divorce, daddy issues & growing up too fast | #97

divorce, daddy issues & growing up too fast | #97

From Head Over Heels by Maggy Wang

April 30, 2026 · 1h 6m · Episode 97

About this episode

Maggy and Kai discuss the impacts of divorce on children and how growing up too fast can affect future relationships.

Hello Heelers, producer Kai here! Maggy and I have gone through "divorce" in different ways, and we sit down to talk about what it does, not just to the couple, but to the kids; Growing up too fast, and how it affects your future relationships in unexpected ways, and whether the best parts of you can really come from the worst things that happened to you. No guests. Just two people who've lived it. In this episode you'll learn: • Why asking a child to choose between parents is more damaging than people realise • How abuse at home as a kid makes red flags feel normal in relationships later • Why "mature for your age" is often just a polite way of saying you had to grow up too fast • How hyper-independence shows up as a symptom • How abandonment issues can affect your future relationships • Why kids remember more than adults think they do • How staying together for the kids can do more damage than the divorce itself • Why there's no need to revenge • What it actually takes to break the cycle OUR COUCH IS FROM: ✨ LANOUVA @lanouvasofa ✨ shoutout for our beautiful new couch in the fresh HOH Studio! don't forget to mention: HEADOVERHEELS to get RM300 OFF your next…

People in this episode

Host: Maggy Wang

Topics covered

  • divorce
  • childhood trauma
  • relationships
  • growing up
  • hyper-independence
  • abandonment issues

Keywords

  • divorce
  • childhood
  • relationships
  • trauma
  • hyper-independence
  • abandonment
  • red flags

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