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The moment I held my daughter for the first time, my heart felt like it would burst with love. That powerful experience became the catalyst for my healing journey, highlighting a painful question: why wasn't my own mother ever affectionate with me?
Parenting after experiencing childhood neglect creates a complex emotional landscape where many of us find ourselves overcompensating and desperately trying to give our children everything we lacked. This affects countless parents who are working to break generational patterns while healing themselves.
If you recognize yourself in this struggle, know you're not alone. Share this episode with other parents navigating similar challenges, and subscribe for more conversations about the messy, beautiful work of healing while parenting. Breaking cycles is hard but worthy work, and we're in this together.
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Chapters
1. Welcome Back and Topic Introduction (00:00:00)
2. Motherhood as a Healing Experience (00:01:13)
3. Understanding Parental Overcompensation (00:04:07)
4. Ways Overcompensation Shows Up (00:07:21)
5. Finding Balance in Parenting (00:10:48)
6. Episode Closing and Encouragement (00:13:37)
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