The Toxic Effects of Isolation & How to Improve Your Connectability- With Anna Runkle

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Human connection is truly at the core of human health and happiness. But today, more than ever, it’s easy to be disconnected from others. With the rise in prevalence of issues like addiction, trauma and mental health conditions, true human connection is something we need to be intentional about adding into our lives. On today’s show, you’re going to learn about how trauma can block you from connecting with others and living your best life. Our guest on today’s show is author and trauma coach, Anna Runkle. Her mission is to help folks across the world heal their trauma symptoms with self-directed regulation exercises. In this interview, Anna is sharing her story of overcoming trauma and how to break toxic patterns of loneliness, isolation, and unhealthy relationships. You’re going to unlock the mindset shifts and tools you need to break the cycle of negative patterns. This episode is all about tapping into healing and connection so you can find true peace and joy. I hope you enjoy this interview with Anna Runkle! In this episode you’ll discover: How psychological trauma can affect you physically. (6:11) What dysregulation is. (6:45) How a childhood connection wound impacts the nervous system. (7:43) The ways that feeling disconnected can affect your life. (10:21) What covert avoidance is. (19:30) How a connection wound can manifest as shame and anxiety. (23:56) Why learning to connect with yourself first is essential. (25:10) What to do when you feel dysregulated. (26:08) The link between connection and boundary setting. (27:17) How your nervous system can read other people and situations. (37:29) Why talking about trauma can be dysregulating. (41:10) How strengthening your ability to connect can help you heal from trauma. (51:29) What The Daily Practice is. (1:01:34) Why learning regulation helps level the playing field. (1:08:30) Items mentioned in this episode include: Paleovalley.com/model - Use code MODEL for 15% off! Organifi.com/Model - Use the coupon code MODEL for 20% off + free shipping! Connectability by Anna Runkle - Grab your copy of the book here! The Daily Practice - Check out Anna’s FREE course! Connect with Anna Runkle Website / Instagram / YouTube Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes: Apple Podcasts Spotify Soundcloud Pandora YouTube This episode of The Model Health Show is brought to you by Paleovalley and Organifi. Use my code MODEL at Paleovalley.com/model to save 15% sitewide on nutrient dense snacks, superfood supplements, and more. Organifi makes nutrition easy and delicious for everyone. Take 20% off your order with the code MODEL at organifi.com/model.

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0:00.0	You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson. For more, visit themodelhealth
0:06.5	show.com. Welcome to the Model Health Show. I've got a question for you. Have you ever thought
0:13.4	about how our thoughts about the things that we experience can actually hurt us, can make us feel terrible. We've all heard the sentiment of having
0:23.8	a broken heart, for example. And for me, my first broken heart came from Shirley. All right. I was around
0:32.1	11 years old. She was older, as it tends to be. 16, I had the hots for Shirley.
0:39.1	Valentine's Day, box of chocolates, heart, all the things.
0:43.2	All right?
0:43.6	She was like, oh, Sean, you're so cute.
0:45.6	Just hugging me, all right?
0:47.3	Give me all the hugs.
0:48.2	My mother didn't give me, all right?
0:50.2	And I thought she was my girl.
0:52.3	Will you be my girlfriend, Shirley?
0:54.4	Then Church has the skating ring party.
0:58.8	Shirley's skating with an older guy.
1:01.1	Mm.
1:02.0	Oh, it hurt me physically.
1:05.8	Physically hurt.
1:08.1	All right?
1:08.3	Just inside guts just, oh, torn up. Of course, I want to fight the guy, you know,
1:13.3	like all the things. So just all these feelings that were injurious to my body. And it felt so real,
1:22.1	like my heart was broken. It was aching. That's the power of experience. That's the power of our psychology, you know,
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