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Shit Adults Never Taught Us

Hypervigilance & Birth Trauma

Season 2, Ep. 1

Guess who's back! It's time for Season TWO! We kick off with a longer episode than usual to get deep with some topics. It might be faster to list things not discussed in this episode. Birth trauma. Marriage and family therapy. Sobriety. Manifestations of childhood trauma. Work burnout. Shifting priorities. This isn't even the full list so go listen to everything MFT Susie Cobb discusses in the season two premiere episode.


For more on Susie, check out her page @therapy_for_mamas and https://www.therapyformamas.com/. She does free consultations!


Half an hour not enough? For more Shit Adults Never Taught Us, be sure to check out Natasha's book with the same title on Amazon.

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