The Crappy Childhood Fairy Podcast with 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 PTSD. 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.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 495
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
10 Shocking Signs That's NOT LOVE, It's Limerence
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This IS NOT Love. It’s a Trauma Bond (7 Signs You’re Stuck & How To BREAK Free)
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Here's Why You KEEP Pushing People Away... (Even When You Want Connection)
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STOP Trying to Make People Respect You & DO THIS Instead
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He Cheated, Lied, and Gaslit Me… So Why Can’t I Leave?
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If Food And Weight Control Your Life You'll Want to Watch THIS
*SUSAN'S QUIZ:: https://www.brightlineeating.com/weight-loss-drugs-and-beyond-susceptibility-quiz-aff-jun25?ref=af---anna37
*SUSAN'S VIDEO SERIES: https://www.brightlineeating.com/weight-loss-drugs-…
When NO ONE Heard You as a Kid… HERE’S What It Does to You Now
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*GET MY BOOK,* "Re-Regulated": https://bit.ly/4dRI8Sj…
#1 Simple Technique To Overcome Fear & Anxiety Quickly
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Surprising Signs You're NOT "Messy"— It's a Trauma Response
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It Took Me 25+ Years To Learn What I'm About To Tell You In 26 Minutes
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*GET MY BOOK,* "Re-Regulated": https://bit.ly/4dRI8Sj
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12 Super Specific Signs That Your Childhood Was Extremely Damaging
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🟢 TRY MY FREE COURSE: The Daily Practice: http://bit.ly/3X1BrE0
*GET MY BOOK,* "Re-Regulated": https://bit.ly/4dRI8Sj…
Why Narcissists Want To Stay FRIENDS After They Break Up With You
When you dated them, it started out AMAZING -- like you were made for each other. But as soon as you got close to them, they started casually bringing up their many “friends” – friends they’d had sex…
What Does It Mean Losing Friends Is a Pattern?
If a friend suddenly refuses to speak to you and you don’t understand why, it may be that they were not a good friend in the first place. But if it keeps happening with several friends, the evidence …
Why You Feel Left Out in Groups (and What to Do About It)
When I started teaching about trauma I never expected that one of my biggest challenges -- feeling like I didn't fit in with other people -- was actually a common trauma symptom. If you have CPTSD or…
Why Some Traumatized People Think Focusing on Trauma Is Stupid
In this video, I respond to an angry comment on my YouTube channel from a woman annoyed that some people appear to accept others' bad behavior, justifying it as "trauma." Hear the comment, and my tak…
How to Heal Your Wounded Soul After Trauma (4-Video Compilation)
Healing trauma is more than psychological. It's physical, it's practical -- and here's the part where trauma experts are curiously silent -- it's spiritual. Abuse and neglect are injuries to the spir…
Here's My Story on How I Learned to Help Others Heal Their Trauma Symptoms
I make it VERY clear that I'm not a therapist or doctor, but sometimes viewers ask why I didn't go the route of becoming a therapist, and how I learned to do what I do. In this video, I give the full…
Try These Emergency Measures to Re-Regulate Anywhere
Everyone, not just traumatized people, gets dysregulated sometimes. And virtually everyone eventually re-regulates. But if you were traumatized at a young age, it can cause you to get dysregulated mo…
You Hide That You Love Them, and Pretend You’re Their Friend
When you’re into someone but you hide how you really feel, don’t be surprised when the reality of the situation smacks you down. People who were traumatized as kids are particularly vulnerable to thi…
For Healing, Sane Action is More Powerful Than Sad Stories
The stories you tell yourself are an expression of what YOU believe is important about you. And if you're wedding to saying life is never fair, everyone’s terrible, they take advantage of you, you ne…