Healing Childhood Wounds with Anna Runkle, the Crappy Childhood Fairy

Known to more than a million followers as the Crappy Childhood Fairy, Anna Runkle has spent 30 years helping people heal symptoms of childhood trauma and break free from isolation. In this episode, Anna shares her personal story, her groundbreaking techniques for regulating the nervous system, and lessons from her upcoming book, CONNECTABILITY: Heal the Hidden Ways You Isolate, Find Your People, and Feel (At Last) Like You Belong. We discuss how disconnection often stems from early trauma, why so many people struggle with relationships, and daily strategies for building secure, lifelong connections.

Highlights

• Understanding how early trauma affects adult relationships

• Identifying and overcoming “covert avoidance”

• Daily nervous system regulation tools that change lives

• How to repair trust, set boundaries, and build confidence

• Ending isolation and developing deep, meaningful relationships