# S1E14 Unraveling Bryan

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Podcast: [Unraveling Me](https://stenobird.com/podcast/unraveling-me-7569853)
Published: 2026-02-05T23:06:22+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3609

## Resource

S1 E14 Bryan - This episode is a deep dive into the science of stress, identity, and connection—and a compassionate challenge to rethink how we parent, partner, and relate. Bryan grew up adopted in Oklahoma, raised in a home shaped by love, trauma, and silence—where no one yet had the language to understand how early separation, in-utero experiences, and generational stress shape a child’s nervous system. Decades later, that lived experience became the foundation for his work helping parents and professionals understand what children actually need to heal and thrive. In this wide-ranging conversation, Kara speaks with Bryan Post, a trauma-responsive parenting educator with over 30 years of experience working with adopted, fostered, and trauma-impacted children and families. Together, they unpack why so many well-intentioned parenting approaches fail—and what actually helps when identity, attachment, and regulation are disrupted. SHOW NOTES In this episode, Kara and Bryan talk about: Being adopted as an infant and growing up in a home shaped by unresolved trauma How in-utero experiences influence regulation, attachment, and later behavior Why siblings raised in the same home can have radically different outcomes The difference between trauma-informed and trauma-responsive parenting How stress—not “bad behavior”—drives emotional reactivity in children and adults Why attachment cannot form without regulation and co-regulation How early relational trauma becomes woven into identity and personality The role of grief, breath, and nervous-system awareness in healing Everyone has the right to know the truth about where they come from. Unraveling Me speaks to those people impacted by DNA surprises, NPEs (non-paternal event), adoption, assisted reproduction, and other revelation…

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