When the body doesn't feel safe, the mind will tell stories to match.

What's holding on to. Let's just let it all go. Welcome back to a deep dive in a disfinding

up in a dysfunctional family.

Ahoy, my dear shit shows for any new listeners.

My name is Andrea. I am a total and complete shit show.

I have a little bit of a cold if I sound a little bit nasly. I am a recovering alcoholic.

I am an adult child of an alcoholic and dysfunctional family. I'm a cat mom. I am a condiment lover.

I wash my feet every night before I go to bed. I have a potty mouth.

I'm an acquired taste. And this is the podcast where we talk about what the hell to do when you

realize that your childhood screwed you up a whole hell of a lot more than you initially thought

that it did. So for any of you who may not know, I am currently on a little hiatus, but I'm going to

be back pretty soon, folks. I'm coming back pretty soon. But in the

meantime, we are going back into the adult child vault. And boy, do I have a banger for you today.

We are taking a re-listen to my episode with Carmen Dominguez, who has probably more years of

experience than I do living on this earth.

She is a psychotherapist. She is the chief clinical advisor for the Integrative Life Center.

And if you have ever wondered why you feel so damn uncomfortable when things in your life

are going well or why you keep abandoning yourself in relationships or why nothing seems to stick in your healing.

This episode explains why.

And Carmen rakes down the nervous system in a way most therapists do not. She will help you understand

what the polyvigal theory actually looks like in real life and basically how dysregulation

drives everything. Addiction, trauma bonding, people pleasing, your inability to rest to sit still and understanding

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