In this episode of Tammy's Takes, Tammy explores one of the most powerful lessons from her recent conversation with women's health expert Kirsten Karchmer:

What if your symptoms aren't the problem?

What if they're the message?

Too often we treat anxiety, overwhelm, emotional reactions, self-doubt, and chronic stress as things to eliminate. But what if your body is actually trying to communicate something important?

Drawing from her work in trauma-informed coaching, nervous system regulation, and emotional healing, Tammy introduces her 4-Step BODY Method—a simple framework for understanding triggers, identifying old patterns, and responding from a place of awareness rather than survival.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why your body often knows before your mind does

• How childhood experiences continue to shape adult reactions

• Why most triggers are connected to the past, not the present

• How to recognize when your nervous system is reacting to an old wound

• The difference between survival responses and healthy responses

• How to stop fighting symptoms and start understanding them

• A practical 4-step process you can use the next time you're triggered

The BODY Method:

B – Become Aware

O – Observe the Pattern

D – Distinguish Past from Present

Y – Yield a Different Response

If you've ever found yourself wondering why you keep reacting the same way, why certain situations hit harder than they should, or why healing feels difficult despite all your efforts, this episode is for you.

Because your triggers are not proof that you're broken.

They're clues.

They're invitations.

And when you learn to listen to what your body has been trying to tell you, everything begins to change.

If you'd like support identifying the patterns that may be keeping you stuck, schedule a complimentary Clarity and Calm Call:

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Together we'll explore what's happening beneath the surface and create practical steps toward greater self-trust, emotional regulation, and healing.

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As an international inspirational speaker, NLP Practitioner, Trauma-Informed Coach, Neurofit Trainer, and Best-Selling Author, I bring both deep personal experience and professional training to the work I do. I believe in prevention, not just intervention — and use a body, mind, and spirit approach to guide others toward becoming the happiest, healthiest versions of themselves.

My holistic toolbox includes nervous system regulation, trauma-informed coaching, nutritional support, and natural healing strategies,

Find ALL THE THINGS HERE: Anything that I have to offer is right here

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Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, anxious, or emotionally exhausted?

In this episode of Tammy’s Takes, Tammy pulls powerful lessons from her conversation with Kym Coco and shares five practical ways to start moving forward when life feels heavy, uncertain, or completely overwhelming.

Whether you’re navigating grief, anxiety, burnout, childhood trauma, nervous system dysregulation, life transitions, or just feeling emotionally stuck, this episode will help you stop spiraling and start taking tiny steps toward healing.

Because healing does not happen in giant leaps.

Healing happens in tiny pivots.

In this episode, Tammy shares:

✔ How to stop spiraling when life feels overwhelming

✔ Why nervous system regulation matters when you feel stuck

✔ The connection between movement and emotional healing

✔ How to stop overthinking and take small steps forward

✔ Why your inner story may be keeping you stuck

✔ One powerful question that can change everything

You are not broken.

You are rebuilding.

And rebuilding starts one small step at a time.

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If you’re stuck in survival mode, overwhelmed, anxious, emotionally exhausted, or struggling to move forward, this complimentary call is a safe place to start reconnecting with yourself and feeling safe in your body again.

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As an international inspirational speaker, NLP Practitioner, Trauma-Informed Coach, Neurofit Trainer, and Best-Selling Author, I bring both deep personal experience and professional training to the work I do. I believe in prevention, not just intervention — and use a body, mind, and spirit approach to guide others toward becoming the happiest, healthiest versions of themselves.

My holistic toolbox includes nervous system regulation, trauma-informed coaching, nutritional support, and natural healing strategies,

Find ALL THE THINGS HERE: Anything that I have to offer is right here

Did you know I also offer access to an amazing travel savings program that can help you save up to 70% on hotels, resorts, cruises, and more? Let’s compare your next upcoming itinerary and see how much you could save.

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What if infertility isn't simply a hormone problem?

In this eye-opening episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy sits down with fertility expert, healthcare innovator, and Conceivable founder Kirsten Karchmer to explore the hidden factors that impact fertility, reproductive health, and overall wellness.

After helping more than 10,000 women in clinical practice, Kirsten discovered that many women struggling to conceive were being told they had "unexplained infertility" while deeper root causes were being overlooked. Together, Tammy and Kirsten dive into the powerful connection between stress, nervous system dysregulation, childhood trauma, energy depletion, inflammation, and reproductive health.

Kirsten shares how her years as a fertility specialist led her to create Conceivable, an AI-powered women's health platform designed to make personalized fertility support more accessible and affordable. The conversation also explores how mindset, self-talk, resilience, and even environmental factors like mold exposure can significantly impact health outcomes.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why infertility is often far more complex than hormones alone

• The connection between childhood trauma and reproductive health

• How chronic stress affects cortisol, progesterone, and fertility

• Why nervous system regulation matters for healing and conception

• The role of shame, self-worth, and subconscious beliefs in health outcomes

• How AI is changing the future of women's healthcare

• Why energy levels may be one of your most important health indicators

• The surprising impact of environmental toxins and mold exposure

• How to advocate for yourself when you're told everything looks "normal"

Whether you're navigating fertility challenges, healing from trauma, struggling with chronic symptoms, or simply looking for a deeper understanding of your body, this episode offers hope, insight, and practical wisdom.

Website: https://conceivable.com

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yourfertilityexpert

TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@kirsten_karchmer

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How do you rebuild yourself after loss, grief, anxiety, or a major life transition?

In this deeply meaningful episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy sits down with author, speaker, yoga teacher, and founder of Swagtail Yoga, Kym Coco, to explore how movement, mindfulness, breathwork, and nervous system regulation can help us heal.

After experiencing profound loss following her husband’s illness and passing, Kym shares how sports, golf, yoga, structure, and simple daily practices helped her regain confidence, reconnect with herself, and move forward with purpose.

Together, Tammy and Kym discuss:

✔ Nervous system regulation and healing after grief

✔ Anxiety, overwhelm, and the mind-body connection

✔ Why movement helps emotional healing

✔ Breathwork techniques to calm the nervous system

✔ Building confidence through small daily actions

✔ How to stop feeling stuck and create momentum

✔ The power of mindfulness and staying present

✔ Kym’s PIVOT framework for emotional resilience and confidence

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, anxious, stuck, or struggling through a difficult life transition, this conversation will remind you that healing happens one small step at a time.

Sometimes healing isn’t about giant leaps. Sometimes healing starts with one breath, one pause, and one tiny pivot.

Instagram: @swagtailyoga

Website: www.swagtailyoga.com

Pinterest: pinterest.com/swagtailyoga

YouTube: @SwagtailYogaVideos

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/swagtailyoga

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As an international inspirational speaker, NLP Practitioner, Trauma-Informed Coach, Neurofit Trainer, and Best-Selling Author, I bring both deep personal experience and professional training to the work I do. I believe in prevention, not just intervention — and use a body, mind, and spirit approach to guide others toward becoming the happiest, healthiest versions of themselves.

My holistic toolbox includes nervous system regulation, trauma-informed coaching, nutritional support, and natural healing strategies,

Find ALL THE THINGS HERE: Anything that I have to offer is right here

Did you know I also offer access to an amazing travel savings program that can help you save up to 70% on hotels, resorts, cruises, and more? Let’s compare your next upcoming itinerary and see how much you could save.

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Why do so many adult children of dysfunction struggle to trust themselves?

In this episode of Tammy’s Takes, Tammy pulls from her powerful conversation with therapist Kara Lissy to unpack one of the biggest hidden wounds of growing up in dysfunction: losing trust in yourself.

If you grew up around addiction, emotional neglect, criticism, unpredictability, narcissism, or chaos, you may have learned to second guess yourself, overthink decisions, people please, and ignore your own needs in order to survive.

But here’s the truth: you are not broken. You were conditioned.

Tammy explains how childhood trauma wires the nervous system for survival, why so many adult children struggle with self-doubt and anxiety, and most importantly, how to begin rebuilding self-trust one small step at a time.

In this episode, Tammy teaches:

✔ Why dysfunction disconnects you from your intuition

✔ How childhood trauma creates self-doubt

✔ The hidden connection between people pleasing and survival mode

✔ Why overthinking is often a trauma response

✔ How nervous system healing helps rebuild self-trust

✔ A simple practice to stop abandoning yourself

Healing is not becoming someone new. Healing is finally becoming safe enough to trust yourself again.

Book your complimentary Clarity & Calm Call with Tammy:

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If you’re tired of overthinking, feeling stuck in survival mode, or struggling to trust yourself, this free call is a safe place to begin understanding what’s really keeping you stuck and how to reconnect with yourself again.

Hey there, I’m so glad you’re here and tuning in! If this episode spoke to your heart, just know there’s even more support waiting for you.

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As an international inspirational speaker, NLP Practitioner, Trauma-Informed Coach, Neurofit Trainer, and Best-Selling Author, I bring both deep personal experience and professional training to the work I do. I believe in prevention, not just intervention — and use a body, mind, and spirit approach to guide others toward becoming the happiest, healthiest versions of themselves.

My holistic toolbox includes nervous system regulation, trauma-informed coaching, nutritional support, and natural healing strategies,

Find ALL THE THINGS HERE: Anything that I have to offer is right here

Did you know I also offer access to an amazing travel savings program that can help you save up to 70% on hotels, resorts, cruises, and more? Let’s compare your next upcoming itinerary and see how much you could save.

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What happens when childhood dysfunction follows you into adulthood?

In this deeply healing episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy sits down with licensed therapist and ACOA specialist Kara Lissy to unpack the lasting effects of growing up in an alcoholic or dysfunctional home.

Together, they explore childhood trauma, nervous system dysregulation, people pleasing, grief, shame, perfectionism, emotional neglect, boundaries, and what healing actually looks like as an adult child of dysfunction.

If you've ever struggled with anxiety, hypervigilance, relationship issues, emotional triggers, or feeling “not enough,” this episode will help you understand why and show you that healing is possible.

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Did you grow up walking on eggshells, feeling hypervigilant, anxious, emotionally neglected, or constantly trying to keep the peace?

If so, you are not alone.

In this powerful episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy sits down with licensed therapist, ACOA specialist, and author Kara Lissy, LCSW, to talk about what really happens when you grow up in an alcoholic or dysfunctional family system and how those childhood experiences continue shaping your relationships, nervous system, self-worth, and emotional patterns as an adult.

Kara brings both professional expertise and lived experience to this conversation, sharing her own story of growing up with alcoholism in the home, navigating shame, grief, hypervigilance, people pleasing, and eventually turning pain into purpose through therapy and healing work.

Together, Tammy and Kara discuss:

✔ Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA) and dysfunctional family patterns

✔ Childhood trauma and nervous system dysregulation

✔ Why people pleasing and perfectionism develop

✔ Shame, grief, and healing your inner child

✔ Emotional neglect and hypervigilance

✔ Why leaving home doesn’t automatically heal trauma

✔ Boundaries, emotional regulation, and self-trust

✔ Breaking generational cycles of dysfunction

✔ How to stop living in survival mode

This episode is for anyone who grew up in chaos, emotional neglect, addiction, criticism, unpredictability, or dysfunction and wants to finally understand why they struggle with triggers, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, or relationships.

Healing is possible. And no, it was never your fault.

CONNECT WITH KARA LISSY

Instagram: @kara_bout_yourself

Website: www.karalissy.com

Blog/Substack: karalissylcsw.substack.com

Grab Kara’s book: Healing From a Dysfunctional Family

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As an international inspirational speaker, NLP Practitioner, Trauma-Informed Coach, Neurofit Trainer, and Best-Selling Author, I bring both deep personal experience and professional training to the work I do. I believe in prevention, not just intervention — and use a body, mind, and spirit approach to guide others toward becoming the happiest, healthiest versions of themselves.

My holistic toolbox includes nervous system regulation, trauma-informed coaching, nutritional support, and natural healing strategies,

Find ALL THE THINGS HERE: Anything that I have to offer is right here

Did you know I also offer access to an amazing travel savings program that can help you save up to 70% on hotels, resorts, cruises, and more? Let’s compare your next upcoming itinerary and see how much you could save.

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Are you functioning but not really feeling?

If you grew up in dysfunction, emotional neglect, addiction, chaos, criticism, or unpredictability, emotional numbness may have become a survival response.

In this episode of Tammy’s Takes, Tammy Vincent follows up on her conversation with Megan Margherio to explore why adult children of dysfunction often feel disconnected from themselves, struggle with nervous system dysregulation, and stay stuck in survival mode long after childhood ends.

Tammy breaks down:

✔ Emotional numbness and childhood trauma

✔ Nervous system healing and regulation

✔ Why peace and safety can feel uncomfortable

✔ Survival mode, hypervigilance, and emotional shutdown

✔ Why adult children struggle to feel joy

✔ Body awareness and emotional healing practices

✔ How to stop spiraling and reconnect with yourself

✔ Practical nervous system tools you can use today

If you’ve ever wondered, “Why do I feel numb even though my life looks okay?” this episode is for you.

Because you are not broken. You adapted.

Listen to Tammy’s full episode with Megan Margherio for deeper healing around emotional numbness and trauma recovery.

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What happens after survival?

If you grew up in dysfunction, emotional neglect, abuse, addiction, or chaos, chances are you learned how to survive. But what happens when survival mode becomes emotional numbness? What happens when you no longer feel the pain… but you also can’t fully feel the joy?

In this deeply powerful and validating conversation, Tammy sits down with trauma-informed embodiment coach, speaker, and author Megan Margherio to talk about healing trauma through the body, reconnecting with safety, and learning how to feel alive again.

Together, they unpack how childhood dysfunction shapes the nervous system, why so many adult children of dysfunction struggle with numbness, hypervigilance, anxiety, and emotional shutdown, and why healing is about so much more than “thinking positive.”

Megan vulnerably shares her own healing journey and explains why survival is only half the story. The real work comes in learning how to trust yourself again, reconnect with your body, and create enough emotional safety to let joy, peace, delight, and goodness back in.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why dysfunction impacts us even without addiction in the home

• Emotional numbness and feeling like a shell of yourself

• Why trauma survivors often struggle to feel joy

• How trauma gets stored in the body

• Nervous system regulation and survival mode

• Somatic healing, trauma-sensitive yoga, and body awareness

• Why talk therapy sometimes isn’t enough

• EMDR, breathwork, and healing stored trauma

• Learning to feel safe enough to receive good things

• Why healing is not about perfection — it’s about becoming more alive

One of the biggest takeaways from this episode: you did not survive everything you survived just to exist. You survived to experience joy, connection, peace, and a life that feels safe to live.

Connect with Megan Margherio:

Website: MeganMargherio.com

Instagram: @megan_margherio on Instagram

TikTok: @megan_margherio on TikTok

Grab Megan’s book: Everwoven: A Memoir, A Reckoning

If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who needs the reminder that survival is only half the story.

Healing is possible. And you deserve all good things

Hey there, I’m so glad you’re here and tuning in! If this episode spoke to your heart, just know there’s even more support waiting for you.

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As an international inspirational speaker, NLP Practitioner, Trauma-Informed Coach, Neurofit Trainer, and Best-Selling Author, I bring both deep personal experience and professional training to the work I do. I believe in prevention, not just intervention — and use a body, mind, and spirit approach to guide others toward becoming the happiest, healthiest versions of themselves.

My holistic toolbox includes nervous system regulation, trauma-informed coaching, nutritional support, and natural healing strategies,

Find ALL THE THINGS HERE: Anything that I have to offer is right here

Did you know I also offer access to an amazing travel savings program that can help you save up to 70% on hotels, resorts, cruises, and more? Let’s compare your next upcoming itinerary and see how much you could save.

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In this powerful Tammy’s Takes episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy Vincent expands on her conversation with Irin Rubin, founder of Mama Zen, to explore a difficult but important truth:

Your child may not actually be the trigger… your nervous system is.

If you’ve ever found yourself snapping, yelling, shutting down, feeling overstimulated, or wondering:

“Why am I reacting this strongly?”

This episode is for you.

Tammy dives into how childhood dysfunction, emotional neglect, trauma, and growing up in chaotic environments shape the nervous system and influence the way we parent today. She explains why many parenting reactions are not about the child’s behavior—but about old wounds, subconscious survival patterns, and nervous system dysregulation.

Most importantly, Tammy shares a practical 3-Step Nervous System Reset for Parenting Triggers to help parents pause, regulate emotional overwhelm, stop reactive patterns, and begin breaking generational trauma in real time.

This episode covers emotional regulation, co-regulation, repair after conflict, parenting after dysfunction, and why healing yourself is one of the greatest gifts you can give your children.

Because your children don’t need perfect parents.

They need healing ones.

• Why your child may not actually be “the trigger”

• How childhood dysfunction impacts parenting reactions

• The connection between trauma and nervous system dysregulation

• Tammy’s 3-Step Nervous System Reset for parenting triggers

• Why co-regulation matters more than control

• How repair builds emotional safety with children

• Why shame keeps generational trauma alive

• The difference between reacting and responding

If you’re tired of feeling emotionally flooded, reactive, overwhelmed, or stuck in survival mode, Tammy created a simple, practical guide to help.

Grab the Nervous System Reset Guide here:

https://workshops.tammyvincent.com/offers/y4ucfW2w/checkout

Hey there, I’m so glad you’re here and tuning in! If this episode spoke to your heart, just know there’s even more support waiting for you.

Book Your Free Clarity and Calm Call: No Judgement, just a chat https://calendly.com/tammyvincent/clarity-and-calm-call

If you are curious about where you stand energetically, or just need a frequency boost, book your FREE biofrequency voice scan here: https://calendly.com/tammyvincent/complimentary-scan-demo if you want to take part in an amazing club, where you can get unlimited scans and free coaching every month, sign up here: $25 ($250 Value) Join For One Month Here https://workshops.tammyvincent.com/offers/JQz3QDrr/checkout

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Trials To Triumph: An Adult Child's Emotional Freedom Blueprint: Use code THRIVE25 for 75% off today. https://workshops.tammyvincent.com/offers/DSbcgrZZ/checkout

As an international inspirational speaker, NLP Practitioner, Trauma-Informed Coach, Neurofit Trainer, and Best-Selling Author, I bring both deep personal experience and professional training to the work I do. I believe in prevention, not just intervention — and use a body, mind, and spirit approach to guide others toward becoming the happiest, healthiest versions of themselves.

My holistic toolbox includes nervous system regulation, trauma-informed coaching, nutritional support, and natural healing strategies,

Find ALL THE THINGS HERE: Anything that I have to offer is right here

Did you know I also offer access to an amazing travel savings program that can help you save up to 70% on hotels, resorts, cruises, and more? Let’s compare your next upcoming itinerary and see how much you could save.

👉 Try the Trip Check: https://calendly.com/tammyvincent/trip-check

📺 Subscribe to My YouTube Channel

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In this powerful episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy Vincent sits down with Irin Rubin, Founder and CEO of Mama Zen, a global mental wellness platform helping parents regulate anxiety, emotional overwhelm, and parenting triggers through nervous system support and emotional regulation tools. Inspired by her own motherhood struggles, Erin created Mama Zen as a practical solution that is now being used in over 45 countries.

Together, Tammy and Erin explore the hidden roots of parenting triggers, nervous system dysregulation, childhood trauma, emotional overwhelm, and why so many parents react in ways they never intended. They unpack how unresolved childhood experiences shape adult emotional responses and why healing yourself is one of the greatest gifts you can give your children.

This episode dives into powerful concepts like co-regulation, emotional regulation, parenting anxiety, guilt, perfectionism, repair after conflict, and breaking generational cycles. Erin shares practical tools to help parents move out of fight-or-flight mode, regulate their nervous systems, and respond more calmly during difficult parenting moments. Tammy also opens up about her own experience growing up in dysfunction and the importance of modeling emotional safety for children.

If you’ve ever worried about repeating unhealthy family patterns, feeling emotionally reactive, or struggling with parenting stress, this episode offers practical tools, compassionate guidance, and hope that healing and change are absolutely possible.

• Why your child isn’t actually “the trigger”

• How childhood trauma impacts parenting reactions

• What nervous system dysregulation looks like in parents

• The power of co-regulation with children

• Why repair matters more than perfection in parenting

• How guilt and perfectionism affect motherhood

• Practical tools to calm your nervous system

• How to break generational cycles of shame, yelling, and emotional overwhelm

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