Trauma Bonded

By Ellen Westberg

A companion podcast to This Is Actually Happening (TIAH) in which two lifelong friends (and superfans) dissect each episode with empathy and levity – finding humanity between the

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FAQs about Trauma Bonded:

How many episodes does Trauma Bonded have?

The podcast currently has 112 episodes available.

Trauma Bonded episodes:

August 06, 2025 The Monster Within (TIAH #374)
Elly & T discuss Episode 374, of the Podcast This Is Actually Happening, “What if a brutal assault saved your life?” in which we cover the power of being heard, gatekeeping Atheism, & the oneness of everything, like with breakfast wine.

Hosted by: Elly Westberg & Therese Garcia
Edited by: Cathy Sitzes
Special thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually Happening

Content/Trigger Warnings: divorce, gang activity, criminal activity including drugs and violence with weapons, racism, brutal assault including kicking & stomping, severe facial injuries in the mouth, punctured organ injury, heavy alcohol use, explicit language

THIS IS OUR LAST EPISODE OF TRAUMA/BONDED - THANK YOU ALL! Hear about our next venture here: shedatespodcast.com

Check out 5calls.org. Call your representatives and speak truth to power!

Instagram: @traumabondedpodofficial

YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial

Website: traumabondedpod.com
Website by & Original Music by: Nathanael Trimboli
Email: [email protected]

Services
If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:
National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988
National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264
National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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43min
July 30, 2025 Storyteller Update from TIAH347
Elly has a conversation with Naazh from the episode, “What if you were held captive in plain sight?”

You can reach Naazh on Instagram @Naazh1974. Her blog is at Naazh.org.

Hosted by: Elly Westberg (T is there in spirit!)
Edited by: Forrest Chiras
Special thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually Happening

Content/Trigger Warnings: mental illness, animal death/injury, suicide, sexual assault/”roofies” reference, addiction (alcohol & sex), divorce, explicit language

YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial

Instagram: @traumabondedpodofficial

Website: traumabondedpod.com
Website by & Original Music by: Nathanael Trimboli

Email: [email protected]

Services
If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:
National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988
National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264
National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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46min
July 23, 2025 You Make Slow & I Make Quick (TIAH#372)
Elly & T discuss Episode 372, of the Podcast This Is Actually Happening, “What if you were lost on the Pacific Crest Trail?” in which we cover friendship as water, the illustrious poem “Footprints In the Sand” & a very tear-jerky Amy Grant song.

Hosted by: Elly Westberg & Therese Garcia
Edited by: Cathy Sitzes
Special thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually Happening

Content/Trigger Warnings: divorce, suicide by gun, teen pregnancy, unhoused/rough living, poverty, being lost in the wilderness, extreme cold while lost outside, smoking, explicit language

Check out 5calls.org. Call your representatives and speak truth to power!

Instagram: @traumabondedpodofficial

YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial

Website: traumabondedpod.com
Website by & Original Music by: Nathanael Trimboli
Email: [email protected]

Services
If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:
National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988
National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264
National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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52min
July 16, 2025 CAN YOU IMAGINE? (TIAH#317)
Elly & T discuss Episode 371, of the Podcast This Is Actually Happening, “What if you survived a catastrophic hurricane?” in which we cover the pressure of saving yourself and your family in a high pressure situation, trusting your instincts when you have no obvious way through and… you wanna be home DURING the hurricane uhhhhhh?

Hosted by: Elly Westberg & Therese Garcia
Edited by: Cathy Sitzes
Special thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually Happening

Content/Trigger Warnings: homophobia, hurricane, storm, near drowning, drowning deaths, PTSD from near death, flood, explicit language

Check out 5calls.org. Call your representatives and speak truth to power!

Instagram: @traumabondedpodofficial

YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial

Website: traumabondedpod.com
Website by & Original Music by: Nathanael Trimboli
Email: [email protected]

Services
If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:
National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988
National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264
National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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36min
July 09, 2025 Like A Diamond (TIAH#370)
Elly & T discuss Episode 370, of the Podcast This Is Actually Happening, “What if a bullet took your sight but not your vision?” in which we cover the deep goodness of friendship, the harsh cruelty of the world toward the differently abled & Trauma/Bonded’s loose association with Public Enemy.

Hosted by: Elly Westberg & Therese Garcia
Edited by: Cathy Sitzes
Special thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually Happening

Content/Trigger Warnings: absentee father, violence, gun violence, stranger crime, hospital, blindness, explicit language

Check out 5calls.org. Call your representatives and speak truth to power!

Instagram: @traumabondedpodofficial
Thank you, Katy Caple for 2 years unpaid service!! Now Elly has to make them and she’s not happy about it.

YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial

Website: traumabondedpod.com
Website by & Original Music by: Nathanael Trimboli
Email: [email protected]

Services
If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:
National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988
National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264
National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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45min
July 02, 2025 A Way Where There Was No Way (TIAH#369)
Elly & T discuss Episode 369, of the Podcast This Is Actually Happening, “What if you lit yourself on fire?” in which we cover Let's stop protecting our abusers, showing up for yourself is a practice and we are grateful to be able to come home.

Hosted by: Elly Westberg & Therese Garcia
Edited by: Cathy Sitzes
Special thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually Happening

Content/Trigger Warnings: childhood sexual abuse, drug use and addiction, self-immolation, severe burn injury, attempted suicide, explicit language

Check out 5calls.org. Call your representatives and speak truth to power!

Instagram: @traumabondedpodofficial
Thank you, Katy Caple for 2 years unpaid service!! Now Elly has to make them and she’s not happy about it.

YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial

Website: traumabondedpod.com
Website by & Original Music by: Nathanael Trimboli
Email: [email protected]

Services
If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:
National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988
National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264
National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
...more
1h
June 25, 2025 The Kitchen Table (TIAH#368)
Elly & T discuss Episode 368, of the Podcast This Is Actually Happening, “What if you were the only one left to grieve?” in which we cover the pain of being left and leaving, survivor’s guilt and the sleeping constable.

Hosted by: Elly Westberg & Therese Garcia
Edited by: Cathy Sitzes
Special thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually Happening

Content/Trigger Warnings: stalking, home invasion, death by gun, suicide by gun, suicide, racism, colonization, genocide, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, explicit language

Check out 5calls.org. Call your representatives and speak truth to power!

Instagram: @traumabondedpodofficial
Thank you, Katy Caple for 2 years unpaid service!! Now Elly has to make them and she’s not happy about it.

YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial

Website: traumabondedpod.com
Website by & Original Music by: Nathanael Trimboli
Email: [email protected]

Services
If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:
National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988
National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264
National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
...more
33min
June 18, 2025 Supermax WTF (TIAH#367)
Elly & T discuss Episode 367, of the Podcast This Is Actually Happening, “What if you were imprisoned in the Federal Supermax?” in which we cover our ignorance around law, our WTFness around these intolerable prison conditions and it’s unnatural to want to hurt another human being.

Hosted by: Elly Westberg & Therese Garcia
Edited by: Forrest Chiras
Special thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually Happening

Content/Trigger Warnings: childhood abuse/neglect, vandalism, breaking and entering, property damage as a political tool, molotov cocktails/explosion/fire near/at a Federal building, violence/brutality in prison, sexual assault, racism, homophobia, transphobia,, explicit language

Check out docuseries, The Class: https://www.pbs.org/show/the-class/. It’s got some love from The New York Times, and Indiewire listed the series as an Emmy Contender! Follow on socials @theclassdoc @threeframemedia

The filmmakers also developed a Covid lesson plan and Professional Development Guide which are available for free on www.theclassdocumentary.com, so if you have any educators in your life please share these resources with them!

Check out 5calls.org. Call your representatives and speak truth to power!

Instagram: @traumabondedpodofficial
Thank you, Katy Caple for 2 years unpaid service!!

YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial

Website: traumabondedpod.com
Website by & Original Music by: Nathanael Trimboli
Email: [email protected]

Services
If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:
National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988
National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264
National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
...more
44min
June 11, 2025 Build & Betray (TIAH#366)
Elly & T discuss Episode 366, of the Podcast This Is Actually Happening, “What if you infiltrated a doomsday hate militia?” in which we cover the power of verbal judo, crack(s) & other potential strip club names.

Hosted by: Elly Westberg & Therese Garcia
Edited by: Cathy Sitzes
Special thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually Happening

Content/Trigger Warnings: divorce, animal death/sacrifice/ritual, murder, talk of domestic terrorism/neo-nazi/white supremacy, drug buy use, undercover sting operations, gruesome cartel murders,, explicit language

Check out docuseries, The Class: https://www.pbs.org/show/the-class/. It’s got some love from The New York Times, and Indiewire listed the series as an Emmy Contender! Follow on socials @theclassdoc @threeframemedia

The filmmakers also developed a Covid lesson plan and Professional Development Guide which are available for free on www.theclassdocumentary.com, so if you have any educators in your life please share these resources with them!

Check out 5calls.org. Call your representatives and speak truth to power!

Instagram: @traumabondedpodofficial
Thank you, Katy Caple!

YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial

Website: traumabondedpod.com
Website by & Original Music by: Nathanael Trimboli
Email: [email protected]

Services
If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:
National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988
National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264
National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
...more
57min
June 04, 2025 Captivity Part II (TIAH#365)
Elly & T discuss Episode 365, of the Podcast This Is Actually Happening, “What if they believed you staged your own kidnapping? Part 2: Denise?” in which we cover how messy relationships can be, the sheer badassery of Denise facing down global hate & “immunity from WAT??”

Hosted by: Elly Westberg & Therese Garcia
Edited by: Forrest Chiras
Special thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually Happening

Content/Trigger Warnings: divorce, sexual assault to a child/minor by a family friend, sexual trauma, home invasion, kidnapping, threat of violence, partner in distress, defamation of character by trust institution and media, civil lawsuit, criminal trial, explicit language

Check out 5calls.org. Call your representatives and speak truth to power!

Instagram: @traumabondedpodofficial
Thank you, Katy Caple!

YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial

Website: traumabondedpod.com
Website by & Original Music by: Nathanael Trimboli
Email: [email protected]

Services
If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:
National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988
National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264
National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
...more
48min

FAQs about Trauma Bonded:

How many episodes does Trauma Bonded have?

The podcast currently has 112 episodes available.

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