Welcome to Breakdown to Breakthrough, the podcast that empowers you to transform your life

by awakening to your true authentic self. I'm Lisa A. Romano, your host, as an award-winning author

and certified life coach, I've dedicated my life to helping others understand the incredible power

of an organized mind. I believe that true empowerment begins with awakening to our false self.

I created the Conscious Healing Academy, a three-part coaching and brain retraining program designed

to help individuals triumph over trauma and turn the breakdowns into powerful breakthroughs.

My mission is to support you on your journey toward mental and emotional

regeneration through conscious and deliberate awakening. In this podcast, I'll share insights,

tools, and transformative stories that illuminate the path to healing and self-discovery.

So today, we're going to be talking about the roots of anxiety and how we can understand

generalized anxiety disorder through childhood experiences, otherwise known as GAD.

So GAD is often described as a persistent and excessive worry about various aspects of life,

including our health, finances, relationships, and social interactions.

Well, anxiety is a natural response to stress, those with generalized anxiety disorder

experience it in a way that can be debilitating. As a life coach specializing an adult child

trauma issues, I've seen firsthand how the seeds of anxiety can be sown in childhood, particularly when a child

experiences neglect or emotional unavailability from the caregivers.

So let's talk about the impact of neglect in childhood.

So consider the story of my client, Megan, a bright and sensitive child who grew up in a household

where emotional expression was

discouraged and dismissed as unnecessary and frivolous.

Her parents busy with their careers often overlooked her need for validation, which

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