Lisa Arrigo
Psychotherapist and Clinical Social Worker Specializing in Trauma, Attachment, and Addiction
Lisa Arrigo Key Topics
A baby’s nervous system begins learning safety in the womb
Pregnancy is often discussed in terms of physical development, but a baby is also shaped by the emotional and physiological environment in utero. This conversation explores how maternal wellbeing, stress, and nervous system regulation during pregnancy can influence a child’s earliest foundations for safety, connection, and regulation long before birth. Lisa brings warmth and clarity to this topic, helping listeners understand these early dynamics in a way that feels supportive, practical, and full of possibility.
What gets passed down in families is not just appearance, but biology and survival strategy
Families pass down far more than habits and eye colour; they also pass down ways of bracing for danger, managing emotion, and relating to the world. This topic explores how intergenerational trauma can live in the body through inherited stress responses, attachment patterns, and survival strategies that quietly shape family dynamics. Lisa brings this to life through both clinical understanding and lived experience, making a big subject feel personal, practical, and deeply relevant.
The story of your nervous system starts long before your first memory
People often try to explain their emotional patterns through major life events, but the nervous system is shaped long before a person can make sense of experience in words. This conversation looks at how early developmental conditions, maternal stress, and pre-birth experience can influence sensitivity, regulation, and connection across a lifetime. Lisa makes a complex topic feel grounded and accessible, helping listeners understand that their present-day reactions may have roots far earlier than they realised.
Why you keep folding, fighting, or disappearing in relationships you care about
A lot of relationship advice assumes people are making calm, conscious choices in the moments that matter most, when often their nervous system has already taken over. This topic explores why people shut down, submit, lash out, or emotionally leave even inside relationships they deeply value. Lisa brings a trauma-informed lens that helps listeners understand those reactions as patterned survival responses, while still making space for accountability and change.
Relapse makes more sense when you understand the part of you that is trying to help
Relapse is often treated as proof that someone failed, when in reality it can reveal a part of the person that still believes addiction is the safest available strategy. Lisa can speak to recovery in a way that moves beyond shame and willpower, showing how addictive behaviors often serve a protective function long after they begin causing harm. That makes this a powerful conversation for listeners who are tired of black-and-white recovery narratives and want a more honest understanding of what healing actually requires.
Latest episodes
How To Heal From Trauma - Lisa Arrigo and Lily Patrascu
Heal Podcast - Lily Patrascu
Vulnerability Is Not Weakness: The Hidden Strength High Achievers Fear to Show | Lisa Arrigo
Leadership Circle Podcast
S6 EP16: Lisa's Story - Childhood Trauma, Addiction And Recovery!
Well, That F*cked Me Up! Surviving Life Changing Events.
Key topics
Why you keep folding, fighting, or disappearing in relationships you care about
A lot of relationship advice assumes people are making calm, conscious choices in the moments that matter most, when often their nervous system has already taken over. This topic explores why people shut down, submit, lash out, or emotionally leave even inside relationships they deeply value. Lisa brings a trauma-informed lens that helps listeners understand those reactions as patterned survival responses, while still making space for accountability and change.
What gets passed down in families is not just appearance, but biology and survival strategy
Families pass down far more than habits and eye colour; they also pass down ways of bracing for danger, managing emotion, and relating to the world. This topic explores how intergenerational trauma can live in the body through inherited stress responses, attachment patterns, and survival strategies that quietly shape family dynamics. Lisa brings this to life through both clinical understanding and lived experience, making a big subject feel personal, practical, and deeply relevant.
Relapse makes more sense when you understand the part of you that is trying to help
Relapse is often treated as proof that someone failed, when in reality it can reveal a part of the person that still believes addiction is the safest available strategy. Lisa can speak to recovery in a way that moves beyond shame and willpower, showing how addictive behaviors often serve a protective function long after they begin causing harm. That makes this a powerful conversation for listeners who are tired of black-and-white recovery narratives and want a more honest understanding of what healing actually requires.
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Latest episodes
How To Heal From Trauma - Lisa Arrigo and Lily Patrascu
Heal Podcast - Lily Patrascu
Vulnerability Is Not Weakness: The Hidden Strength High Achievers Fear to Show | Lisa Arrigo
Leadership Circle Podcast
S6 EP16: Lisa's Story - Childhood Trauma, Addiction And Recovery!
Well, That F*cked Me Up! Surviving Life Changing Events.
Key topics
Why you keep folding, fighting, or disappearing in relationships you care about
A lot of relationship advice assumes people are making calm, conscious choices in the moments that matter most, when often their nervous system has already taken over. This topic explores why people shut down, submit, lash out, or emotionally leave even inside relationships they deeply value. Lisa brings a trauma-informed lens that helps listeners understand those reactions as patterned survival responses, while still making space for accountability and change.
What gets passed down in families is not just appearance, but biology and survival strategy
Families pass down far more than habits and eye colour; they also pass down ways of bracing for danger, managing emotion, and relating to the world. This topic explores how intergenerational trauma can live in the body through inherited stress responses, attachment patterns, and survival strategies that quietly shape family dynamics. Lisa brings this to life through both clinical understanding and lived experience, making a big subject feel personal, practical, and deeply relevant.
Relapse makes more sense when you understand the part of you that is trying to help
Relapse is often treated as proof that someone failed, when in reality it can reveal a part of the person that still believes addiction is the safest available strategy. Lisa can speak to recovery in a way that moves beyond shame and willpower, showing how addictive behaviors often serve a protective function long after they begin causing harm. That makes this a powerful conversation for listeners who are tired of black-and-white recovery narratives and want a more honest understanding of what healing actually requires.
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