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		<description>Carolyn Spring is a writer and speaker in the field of trauma recovery and mental health. Her podcast is an encouraging, inspirational and yet candid look at some of the key issues, for both survivors and helping professionals, in reversing adversity. Check out her website at www.carolynspring.com</description>
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	<title>Podcast #21 – Learning to tolerate positive emotions</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 03:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[We're often used to the idea that it's hard to tolerate distressing emotions. But for many of us as trauma survivors, we can be easily triggered by positive emotions too. Good feelings can be strange, novel and frightening. When we've experienced grooming, they can appear to be the prelude to abuse. And they can feel just plain wrong! In this podcast I look at why we can find positive emotions so difficult, and what we can do about it.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Were often used to the idea that its hard to tolerate distressing emotions. But for many of us as trauma survivors, we can be easily triggered by positive emotions too. Good feelings can be strange, novel and frightening. When weve experienced grooming, ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[We're often used to the idea that it's hard to tolerate distressing emotions. But for many of us as trauma survivors, we can be easily triggered by positive emotions too. Good feelings can be strange, novel and frightening. When we've experienced grooming, they can appear to be the prelude to abuse. And they can feel just plain wrong! In this podcast I look at why we can find positive emotions so difficult, and what we can do about it.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[We're often used to the idea that it's hard to tolerate distressing emotions. But for many of us as trauma survivors, we can be easily triggered by positive emotions too. Good feelings can be strange, novel and frightening. When we've experienced grooming, they can appear to be the prelude to abuse. And they can feel just plain wrong! In this podcast I look at why we can find positive emotions so difficult, and what we can do about it.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Podcast #20 – How therapy transformed me</title>
	<link>https://www.carolynspring.com/podcast/podcast-20-how-therapy-transformed-me/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=podcast-20-how-therapy-transformed-me</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Therapy can be, and often is, transformational. But why? I benefitted greatly from the empathy and attunement offered by my therapist, but over time I also had to adjust my expectations about how change would occur in me. I had to learn to consider what's really going on when we feel misattuned-to as well. I needed validation and acceptance, but I also needed to be challenged. Here's the story of how that played out in one particular therapy session, and the question that at first offended, and then transformed me.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Therapy can be, and often is, transformational. But why? I benefitted greatly from the empathy and attunement offered by my therapist, but over time I also had to adjust my expectations about how change would occur in me. I had to learn to consider whats]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Therapy can be, and often is, transformational. But why? I benefitted greatly from the empathy and attunement offered by my therapist, but over time I also had to adjust my expectations about how change would occur in me. I had to learn to consider what's really going on when we feel misattuned-to as well. I needed validation and acceptance, but I also needed to be challenged. Here's the story of how that played out in one particular therapy session, and the question that at first offended, and then transformed me.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Therapy can be, and often is, transformational. But why? I benefitted greatly from the empathy and attunement offered by my therapist, but over time I also had to adjust my expectations about how change would occur in me. I had to learn to consider what's really going on when we feel misattuned-to as well. I needed validation and acceptance, but I also needed to be challenged. Here's the story of how that played out in one particular therapy session, and the question that at first offended, and then transformed me.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Podcast #19 – How do we learn to trust people after trauma?</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 06:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Trust is so key for smooth human relationships, but it's also invariably damaged after we have suffered trauma, especially abuse. So how do we learn to build it again? In this episode I talk about how there aren't 'three top tips', but how it's a meticulous process of firstly learning to trust ourselves, to tune into our internal radar, and then to bring our front brain online to assess the data we're presented with – especially when we say 'no' to people.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Trust is so key for smooth human relationships, but its also invariably damaged after we have suffered trauma, especially abuse. So how do we learn to build it again? In this episode I talk about how there arent three top tips, but how its a meticulous p]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Trust is so key for smooth human relationships, but it's also invariably damaged after we have suffered trauma, especially abuse. So how do we learn to build it again? In this episode I talk about how there aren't 'three top tips', but how it's a meticulous process of firstly learning to trust ourselves, to tune into our internal radar, and then to bring our front brain online to assess the data we're presented with – especially when we say 'no' to people.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Trust is so key for smooth human relationships, but it's also invariably damaged after we have suffered trauma, especially abuse. So how do we learn to build it again? In this episode I talk about how there aren't 'three top tips', but how it's a meticulous process of firstly learning to trust ourselves, to tune into our internal radar, and then to bring our front brain online to assess the data we're presented with – especially when we say 'no' to people.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Podcast #18 – How to keep going through challenging times (part 2)</title>
	<link>https://www.carolynspring.com/podcast/podcast-18-how-to-keep-going-through-challenging-times-part-2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=podcast-18-how-to-keep-going-through-challenging-times-part-2</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 05:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[In this second and final part, I look at the cognitive mindsets and practical approaches I've employed to keep going even when everything in me wants to give up: because 'keeping on keeping on' matters to me, not least because by doing so, things do invariably improve.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In this second and final part, I look at the cognitive mindsets and practical approaches Ive employed to keep going even when everything in me wants to give up: because keeping on keeping on matters to me, not least because by doing so, things do invaria]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[In this second and final part, I look at the cognitive mindsets and practical approaches I've employed to keep going even when everything in me wants to give up: because 'keeping on keeping on' matters to me, not least because by doing so, things do invariably improve.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this second and final part, I look at the cognitive mindsets and practical approaches I've employed to keep going even when everything in me wants to give up: because 'keeping on keeping on' matters to me, not least because by doing so, things do invariably improve.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:26:12</itunes:duration>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Podcast #17 – How to keep going through challenging times (part 1)</title>
	<link>https://www.carolynspring.com/podcast/podcast-17-how-to-keep-going-through-challenging-times-part-1/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=podcast-17-how-to-keep-going-through-challenging-times-part-1</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 13:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[There's often nothing we can do to prevent challenging times happening – they're part of life. But when they hit, how do we keep going? In this episode (part 1 of 2), I look at the painfulness of overwhelm of trauma, the heart-cry of which is often 'There's nobody there' and the need for us, in learnable ways, to develop self-compassion.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Theres often nothing we can do to prevent challenging times happening – theyre part of life. But when they hit, how do we keep going? In this episode (part 1 of 2), I look at the painfulness of overwhelm of trauma, the heart-cry of which is often Theres ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[There's often nothing we can do to prevent challenging times happening – they're part of life. But when they hit, how do we keep going? In this episode (part 1 of 2), I look at the painfulness of overwhelm of trauma, the heart-cry of which is often 'There's nobody there' and the need for us, in learnable ways, to develop self-compassion.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[There's often nothing we can do to prevent challenging times happening – they're part of life. But when they hit, how do we keep going? In this episode (part 1 of 2), I look at the painfulness of overwhelm of trauma, the heart-cry of which is often 'There's nobody there' and the need for us, in learnable ways, to develop self-compassion.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:26:16</itunes:duration>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Podcast: #16 – Trauma needs a solution</title>
	<link>https://www.carolynspring.com/podcast/trauma-needs-a-solution/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=trauma-needs-a-solution</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2021 13:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Trauma teaches us that we are helpless to act in the face of danger. But recovery from trauma involves learning to act, learning to take steps, learning to start to find and create the solutions. In this podcast, I talk about the symptoms of trauma and how they drive us towards a solution.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Trauma teaches us that we are helpless to act in the face of danger. But recovery from trauma involves learning to act, learning to take steps, learning to start to find and create the solutions. In this podcast, I talk about the symptoms of trauma and h]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Trauma teaches us that we are helpless to act in the face of danger. But recovery from trauma involves learning to act, learning to take steps, learning to start to find and create the solutions. In this podcast, I talk about the symptoms of trauma and how they drive us towards a solution.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Trauma teaches us that we are helpless to act in the face of danger. But recovery from trauma involves learning to act, learning to take steps, learning to start to find and create the solutions. In this podcast, I talk about the symptoms of trauma and how they drive us towards a solution.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:37:04</itunes:duration>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Podcast: #15 – Trauma is not just a distressing event</title>
	<link>https://www.carolynspring.com/podcast/trauma-is-not-just-a-distressing-event/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=trauma-is-not-just-a-distressing-event</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Trauma isn’t something we’re supposed to get over easily. It’s supposed to impact us. It’s supposed to change us. That’s part of why it’s so hard to shift. The problem isn’t with us. In this podcast, I talk about the impacts of trauma and how it isn’t something that we can get over easily.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Trauma isn’t something we’re supposed to get over easily. It’s supposed to impact us. It’s supposed to change us. That’s part of why it’s so hard to shift. The problem isn’t with us. In this podcast, I talk about the impacts of trauma and how it isn’t so]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Trauma isn’t something we’re supposed to get over easily. It’s supposed to impact us. It’s supposed to change us. That’s part of why it’s so hard to shift. The problem isn’t with us. In this podcast, I talk about the impacts of trauma and how it isn’t something that we can get over easily.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Trauma isn’t something we’re supposed to get over easily. It’s supposed to impact us. It’s supposed to change us. That’s part of why it’s so hard to shift. The problem isn’t with us. In this podcast, I talk about the impacts of trauma and how it isn’t something that we can get over easily.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>00:28:44</itunes:duration>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Podcast: #14 – Falling down, getting back up again: my journey over the last year</title>
	<link>https://www.carolynspring.com/podcast/falling-down-podcast/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=falling-down-podcast</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 02:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.carolynspring.com/?p=419201</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Sometimes life doesn’t go to plan. In this episode, I discuss the circumstances that led me back into therapy, the return of dissociative parts of the personality, and how I'm rising again after being knocked (and literally falling) down.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Sometimes life doesn’t go to plan. In this episode, I discuss the circumstances that led me back into therapy, the return of dissociative parts of the personality, and how Im rising again after being knocked (and literally falling) down.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sometimes life doesn’t go to plan. In this episode, I discuss the circumstances that led me back into therapy, the return of dissociative parts of the personality, and how I'm rising again after being knocked (and literally falling) down.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/carolynspring/732713f6-14f7-4079-9a5f-02c7acf90e42-Falling-down-getting-back-up-again-my-journey-over-the-last-year-2021.mp3" length="28123004" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sometimes life doesn’t go to plan. In this episode, I discuss the circumstances that led me back into therapy, the return of dissociative parts of the personality, and how I'm rising again after being knocked (and literally falling) down.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<image>
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		<title>Podcast: #14 – Falling down, getting back up again: my journey over the last year</title>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:29:17</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Podcast: #13 – Kindness is revolutionary</title>
	<link>https://www.carolynspring.com/podcast/kindness-is-revolutionary/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=kindness-is-revolutionary</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2020 13:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.carolynspring.com/?p=375097</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Unkindness is rife in our society. Extreme unkindness is, in simplistic terms, called abuse. To heal from abuse, we need an abundance of kindness. But our survival-based back brain preferentially focuses on unkindness, on danger and threat. In this podcast I talk about how to retrain our front brains to focus on and notice the many kindnesses that are in fact all around us.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Unkindness is rife in our society. Extreme unkindness is, in simplistic terms, called abuse. To heal from abuse, we need an abundance of kindness. But our survival-based back brain preferentially focuses on unkindness, on danger and threat. In this podca]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Unkindness is rife in our society. Extreme unkindness is, in simplistic terms, called abuse. To heal from abuse, we need an abundance of kindness. But our survival-based back brain preferentially focuses on unkindness, on danger and threat. In this podcast I talk about how to retrain our front brains to focus on and notice the many kindnesses that are in fact all around us.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/carolynspring/Kindness-is-revolutionary.mp3" length="49152521" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Unkindness is rife in our society. Extreme unkindness is, in simplistic terms, called abuse. To heal from abuse, we need an abundance of kindness. But our survival-based back brain preferentially focuses on unkindness, on danger and threat. In this podcast I talk about how to retrain our front brains to focus on and notice the many kindnesses that are in fact all around us.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1</url>
		<title>Podcast: #13 – Kindness is revolutionary</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:34:07</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Podcast: #12 – What does recovery from trauma look like?</title>
	<link>https://www.carolynspring.com/podcast/what-does-recovery-from-trauma-look-like/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=what-does-recovery-from-trauma-look-like</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2020 15:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.carolynspring.com/?p=367037</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Recovery from trauma is a journey, an orientation, a direction, not a specific location. Just head north - where you're at is less important than which direction you're headed in. In this podcast, I discuss why we can feel that recovery is impossible, how recovery perhaps doesn't look as we imagine it to, and how society needs to help with 'public transport' to help us on our way.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Recovery from trauma is a journey, an orientation, a direction, not a specific location. Just head north - where youre at is less important than which direction youre headed in. In this podcast, I discuss why we can feel that recovery is impossible, how ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Recovery from trauma is a journey, an orientation, a direction, not a specific location. Just head north - where you're at is less important than which direction you're headed in. In this podcast, I discuss why we can feel that recovery is impossible, how recovery perhaps doesn't look as we imagine it to, and how society needs to help with 'public transport' to help us on our way.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/carolynspring/-12-What-does-recovery-from-trauma-look-like-01.mp3" length="31482685" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Recovery from trauma is a journey, an orientation, a direction, not a specific location. Just head north - where you're at is less important than which direction you're headed in. In this podcast, I discuss why we can feel that recovery is impossible, how recovery perhaps doesn't look as we imagine it to, and how society needs to help with 'public transport' to help us on our way.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1</url>
		<title>Podcast: #12 – What does recovery from trauma look like?</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:32:46</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Podcast: #11 – Recovering from developmental trauma</title>
	<link>https://www.carolynspring.com/podcast/recovering-from-developmental-trauma/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=recovering-from-developmental-trauma</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.carolynspring.com/?p=358571</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Recovering from trauma takes time. In this podcast, I look at how we often missed out on developmental stages during childhood, and how we have to learn what we were not in a position to learn as children - not least our ability to regulate our emotions, which isn’t a sign of character deficiency, but simply the loss of opportunity.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Recovering from trauma takes time. In this podcast, I look at how we often missed out on developmental stages during childhood, and how we have to learn what we were not in a position to learn as children - not least our ability to regulate our emotions,]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/carolynspring/2238b33a-fd89-4f4b-bee1-12af2e941a64-Recovering-from-developmental-trauma-2021.mp3" length="41088173" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1</url>
		<title>Podcast: #11 – Recovering from developmental trauma</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:42:47</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Podcast: #10 – This is my new life</title>
	<link>https://www.carolynspring.com/podcast/this-is-my-new-life/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=this-is-my-new-life</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 14:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.carolynspring.com/?p=352945</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[When we have suffered trauma and pain, our brains find it hard to experience joy. But we need to put ourselves in the right place to find joy, and we need to cultivate it. In this podcast I talk about a life-transforming trip from 2012 and how the big breakthroughs are built on the backs of daily small breakthroughs.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[When we have suffered trauma and pain, our brains find it hard to experience joy. But we need to put ourselves in the right place to find joy, and we need to cultivate it. In this podcast I talk about a life-transforming trip from 2012 and how the big br]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/carolynspring/818d97fb-5273-4693-929e-1315fe1b873b-This-is-my-new-life-2021.mp3" length="34768589" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1</url>
		<title>Podcast: #10 – This is my new life</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:36:12</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Podcast: #9 – Sunshine in December</title>
	<link>https://www.carolynspring.com/podcast/sunshine-in-december/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sunshine-in-december</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.carolynspring.com/?p=344128</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Reindeer and suncream?! Life doesn’t always appear as we expect it to. In this podcast, I talk about how trauma anticipates danger and badness, and how to develop the imagination for life to be different.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Reindeer and suncream?! Life doesn’t always appear as we expect it to. In this podcast, I talk about how trauma anticipates danger and badness, and how to develop the imagination for life to be different.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/carolynspring/ecc9d1e4-eb8d-4548-b3c7-beb9b432486c-Sunshine-in-December-2021.mp3" length="27953989" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1</url>
		<title>Podcast: #9 – Sunshine in December</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:29:06</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Podcast: #8 – Shame, Unshame and who you really are</title>
	<link>https://www.carolynspring.com/podcast/shame/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=shame</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2019 08:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.carolynspring.com/?p=286185</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[In this podcast, I talk about the crippling isolation of shame, and how to move beyond it. I talk about how shame is a survival strategy which tries to keep us from being hurt. And how, in moving towards ‘unshame’, we need to find out who we really are and live from that place of deep self-compassion.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In this podcast, I talk about the crippling isolation of shame, and how to move beyond it. I talk about how shame is a survival strategy which tries to keep us from being hurt. And how, in moving towards ‘unshame’, we need to find out who we really are a]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/carolynspring/7d7e8e3e-9f71-4080-8cc1-04b290dd32c8-Shame-unshame-and-who-you-really-are.mp3" length="29784707" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1</url>
		<title>Podcast: #8 – Shame, Unshame and who you really are</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:31:00</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Podcast: #7 – Can we heal?</title>
	<link>https://www.carolynspring.com/podcast/how-can-we-heal/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=how-can-we-heal</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2019 08:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.carolynspring.com/?p=262028</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Is recovery from trauma and abuse - resulting in dissociation and even a dissociative disorder - possible? That's the subject of this podcast where I talk about the vulnerability of hoping for good things, the difference between correlation and causation, and the difference between hoping for and planning for.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Is recovery from trauma and abuse - resulting in dissociation and even a dissociative disorder - possible? Thats the subject of this podcast where I talk about the vulnerability of hoping for good things, the difference between correlation and causation,]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/carolynspring/10ff6048-79fc-4b2c-8b84-f567d04de21e-Can-we-heal.mp3" length="32084777" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1</url>
		<title>Podcast: #7 – Can we heal?</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:33:24</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Podcast: #6 – The therapeutic relationship</title>
	<link>https://www.carolynspring.com/podcast/the-therapeutic-relationship/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-therapeutic-relationship</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.carolynspring.com/?p=261868</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Join me as I talk about how important the relationship between therapist and client is, and what factors go into making a good one.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Join me as I talk about how important the relationship between therapist and client is, and what factors go into making a good one.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/carolynspring/95ce87be-2eaf-4454-9f2c-94b6da827114-The-therapeutic-relationship.mp3" length="26807089" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1</url>
		<title>Podcast: #6 – The therapeutic relationship</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:27:54</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Podcast: #5 – Learning to enjoy life</title>
	<link>https://www.carolynspring.com/podcast/learning-to-enjoy-life/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=learning-to-enjoy-life</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2019 09:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.carolynspring.com/?p=201903</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Join me as I talk about how important I found it to discover who I am as an individual, rather than as someone trying to simply 'fit in'.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Join me as I talk about how important I found it to discover who I am as an individual, rather than as someone trying to simply fit in.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/carolynspring/f67dcdc4-fc9b-462f-b977-192b5094b70b-Learning-to-enjoy-life.mp3" length="21437017" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1</url>
		<title>Podcast: #5 – Learning to enjoy life</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:29:45</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:image href="https://i0.wp.com/www.carolynspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/podcast-cwcs.png?fit=1400%2C1400&#038;ssl=1"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Podcast: #4 – Trauma is feeling unsafe</title>
	<link>https://www.carolynspring.com/podcast/trauma-is-feeling-unsafe/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=trauma-is-feeling-unsafe</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.carolynspring.com/?p=201891</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Join me as I talk about the most important things to focus on for survivors at the start of their recovery journey.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Join me as I talk about the most important things to focus on for survivors at the start of their recovery journey.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<description><![CDATA[Recovery from trauma isn't about 'getting over' something upsetting. It often requires building skills for managing emotions. In this podcast, I explain the process.]]></description>
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	<title>Podcast: #2 – Recovery is possible</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2018 09:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Is recovery possible? I'd say it is … based not just on my own personal experience, but on the fact that it’s how our bodies and brains are designed by default. Often when people don’t recover, it’s a problem with the therapy or the ‘treatment’, rather than a problem with a person. In this thought-provoking podcast, I bring hope for healing.]]></description>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Podcast: #1 – Suicide</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2018 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Spring]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[In this episode I talk about suicide … my own experience of numerous suicide attempts, the hopelessness and sense of trappedness, and how I've moved towards recovery.]]></description>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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