Adult Child dives deep into the lasting effects of growing up in dysfunctional families—unpacking complex and relational trauma, codependency, toxic shame, and addiction patterns with raw vulnerability and unapologetic authenticity.
Hosted by Andrea Ashley, a recovering shitshow with 17 years sober, each episode shares unfiltered insights, expert conversations, and practical tools to heal your nervous system and break free from the cycles that hold you back.
Whether you’re an adult child of alcoholics or from a dysfunctional family, navigating toxic relationships, or healing your inner child, this is your no-BS space for healing. New episodes every Wednesday & Saturday.
And damn the join The Shitshow Healing Community for live support groups and connection with fellow cycle breakers.
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SHITSHOW SATURDAY #226 – James M.
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Oct 17 35 min
252 - Toxic Guilt: Why You Feel Like You’re in Trouble When You Didn’t Do Anything Wrong
If you feel guilty for shit you didn’t even do, this one’s for you.
Toxic guilt isn’t feedback on what you did. It’s a verdict on who you are, and you can’t apologize y
Oct 14 48 min
SHITSHOW SATURDAY #225 – Attachment Blindness
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Oct 10 35 min
251 - Attachment Blindness: Why You Miss Real Betrayal & See Harm That Isn't There
Your childhood decided who people are before they ever opened their mouths. Sometimes that means missing the person who is hurting you. Sometimes it means creating the ha
Oct 7 52 min
SHITSHOW SATURDAY #224 – When You Just Want a Parent
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Oct 3 33 min
250 - What a Real Amends From a Parent Requires: Naming the Impact & What Happens If You Never Get It w/ Dr. Ken Adams & Leilani Sinclair
✨SAFE WITHIN: A 7-week live somatic journey to get out of your head and into your body. Starts Wed. Oct 7th. 👉 adultchildpodcast.com/safewithin
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An apology is the par
Oct 1 1 h 15 min
250 - What a Real Amends From a Parent Requires: Naming the Impact & What Happens If You Never Get It w/ Dr. Ken Adams & Leilani Sinclair
✨SAFE WITHIN: A 7-week live somatic journey to get out of your head and into your body. Starts Wed. Oct 7th. 👉 adultchildpodcast.com/safewithin
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An apology is the par
Sep 30 1 h 15 min
249 - Why You Don't Let Yourself Feel Good: Guilt, Grief & Finding Joy When You're Struggling w/ Dr. MC McDonald
✨SAFE WITHIN: A 7-week live somatic journey to get out of your head and into your body. Starts Wed. Oct 7th. 👉 adultchildpodcast.com/safewithin
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Sometimes the hardest
Sep 23 1 h 03 min
SHITSHOW SATURDAY #223 – Jeremy
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Sep 19 33 min
248 - When Your Body Has the Memory and You Don't: Repressed Memories & Somatic Healing w/ Dr. Deniz Ahmadinia
✨SAFE WITHIN: A 7-week live somatic journey to get out of your head and into your body. Starts Wed. Oct 7th. 👉 adultchildpodcast.com/safewithin
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Your body will not han
Sep 16 1 h 05 min
SHITSHOW SATURDAY #222 – What You Hide Hardest
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Sep 12 33 min
247 - What Happens When Only One of You Does the Work: Family Role Dynamics and What Repair Actually Takes w/ Dr. Angelica Shiels
✨SAFE WITHIN: A 7-week live somatic journey to get out of your head and into your body. Starts Wed. Oct 7th. Early bird pricing through 9/17 👉 adultchildpodcast.com/safew
Sep 9 1 h 09 min
SHITSHOW SATURDAY #221 – Getting the Support You Need
✨SAFE WITHIN: A 7-week live somatic journey to get out of your head and into your body. Starts Wed. Oct 7th. Early bird pricing through 9/17 👉 adultchildpodcast.com/safew
Sep 5 31 min
246 - Finding a Trauma Therapist Who Won't Harm You: Red Flags, Self-Disclosure & What to Ask w/ Amber Trejo & Megan Walsh
✨SAFE WITHIN: A 7-week live somatic journey to get out of your head and into your body. Starts Wed. Oct 7th. Early bird pricing through 9/17 👉 adultchildpodcast.com/safew
Sep 2 1 h 02 min
SHITSHOW SATURDAY #220 – 5 Kinds of Fears
✨SAFE WITHIN: A 7-week live somatic journey to get out of your head and into your body. Starts Wed. Oct 7th. Early bird pricing through 9/17 👉 adultchildpodcast.com/safew
Aug 29 33 min
245 - The Other Side of Fear: Life After the Wound Stops Being Your Identity w/ Bethany Webster
✨SAFE WITHIN: A 7-week live somatic journey to get out of your head and into your body. Starts Wed. Oct 7th. Early bird pricing through 9/17 👉 adultchildpodcast.com/safew
Aug 26 55 min
SHITSHOW SATURDAY #219 – Nicole F.
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Shitshow Saturday #127
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Aug 22 43 min
244 - What Lives in Your Shadow: A Jungian Approach to Complex Trauma w/ Hannah Fraser Moore
✨SAFE WITHIN: A 7-week live somatic journey to get out of your head and into your body. Starts Wed. Oct 7th. Early bird pricing through 9/17 👉 adultchildpodcast.com/safew
Aug 19 1 h 00 min
SHITSHOW SATURDAY #218 – Turning Toward Self: Inside Safe Within
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Shitshow Saturday #127
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Aug 15 38 min
243 - The Caregiving Trap: When the Parent You're Estranged From Becomes Your Responsibility w/ Katherine St. Claire
✨SAFE WITHIN: A 7-week live somatic journey to get out of your head and into your body. Starts Wed. Oct 7th. Early bird pricing through 9/17 👉 adultchildpodcast.com/safew
Aug 12 1 h 08 min
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A friend sent me this podcast, I am not a podcast person lol but I am hooked. I started with episode 1! It’s all I want to listen to and learn more. I have been feeling so “stuck” in my healing and I’m getting so much value from this. So many news people to check out and methods to look into. I love how the music chosen for the beginning of each episode relates to the topic in some way. I have told so many people about it in hopes that many will benefit from the topics too. You are doing a great thing here Andrea!
Recovering Ppl Pleaser · Sep 2026
I just started listening to this a few months ago, and am so impressed. I will be listening to an episode and say “right?” or nod, because it genuinely makes you feel like you are in a room of people that get it. After a lifetime of no one seeming to want to understand, it is so healing to find this. Thank you to Andrea for starting this! I am grateful for every episode, it’s so helpful.
Mara8307 · Sep 2026
I’m grateful that Andrea addresses all of the issues around childhood trauma, CPTSD, and navigating life with gaping emotional wounds. I always feel relief when I listen to her podcast because it reminds me that I am not crazy and I am not alone.
AnnieBapple · Aug 2026
I found Andrea’s podcast around the same time that I was introduced to Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families (ACA/ACOA). Adult Child is a wonderful complement to the work that I’m doing with ACA, and I’m so grateful for Andrea’s down to earth, authentic, and humorous approach to life and healing.
Jamaymay Sparkle · Aug 2026
If you are looking for objective discussion, this is not the podcast you are looking for. The conversations have great information and potential for healthy debate, however the audio is heavily edited when there are disagreeing views. It makes the conversation disingenuous and leaves me wondering what was cut out. The host is looking for validation and confirmation bias and I think that explains the 5 star reviews from other people that are also validated through the host’s perspective.
amyjo0788 · Mar 2026
The host seems to not take CPTSD as a serious diagnosis, rather as a fun, quirky thing to have. She doesn’t seem to really understand complex topics related to trauma and CPTSD, pushes pop psychology narratives, and seems to have super rigid beliefs about CPTSD that sound like what a teenager on TikTok who doesn’t understand trauma or their condition would say. She asks ridiculous questions to professionals who seem annoyed to have their time wasted like this. She seems to only want to have her own narratives confirmed and isn’t interested in the reality of CPTSD, people’s experiences, research, etc.
BMTHTMB · Apr 2025
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