This is one of the most personal episodes I've ever shared on the show.
For years, I avoided long stretches of time with my family. I'd see my mom a few times a year, my sisters once a year, and my dad sometimes not at all. That distance was about needing space to heal from the environment I grew up in without constantly being pulled back into it.
So when my dad suggested a week-long family vacation, I had a full year to think about whether I was actually ready. I set my boundaries right away, and I walked in with more preparation than I've ever had for something like this.
This episode is my honest debrief of that week. I share the moment on day one when everything old came to the surface, the breakdown I had in the car with Matt, and the inner child work that happened in real time as I let my body move what I'd suppressed for twenty + years.
We also talk about:
The physical toll family environments can take on a healed nervous system
Preparing yourself and your partner before a big family immersion
Letting your inner child finally be witnessed in real time
Accepting that your parents may never do this work
Why every season of healing brings a different answer to the same question
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