Connectability: Gentle Steps to Heal Trauma-Driven Isolation, Find Your People, and Build the Connected Life Youve Always Needed
Oct 2025 · Hay House, Inc
Ebook
257
Pages
infoThis book will become available on October 7, 2025. You will not be charged until it is released.
About this ebook
A breakthrough guide to healing trauma-driven disconnection, forming meaningful relationships, and feeling (at last) like you belong —from the creator of the Crappy Childhood Fairy healing method and YouTube channel.
Does it seem like no matter how hard you try to fit in, you don’t feel understood, or like you belong? Like it’s so easy for other people to get together and do ordinary things—but for you it feels so awkward and stressful that you avoid social situations. Or you go through the motions of a connected life, but you never really feel close to anyone, even though you don’t know why.
You’re not alone. An almost universal adult symptom of trauma from childhood is a feeling of disconnection, and it can lead to a lifetime of loneliness, broken relationships, and the feeling that life is passing you by. But Anna Runkle (aka the Crappy Childhood Fairy) is here to help! Step-by-step, she teaches you practical strategies for healing trauma-driven isolation and developing the social skills needed to break the unconscious habits that push others away – what she calls “covert avoidance.”
Through stories of her own, prompts for self-reflection, and daily connection plans, Anna guides you to:
This book is for anyone who has struggled to form satisfying connections with others, offering a practical, impactful path to the rich life you truly want and deserve.
Does it seem like no matter how hard you try to fit in, you don’t feel understood, or like you belong? Like it’s so easy for other people to get together and do ordinary things—but for you it feels so awkward and stressful that you avoid social situations. Or you go through the motions of a connected life, but you never really feel close to anyone, even though you don’t know why.
You’re not alone. An almost universal adult symptom of trauma from childhood is a feeling of disconnection, and it can lead to a lifetime of loneliness, broken relationships, and the feeling that life is passing you by. But Anna Runkle (aka the Crappy Childhood Fairy) is here to help! Step-by-step, she teaches you practical strategies for healing trauma-driven isolation and developing the social skills needed to break the unconscious habits that push others away – what she calls “covert avoidance.”
Through stories of her own, prompts for self-reflection, and daily connection plans, Anna guides you to:
- Overcome triggers that make you want to isolate
- Identify the role dysregulation plays in damaging connection
- Learn to trust your instincts, recognize red flags, and set boundaries
- Master the art of small talk, active listening, and "reading the room"
- Gradually build the warm and trusting relationships that everyone needs for a happy life
This book is for anyone who has struggled to form satisfying connections with others, offering a practical, impactful path to the rich life you truly want and deserve.
About the author
Anna Runkle leads a movement to help men and women worldwide to heal trauma symptoms and change their lives—whether or not they have access to professional help. More than a million men and women worldwide subscribe to her YouTube channel, blog, courses and coaching programs, where she teaches the principles and techniques she has used to recover from her own Childhood PTSD symptoms. Her approach includes simple, self-directed exercises to calm emotional triggers and neurological dysregulation and begin changing the self-defeating behaviors that are common for people who have lived much of their lives dysregulated. She lives with her husband and two sons in the San Francisco Bay Area.
www.crappychildhoodfairy.com
www.crappychildhoodfairy.com
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