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Welcome to baretown: a deeply personal, and sometimes funny podcast for adult survivors of Childhood Trauma (C-PTSD)- hosted by Ikki and Idil, two life-long best-friends talking about healing from trauma, the creative life, and mindful living.

Location:

Canada

Description:

Welcome to baretown: a deeply personal, and sometimes funny podcast for adult survivors of Childhood Trauma (C-PTSD)- hosted by Ikki and Idil, two life-long best-friends talking about healing from trauma, the creative life, and mindful living.

Language:

English


Episodes
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The End is Nigh

1/27/2020
After a long hiatus, we return to the new year to discuss lessons we've learned over the last decade, and our grim and unsettling hopes for the future. Ikki also shares the importance of love, returning to your past, and knowing when to walk away. While, in the badlands, Idil, struggling with a deadly flu, goes on an awkward rant about NGOs, and the collective unconscious. Finally, we discuss a future episode on PTSD and the workplace. Look forward to your feedback.

Duration:01:01:59

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Meditations on Meditating

11/1/2019
A short banter episode in which we pontificate about the practice of meditation, discuss how Ikki got into meditative practices, and the benefits of meditation; particularly for mental wellness and clarity.

Duration:00:33:51

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On Friendship: the good, the bad, and the energy vampire.

10/1/2019
On this week's episode, we discuss the importance of friendship on our mental health; both the bad and the good. We also go on a rant about the energy vampires and how trust is overrated.

Duration:00:52:28

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Sleep Paralysis, Fears, and Mental Health

9/13/2019
In honour of Friday the 13th, we discuss Idil's struggles with sleep paralysis, hallucinations, sleep entities, and what our fears reveal about our trauma and mental health.

Duration:00:47:30

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The Banter Episode

7/30/2019
In which we discuss our two month hiatus, why we hate Paris, Ikky’s upcoming birthday, new opportunities, and pulling yourself out of an existential funk.

Duration:00:37:19

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On Empathetic Witnesses, Social Supports, and Procrastination.

5/26/2019
On today’s episode, Idil struggles with deep listening and we discuss why we went into hiding last week, and explain what spiritual assassins are. Ikki also teaches us about being an empathetic witness, cultivating empathy, and why if technology and cellphones turned the world into a mean place. We also snark on young people, and goes on a rant about the holy sanctity of friendship and admits she’s a trans-humanist.

Duration:00:54:38

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Hidden Symptoms of Childhood Trauma

5/13/2019
In today's episode, we discuss some of the hidden symptoms that survivors of childhood trauma experience in adulthood. We also share our own personal journeys in surviving the symptoms of complex PTSD, which include depression, anxiety, disassociation, people pleasing, and emptiness. Also a warning for our listeners, we discuss some heavy topics like childhood abuse and mental health challenges.

Duration:01:06:36

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Spring Cleaning our Digital, Personal, and Mental Lives in Pursuit of Clarity.

5/8/2019
We discuss all forms of minimalism in pursuit of spring cleaning our lives, for both mental clarity and emotional healing. We also talk about mean people on twitter, the perils of unsubscribing from email subscriptions, and cleaning our minds.

Duration:00:57:20

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On being vulnerable online

5/8/2019
when was the last time you did something vulnerable, or felt vulnerable? Can you live your best creative life without vulnerability? And why is it so damn hard to be vulnerable and raw online? and in the matrix? We discuss all that, and more.

Duration:00:47:52

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Were you ever really here?

5/8/2019
we discuss disassociation, living life on autopilot, and how trauma informs disassociation.

Duration:00:43:02

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What's a baretown?

5/8/2019
Welcome to baretown: a digital space, podcast for adult survivors of childhood trauma, Complex PTSD (C-PTSD), on a journey towards mental wellness and mindful living.

Duration:00:36:43