I See Glass Children

What happens when you are a teenager, your sibling starts to psychologically unravel, and no one explains what’s happening to you?In this shocking episode of the I See Glass Children podcast, Alicia sits down with Todd Richardson, an adult Glass Child whose older brother developed schizoaffective disorder during adolescence. What followed were years of psychosis, violence, chaos, fear, and...

What happens to a child when severe mental illness consumes their family—but no one notices the healthy child is disappearing too?In this deeply moving international episode of the I See Glass Children podcast, Alicia speaks with Rebekah, a 39-year-old adult glass child from Ireland who grew up alongside an older sister who experienced a severe psychotic break in her early teens and never fully...

What if the very emotions you’ve spent your life trying to escape… are actually trying to help you?In this powerful and surprisingly freeing conversation, Alicia sits down with confidence coach Ada Undis—a woman who boldly says something most people have never heard before:“I love guilt and shame.”Ada UnDisAda Undis is a certified Mastery Method Coach as well as a certified nutrition coach with...

In today’s episode, you are going to hear from Abby, a 26-year-old adult glass child from the United States who has chosen to remain anonymous so she can share her story honestly and without restriction.And this conversation is different. It is DIFFICULT.We are taking an unflinching look at special needs sibling domestic violence. This is a topic most choose to avoid. We are presenting Abby’s...

In today’s episode, we travel to Santiago, Chile to meet Constanza Varas Kahler, a 24-year-old adult glass child who is not only living this reality, but also researching it for her university thesis. Children’s mental health is the focal point of Constanza’s story.Constanza grew up as the youngest of three, with a middle sister who has Down syndrome and later developed epilepsy. From the...

How does Self-Compassion impact mental health? Especially in Glass Children?Today I am interviewing Dr. Cynthia Phelps, one of the world’s leading experts in self-compassion. Dr. Phelps is a Stanford Ambassador of Compassion, International Speaker, Certified Mindfulness Instructor, and Founder of InnerAlly, a trauma-Informed company building tools, courses, and mobile apps to improve mental...

What happens to creators when they decide to dive into the dark and tell the hard stories about childhood trauma and mental health? In today’s episode, Alicia shares the deeply personal impact of creating this podcast and the ramifications it has had on her emotional well being, relationships, and mindset.She reveals the surprising feedback she has received, both positive and controversial, and...

In this episode, we do something different and very important. This conversation is for parents.Three adult glass children come together in-studio to read and reflect on a list of do’s and don’ts for parents of children with special needs and disabilities. Their answers and reactions are not theories. These are lived experiences from adults who grew up alongside siblings with serious mental...

Our interview with Emily Wyler, a 30-something adult glass child from the United States marks a turning point in Season 1. Emily gets raw and real about the cost of being the “good one.”At 4 years old her teachers turned against her instead of understanding the trauma or nearly losing her baby sister to multiple surgeries and how her parents punished her.As a teen you’ll hear how she finally...

Part 2: In today’s episode, we welcome back Megan Rodriguez, MS, LPC, NCC — Licensed Professional Counselor and owner of Path to Joy Counseling in Corpus Christi, Texas — to go one level deeper. In Part 1, Megan helped us understand emotional invalidation and how it can lead to Complex PTSD. In this episode, we talk about what happens next: how those early experiences shape the way we attach,...