Not Ideal, But We're Going With It.

Aug 30 2024 51 ep. 32 mins 16
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A mother-daughter podcast about trauma, PTSD, chronic pain and more. Tune in each week to hear up close and personal stories about harrowing medical experiences, drug addiction, accidents, and finding our way through. Kim is the mom living in Pennsylvania and Anna is the daughter living in Australia! Join them and their special guests as they laugh, learn, and overshare about what they have been through.

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Season 6 - Ep. 1 - Self Protection Part 1

Aug 30 2024 31 mins  
WE'RE BACK! Join us this week for the first time in a while as we update you on our lives! This episode is also the first of a two-part special on Self Protection, a critical maladaptive coping skill that can destroy our relationships - both with our loved ones and with ourselves. Thanks for sticking with us!

Season 5 - Ep. 5 - Assertive Voice: When, Why, and How To Use It

Dec 28 2023 52 mins  
Join us this week for the second installment of our Coping Skills miniseries! Do you ever feel at a loss when your boundaries get crossed, unsure of how to appropriately communicate your thoughts or feelings? Or maybe you feel like you use your assertive voice TOO forcefully and end up alienating or hurting the people with whom you’re trying to foster healthy relationships? Well,

Season 5 - Ep. 4 - Coping Skills: Core Values

Sep 14 2023 38 mins  
Join us this week for the start of our new miniseries, "Coping Skills!" In this series of episodes, we walk through several different aspects of healthy coping. This week, we cover Core Values, which are the key to determining what your healthy boundaries are. Have you ever wondered why something bothers you and not others? Well, you’re about to find out! Stay tuned for more Copi

Season 5 - Ep. 3 - Naked and Unashamed: Dissociation, Vulnerability, and Trust

Jul 20 2023 31 mins  
Join us this week as we discuss (and argue) over how to navigate your relationships - both with yourself and others - in the aftermath of trauma. Vulnerability should increase as trust increases, but that can be hard for people with trauma! If that’s not interesting enough, there’s also a special guest appearance from a certain lawn-chores-obsessed husband.

Season 5 - Ep. 2 - Trauma Transformed: From Prisoner to Pioneer

Apr 23 2023 38 mins  
Join us this week as we interview another guest STAR, Damien Linnane: an abuse survivor, ex-convict, world renowned artist, PhD candidate, and social activist. As an autistic trauma survivor, Damien walks us through his life story and how he got from prison to being a powerful voice for the vulnerable.

Season 5 - Ep. 1 - Bouncing Forward Into Season 5!

Feb 09 2023 31 mins  
Join us this week as we launch our newest season. Hear about what we've been up to and what's coming next. This year we will have even more interviews, laughs, and episodes (hopefully) than last year.

Season 4 - Ep. 4 - Narcissism, Confidence, and Knowing When To Pull the Chute

Nov 05 2022 31 mins  
Join us this week as we discuss narcissism, the common confusion around the term, and how it compares to confidence. You’ll also get to hear Kim and Anna yell at each other a bit. Thanks for listening!

Season 4 - Ep. 3 - ADHD Part 2: Spoons and Crackers

Aug 22 2022 32 mins  
Join us this week as we hear from another guest STAR! Sophie, Anna’s Australian friend who has been recently diagnosed with ADHD, gives us an inside look into what it’s like to be an adult woman discovering, grappling with, and adjusting to the reality of this condition. It doesn’t sound easy, but we are inspired after hearing from her and we think you will be, too!

Season 4 - Ep. 2 - ADHD, Trauma, and Women: Say It, Don't Spray It (Part 1)

Aug 01 2022 30 mins  
That’s right: we’re back. After another unplanned hiatus, we invite you to join us this week as we discuss ADHD and it’s interactions with trauma, it’s impact on women, and more! We even take an online test to dive deeper into some of the more common symptoms! And that's not all… tune in NEXT EPISODE to meet one of Anna's friends recently diagnosed with ADHD as an adult.

Season 4 - Ep. 1 - WE'RE BACK!

Mar 27 2022 32 mins  
Join us this week for our Season 4 comeback episode! You thought we ran out of steam? Correct. But only for a few months. Now, we’re back and better than ever, and we’ve got things to SAY! Tune in to this episode for a recap on what we’ve been up to and a preview for what’s in store for Season 4! Thanks for joining us!