Jessica Baum's Story • The Science of Safe Connection and Breaking Trauma Cycles

[Content Warning]: Discussions of childhood trauma, addiction, feelings of isolation, abandonment wounds What does it actually take to heal, not manage, not cope, but truly heal, from the wounds we carry from childhood? In this episode of Trauma Interrupted, Jan Broberg sits down with Jessica Baum, licensed mental health counselor, founder of the Relationship Institute of Palm Beach, and author of the new book SAFE, to explore what the neuroscience of healing really tells us.  Jessica brings her expertise in interpersonal neurobiology and attachment theory to some of the questions survivors ask most: Why can't I just heal on my own? Why do my closest relationships feel the most unsafe? Why do I keep repeating the same patterns no matter how many self-help books I read?  The answer, she explains, lives in the body, in streams of implicit memory laid down long before we had words for what was happening to us. And the path is not a solo one. Healing, Jessica argues, requires at least one anchoring relationship: a safe nervous system to hold space while we revisit and integrate what we could not process alone.  Jan shares her own journey openly in this conversation, her experience of intergenerational trauma, the abandonment wounds she carried into adult relationships, and the moment when being truly believed by another person accelerated her healing in ways decades of effort had not.  Jessica also introduces her free Wheel of Attachment tool and a 40-minute bonus conversation with her mentor Bonnie Badenoch. Where To Find Jessica: Insta: @JessicaBaumLMHCBuy Jessica's Books:Safe: An Attachment-Informed Guide to Building More Secure RelationshipsAnxiously AttachedBonus Goodies From Jessica:Wheel of Attachment (PDF) Bonus 40-min conversation with Bonnie BadenochIf you or someone you know is experiencing emotional distress or suicidal ideation, please access the resources below:National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call/Text 988National Sexual Assault Hotline  (RAINN) : 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)National Alliance for Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264  🎧 LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE🍎 Apple Podcasts🎵 Spotify▶️ YouTube  ❣️ JAN BROBERG FOUNDATION🌐 JanBrobergFoundation.org🫂 Survivor Circle (free community)⏳ T.I.M.E. Program🔎 SPOT6📖 The Jan Broberg Story (book)🗞️ Newsletter  📲 CONNECT📷 Instagram🎶 TikTok✍️ Share Your Story💌 Fan Mail Support the show