Traumatic Comedy Podcast

In this episode of Traumatic Comedy, we play “Paddle Me This” — a chaotic yes/no game where nothing is off limits. We hold up our paddles and answer controversial questions / juicy inside info about our lives ✅🚫

This episode is full of hot takes, funny stories, disagreements, and moments that will make you want to scream at your screen. If you love controversial opinions, unfiltered conversations, friendship chaos, and relatable girl talk, this one is for you. 🫠

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Gratitude or Gaslighting? 🤔

This week on Traumatic Comedy, we are asking the question everyone secretly thinks but feels guilty saying out loud… are you actually grateful, or are you just gaslighting yourself into pretending everything is fine?

We get into the difference between real gratitude and forcing yourself to smile through trauma, heartbreak, loss, parenting stress, money problems, relationship drama, and the absolute chaos of everyday life.

⭐️ Topics we cover:

* The difference between gratitude and toxic positivity

* Can you still be emotionally healthy if you’re ungrateful?

* How to be grateful without ignoring your pain

* Things we’ve lost that taught us gratitude later

* Why some people struggle with gratitude

* Being grateful during the hardest moments of life

* How trauma changes the way you see gratitude

* How saying “just be happy” can be invalidating

* Our best gratitude practices

If you have ever been told to “look on the bright side” while actively having the worst week of your life… this episode is for you.

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Today we are talking about death, but in a casual way, which is weird to say because Americans are anything but causal about death. But why? 🖤

Why do so many people hate talking about death? It’s the one thing ALL of us are going to experience one day, so let’s not only talk about it, but joke about it in the Traumatic Comedy fashion 🫠

We talk about:

* Fear of death

* Losing loved ones

* Grief and healing

* Dark humor and coping

* Death traditions in other cultures

* Anxiety about dying

* Ghost stories

This episode is SO raw and authentic, we can’t wait to hear your thoughts! 🫶🏻

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This podcast is all hypothetical… kind of.

Everything said in this episode is based on our own experiences, opinions, feelings, and stories. If something hits a little too close to home, maybe it’s time to look within. 🫠

We are not trying to paint anyone in a bad light, we are just being a voice for those who don’t have one. 🎙️

Nothing is personal unless you make it personal.

If you’re offended by something in this episode, ask yourself why.

Traumatic Comedy is where four women turn trauma, chaos, motherhood, friendship, bad relationships, work horror stories, childhood wounds, and healing into comedy. 🎭

Everything is hypothetical, and we use fake names so we can still be invited to family dinners 🫶🏻

Our ultimate goal really is to help as many people as we can while making light of hard situations. We’re so happy you are here. 🤩

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In this powerful episode, we sit down with author and healer Maruis Aldridge to talk about his deeply personal memoir, From Broken to Brilliant.

Maruis opens up about surviving childhood trauma, growing up in apartheid-era South Africa, navigating shame, identity, anxiety, and emotional pain, and ultimately finding healing through spirituality, self-discovery, movement, energy work, and learning to trust himself again.

Maruis’s story is raw, emotional, honest, and surprisingly funny in places. If you have ever felt broken, disconnected, “too much,” or like you are still carrying things from your past, this episode will remind you that healing is possible — and that you are not alone.

From Broken to Brilliant is described as an “unscripted journey to finding wholeness,” following Maruis’s path from trauma and survival to healing, self-acceptance, and spiritual awakening. (maruisaldridge.com)

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Healing, Intuition & Spiritual Awakening with Author Meg Calvin | Trauma, Dreams & Inner Voice

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Description:

What if your trauma wasn’t the end of your story… but the beginning of your intuition?

In this episode, we sit down with author Meg Calvin to talk about her powerful new book There, He Holds Her — and the deeper healing, spiritual awakening, and intuitive growth that can come from life’s hardest moments.

We get into the real stuff: trauma, emotional healing, learning to trust yourself again, and how to actually hear what your intuition is trying to tell you.

If you’ve ever felt disconnected, stuck, or like there’s something more you’re supposed to tap into… this episode is for you.

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🔥 What We Talk About:

• Turning trauma into healing and purpose

• How to reconnect with your intuition

• Spiritual awakening (without the fluff)

• What your dreams might actually be telling you

• Identifying your intuitive gifts

• Learning to trust yourself again after hard experiences

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📖 About Meg Calvin + Her Book:

Meg Calvin’s book There He Holds Her dives into healing, spirituality, and discovering your intuitive voice in a grounded, real way.

✨ Pre-order bonuses (this is where it gets GOOD):

• Anyone who goes all-in with 50+ copies receives a full month of private coaching with Meg

(4 one-on-one Zoom calls + Voxer support)

→ This can include:

• Deep healing work

• Exploring intuitive gifts

• Or even building your own book — writing, marketing, and selling an Amazon bestselling book

• For those who order 5+ copies, you’ll get access to the Dream Decoded Training, where you’ll learn:

• How to understand what Spirit is saying through your dreams

• How to identify prophetic dreams vs. subconscious ones

• How to recognize your intuitive abilities

Meg literally said this is designed for spiritually curious humans — so if that’s you… yeah, you’re meant to be here.

👉 Grab the book + bonuses here:

http://www.megcalvin.com/there-he-holds-here/#pre-order-bonuses

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👀 Why You Should Watch:

This isn’t just another “healing” conversation.

It’s honest, a little unfiltered, and actually useful if you’re trying to:

• Move forward from your past

• Understand yourself on a deeper level

• Tap into intuition without feeling crazy

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Have you ever had a feeling that felt too real to ignore?

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Let’s compare family lore. What was normal is your household, but very strange in others? Did you experience parental control that didn’t make sense? How did you navigate your parents tough criticisms or mood swings? Are you like your parents now? Or do you want to change for your kids?

Share your stories with us we’d love to hear them 🫶🏻

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Who decided we have to work for the rest of our lives? How do we navigate difficult jobs? How did we survive trauma in the workplace? Let’s talk about it - Workplace Wounds.

In today’s episode we share workplace trauma that I think everyone can relate to in some way or another. We talk about the important questions around work, share some crazy stories about previous jobs, and talk about why integrity in the workplace is important.

Thank you for being here. Let’s trauma bond, and work through it together. 💪🏻

Part 2 of being born into motherhood means: fear in looking at a pregnancy test, losing a child, beautiful and traumatic birth stories, and becoming a mom while in survival mode. Of any of these resonate with you, let’s chat. 🫶🏻

Dive into our traumatic but comedic stories of coming into motherhood, and how we gave birth. We hope to bring light to some of these dark topics that happen to so many women. Motherhood has taught us so much and made us the strongest we’ve ever been in many ways. Dive into tough topics about trauma, abuse, infant loss, and more.

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