HOW MY PARENTS RAISED ME - pODCAST

This podcast has been my life line since the beginning of 2023. I’m nearly 38 years old and am just now getting to know my inner child because of the stories shared here. I hope some day to share my story too.

Your podcast is helping me so much. Thank you for sharing all these stories that help me so much more than traditional talk therapy. Thanks to you I am growing and starting to understand at 54 how I can find my way out of transgenerational trauma.

After a slew of run of the mill therapists, I have finally found an amazing therapist who is helping me unpack an incredible amount of childhood trauma. This podcast is like homework for me - almost every episode is chock full of nuggets of wisdom and insight. It completely blows my mind that this is free, I would honestly pay a subscription if I had to, in order to keep listening. Over the last 2 days since discovering this, I have listened to about 15 episodes and there were maybe 3 episodes that i skipped because they didn’t resonate. The guests are just amazingly articulate and have been through hell and back, so the sense of solidarity and strength I feel when listening is such a gift - if they survived I know I can. And the interviewer, I have no clue who this lady is but she is amazing. She asks the perfect questions, gives an infinite amount of space to let the guests speak and ties up loose ends so everything hangs together cohesively at conclusion. I simply cannot recommend this podcast highly enough. If you are new on this path I recommend reading Alice Millers “the Drama of The Gifted Child” as well as Martin Millers “The True Drama Of the Gifted Child”. Between those two books, you will learn more about childhood trauma than from a a library of books on CPTSD. I wish you love and healing.

Listening to others and who are sharing their wisdom is a powerful transformer.

This is literally 80% accurate of my life. I grew up without a dad but an alcoholic step dad that my alcoholic and drugged out egg donor liked to antagonize and taunt my step dad. He has said he’s so sorry for any wrong he has done or any trauma he caused in my life. My egg donor on the other hand manipulated me to pay for her cell phone or should wouldn’t have contact with medical professionals. It took me 20 years to stop paying her phone bill. There is so so much more and sadly most who know have since passed leaving me alone on this big bad world again. Baby sitting other people’s kids as well as my egg donor. Baby sitting at 9, Mother at 9, 10, 12 then 15 years old (my own child). It’s been quite the journey and I’m just getting started at 41

Hello, I found this channel recently. Today, I listened to the latest episode - 124. Have to thank you and your beautiful guest for telling this story. My hair was standing up nearly the entire time from how much this sounded like my own even down to the spilled paint at school, younger sister “golden child” weight shamed, living with grandparents intermittently, inheritance “division”. I know the eyes too. I thought they looked almost demonic. They were so full of rage, so full of contempt. The reason I am grateful is because this tells me that it was a pattern the dysfunctional adult chose to engage in. Even as an adult, I did wonder occasionally whether it could have been my capriciousness that caused my parents to hate me. It is clear that it was not all my fault, like I had been told many many times. Like you, I did everything at home. I was a good student but not in my parent’s eyes. Saddest part is that children internalise that. It becomes their truth, their identity. My truth. My identity, sadly. No amount of evidence to the contrary has been effective at completely removing those mental scars. I truly believe child abuse is a serious public health problem. It is disabling for several generations just from one such person’s influence. To summarise, I want to celebrate your guest for walking away from that insidious harm. She has shown her daughter what it means to have self-respect, thus, she will hopefully not accept the same treatment, when someone similar to her grandmother, crosses her path in life. This is how you break the inter-generational trauma! What a STAR!

Wonderful podcast, the best truly. thank you, Melissa ❤️

Listening to these episodes has been really helpful in understanding own journey and the journey of others in my life. Dawn has a lovely reflective interviewing style that gives space to her guests, and skilfully picks out lessons and insights from their stories.

This podcast is everything I’ve been looking for. It has all of the forms of childhood trauma in one show. Thank you for the work you do. And to every guest that shows up being vulnerable and open you are strong amazing and an inspiration.

Thank you.

Yes. Very helpful. I’m going through a lot and this is just what I need. Thanks

Dawn presents these with such passion and understanding

I just wanted to take a moment and say thank you for creating such an impactful podcast! I believe that we all have a voice that deserves to be heard. Thank you for putting this into the world! BE UNBROKEN! @MichaelUnbroken

It makes me sad to admit that childhood trauma is REAL and is everywhere in this world. Dawn is being a superhero by making this podcast. It feels like a therapy session, the stories shared are so inspiring and empowering.

This episode is such an amazing confluence of many different interviews/dialogues/exchanges on Dawn’s remarkable podcast…How My Parents Raised Me. In the series as a whole, guests share and reveal so much about the beauty and/or challenges, including much trauma, of so many of our childhoods; the beauty and challenges of receiving the gifts of how we were raised and the potent paths of recovery from the moderate to sometimes stunning hardship. Dawn brings deep love and respect and gorgeous, kind, direct curiosity to each person with whom she interacts. And each guest is so frank and open hearted and tender and strong. This episode, with various pieces of these interactions thoughtfully curated into a wide-ranging and yet integrated whole, is a testament to the tenderness, inspiration, love and courage of the whole endeavor….all that is brought to light by Dawn and each of her guests.

This podcast is so incredible, brave, honest and raw. The stories here are so relatable and there really is something for everyone. I highly recommend this for anyone who is looking to understand narcissistic abuse, neglect, loneliness, isolation, depression, anxiety, perfectionism, and gas lighting. I’m order to be the people we didn’t have as children we need to learn from the past. How My Parents Raised Me does that and more.

Dawn Chitty courageously covers difficult topics that are so needed at this time so we can reclaim the love of ourselves and within our family systems.

I love the raw and honesty that goes through every episode. There are times that I feel that she’s in my head which I love! So thought out, so well executed! Great listen.

Dawn has the most kind and gentle voice. Listening to her is so therapeutic. The stories she has shared on her podcast are by real women and their real experiences are so moving and inspiring. Dawn is amazing for offering these women a platform for sharing their stories in a loving and non judgmental place. Dawn has a big beautiful heart ❤️

This is an exciting and captivating podcast which delves into some incredible childhood stories. I would definitely recommend this podcast to anyone who’s interested in understanding how our pasts shape our future. Dawns a great host and interviewer. She’s easy to listen too and does an incredible job at unravelling these beautiful stories.

Absolutely love what you’re doing with this platform!!

I could listen to Dawn’s voice all day, she just has a lovely calming and healing energy about her! She’s such a caring soul and doing such valuable work. Check her out!

Dawn’s ability to draw out her interview guests is uncanny. She unpacks vulnerable stories, showing the listener we all have important events from our childhood that shape who we are as adults. Definitely will continue to listen.

Great podcast on a topic that is important to all but rarely considered by most. Everyone was raised by someone. The impact reverberates forever. I appreciate Dawn’s thoughtful, unhurried way of creating space for her guests. Thank you, Dawn.

This is wonderful show that shares inspiring, emotionally vulnerable stories that speak to the resilience and indomitable spirit of people who are survivors.

Wowza..Dawn is increddddible. Super deep, super insightful, and taking a brave look into the sticky world of surviving our childhood traumas. Tune in and I guarantee you will not regret it! BRAVO!

This podcast is a raw gritty and real account of different women's lives and how they were raised. It’s fascinating to hear how everyone has gone through something so different, but the stories and the outcomes they’ve realised are the same. Dawn is a great host who empathises with her guest and makes it easy to extract the stories from them. Highly recommend for anyone who needs to heal from childhood trauma

I feel Dawn has presented these episodes in a great natural and calming way!

I love this Podcast. It is easy to listen to and it is really helpful to unpack some of the baggage that we carry around from our experiences as children. I think it will be really helpful to a lot of people to work on their inner child and explore the things they are doing in parenting their own children. Defintely recommend.

I can’t express how much I instantly fell in love with this podcast. Dawn is an incredible intuitive interviewer and the stories she covers are impactful and thought provoking, framed around positive ways to raise our children. 10 out of 10, a must listen!!

Dawn’s podcast shines a light on people’s childhoods and their memories of how they were raised. I admire her mission to provide some help to families who are trying to raise kids of their own. Listening to others’ stories also shows us that some feelings are universal and deep down none of us are alone.

Love the vibe, music, and her voice! Our childhood tells us SO much. Thanks for creating this!

What a beautiful concept! As kids it’s important to know your parents are doing the best they can. As parents we do the best we can and it’s important to realize what we pass down.