Trauma and Codependency: What Shapes Our Personalities?

From the Heart with Rachel Brathen · Jun 26, 2026 · 55m

When you reflect on your personality, why do you think you are the way you are? Is it due to your nature or your experiences? In today’s episode, Rachel reflects on this question with her own personality - much of which she thinks is the result of her childhood. She opens up about codependency and a sense of internal stress and urgency that never seems to leave, no matter how little there is on her to-do list.

On a journey of healing and upheaval, she talks about the therapy she is doing right now, the parenting style she has, and her dynamic with family that all play a role in her…