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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246 - Finding a Trauma Therapist Who Won't Harm You: Red Flags, Self-Disclosure & What to Ask w/ Amber Trejo & Megan Walsh
Trauma-informed is a phrase any practitioner can put on their website. But some of the people using it have never sat in a client chair themselves.
Amber Trejo and Megan
Sep 2 1 h 02 min
SHITSHOW SATURDAY #220 – 5 Kinds of Fears
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Aug 29 33 min
245 - The Other Side of Fear: Life After the Wound Stops Being Your Identity w/ Bethany Webster
You've spent your whole life waiting for the other shoe to drop. Nobody tells you what happens when it finally stops dropping.
Bethany Webster is an expert on healing th
Aug 26 55 min
SHITSHOW SATURDAY #219 – Nicole F.
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Aug 22 43 min
244 - What Lives in Your Shadow: A Jungian Approach to Complex Trauma w/ Hannah Fraser Moore
Whatever you refuse to look at inside yourself comes back at you disguised as your life.
Hannah Fraser Moore is a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and writer based in th
Aug 19 1 h 00 min
SHITSHOW SATURDAY #218 – Turning Toward Self: Inside Safe Within
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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
You finally go no contact after decades of abuse. Then one day the phone rings, and suddenly you're legally responsible for their entire life.
Katherine St Claire is a w
Aug 12 1 h 08 min
SHITSHOW SATURDAY #217 – Imposter Syndrome
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Aug 8 28 min
242 - Imposter Syndrome Through the Lens of CPTSD: Confronting the Fraud Inside
You feel like a fraud bracing for the moment everyone finally figures you out. And no amount of accomplishment or evidence ever changes that feeling that you're not who y
Aug 5 50 min
SHITSHOW SATURDAY #216 – The Return of Haley
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Aug 1 36 min
241 - Inside an Emotional Flashback: Recognizing One, Surviving One & What's Underneath
Somebody doesn't text you back and suddenly you feel like you're going to die. You're not being pathetic. You're in a flashback.
Welcome to the living hell of emotional
Jul 30 49 min
SHITSHOW SATURDAY #215 – Things You Learned Were Normal That Never Were
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Jul 25 36 min
240 - Borderline or Abandoned? What Separates a Personality Disorder From Untreated Relational Trauma w/ Susan Anderson
The Abandonment Trauma Queen is back on the pod, and today we're heading into uncharted territory: borderline vs. abandonment trauma. What truly separates the two, and wh
Jul 22 1 h 01 min
SHITSHOW SATURDAY #214 – Lynda S.
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Jul 18 28 min
239 - Chronically Stuck in Your Head: How Trauma-Informed Mindfulness Quiets the Overthinking Mind w/ Joe Flanders
The voice in your head won't shut up because if it did, you'd have to feel what's in your body.
Dr. Joe Flanders is a clinical psychologist based in Montreal who special
Jul 15 1 h 05 min
SHITSHOW SATURDAY #213 – The Return of Moustache Mike
Mike's first Shitshow episode 👉 SHITSHOW SATURDAY #127
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Jul 11 37 min
238 - The Deathbed Reckoning: Facing Unhealed Trauma and Family Wounds at the End w/ Kat Courtney
A death doula shares what really happens between a toxic parent and their child in the parent's final moments.
Kat Courtney is a death doula and plant medicine facilitat
Jul 9 1 h 13 min
Shitshow Saturday #212 - When Scarcity Fuses With Self-Worth
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Jul 4 32 min
237 - Stopping The War Within: Understanding Your Patterns Through Parts w/ Britt Frank
Everything you hate about yourself starts making sense the moment you realize you're not one person - you're a whole system trying to survive.
Britt Frank is a licensed
Jul 1 1 h 02 min
Shitshow Saturday #211 - Why Asking For Help is Hard
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Jun 27 38 min
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I cannot say enough about Andrea, the host of this podcast....she's so down to earth, to the point, intelligent and, funny.
I finally feel understood, and, like I'm not the only one who is 54 years old, feeling inside as though I'm 15! Inner child, good ol inner child.
Being here with Andrea, and, her guests, really helps me to realize we're all a work in progress, we are all striving to be our best self.
I love all of the episodes, i take away so much from listening.
Andrea....thank you so much for being you, and for putting the topics out there, that really need to be brought to light.
Vincentboy27 · Apr 2025
A fellow ACA traveler told me about this podcast and I listened the my first one about people pleasing.
It validated a few insights I have had recently including not being ashamed of leaving AA at 18+ years sober because I was in a different place. I am coming up on my sobriety date and will have 21 years sober. It’s time to work on my issues as an adult child. I am 65 and it isn’t too late.
Knottwolayt · Apr 2025
I just recently discovered Andrea’s (Not ONdrea) podcast. I am several episodes in and am loving it. I am a licensed therapist and work with a lot of ACOAs. It is obvious she has done and is continuing to do her own work and Im grateful she is putting this out into the world for others to hear!
KatieLuman · Apr 2025
Adult child offers highly informative yet relatable content for those of us who did not have healthy examples of family and relationships. Andrea and her guests offer thought provoking and bold accounts of their life experiences to provide a source of inspiration. One thing that sets this show apart is the humor that is sprinkled throughout the episodes to add a lighthearted and welcoming atmosphere so you are excited to listen to the episodes rather than feeling overwhelmed consuming more content
Beaonca Ward · Mar 2025
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
Not gonna lie this pod has really shifted something in me. It’s the first thing I have dove into on this topic and it’s the reason for the stars. This work matters but this may not be our best option. I started at episode 1, I’m on episode 26 and I’m done. I kept noticing her lack of privilege in this recovery world and 25 episodes in and it just doesn’t seem to provide an inclusive space. I also find her to be flippant with a lot of the guests during their moments of vulnerability. Yes this work matters. But if you value inclusivity and acknowledgement of privilege, I advise to look elsewhere.
LackingStorage · Mar 2025
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