Adult Children In Recovery - Moving From Insanity To Serenity
Adult Children In Recovery is a podcast that empowers and inspires people struggling with the effects of complex childhood stress, abuse, and trauma. Host Vandana Atara, herself a survivor of unhealthy parenting, emphasizes that none of the pain was the listener's fault and offers compassionate self-care practices for healing. Each episode includes stories and guidance from therapists, coaches, teachers, and authors who share tools for navigating feelings, trusting your intuition, and becoming your own loving parent. The podcast aims to help listeners move from confusion and insanity toward serenity and a new normal reality.
Episodes
Healing the Inner Child: A Lightworker's Journey
Send us Fan MailWhat if the wounds you experienced as a child are not meant to define you — but can become part of your healing journey and spiritual awakening?In this episode, I’m sharing more of my own journey of healing the inner child and becoming my own loving, safe parent. Growing up in a dysfunctional and often toxic family environment shaped many of the patterns, beliefs, and emotional wou
Raised by Toxic Parents? How to Reparent Your Inner Child - Vandana
Send us Fan MailHello Dear Friend,I recently joined Ezekiel Iferia on his podcast, FailCraft, for a conversation close to my heart — what happens when the people who were supposed to protect us as children become the reason our nervous systems get stuck in survival mode.We talked about how so many of us grew into "adult children," still quietly led by the fears we carried home from child
Healing the Inner Child: Trauma, Self-Compassion & Finding Your True Self
Send us Fan MailHello Dear Friend,Childhood experiences shape far more of our adult lives than we often realize. 🌿 I recently had the honor of sitting down with the host of the HUMAN ENOUGH podcast, and I opened up in a way I don't always get to - sharing my own story of growing up in a dysfunctional home, and the long, tender path that led me from surviving that to becoming a healing practit
LETTING YOUR INNER CHILD COME OUT & PLAY
Send us Fan MailGreetings Adult-Child,Welcome to another Adult-Child in recovery podcast with my special guest Meghan Margherio.In this episode, we joined hearts & spoke about Meghan’s new memoir called “Everwoven” where she openly & candidly spoke about her own chaotic childhood trauma and shared how despite the abuse & neglect she experienced in the past, she has found ways to find h
From Survival to Safety ft. Phyllis Leavitt | Childhood Trauma, America & the Path to Healing
Send us Fan MailWhat if the chaos we see in the world is simply the unhealed wounds of childhood — scaled up?In this soul-stirring episode of the Adult-Children in Recovery Podcast, Vandana Atara Noorah welcomes back Phyllis Leavitt — author of America in Therapy, speaker, and psychotherapist — for a conversation that moves from the deeply personal to the profoundly global.Phyllis reveals:How writ
Inner Child Healing Meditation for Trauma Recovery, Nervous System Reset & Self-Love
Send us Fan MailIf you grew up feeling unseen, emotionally unsafe, blamed, abandoned, or trapped in survival mode, this powerful inner child healing transmission is designed to help you reconnect with the wounded parts of yourself that still long to feel safe, loved, nurtured, and accepted.In this deeply restorative guided healing experience, Vandana Atara Noorah leads listeners through a multidim
Break The Spell Of Scapegoat Shame
Send us Fan MailGreetings adult-children,It was an honor to sit in a deep & meaningful conversation with my colleague & therapist Tricia Giambelluca in this episode about how to break the spell of scapegoat shame & feeling like an imposter in your romantic, work and platonic relationships.We unpacked alot of misinformation about how these trauma loops get passed down to us yet we have
Healing Ancestral Trauma & Reclaiming Your Inner Child | My Journey from Survival to Healing
Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the Spiritual Warrior Coach Podcast, I sit down with Barbara Saven to share my journey of healing childhood trauma, breaking generational patterns, and reconnecting with my inner voice.I speak openly about growing up in a dysfunctional home, experiencing emotional neglect, and how those early experiences shaped my relationships and kept me in survival mode for ye
Gaslighting Your Inner Children
Send us Fan MailGreetings Adult Child,In this latest episode, I sat down with my friend & mentor Leslie about the danger of gaslighting & emotionally invalidating your feelings. As survivors of childhood stress, neglect & trauma, most of us are taught to never speak our truth or trust our feelings which often lead to physical, mental & emotional suffering. This way of living locks
Healing with Galactic Surgeons
Send us Fan MailJoin Loren Gaye on Quantum Conversations for a profound transmission featuring me, Vandana Atara, your guide to galactic healing and inner mastery. Together, we explore self-regulation tools for empaths, unveil my bundle of five transformative programs, and lead you through a live etheric spirit surgery meditation to reclaim wholeness amid global chaos.Tune in as I share heart-cen
Embodiment, Remembrance & Soul Healing
Send us Fan MailIn this heart-centered and expansive conversation, I open up about my path of awakening and the work I’m devoted to—supporting deep remembrance, embodiment, and soul-level healing.We explore what it truly means to come home to yourself beyond conditioning, trauma, and inherited identities. I share how healing becomes sustainable when we shift out of the mind and back into the body,
From Childhood Trauma to Empowered Author
Send us Fan MailDear adult child, I hope you enjoy my recent conversation with the author of the best selling book "My Pretty Baby" Wendy Correa.My Pretty Baby is a transformative memoir that chronicles Wendy Correa’s journey to heal from childhood traumas, including the death of her father when she was seven, emotionally distant older siblings, a frequently neglectful mother, and an adv
How Re-Parenting Your Five-Year-Old Inner Child Breaks Generational Trauma Patterns
Send us Fan MailIn this episode of Healing Mindset, I had the opportunity to sit down with Nazish and take a deep dive into one of the most mission-critical conversations of our time: re-parenting the five-year-old inner child. This is the age where so many of our emotional blueprints take shape—our early coding around love, safety, belonging, expression, and visibility.I unpack how emotional impr
How Inner Child Healing Can Break Generational Trauma | Break Generational Trauma
Send us Fan MailIn this deeply personal episode, I open up about my journey as an Inner Child Healer—and how I help people recognize and mend the emotional wounds that often begin in childhood but quietly shape our adult lives.I’ve learned that when pain isn’t healed, the wounded child within us grows into a hurting adult—and sometimes, without realizing it, we project that pain onto others, conti
Earn a Million Dollars Without Losing Happiness! – with Vandana Atara Noorah & Harry Sardinas
Send us Fan MailMaking your first million isn’t about hustling harder — it’s about healing deeper.In this inspiring episode, I sit down with Harry Sardinas, Business Growth Strategist and Leadership Coach, to explore a new path to success — one that begins within.Most people chase strategy, long hours, and pressure. I believe the real breakthrough comes when we heal the emotional roots that limit
How To Clear Subconscious Fear Blocks | With Lily Patrascu & Vandana Atara Noorah
Send us Fan MailIn this inspiring conversation, I share how to clear subconscious fear blocks that hold you back from your fullest potential. Many of these fears are rooted in childhood experiences and generational trauma—but the good news is, they can be released through awareness, compassion, and energy healing.As a Certified Usui Reiki Master Teacher with advanced certifications in Somatic Heal
How to Calm, Soothe, and Rewire Your Nervous System for Lasting Peace with Vandana Atara Noorah
Send us Fan MailI was so grateful to join Shreya on The Soul Mirror for a transformative conversation on healing trauma and restoring balance to the nervous system. Together we explored how trauma—both personal and ancestral—shapes the way we feel and respond to life, and why real healing must include the body as much as the mind and spirit.I shared how unresolved emotional wounds can begin even b
Reparenting the Inner Child: Healing, Self-Compassion & Wholeness with Vandana Atara Noorah
Send us Fan MailI was recently a guest on The Mindful Journey with Sana, where we explored the power of inner child healing and what it really means to reparent ourselves with compassion. In our conversation, I shared my own story of growing up in a toxic home and how those early experiences shaped my path as a healer and mentor.We talked about how unresolved childhood stress often resurfaces in a
Raising Vibrations with Galactic Guidance: Healing Beyond the Earthly Realm with Sana & Vandana Atara Noorah
Send us Fan MailI joined Sana on Cosmic Confluence for a deep and expansive conversation on healing beyond the physical world. In this episode, I share how connecting with galactic guides, star ancestors, and higher-dimensional beings can support trauma release, ancestral healing, and the reclamation of authentic power. We explore how unseen allies and cosmic energies can guide us through life cha
Trust & Safety For The Inner Child with Phyllis Leavitt | adult child in recovery podcast
Send us Fan MailIn this latest adult child in recovery podcast, I sat down with returning guest and psycho-therapist Phyllis Leavitt, the author of America In Therapy. We talked about the potential danger when untreated childhood wounds go unaddressed and how this may create a toxic sense of entitlement and misuse of power that can destroy innocent lives and your closest relationships not only in
Childhood Trauma & Power
Send us Fan MailGreetings Adult Child,On this episode, I sat down with returning guest and therapist Phyllis Leavitt who is the author of America In Therapy where we talked about when unhealed childhood trauma can get the best of us and even create toxic relationships.We spoke about the potential danger when untreated wounds create a sense of entitlement and misuse of power when unhealthy family d
Re-Writing Childhood Trauma Scripts
Send us Fan MailRe-Writing Childhood Trauma ScriptsGreetings Resilient Adult Child,Thank you for joining me for episode 24 where I sat down for a raw & real healing conversation with trauma informed business & leadership coach Denise G Lee.We talked about the lifelong impact of unhealed childhood wounds, spiritual injuries & emotional scars and how we can slowly recover when we connect
CHILDHOOD BETRAYAL TRAUMA
Send us Fan MailCHILDHOOD BETRAYAL TRAUMAWelcome to episode #23 of my Adult Child In Recovery Podcast!On this show, I spoke with Ria Flanagan, a compassionate trauma coach & counselor. She’s an MA MFT, LISAC, CSAT, CMAT, owns and operates a private practice supervising associate counselors and provides coaching and consultation services. She is the author of the book Happiness is an Inside Jo
Boundary Setting For Adult Children
Send us Fan MailBoundary Setting For Adiult ChildrenThank you for tuning into another episode of Adult Children In Recovery!I had so much fun speaking with a fellow adult child traveler who spoke in depth about her own recovery process, how she was able to come out of denial and practice healthy boundary setting in her most significant and closest adult relationships!Barb Nangle is a boundaries co
Unmasking Childhood Religious Trauma
Send us Fan MailIn this episode, I had the honor & pleasure to speak to a fellow inner child coach who shed so much light on how she was able to heal, recover from years of multi-generational religious trauma & deprogram her inner child from stressful fear-based thinking & learn how to regulate her emotional nervous system.Alicia Farricielli holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Metaphysical Sc
The Danger Of Unhealed Adult Children In Power
Send us Fan Mail Hello Adult Children,Today I welcomed back one of my most requested guests Phyllis Leavitt to unpack the potential danger when our inner childhood wounds, abuse & trauma remain buried and unhealed and how the toxic after effects of being raised in an abusive and dysfunctional home may and often do negatively affect all of us on in our adult relationships and why every one of u
Unmasking A Mental Illness Diagnosis
Send us Fan MailGreetings Adult Child,On this episode, I met with the "un-doctor" Dr Fred Moss who shares that you may not have a mental illness and there may be absolutely nothing wrong with you.Dr. Fred Moss is a mental health advocate/psychiatrist serving in many capacities: keynote speaker, psychiatry expert witness, podcaster, mental health coach, and teacher. A desire to help peopl
The Narcissist & The Empath
Send us Fan MailGreetings To All Adult Children,It was my honor & pleasure to sit in conversation with a narcissistic coach & therapist in today's latest Adult Child In Recovery Podcast.About Darren ElliottDarren is a warm and compassionate story teller who has an exceptional perspective as both a survivor of narcissistic abuse and now a coach and therapist specializing in this field.
Forgiving The Unforgivable
Send us Fan MailGreetings Beautiful Adult Child,In my latest adult child in recovery podcast, I sat down with Katharine Giovanni, an amazing author, speaker & forgiveness facilitator!Katharine's a three-time award-winning best-selling author, speaker, and one of the original founders of the independent concierge industry. Katharine has authored over twelve books, including her latest rele
Healing Toxic Relationships
Send us Fan MailGreetings Adult Child In Recovery,On this latest episode, I spoke with therapist & author Shannon Petrovich about how to heal and recovery from narcissistic abuse and toxic relationships.I hope you find the guidance, recommendations & conversations helpful and give you greater clarity and peace of mind on your healing journey.About Shannon:Shannon is a therapist, author, an
healing your inner critic
Send us Fan MailGreetings Adult Child,I sat down with an internal family systems practitioner and spoke about how this healing system can heal the wounded parts of us that can overtake our nervous system leading to chronic anxiety, worry & not allowing our core self, wisdom & gifts to shine through and be expressed.I hope you listen, like & subscribe to my Adult Child Podcast if you&ap
How To Shift From Anxiety To Calm & Serenity
Send us Fan MailGreetings Adult Child Family,In this episode, I had the pleasure of sitting in conversation with a truly courageous soul who overcame years of hardship, struggle & abuse in childhood and how she was able to pause and recover from the debilitating symptoms of complex ptsd.Dr. Jeanne was diagnosed with Panic Disorder in 2015 which forced her to reconsider her life path and views
Reparenting Your Wounded Inner Child
Send us Fan MailGreetings Beautiful Adult Child,In this latest adult child podcast, I interviewed Damla Atkien, a kindred spirit and inner child trauma informed energy healer.Damla shared how she views the clouds as unhealed wounds and the stars as our inner childs shining light and she also spoke about Goddess Innana that we can call upon as our greatest ally to help us die and be reborn again.Sh
Toxic Family Trauma
Send us Fan MailGreetings Adult Child.In my latest episode, I sat down with an amazingly gifted author & magical manifestor who shared her personal journey of how she was able to move beyond surviving in a dysfunctional home as a parentified child and develop new tools to thrive & grow into becoming her own loving parent.Susan was raised in a challenging and chaotic family system, the midd
You Can't Eat Love
Send us Fan MailThank you for watching my latest episode where I had an enlightening & empowering conversation about the adult child journey with my special guest Leslie Lindsey Davis.We discussed the importance of honoring our authentic feelings and becoming our own loving parent & feel safe being seen, heard & remember to trust that we are all perfect just the way we are.Leslie discu
Generational Family Trauma
Send us Fan MailGenerational Family TraumaJoin me & my special guest Tracey Yokas the author of Bloodlines & childhood trauma survivor in a conversation about strength, hope, resilience & the healing recovery process.In this episode, Tracey speaks candidly about being raised by emotionally unavailable, neglectful & immature parents and how she was able to overcome years of chaos, c
MDMA Therapy For PTSD
Send us Fan MailI truly enjoyed learning about how to heal childhood trauma with MDMA Therapy and how to demystify what it really is and how it may help you recover from years of abuse or neglect in our most important & precious developmental years and even while we're in utero in our birth Mothers womb.Jill Sitnick is the founder of The Journey Sage, an educational platform that demystif
Heal stress eating and stop stuffing your feelings
Send us Fan MailDear Adult Child Listeners.I recently sat down with Dr Joy Bracey & had a heart opening & mind blowing conversation about adult childrens trauma response to eating our feelings which soothed our developing nervous system, helped us feel safe & calmed us down when no adult caregiver was available or able to and how we can love ourselves free of the past with self-care to
Miraculous Intervention For Adult Children
Send us Fan MailThis episode features Kimberly Braun, A Minister, M.A., Reiki Master, Author,Speaker, Retreat Leader & Meditation Coach & TEDx Speaker, Former Meditation Faculty At The Omega Institute & Inspirational Podcast PresenterKimberly was impelled from earliest childhood experiences & has spent over a decade as a monastic nun exploring the path of Presence. With a master&ap
Mourning The Loss Of Our Childhood
Send us Fan MailWelcome To My Adult Child In Recovery Podcast!My special guest today is author, speaker & licensed marriage & family therapist Melody Murray who shares how to heal & recover from childhood grief, loss & trauma & has written a new book called "Mourning The Living - When The Loved One You've Lost Is Still Living"Melody discussed her own family of or
Cultivating Courage In Community
Send us Fan MailGreetings Courageous Being,In this episode, I've invited Sandy Stream, an author and activist whose work is built on the belief that everyone deserves and is capable of finding peace and warrior-like strength within themselves. After teaching law for 20 years, raising her two children, and facing a life full of adversities and lessons, she decided to turn her efforts towards f
America In Therapy Episode
Send us Fan MailIt was such an honor and pleasure to sit down with the author of America In Therapy for this enlightening and important potentially life saving conversation.A Bit About My Guest:Phyllis Leavitt has a Masters’ Degree in Psychology and Counseling from Antioch University. She co-directed the Parents United sexual abuse treatment program in Santa Fe, New Mexico for two years and then w
The Adult Child Laundry List: What It Is and How to Heal - with Lou Bardach
Send us Fan MailGreetings Beloved Adult Child Family,Thank you for tuning in & watching the latest episode of my Adult Child In Recovery from Insanity To Serenity Podcast!On this show, Lou & I discussed the definition of an adult child, the 14 commonly known laundry list of adult child traits & how the adult-child 12 step program & internal family systems therapy seem to work reall
How to Discern Our Own Energies from Others
Send us Fan MailThank you for tuning into the Adult Child Podcast - Episode #2.On this show, I'm joined by my special guest Salena Colp where we speak to Empaths like you who occasionally experience challenges with navigating which energies are ours and the kind of energies that don't belong to us.I facilitated an Aura Clearing Energy Process to strengthen your field & protect your f
Hope & Healing For The Adult Child In Recovery
Send us Fan MailGreetings Beloved Empath,I'm so honored to welcome you to my new Adult Child In Recovery Podcast where I’ll be introducing you to healing experts in the field of energy healing, neuroscience, metaphysics & mind/body modalities to empower you to unburden your inner child’s first 18 years, 72 seasons & 6,570 days of childhood pain & shame as a result of being raised
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