# The Crappy Childhood Fairy Podcast with Anna Runkle A podcast by Anna Runkle. I’m Anna Runkle, also known as the Crappy Childhood Fairy, and I teach people to recognize and heal the symptoms of Childhood Trauma. Welcome to my podcast!I’m not a doctor or therapist; I know about childhood trauma because I lived it, and I discovered a radical approach to healing that focuses first on calming neurological dysregulation, which is common in people who grew up with abuse and neglect. In my podcasts, I teach about dysregulation – how to know if you have it, what it can do to your body, your thinking and your relationships, and what to do to master re-regulation. When I learned this, everything in my life got suddenly easier. I’ll also be teaching you to heal the life problems that so often develop after years of living dysregulated – feeling tired, isolated and unfocused, finding yourself always drawn to unavailable and inappropriate partners, and falling WAY short of your professional potential, for example. The thing about me is, traditional therapies never seemed to help me. When I found techniques that did work, my whole life changed. Only in the past few years has the trauma research caught up to explain why – why the techniques I use worked, why therapy… Feed: https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/2147504615/feed ## Latest episodes - [Trauma, Avoidance, and The 40 Ways You're Keeping Your Life SMALL](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/7e7403966acf) (2026-11-03, 35 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149276965.mp3 - [The Secret to Recognizing Someone Who Can REALLY Love You](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/2bfc0129ea31) (2026-11-01, 16 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149276964.mp3 - [Codependents Think They're Being Nice](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/0b2fd45ddc79) (2026-10-30, 21 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149276963.mp3 - [Obsessed With “Getting Your Needs Met”? You're Making Yourself Hard to Love.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/3658cbe37289) (2026-10-28, 22 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149276955.mp3 - [The Trauma Response Everyone Mistakes for Success](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/b17f53dd86e0) (2026-10-21, 27 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149264650.mp3 - [When Trauma Hits AGAIN: Do These Things First](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/b87b0c499170) (2026-10-19, 20 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149264647.mp3 - [How to Ask For Help in a Crisis (When Everyone You Trust Has Let You Down)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/0ba1821d6744) (2026-10-17, 19 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149264644.mp3 - [Trauma Makes You Do Things That Traumatize You AGAIN](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/ea2920c54725) (2026-10-15, 24 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149264642.mp3 - ["How You Unconsciously Signal That You'll Accept Bad Treatment"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/d9a5b2490355) (2026-10-13, 50 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149264639.mp3 - [The Childhood Wound That Makes Rejection Feel MAGICAL](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/b990628de915) (2026-10-11, 35 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149264637.mp3 - [10 Things You MUST Change to Heal From Trauma](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/dc064cf033a1) (2026-10-09, 38 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149264634.mp3 - [10 Things Limerent People Tell Themselves (So they Can Keep OBSESSING)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/7b611f8f2d51) (2026-10-07, 20 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149256833.mp3 - [How to Stop an Argument Before It Gets Out of Control](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/08b402c8bdb2) (2026-10-05, 14 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149256832.mp3 - [Isolating Is a Trauma Symptom — Stop Calling It “Self-Care”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/a3b70d19b84b) (2026-10-03, 17 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149256831.mp3 - [How to Love Someone With CPTSD Without Losing Yourself](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/933b46200704) (2026-10-01, 21 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149256830.mp3 - [Great Partners Are Looking for These Signs In YOU](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/83e8981e5bcd) (2026-09-29, 14 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149256828.mp3 - [He Showed Up From Her Past Saying "Trust Me" | Then He Did THIS](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/0e73b2d682c4) (2026-09-27, 20 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149256827.mp3 - [I Roll My Eyes When People Say "EVERYONE" Has Trauma Now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/a31b5d009259) (2026-09-25, 15 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149256826.mp3 - [What Limerence Is Like, And What It Takes to END IT](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/297d752f5314) (2026-09-23, 23 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149256825.mp3 - [What's Keeping You Stuck Isn't Your Childhood — It's These 5 Habits](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/3461a0c44937) (2026-09-21, 19 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149256824.mp3 - [7 Signs of Nervous System Healing (That Don't Feel Like Healing)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/af0af691dbc8) (2026-09-19, 16 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149256823.mp3 - [Blame and Psychological Buzzwords Won't Solve Your Problem](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/05db6a74c4b2) (2026-09-17, 20 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149256822.mp3 - [The Dark Side of "Feeling Your Feelings" | The Bad Advice That Wrecks Your Life](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/e92a92d90f50) (2026-09-15, 23 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149256821.mp3 - [10 Conversation Tricks That Make People LOVE Talking To You](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/4806de3ac33d) (2026-09-02, 27 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149244118.mp3 - [How Trauma Gives Evil A WAY IN](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/f2f4370e1414) (2026-08-31, 20 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149244117.mp3 - [Seven Things Your Therapist Won't Tell You (But I Will)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/d7d8a8f35320) (2026-08-29, 18 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149244116.mp3 - [5-Question Friendship Gut-Check | To Grow Your Inner Circle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/f9999856de79) (2026-08-27, 16 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149244115.mp3 - [Why "Understanding" Your Trauma Won't Heal You](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/471b01c9b99c) (2026-08-25, 21 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149244114.mp3 - [You CAN End Romantic Obsession (Even If You Have to See Them Every Week)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/2c7af248ae86) (2026-08-23, 28 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149244113.mp3 - [Therapy Doesn't OWN Healing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/b9d4e0581730) (2026-08-20, 35 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149244111.mp3 - [The Relationship That Should NEVER Become a Marriage](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/b36e531236a3) (2026-08-18, 18 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149236109.mp3 - [It Took Me 25+ Years To Learn What I'm About To Tell You In 26 Minutes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/6a3263ffeebf) (2026-08-16, 29 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149236108.mp3 - [40 Signs You’re Sabotaging Your Life Without Realizing It](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/522e2f12e02b) (2026-08-14, 36 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149236107.mp3 - [Clutter Is A Trauma Symptom](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/bf926f54dc80) (2026-08-12, 40 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149236106.mp3 - [Say These 8 Things to Shut Down Manipulation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/226a176370a1) (2026-08-10, 12 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149236105.mp3 - [The Trauma Habit That Attacts Bullies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/cf86fcda6172) (2026-08-08, 21 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149236104.mp3 - [Your Attraction to Unavailable People Is Ruining Your Life](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/8a463b315621) (2026-08-07, 49 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149236103.mp3 - [A Woman Should NEVER Act This Way With a Man](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/51430b92b8f5) (2026-08-05, 19 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149236102.mp3 - [12 Super Specific Signs That Childhood Trauma Affected You](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/29e0de7a9c6e) (2026-08-03, 33 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149236101.mp3 - [The Unwritten Rules of Female Friendships That Can Break You](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/484492e07603) (2026-08-02, 15 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149236100.mp3 - [You Need Love | Here's Why You're Getting Only Crumbs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/3e7cdbaeae2f) (2026-08-01, 25 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149236099.mp3 - [Why You Don't Know Who You Are](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/9859472ccee9) (2026-07-30, 31 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149236098.mp3 - [How to Become Who You Really Are](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/767e601ea5d6) (2026-07-17, 18 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149227704.mp3 - [The Relationship That Should NEVER Become a Marriage](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/a394b555f597) (2026-07-15, 19 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149227510.mp3 - [Why You Can't Stop Oversharing (And 9 The Things You Must NEVER Say)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/978c488e7c29) (2026-07-13, 17 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149227464.mp3 - [The Manipulation Tactic Almost Everyone Falls For](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/b505d40dffb1) (2026-07-10, 15 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149227463.mp3 - [Why Stress Makes You Do Things You Regret](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/ca1f327ab408) (2026-07-08, 15 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149227462.mp3 - [The Most Common Trauma Trigger Nobody Talks About](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/43b0a2198577) (2026-06-23, 19 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149218629.mp3 - [Stop Using "Psychology" to Avoid the Obvious](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/112cf6379fc4) (2026-06-22, 28 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149218628.mp3 - [Your Parent Wants You Back. Should You Forgive Them?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1641367569/fdeaf61796ee) (2026-06-21, 20 min): audio https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149218616.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them.