{"id":25326,"date":"2026-04-14T03:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=25326"},"modified":"2026-04-13T23:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T05:30:54","slug":"tian-dayton-if-you-grew-up-with-addicts-healing-is-a-discipline","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/tian-dayton-if-you-grew-up-with-addicts-healing-is-a-discipline\/","title":{"rendered":"Tian Dayton: If You Grew Up with Addicts, Healing Is a Discipline"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-25326-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PD07837W_IATE_Tian-Dayton-FINAL.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PD07837W_IATE_Tian-Dayton-FINAL.mp3\">https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PD07837W_IATE_Tian-Dayton-FINAL.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trauma doesn&#8217;t show up in what we remember. It shows up in how we react.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week, Tami Simon speaks with Dr. Tian Dayton\u2014award-winning scholar, senior fellow at The Meadows, and author of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Growing Up with Addiction: How Adult Children of Addicts Can Heal Family Trauma, Complex PTSD and Codependency<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014about what it means to grow up inside a family shaped by addiction, and what it actually takes to heal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drawing on decades of clinical work, her own lived experience, and her innovative Relational Trauma Repair (RTR) method, Dr. Dayton explores the neuroscience of relational trauma and the embodied, experiential path through it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join Tami and Tian to explore:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why addiction is a family disease\u2014and how process addictions like workaholism and overeating leave the same marks as substance use<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How childhood trauma gets stored in the body, not the story\u2014and why you can&#8217;t think your way out of complex PTSD<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The neuroscience of overreaction: why triggers feel present-tense even when they&#8217;re decades old<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cognitive and somatic distortions\u2014and how to recognize when the past is hijacking the present<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psychodrama and Relational Trauma Repair: the power of talking <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> instead of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">about<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Timelines, social atoms, and letter writing as tools for putting fragmented memories back in order<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why healing is a discipline\u2014and what it means to take ownership of your own darkness as a path to freedom<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you grew up in a home shaped by addiction or simply recognize the patterns Dr. Dayton describes, this interview offers both a map and the courage to begin the journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen now and start where you are.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This conversation offers genuine transmission\u2014not just concepts about awakening, but the palpable presence of realized teachers exploring the growing edge of spiritual understanding together. 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