All Episodes

E115: Why “Keeping the Family Peace” Can Reinforce Trauma Responses and People Pleasing

E114: The Hidden Link Between Trauma, People Pleasing & Family Estrangement

E113: From “Staying Still” to Speaking Up: Trauma, Attachment & People Pleasing

E112: Why Noah Kahan’s song “Staying Still” Hits So Hard: CPTSD and Functional Freeze

E111: I Almost Took Responsibility for Someone Else’s Mistake (Trauma & People Pleasing)

E110: The Unspoken Contract That Makes You Responsible for Everyone’s Emotions (Trauma, Attachment & People Pleasing)

E109: Vulnerability Hangover After Therapy: Trauma, Attachment & People Pleasing

E108: The “Good Client” Trap: How Trauma and Attachment Keep You Performing

E107: The Strange Reason Growth Feels Like Guilt When You Heal Trauma

E106: Is Your Identity Built on Trauma, CPTSD & Attachment Patterns?

E105: How “Pleading the Fifth” Can Break Trauma-Driven Overthinking & Anxiety Loops

E104: From Mental “Prison” to Peace: Rewiring the Brain After Trauma

E103: CPTSD & Perfectionism: The Missing Piece in Self-Care — A Midweek Reframe

E102: Why Traditional Self-Care Fails for CPTSD, Trauma & People Pleasers

E101: Why Overfunctioning Won’t Protect You from Grief—and What Actually Works

E100: From People-Pleaser to Whole Self: Lessons on Trauma and Attachment After 100 Episodes

E99: Midlife Healing > Reinvention: Overcome People-Pleasing

E98: Reclaiming Your Spark: Healing Trauma and People-Pleasing in Midlife

E97: Why Trauma Turned You Into a People Pleaser (And How Courage Breaks the Cycle)

E96: The Hidden Shame Driving Your Anxiety and People Pleasing: Trauma, Attachment Wounds, and the Fear of Being Exposed

E95: Why “Who Am I?” is the Wrong Question for CPTSD Healing

E94: Who Am I Outside People-Pleasing? Healing Attachment and Reclaiming Identity

E93: 1 Incredible Tool To Make Saying NO Easier, Without Triggering People Pleasing & Attachment Trauma

E92: Why Your Fear Of Disappointing People Is Actually An Attachment Trauma & How It Fuels People Pleasing

E91: One Small Step to Heal Trauma Without Burning Out

E90: How Trauma, Attachment Patterns, and People Pleasing Drain Women’s Energy

E89: Letting Play Be an Experiment: How trauma, attachment, and people-pleasing turn play into pressure — and a gentler way to begin

E88: A Gentler Way to Heal Trauma and Attachment Wounds Through Play: Exploring safety, repair, and nervous system healing

E87: Gentle Presence: Reconnecting With The Self After Trauma-Driven Disconnection

E86: When Functioning Becomes Disconnection: Dissociation, Trauma, and the Nervous System in High-Achieving Women

E85: Midweek Reframe: Tiny Micro-Practices That Help You Reconnect With Your Body While Living With CPTSD

E84: Why Disconnection From Your Body Is Holding High-Achieving Women Back & How to Reclaim It

E83: Midweek Reframe: Why ‘Being Strong’ Is Hurting Women With CPTSD (And What to Do Instead)

E82: 3 Trauma Beliefs Women With CPTSD Carry About Their Bodies, Boundaries, and Joy—and How to Release Them

E81: Midweek Reframe: Disorganized Attachment & Self-Compassion: Meeting Push-Pull With Kindness

E80: Why Trauma Creates Disorganized Attachment and Makes Love Feel Unsafe

E79: Midweek Reframe: Letting Distance Be Information, Not Shame: A Self-Compassion Reframe for Avoidant Attachment

E78: How Avoidant Attachment Develops When Independence Was the Safest Choice

E77: Midweek Reframe: How Trauma-Informed Self-Validation Calms Anxious Attachment

E76: Why Anxious Attachment Keeps You Stuck in Relationship Anxiety (and How Trauma Fuels It)

E75: Midweek Reframe: Stop Forcing Secure Attachment—This Trauma-Informed Pause Works Better

E74: Your Attachment Style Is Choosing Your Relationships (Here’s How to Change the Pattern)

E73: Why Your Attachment Style Shapes Your Nervous System—and How to Gently Shift It

E72: How Healing Attachment Wounds Brings Clarity to Relationship Chaos with guest, Bryan Power

E71: Midweek Reframe: How Emotional Flashbacks Secretly Control Your People Pleasing

E70: Why Emotional Flashbacks Stem From Attachment Wounds — Not “Overreacting”

E69: Midweek Reframe: A Quick Reframe: How Trauma Trains You to People-Please

E68: The Trauma You Were Never Allowed to Name - Understanding Complex PTSD

E67: Midweek Mindset Shift: How Wise Mind Helps Heal CPTSD and People-Pleasing

E66: Why You Can’t Heal Your Attachment Style Without Trauma Work (The Truth Behind the Rebrand of Reclaiming Me)

E65: Midweek Reframe: Pause and Anchor Check-In

E64: Healing Through Story: Curtiss & Nikki’s Addiction Recovery and Trauma Healing Journey

E63: Midweek Reframe: Breaking the Shame–Perfectionism Loop

E62: Healing Through Story: Transforming Trauma into Purpose with Aaron Donaghy and Nikki Callaway

E61: Midweek Reframe: Body Compass Check-In

E60: Unmasking Rest: Part Two — Finding Restoration in Connection

E59: Welcome to the Midweek Reframe: Inner Critic vs. Authentic Self

E58: Unmasking Rest, Part One: Beyond Sleep and Into Healing

E57: Choosing Yourself: Healing the Roots of Codependency

E56: Unmasking Codependency: When Helping Becomes Harmful

E55: Breaking the Silence: Vulnerability, Shame, and Healing for Men with Ken Van Swearingen, MMFT, LPC, LCDC, NCC

E54: Unmasking Suicide Loss: A Conversation on Grief and Compassion with Courtney Watson

E53: College, Pressure, and Possibility: Helping Teens Navigate What’s Next with Janelle Ault, LMFT

E52: Highlight Reels vs. Real Life: Breaking Free from Social Media Pressure

E51: Coming Home to Yourself: A Conversation with My Grandfather on a Century of Love, Loss and Resiliency

E50: One Year Unmasked: Celebrating Courage, Community & New Chapters

E49: Rooted in Change: Closing One Chapter, Opening Another

E48: Becoming Ourselves: College Days, Sobriety, and the Work of Growth with Dr. Jeff Farr

E47: Wild Hearts and Grounded Healing: Yoga, Sobriety, and the Power of Community with Amanda Cable, LCDC-I, RYT

E46: Strong Back, Soft Front, Wild Heart - The Courage to Show Up Fully

E45: Peace Over Closure: The Power of Showing Up for Yourself

E44: Mending the Messy: Repair and Boundaries in Female Friendships

E43: Clingy, Distant, Secure? How Attachment Styles Shape Our Friendships

E42: Where Did Everybody Go? Exploring the Friendship Fade

E41: Not Like the Movies: Redefining Female Friendship

E40: We Can Do Hard Things: Truth, Connection, and Glennon Doyle - Deconstructing Adult Friendships

E39: Holding Space: Navigating Friendship and Self in Adulthood

E38: Finding Balance: A Mother-Son Conversation on Comfort Zones and Campus Life

E37: Mood Swings and Milestones: Unmasking Mental Health in Menopause with Mandi Dixon, LPC, NCC

E36: Embracing Female Solo Travel: A Journey of Self-Discovery

E35: Unmasking Menopause: A New Era of Awareness with Mary Turner, MSN, WHNP, MSCP

E34: Beyond the Baby Blues: Moms, Mental Health, & the Postpartum Experience

E33: Unmasking Birth Stories: Healing Through Generational Trauma

E32: Part 2 with Elise Dean: Be Bloomed-The Power of Motherhood and Resilience

E31: Pt. 1: Against the Odds: Elise Dean Talks Resilience, IVF, and Finding Strength in Motherhood

E30: Over 40 and Unstoppable: Celebrating Self-Love, Resilience, and Beauty Through Photography with Carmen Rose

E29: Breaking the Silence: Exploring Sex, Desire, Vulnerability, and Intimacy with Dr. Edita Ruzgyte

E28: Creativity, Play, and Self-Love: Embracing Joy Beyond Expectations

E27: Hands in the Clay: Jen Miller's Story of Unmasking the Creative Force of Pottery

E26: From Graphic Design to Mental Health Advocacy - Karley Hill's Story of Healing through Creativity and Connection

E25: The Power of Play and Creativity in Adulthood

E24: The Crappy, The Happy, and What's in Store for 2025

E23: The Complexities of Grief: Insights from a Therapist

E22: Navigating Grief and Loss through the Holidays with Licensed Professional Counselors, Mark and Vanessa Hundley

E 21: Straddling the Tension between Grief and Gratitude this Holiday Season

E20: Navigating Boomer Burnout: Rebecca Sheinberg's Personal Journey of Trauma to Triumph

E19: Unpacking Burnout: A Deep Dive with Amelia Nagoski, DMA and Co-Author of Burnout: The Secret of Unlocking the Stress Cycle

E18: Running Towards Joy and Healing from Burnout with Jeanny Gallo, Yoga Instructor and Wellness Advocate

E17: Exploring the Male Experience of Anxiety and Burnout with Cindy's Husband, Eric Payne

E16: Cindy and Sarah's Anxiety Evolution

E15: Unmasking Anxiety with Ashley Igo, LPC: A Journey of Resiliency and Healing

E14: Unmasking with Ann Nickel, LPC: Dealing with Anxiety from an Unexpected Diagnosis

E13: Unmasking: Q&A with Cindy and Sarah

E12: Unmasking: Back-to-School with Parent Coach, Kim Muench: Supporting the Independence of Emerging Adult Children

E11: Unmasking Back-to-School with Karen Jones, M.E.d., LPC-S: Empowerment through Animal-Assisted Therapy

E10: Unmasking Back-to-School with Cindy's son, Ethan Payne: Navigating the Transition from High School to College, A Journey of Personal Growth

E9: Unmasking Back-to-School with Tessa Knickerbocker, LPC: Supporting Adolescent Mental Health through Open Communication and Understanding vs. Fear

E8: Unmasking Back-to-School with Kathy Riojas, MS, LPC: Honesty, Advocacy, and Support for Parents of Neurodivergent Children

E7: Unmasking: Back-to-School Series

E6: Unmasking Trauma Q & A and ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Study

E5: Unmasking Trauma: Karla Beaman, LCSW on Using Brainspotting to Heal from Trauma

E4: Unmasking Trauma: What is CPTSD?

E3: Unmasking Trauma

E2: Meet Cindy

E1: Meet Sarah

Introducing: Unmasking with Cindy and Sarah