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Podcast: Postcards to the Universe with Melisa
Episode: Conversation with Author Susan Gold - Toxic Family: Transforming Childhood Trauma
Description: Susan Gold was raised in a challenging and chaotic family system, the middle child of five. To fully thrive, she bravely chose to meet the demons of her upbringing that were continuing to repeat. Her book, Toxic Family: Transforming Childhood Trauma into Adult Freedom is about that journey.In a small rural town in central Pennsylvania, young Susie is facing trauma as the middle child in a violent and chaotic household. Her brilliant, alcoholic, astrophysicist father and equally ingenious mentally ill, home-making mother have collided in dysfunction. Creating five children in short succession with covert...