You Did Everything Right. How Did You End Up Here? (Canary Circle Ep. 2)

About this episode

This episode features real voicemails from the community discussing various emotional challenges and experiences.

Some conversations never fully leave us. Not because they were dramatic. Because they were true. In this episode of The Canary Circle, I sat with real voicemails from this community. No scripts. No fixing. Just people saying the hard thing out loud. Some of it is quiet. Some of it is heavy. All of it is honest. Topics explored in this episode include emotional neglect, people pleasing, loneliness, family roles, shame, identity, grief, nervous system patterns, and the complicated experien...

People in this episode

Host: Shannon

Topics covered

• emotional neglect
• people pleasing
• loneliness
• family roles
• shame
• identity
• grief

Keywords

• emotional neglect
• people pleasing
• loneliness
• family roles
• shame
• identity
• grief
• nervous system patterns

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