The Crappy Childhood Fairy Podcast with Anna Runkle

Why So Many Women Live in Chaos — And Can’t Get Out of It

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Sep 5, 2025
Unresolved childhood trauma often leads women into chaotic cycles. The discussion emphasizes the importance of recognizing and breaking these patterns. Listeners are offered practical steps to regain control and foster healing. Insights into how past experiences shape present behaviors provide a thought-provoking glance at personal growth and resilience.
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INSIGHT

Childhood Chaos Rewires Expectation

  • Childhood instability programs the nervous system to expect chaos, which then pulls adults back into disorder even when they want stability.
  • Anna Runkle explains that the common denominator in recurring upsets is often the person living them, not random external events.
ANECDOTE

Repeated Trauma Storms

  • Anna Runkle describes multiple
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Dark Nights Became Growth Periods

  • She recounts bursts of loss and medical crises that left her bereaved and hopeless but later transformed into growth.
  • Those post-trauma periods became some of her most productive and clarifying times.
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