Reclaiming Me: Heal Your Childhood Attachment Wounds, People Pleasing, and Complex PTSD for Women

Are you a woman who has done years of healing work on your attachment trauma, yet still feel unable to let go of people-pleasing and perfectionism? This trauma-informed podcast helps women with complex PTSD heal the lasting impact of childhood attachment wounds from parents and caregivers so you can finally release survival patterns, rebuild self-trust, and create relationships rooted in authenticity, confidence, and emotional safety. Listen each week to learn how to: • Understand how trauma, attachment patterns, and overthinking fuel anxiety, stress, and burnout. • Release perfectionism, people-pleasing, and outdated identities that keep you playing small. • Build healthy boundaries, embodied self-trust, and a grounded sense of purpose and worth. **Ready to begin your healing? Start with the rebrand episode of Reclaiming Me: E66: Why You Can’t Heal Your Attachment Style Without Trauma Work (The Truth Behind the Rebrand of Reclaiming Me). ** I'm your host, Cindy Payne—a licensed professional counselor, certified yoga teacher, and C-PTSD survivor—offers a new episode each Monday, and a Wednesday Midweek Reframe teaching a practical skill or concept, so you can reduce the impact of C-PTSD symptoms and improve relationships. Work With Me: Ready for deeper support? Explore therapy or book a consultation here: cindypayne.com Connect With Me: Send me a message directly on Instagram: @cindypaynerooted or via email: cindy@cindypaynelpc.com This podcast explores the real, human side of growth — from navigating anxiety, imposter syndrome, and codependency to rediscovering presence, confidence, and authenticity. Through honest conversations about vulnerability, leadership, and letting go, we dive into the balance between purpose and rest, mindfulness and action, boundaries and connection. Together, we unpack the layers of trauma, stress, and exhaustion that keep us from fulfillment, and explore how healing begins when we choose awareness, compassion, and alignment over overwhelm.

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Episoder(152)

E87: Gentle Presence: Reconnecting With The Self After Trauma-Driven Disconnection

Have you been showing up, achieving, and getting things done—yet feeling strangely disconnected or numb inside?If life feels muted right now, this episode meets you exactly where you are. Many high-ac...

4 Feb 13min

E86: When Functioning Becomes Disconnection: Dissociation, Trauma, and the Nervous System in High-Achieving Women

Have you ever felt productive, capable, and accomplished—yet strangely disconnected from your own body, emotions, or sense of presence?Many high-achieving women live in constant motion, mistaking numb...

2 Feb 41min

E85: Midweek Reframe: Tiny Micro-Practices That Help You Reconnect With Your Body While Living With CPTSD

Do you struggle to feel at home in your own body after trauma? Are tension, restlessness, or disconnection making it hard to fully inhabit your life? If you’ve experienced complex PTSD or trauma, your...

28 Jan 15min

E84: Why Disconnection From Your Body Is Holding High-Achieving Women Back & How to Reclaim It

Have you ever felt constantly busy, successful, and yet completely disconnected from your own body? Many high-achieving women live life on autopilot—overachieving, controlling, and pushing past discom...

26 Jan 34min

E83: Midweek Reframe: Why ‘Being Strong’ Is Hurting Women With CPTSD (And What to Do Instead)

What if your body isn’t the problem you need to fix — but the home you’ve been disconnected from all along?Many women healing from complex PTSD were taught to override their needs, ignore discomfort, ...

21 Jan 11min

E82: 3 Trauma Beliefs Women With CPTSD Carry About Their Bodies, Boundaries, and Joy—and How to Release Them

What if the beliefs you’ve held about your body, your responsibility in relationships, and your right to joy weren’t truths—but survival strategies you’re finally allowed to outgrow?Many women living ...

19 Jan 32min

E81: Midweek Reframe: Disorganized Attachment & Self-Compassion: Meeting Push-Pull With Kindness

What if the push-pull you feel in attachment isn’t a problem to fix—but a place where kindness is needed most?For women with CPTSD and disorganized attachment, moments of closeness can bring both comf...

14 Jan 13min

E80: Why Trauma Creates Disorganized Attachment and Makes Love Feel Unsafe

Why does attachment feel comforting one moment—and overwhelming or unsafe the next for trauma survivors?If you’ve experienced early relational trauma and struggle with attachment in adulthood, this ep...

12 Jan 26min