What you lived through as a child doesn’t always stay in the past, it can quietly shape your confidence, your relationships, and the way you see yourself for decades.
In this powerful, deeply human conversation, Frank Zaccari sits down with Dr. Laura Staley, founder of Cherish Your Youth, to talk honestly about the lasting impact of verbal abuse, bullying, emotional wounding, and complex trauma, and what healing can actually look like.
Dr. Staley shares her personal bounce-back story and the transformational practices that helped her move from survival mode to wholeness: ending self-abandonment, “the death of pretending,” learning to belong to yourself, and the life-changing power of “listening deeply.” If you’ve ever felt stuck in old patterns, trapped by shame, or haunted by what happened to you, this episode offers real hope, real tools, and a reminder: hurt people can heal.
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