Trauma isn’t always what we think.
It doesn’t just come from war zones, accidents, or abuse. 

Sometimes, trauma comes quietly—from emotional neglect, disconnection, or growing up without the support you needed.

In this healing deep-dive, we'll gently unpack:
✔️ What trauma really is (it's not the event-it's the body's response)
✔️ The difference between Big "T" and little "t" trauma
✔️ How emotional neglect and ongoing stress impact your nervous system
✔️ Common trauma responses like fawn, freeze, hyper-independence, and minimization
✔️ 5 Grounding Truths to help healing

We're pulling insight from trusted trauma experts like Dr. Gabor Maté, Pete Walker, Glennon Doyle, Melody Beattie, and Dr. Bessel van der Kolk-along with real-world experiences that will help you feel seen, not pathologized.

Because if you've been asking "What's wrong with me?" for years…
It might be time to ask: "What happened to me?"

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✨ FREE DOWNLOADS for Sensitive Souls

📝 NEW! What Counts as Trauma (And Why You're Not Crazy)
👉 https://www.thecanariesinthecoalmine.com/7p5rqdzs20

📘 Free Boundary Worksheet to complement the boundary episode
👉 https://www.thecanariesinthecoalmine.com/9fm4dggzsl

🛟 The Canary's Survival Guide – 7 Tools for Sensitive Souls
👉 https://mailchi.mp/7d6d2342bb0b/the-canarys-survival-guide

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🎧 Prefer to Listen? New Podcast Episodes Every Monday at 6 AM:

🎙 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/canaries-in-the-coal-mine/id1806861012

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⚠️ Disclaimer:
I am not a licensed therapist. This content is for educational purposes only. Please consult a licensed mental health professional if you need additional support.

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Boundaries, people-pleasing, codependency recovery, emotional burnout-if setting limits makes you feel like the bad guy, you're not alone. Sensitive souls often carry the heaviest guilt.

Have you ever said yes with a smile… and then felt resentful, exhausted, or totally invisible?

Here's the truth: We're not monsters for needing space. We're not selfish for saying no.

We're the canaries in the coal mine-and our guilt isn't proof we're wrong. It's a sign we're rewiring old survival patterns.

In this cinematic deep dive from 'Canaries in the Coal Mine', we explore why boundaries feel so hard for sensitive people, adult children of dysfunctional families, and those recovering from people-pleasing and emotional neglect.

You'll discover the deeper roots of boundary guilt, what really happens when we don't speak up, and how to set loving, clear, guilt-free boundaries-even when it feels terrifying.

Because here, we don't abandon ourselves to keep the peace.
We honor our inner truth, one brave "no" at a time.



🕊️ Inside this Episode:

* Why boundaries feel like betrayal for trauma survivors
* The nervous system's response to saying "no"
* 8 real-world tools for setting boundaries with clarity and care
* What to do when people push back
* How to stop feeling like a monster for protecting your peace



✨ FREE DOWNLOADS for Sensitive Souls:
Free Boundary Worksheet to complement the video
👉https://www.thecanariesinthecoalmine.com/9fm4dggzsl

The Canary's Survival Guide – 7 Tools for Sensitive Souls
👉 https://mailchi.mp/7d6d2342bb0b/the-canarys-survival-guide



💬 Let's Stay Connected:
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✨ Join the Canary Community:
Weekly videos that honor sensitivity as strength, offer real healing tools, and remind you-you're not too much. You were just the first to notice the leak.
📺 @thecanariesinthecoalmine



🎧 Want to Listen In Instead? 🎙️ New podcast episodes every Monday at 6 AM:

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Disclaimer: I am not a licensed therapist. This content is for educational purposes only. Please consult a licensed mental health professional if you need support.



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Highly Sensitive Person traits, sensitivity, emotional healing - Have you ever been told you're "too sensitive"? Felt like your emotions were inconvenient, dramatic, or just "too much"?

Here's the truth: You're not broken-you're the canary in the coal mine. And your sensitivity isn't weakness; it's survival wisdom.

In this cinematic deep dive from Canaries in the Coal Mine, we explore what it truly means to be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). Inspired by the pioneering research of Dr. Elaine Aron, you'll discover the four core traits of HSPs, the crucial difference between innate sensitivity and trauma responses, and why society often mistakes emotional depth for fragility.

We'll also walk through practical, real-world tools to protect your energy, honor your nervous system, and thrive in a world that often rewards speed over sensitivity.

Because here, we don't toughen up-we tune in.

🕊️ Inside this Episode:
- The 4 core HSP traits (DOES Model)
- How trauma overlaps with sensitivity (and how to tell them apart)
- How society gaslights sensitive people-and how to stop gaslighting yourself
- Powerful daily tools for Highly Sensitive People to protect their energy

🕯️ Featured Resources I Recommend:
- Documentary: 'Sensitive: 'The Untold Story' (with Dr. Elaine Aron)
- Book: 'The Highly Sensitive Person' by Dr. Elaine Aron
- 'Sensitive is the New Strong' by Anita Moorjani
- 'Quiet' by Susan Cain

✨ The HSP Survival Map: 7 Tools to Protect Your Energy and Honor Your Sensitivity
👉 https://www.thecanariesinthecoalmine.com/b3d41t3hp2

✨ Canary's Survival Guide – "7 Tools for Sensitive Souls"*
👉 https://mailchi.mp/7d6d2342bb0b/the-canarys-survival-guide


💬 Let's Stay Connected:
👉 Subscribe for weekly truth-telling, healing tools, and Canary content: https://www.thecanariesinthecoalmine.com
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✨ Join the Canary Community:
Subscribe for weekly videos that honor sensitivity as strength, offer real healing tools, and remind you-you're not too much. You were just the first to notice the leak.
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/@UCBqiRQtjkiWM-0CQ6tSaBuQ 


Disclaimer: I am not a licensed therapist. This content is for educational purposes only. Please consult a licensed mental health professional if you need support._


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Have you ever felt like you were playing a part in your family—one you never chose?  
👉 The Hero.  
👉 The Scapegoat.  
👉 The Lost Child.  
👉 The Mascot.  
👉 The Caretaker.  
👉 Or the Switcher—always shifting, always adapting?

This episode dives deep into the 6 hidden roles children take on in dysfunctional families—and how they shape your adult identity, relationships, boundaries, burnout, and even your sense of self.

Whether you grew up with narcissistic parents, emotional neglect, alcoholism, or constant chaos—this video is a compassionate, no-fluff breakdown of the survival roles you learned to play just to stay safe.

🕊️ Because you’re not broken.  
You’re just the canary.

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 ✨ WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
✅ The psychology behind each role  
✅ How these roles create lifelong patterns (like people-pleasing, overfunctioning, or chronic invisibility)  
✅ How to begin breaking free and healing—for real  
✅ Why sensitivity is not a weakness—it’s your superpower

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📩 Free Downloads:  
🖤 Get your copy of  'A Healing Companion for the 6 Roles' here:  
👉 https://www.thecanariesinthecoalmine.com/jmqzsqxo6m

✨Canary's Survival Guide – '7 Tools for Sensitive Souls' → 
👉 https://mailchi.mp/7d6d2342bb0b/the-canarys-survival-guide


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This video is for you if…  
- You feel like you’re “too much” or “never enough”  
- You grew up walking on eggshells  
- You’ve been the fixer, the peacekeeper, the performer  
- You’re exhausted from carrying your family’s pain  
- You want to stop surviving and start becoming 'yourself'

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💬 Let’s stay connected:  
✨ Subscribe for weekly truth-telling, healing tools, and Canary content  
🌐 [www.thecanariesinthecoalmine.com](http://www.thecanariesinthecoalmine.com)  
📧 Email: [email protected]  
🖤 For the empaths, trauma survivors, and cycle-breakers  

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Disclaimer: I am not a licensed therapist. This content is for educational purposes only. Please consult a licensed mental health professional if you need support.

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#DysfunctionalFamilyRoles #FamilyTrauma #NarcissisticAbuseRecovery #AdultChildren #EmotionalHealing #CycleBreaker #CodependencyRecovery #CanariesInTheCoalMine #TraumaAwareness #InnerChildHealing #SensitivityIsYourSuperpower #FamilyDynamics #HealingJourney #SelfAbandonment #acoa

Have you ever felt like the adult in your own childhood? Or found yourself constantly fixing everyone else’s emotions — even now?

In this episode, we explore 9 subtle but powerful signs you may have grown up in a dysfunctional family. We’ll talk about parentification, emotional neglect, codependency, and the quiet ways childhood trauma can follow us into adulthood.

Whether you’re a cycle-breaker, an adult child of alcoholics, or simply someone learning to trust their own emotions — this is for you.

🕊️ You’re not broken. You’re a canary. And your sensitivity? It’s your superpower.

New episodes drop every Monday at 6AM!

For free resources and healing tools, watch YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@canariesinthecoalmines

Have you ever felt like the adult in your own childhood? Or found yourself constantly fixing everyone else’s emotions — even now?

In this episode, we explore 9 subtle but powerful signs you may have grown up in a dysfunctional family. We’ll talk about parentification, emotional neglect, codependency, and the quiet ways childhood trauma can follow us into adulthood.

Whether you’re a cycle-breaker, an adult child of alcoholics, or simply someone learning to trust their own emotions — this is for you.

🕊️ You’re not broken. You’re a canary. And your sensitivity? It’s your superpower.

New episodes drop every Monday.

For free resources and healing tools on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@canariesinthecoalmines

Ever feel like the one who notices everything… but no one else seems to care?

In this first episode of Canaries in the Coal Mine, Shannon shares a message every sensitive soul needs to hear—especially if you grew up in a dysfunctional, narcissistic, or emotionally unavailable family.

We’ll explore why deeply feeling people are often labeled as “too sensitive” in toxic systems, how gaslighting and silence create self-doubt, and what it really means to be the canary in the coal mine.

This episode is for the cycle-breakers, the recovering good girls, and the brave souls doing the work to heal from trauma, codependency, and family dysfunction—one truth at a time.

💛 You’re not broken. You’re not crazy. You’re just the canary.

🔗 Want more tools and support?
Grab your free guide: The Canary’s Survival Guide – 7 Tools for Sensitive Souls in a Loud World: https://mailchi.mp/7d6d2342bb0b/the-canarys-survival-guide
 

📬 Connect: [email protected]
 🐤 YouTube: @canariesinthecoalmine