Healing the Father Wound: Why You’re Still Looking for His Approval and How to Stop

Healing the Father Wound: Why You’re Still Looking for His Approval and How to Stop

Reading Time: 14 minutes You don’t think about him that much. Or maybe you do, but not in the way that seems significant. He’s just your father. He did his best. He provided. He was there, mostly. And still, the father wound leaves its traces everywhere. You work...
What Is Fawning? The Survival Strategy That Made You Disappear

What Is Fawning? The Survival Strategy That Made You Disappear

Reading Time: 4 minutes If you have ever said yes when every part of you wanted to say no — if you have smiled through something that hurt, made yourself smaller to keep the peace, or felt a bolt of panic at the thought of disappointing someone — you have experienced...