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Adult Child of Dysfunction
“Child of Dysfunction” is your guide into the world of resilience and healing. Hosted by Tammy Vincent, the adult child of two alcoholic parents, this podcast delves deep into the experiences of growing up in a chaotic and dysfunctional environment, facing childhood neglect, abuse, and trauma while overcoming adversity. With personal insights and expert interviews, we explore the challenges and triumphs of adults who grew up in these toxic environments, and healed. We Learn how to navigate…
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- Adult Child of Dysfunction
E 332: Tammys Takes #27: 5 Signs You're Grieving Something You Haven't Identified Yet
What if you're not stuck? What if you're grieving? In this powerful follow-up to my conversation with John Kammer of Guardian AIngels, we're diving into a…
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E331: How AI Is Changing Grief Support: Finding Healing Without Letting Go | John Kammer
What if healing from grief didn't mean letting go? In this powerful episode, Tammy sits down with John Kammer, founder of Guardian AIngels, an innovative…
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E 330: Tammy's Take #28: Why You Keep Repeating The Same Patterns
Why do we keep doing things we know aren't good for us? Why do we keep overreacting, people pleasing, overthinking, numbing out, procrastinating, or sabotaging…
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E 329: Self-Sabotage, Stress, and Nervous System Healing with Kathryn Eipl
What if the struggles you're experiencing aren't character flaws—but nervous system patterns that were created long before you knew they existed? In this…
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E 328: Tammy's Take #27: How To Have The Hard Conversations
In this episode of Tammy's Takes, Tammy explores one of the most important lessons from her recent conversation with Kaylin Peete of the Family Online Safety…
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E 327: Are We Losing Our Kids to Their Screens? Guest Kaylin Peete
How do we keep kids safe online without creating fear, shame, or disconnection? In this important conversation, Tammy sits down with Kaylin Peete, Program…
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E 326: Tammy's Take #26: Why You're Still Triggered, and What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
In this episode of Tammy's Takes, Tammy explores one of the most powerful lessons from her recent conversation with women's health expert Kirsten Karchmer…
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E 324: Tammy Takes #25: 5 Things to Do when you feel stuck , overwhelmed or lost
Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, anxious, or emotionally exhausted? In this episode of Tammy’s Takes, Tammy pulls powerful lessons from her conversation with Kym…
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E 323: The Mind-Body Connection to Healing, Confidence & Resilience with Kym Coco
How do you rebuild yourself after loss, grief, anxiety, or a major life transition? In this deeply meaningful episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy sits…
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E 325: The Hidden Fertility Factors Doctors Miss with Kirsten Karchmer
What if infertility isn't simply a hormone problem? In this eye-opening episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy sits down with fertility expert…
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E 322: Tammys Take #24: Why You Still Don’t Trust Yourself After Growing Up in Dysfunction
Why do so many adult children of dysfunction struggle to trust themselves? In this episode of Tammy’s Takes, Tammy pulls from her powerful conversation with…
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E 321: Growing Up in Dysfunction: Healing Shame, Trauma & People Pleasing Guest Kara Lissy
What happens when childhood dysfunction follows you into adulthood? In this deeply healing episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy sits down with licensed…
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E 320: Tammys takes #23: Emotional Numbness, Childhood Trauma & Nervous System Healing
Are you functioning but not really feeling? If you grew up in dysfunction, emotional neglect, addiction, chaos, criticism, or unpredictability, emotional…
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E 319: How Childhood Trauma Creates Emotional Numbness + How to Heal | Megan Margherio
What happens after survival? If you grew up in dysfunction, emotional neglect, abuse, addiction, or chaos, chances are you learned how to survive. But what…
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E 318: Tammys Takes #22: Your Child Isn't The Trigger.. Your Nervous System Is
In this powerful Tammy’s Takes episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy Vincent expands on her conversation with Irin Rubin, founder of Mama Zen, to…
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E 317: Breaking Generational Cycles: How to Stop Reacting and Parent with Calm | Irin Rubin
In this powerful episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy Vincent sits down with Irin Rubin, Founder and CEO of Mama Zen, a global mental wellness platform…
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E 316: Tammys take #21 3 Steps To Making Your Body Feel Safe
In this powerful Tammy’s Takes episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy Vincent expands on her conversation with Lori Montre and explores one of the…
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E315: You Are Not the Problem: Healing Childhood Trauma, Nervous System Regulation & Breaking Survival Patterns with Lori Montry
In this deeply healing episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy sits down with Lori Montre, trauma-informed coach, former corporate lawyer, and author of…
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E 314: Tammy's Take #20: You Don't Need Perfect Parents: You Need One Safe Person
In this heartfelt Tammy’s Takes episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy expands on a powerful concept from her conversation with child advocate and…
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E313: Foster Care, Trauma & Hope: What Every Child Really Needs | Paula Yost
In this powerful episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy Vincent sits down with attorney, licensed mental health clinician, child advocate, and author…
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E 312: Tammy's Take #19: Awareness Isn’t Healing: Why You Still Feel Stuck
Why do you keep repeating the same patterns… even when you know exactly where they come from? In this powerful Tammy’s Take, Tammy Vincent breaks down one of…
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Ep 311: The Truth About Trauma: Healing, Patterns, and Your Story | Scott Stolarick
In this episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy Vincent sits down with trauma-informed therapist Scott Stolarick to explore the true complexity of…
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E 310: Tammys Takes #18: What Happened to You Shaped You… But It Doesn’t Define You
What if the patterns you struggle with today… aren’t who you are? In this episode of Tammy’s Takes, Tammy builds on her powerful conversation with David Latour…
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E 309: Soda: Growing Up in Addiction, Trauma, and Survival with David La Torre
In this powerful episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy Vincent sits down with David La Torre, author of the upcoming memoir Soda, to explore what it was…
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E 308: Tammys Takes #17: Should I Stay or Go? When The Relationship Feels OFF
In this Tammy’s Takes follow-up to her conversation with relationship coach Karen Spetz, Tammy Vincent dives deeper into one of the most confusing emotional…
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E 307: Stay or Leave? The Truth About Relationships No One Talks About: Guest Karyn Spetz
In this episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy Vincent sits down with relationship coach Karen Spetz to explore one of the most emotionally complex…
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E 306: You Don't Need More Discipline- You Need This Instead
What if the reason you keep falling back into the same patterns… isn’t a lack of discipline? In this episode of Tammy’s Takes, Tammy breaks down one of the…
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E305: Understanding Emotional Eating, Shame & Food Addiction Recovery: Guest Jennifer Schrappe
What if success isn’t the answer… but part of what’s keeping you stuck? In this powerful episode of the Adult Child of Dysfunction Podcast, I sit down with…
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E304: Tammy Takes #15 You’re Not Self-Sabotaging… You’re Protecting Yourself
What if you’re not actually self-sabotaging? In this episode of Tammy’s Takes, we break down one of the most misunderstood patterns in personal growth—and it…
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E 303: Healing Through Hypnosis: Peter McLaughlin's Transformative Experience
What if your biggest struggles aren’t something to “fix”… but something to understand? In this powerful episode of the Adult Child of Dysfunction Podcast, I…
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E 302: Tammy's Takes #14: 5 Signs You Are Stuck In Survival Mode
What if your anxiety, overthinking, and emotional patterns aren’t the problem… but the result of a nervous system that learned to survive? In this episode of…
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E 301: The Truth About Narcissistic Abuse and Family Trauma - Guest Dr.Tracy Hutchinson
In this episode Tammy sits down with Dr. Tracy Hutchinson—author, professor, and psychotherapist specializing in narcissistic abuse and family trauma…
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E300: Tammy Takes #13: You’re Not Unmotivated… You’re Just Believing the Wrong Story
In this episode of Tammy’s Takes, Tammy breaks down one of the biggest misconceptions in personal growth: 👉 you don’t have a motivation problem… you have a…
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E 299: How to Overcome Burnout and Build a Sustainable Life: Guest Moe Choice
In this episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy Vincent sits down with Mo Choice, ICF certified coach and NLP master, to explore what it really takes to…
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E298: Tammy's Take #12: Your Body Isn’t Broken: How Trauma & Your Nervous System Create Chronic Symptoms
In this episode of Tammy’s Takes, Tammy Vincent breaks down one of the most misunderstood aspects of healing: 👉 the connection between trauma, the nervous…
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E 297 : The Hidden Link Between Trauma and Chronic Illness | Faith Ashenden
What if your chronic illness isn’t just physical… but deeply connected to your nervous system and past experiences? In this powerful episode of Adult Child of…
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E296: Tammy Take #11: Nervous System Regulation: Breaking Familiar Trauma Patterns That Keep You Stuck
Why do you keep repeating the same patterns… even when you know they’re not good for you? In this powerful Tammy’s Takes episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction…
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E 295: Trauma, the Brain, and Healing: A Conversation with Dr. Tiff Thompson
In this episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy Vincent sits down with Dr. Tiff Thompson, clinical neuroscientist, licensed therapist, and co-founder of…
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E 294: Tammy's Take #10: You Don't Have A Food Problem, You Have A Coping Problem
In this episode of Tammy’s Takes, Tammy Vincent breaks down one of the most common struggles people face when it comes to health, weight, and self-control: 👉…
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E 293: From Sugar Addiction to Freedom: Christine Trimpe’s 100-Pound Transformation
In this episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy Vincent sits down with Christine Trimpe, certified health coach and founder of the Sugar Freed Method, to…
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E 292: Tammys Takes #9: The Truth About Forgiveness No One Talks About
In this episode of Tammy’s Takes, Tammy Vincent breaks down one of the most misunderstood parts of healing: 👉 forgiveness Following her conversation with Paul…
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E291: Forgiveness as Radical Self-Liberation Guest Paul Drugan
In this powerful and deeply personal episode, we sit down with Chicago-based memoirist and men’s mental health advocate Paul Drugan, author of Forgiving Dr…
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E 290: Tammy's Take #8: You’re Not Stuck… You’re Replaying the Same Story
In this episode of Tammy’s Takes, Tammy Vincent dives into one of the most powerful concepts in healing and personal growth: 👉 the stories you tell…
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E 289: How to Rewrite Your Story and Heal from Burnout | Dr. Karen Parker
In this episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, I sit down with Dr. Karen Parker, founder of Quantum Human Design, to talk about something that impacts all of…
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E288: Tammy's Takes #7: You Don’t Have a Boundary Problem… You Have a Safety Problem
In this Tammy’s Take, we build on my conversation with Angie Hawkins and break down one of the biggest misconceptions around boundaries: it’s not that you…
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E 287: Learning to Choose Yourself: Boundaries, Self-Worth, and Inner Healing w/Guest Angie Hawkins
In this deeply empowering episode, we sit down with Angie Hawkins, known as The Inner Glow Coach, to explore what it truly takes for women to move from chasing…
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E286: Tammys Take #6, Why You Still Feel Stuck… Even After Doing the Work
In this episode of Tammy’s Takes, Tammy Vincent breaks down a powerful insight from her recent conversation with Doris Angel and turns it into a practical…
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E285: How to Heal Emotional Pain Without Overthinking It: Guest Doris Angel Williams
What if healing wasn’t something you had to search for… but something already inside of you? In this episode, Tammy sits down with Doris Angel—musician…
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E284: Tammy's Takes #5: You Don't Find Yourself, You Remember Yourself
In this Tammy’s Takes episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy Vincent unpacks a powerful insight from her conversation with Kelly Kinney: 👉 You don’t need…
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E 283: Breaking Childhood Dysfunction Through Self-Healing and Nature: Guest Fairy Kelly Kinney
What happens when childhood trauma shapes the way we see ourselves, our relationships, and the world? In this powerful conversation, Tammy Vincent sits down…
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E 282: Tammy's Takes #4: Your Triggers Are Not Random
In this Tammy’s Takes episode of the Adult Child of Dysfunction podcast, Tammy Vincent explores why emotional triggers can feel so powerful and where those…
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E281: Why Trauma Triggers Us: The Reactive Mind, Guest Josie Gibson
In this episode of the Adult Child of Dysfunction podcast, Tammy Vincent sits down with Josie Gibson to explore the ideas behind Dianetics: The Modern Science…
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E 280: Tammy’s Takes #3: 5 Ways Childhood Dysfunction Shows Up in Adult Relationships
In this Tammy’s Takes episode of the Adult Child of Dysfunction podcast, Tammy Vincent reflects on her recent conversation with marriage coach Dr. Lee Balcom…
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E 279: Why Marriages Drift Apart — and How to Reconnect w/ Guest Dr. Lee Baucom
In this insightful episode, Dr. Lee Baucom — renowned marriage coach, speaker, and author — joins the conversation to unpack one of the most common yet…
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E278: Tammy's Take #2: Why Resilience Feels Hard After Trauma — And How to Rebuild It
In this Tammy’s Take follow-up episode, Tammy Vincent expands on the powerful conversation from Episode 277 with resilience coach Tom Lenoble about what he…
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E 277: How to Build Resilience When Life Falls Apart, Guest Tom LeNoble
In this powerful episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy Vincent sits down with executive leader, resilience coach, and international speaker Tom LeNoble…
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E276: Tammy's Take #1: What Forgiveness Really Means for Trauma Survivors
In this follow-up solo episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy Vincent expands on a powerful moment from her recent conversation with Carly Alyssa Thorne…
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E 275: Rewiring Your Nervous System for Peace: Guest - Carly Alyssa Thorne
In this deeply powerful episode, I sit down with Carly Alyssa Thorne, trauma-informed coach, advocate, and transformational guide, to talk about what it truly…
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E 274: The Hidden Link Between Emotional Trauma and Chronic Pain: Guest - Eileen Kopsaftis
In this powerful and hope-filled episode, we sit down with Eileen Kopsaftis, founder of Lifelong Well-Being and co-founder of Cameo Ministries, to explore the…
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E 273: If You Don’t Believe You Matter, Nothing Else Sticks
In this follow-up teaching episode inspired by my conversation with Sue Bowles, we go deeper into one life-altering question: Do you believe that you matter?…