Do I Have to Forgive to Heal? Childhood Trauma and Christine Gautreaux, MSW
A candid conversation about forgiveness, childhood trauma, emotional neglect, anger, grief, boundaries, and healing with Christine Gautreaux, MSW.
Growing Up Beside Schizophrenia: Todd’s Story
What happens when your sibling starts to psychologically unravel? In this episode, we hear an unfiltered, raw peek into what it was like growing up beside severe mental illness.
The Link Between Childhood Trauma and Hidden Adult Dysfunction – Rebekah’s Story
This conversation explores the hidden impact of growing up with a sibling who has severe mental illness, the long-term effects of emotional neglect, and why so many adult glass children spend decades believing they are the lucky ones when they are anything but.
When Guilt & Shame Becomes Your Super Power with Ada Undis
This episode offers a completely different framework—one that does not shame your shame or fight your guilt, but instead teaches you how to understand, work with, and ultimately transform them.
Special Needs Sibling Domestic Violence – Abby’s True Story
Trigger Warning: An unflinching look at special needs sibling domestic violence. This is a story without filters because it is representative of what has happened and is happening in some high-needs families around the globe.
Hypervigilance, Guilt, and Childhood Trauma: Constanza Speaks
A raw, global snapshot of what it means to be the invisible child in a high-needs family—and what it looks like to slowly claim your right to exist as your own person.
Healing Childhood Trauma Through Self-Compassion with Cynthia L. Phelps, PhD
Discover why embracing your inner ally can be a powerful part of a glass child’s healing journey in this episode featuring Dr. Cynthia Phelps.
Alicia: Real & Raw
A real and raw episode about what has and hasn’t happened since launching the I See Glass Children podcast.
What Every Parent of a Special Needs Child Needs to Hear
A special episode for parents from three adult glass children. Hear their advice to parents based on their lived experiences with a high needs sibling.
The Hidden Cost of Childhood Emotional Neglect with Emily Wyler
The hidden and not so hidden cost of being “the good one” growing up as a glass child.
Glass Child Relationships Explained: Attachment After Childhood Trauma — with Megan Rodriguez, MS, LPC, NCC
Megan Rodriguez returns to explain attachment styles in glass children. Why they struggle with people-pleasing, over-function, and boundaries. Plus a 3-step healing roadmap.
How Emotional Invalidation Shapes Who We Become – with Megan Rodriguez, MS, LPC, NCC
Licensed counselor Megan Rodriguez explains Complex PTSD in glass children and how emotional invalidation causes lasting trauma and shapes adult relationships.
Breaking The Glass Child Cycle
At 43, Abigail reveals the silent crisis no one saw: a teen glass child deciding her worth. Decades later, she recognized the same signs in a family member.
Feeling Seen: Mae’s Journey From Invisible to Validated
A young woman’s glass child journey from emotional visibility to validation. Listen with care: Includes discussions of self-harm and suicidal ideation.
The Quiet Force: ‘Nope’ and the World’s Largest Online Glass Child Community
A powerful interview with ‘Nope’, the creator of the Glass Children community on Reddit.
The Glass Child Experience – Breaking The Silence
From TEDx stage to viral sensation: Hear how Alicia’s story about the “glass child experience” sparked a global conversation about the invisible siblings in high-needs families.
I See Glass Children Podcast Trailer
From unseen to celebrated, this is the I See Glass Children podcast hosted by Glass Children founder and TEDx speaker, Alicia Meneses Maples
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