HeyJaredTrauma Candy Salad
Trauma Candy Salad is a show where host Sammi, and her siblings Ashley and Kyle, dive into real stories of trauma, healing, and resilience—then sweeten the journey with candy.
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The Relief of Grief & The Difference Between Being Wanted and Loved (opens the original)
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What happens when grief and relief exist in the same heart? And what does it feel like to realize the person you loved never truly loved you in the way you needed? In today’s episode of Trauma Candy Salad, we’re sharing two stories that explore the complicated emotions of love, loss, addiction, and the painful realization that being desired isn’t the same as being cherished. Our first submission comes from a young widow who became a single mother at just 32 after losing her husband to suicide. O
Growing Up Too Soon, Healing Too Late (opens the original)
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In today’s bowl, Kate shares what it was like to lose her mom to osteosarcoma at just 16 years old—and to be more than a daughter during her mother’s final days. Then Megan brings us back to May 22, 2011, when she survived the devastating EF5 tornado that tore through Joplin, Missouri. But surviving the tornado wasn’t the end of the trauma. Years later, severe weather can still bring Megan right back to that night. Sirens, tornado warnings, and approaching storms can trigger intense fear and pan
When Trauma Changes the Way You Love Yourself (opens the original)
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This week on Trauma Candy Salad, we’re talking about the complicated ways trauma can change our relationship with our bodies, food, sex, love, and even ourselves. Anonymous brings Twizzlers to the salad bowl to share her experience with postpartum depression, body dysmorphia, extreme calorie restriction, and compulsive exercise. What started as an attempt to cope with how she felt after having a baby ultimately landed her in inpatient treatment at 5’7” and 105 pounds, severely anemic and with he
When Everything Falls Apart at Once (opens the original)
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Sometimes it only takes one unexpected moment for everything to come crashing down. This week on Trauma Candy Salad, Ashley and Sammi are diving into two heartbreaking stories about the kind of loss that doesn’t always come with a warning. First, one woman watches a storm literally change the course of her life when a falling tree totals her car, leaving her without transportation, financial security, and potentially even her job. Because apparently, being one emergency away from financial disas
When You’re Tired of Being Second Choice (opens the original)
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In this episode of Trauma Candy Salad, we’re talking about the quiet relationship hurts that can leave you questioning yourself—and whether you should have to. First, a listener opens up about her boyfriend consistently liking another woman’s pictures while barely acknowledging hers, and the excuses that leave her wondering why she even has to ask for the same attention. Then, a broken engagement after realizing her fiancé was still emotionally stuck on his ex. Because there’s only so long you c
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