The Last Generation with Donna Simmons

Welcome to The Last Generation, the podcast where lived experience meets lasting change. Host Donna Simmons, author, survivor, and advocate dives deep into the stories we rarely tell but desperately need to hear. From surviving childhood trauma and breaking free from generational cycles of abuse, to reclaiming identity, purpose, and power, Donna brings raw truth and hard-won wisdom to each episode. With heartfelt solo reflections and meaningful conversations with change-makers, survivors, and advocates, this podcast explores what it really takes to heal from deep wounds, challenge broken systems, and create generational shifts. Whether you’ve lived through trauma, love someone who has, or work to create safer spaces for vulnerable youth, The Last Generation offers honest guidance, powerful stories, and a path toward hope and healing.

Episodes

The Truth About Jealousy: When Insecurity Is a Trauma Response EP 5

July 8, 2025 • 41 mins

⁠Join the movement and access resources here. Jealousy is often dismissed as a toxic flaw—but what if it’s actually a trauma response? In this deeply honest episode, we uncover the roots of jealousy in childhood neglect, complex PTSD, and insecure attachment. Donna and her husband share a vulnerable conversation about how trauma can distort perception—like mistaking a simple kind gesture for a threat. You’ll learn how hypervigil...

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Learning to Love: Trusting Again After Trauma EP4

June 24, 2025 • 30 mins

In this deeply personal episode, Donna sits down with her husband for an honest conversation about what it’s like to love — and be loved — after trauma. They explore the resistance survivors often feel toward healthy relationships, how they navigate conflict and emotional triggers, and the slow, powerful process of building trust as a survivor of complex PTSD. This episode is a raw, hopeful look at healing in partnership and br...

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When Love Feels Unsafe - Complex PTSD in Intimate Relationships EP 3

June 10, 2025 • 12 mins

Join the movement and access resources here. When love feels unsafe is a deeply personal conversation about how trauma doesn't just affect our past, it follows us into the most intimate corners of our lives. If you've ever found yourself pushing someone away, misreading a partner’s tone, or feeling panicked by something as simple as a delayed text, you are not alone. We dive into why love can feel like a threat, even when it’s s...

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Complex PTSD - Beyond the Surface of Trauma EP2

June 10, 2025 • 13 mins

Join the movement and access resources here. In this episode we’re talking about something that lives in the shadows for so many of us: complex post-traumatic stress disorder or C-PTSD. If you've ever felt like your pain runs deeper than one event, or like you've spent years trying to fix yourself but never quite feel whole this conversation is for you. C-PTSD isn’t always loud. It doesn’t always look like crisis. Often, it whisp...

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Breaking the Chain: Becoming the Last Generation of Trauma EP 1

June 10, 2025 • 27 mins

Join the movement and access resources here. Welcome to the very first episode of The Last Generation , a podcast born from truth, healing, and the unwavering belief that we can be the last generation to carry the weight of generational trauma. I’m Donna Simmons and in this episode, I share my story, not just the trauma I’ve lived through, but the patterns I’ve uncovered, the pain I’ve inherited, and the promise I made: to end th...

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The Last Generation with Donna Simmons: Transforming Trauma Into Purpose

May 22, 2025 • 2 mins

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Episodes

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When Love Feels Unsafe - Complex PTSD in Intimate Relationships EP 3

Complex PTSD - Beyond the Surface of Trauma EP2

Breaking the Chain: Becoming the Last Generation of Trauma EP 1

The Last Generation with Donna Simmons: Transforming Trauma Into Purpose

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