding the Push-Pull of the Fearful Avoidant Attachment Style

Nov 09, 2025 10m

Facing the Mirror — Fearfully Avoidant, Fiercely HumanIn this episode, Christina Stuller, counselor, coach, and transpersonal PhD student, unpacks the raw truth behind the *Fearful Avoidant…

Understanding the Villian

Aug 16, 2025 2m Trailer

Bonus Trailer for Upcoming Episode

Radical Confidence in under 60 seconds

Aug 12, 2025 0m

Stop thinking you can't do it.Stop making it harder than what it is.Stop playing the victim.You are the only force stopping you.

They Didn’t Break You—You Gave Too Much to Be Kept Whole

Aug 03, 2025 6m

You were never weak. You were just over-giving to people who were under-invested.In this raw, unfiltered drop from Christina, creator of Tranquil Balance and host of Facing the Mirror, she exposes…

Part Two: When They Say You’re the Problem — The Truth About Reactive Abuse

Aug 03, 2025 7m

You spoke up. You reacted. You had enough.And somehow you became the abuser?In this continuation of Facing the Mirror, Christina dives even deeper into the complex and often silenced experience of…

Reactive Abuse - The lie they used to silence you

Aug 03, 2025 7m

What if the very thing used against you as proof of your instability… was actually a trauma response?In this episode of Facing the Mirror, Christina unpacks the misunderstood and often weaponized…

You weren't the victim- you were the match

Jul 27, 2025 5m

You weren't chosen. You were available.YOU weren't destroyed. You were already unraveling before they ever touched you.You weren't blindsided. You ignored the warnings because chaos felt familiar and…

The truth is: it was you.

Jul 27, 2025 7m

You say they were the problem.You say they lied, betrayed, ghosted, manipulated, cheated.And maybe they did.But in this episode, I’m not asking what they did to you.I’m asking: What part of you let…

S1 Narcissist? Machiavellian? or just human?

Jul 03, 2025 6m

🪞Not everyone with narcissistic traits is toxic… but ignoring yours can be.Ready to face the mirror? 👀#Machiavellianism vs #Narcissism explained in a way that actually makes sense.This one might…

Reclaim Control: Stop Sabotaging Your Peace Just to Feel Important

Jul 02, 2025 1m Bonus

When chaos feels like home, peace can feel like abandonment.In this soul-shaking video, Christina—Board Certified Life Coach, Trauma Counselor, and host of Facing the Mirror—exposes the subconscious…

🎙️ Reframing the Wreckage | A Soulful Shadow Work Talk

Jun 21, 2025 1m Bonus

What if the mess you’re ashamed of… is the very material you’re meant to build your healing with?In this raw and unfiltered episode, Christina—trauma-informed life coach, survivor, and founder of…

1:1 Shadow Role Play

Jun 17, 2025 4m

This is meant to feel like a one -on-one session with some peer group vibes. if youre interested in shadow work but too afraid to dive right in, try this one out.if shadow work is for you: email me…

Quick Check-in Clip

Jun 16, 2025 3m

What if your mess wasn’t a mistake… but a mirror?In this soul-stirring episode of Facing the Mirror, Christina dives deep into the emotional wreckage we often avoid, deny, or downplay. Whether it's…

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Facing the Mirror | Toxic Relationships & Attachment Patterns has published 26 episodes since May 2025, covering topics in Education, Self-Improvement.

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Facing the Mirror | Toxic Relationships & Attachment Patterns is currently sporadic with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 6m.

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