Shame & Abandonment: Rescuing Your Inner Child with Bronwyn Schweigerdt

About this episode

Kyira and Bronwyn discuss the impact of childhood wounds on adult relationships and explore therapeutic exercises for healing.

Listen in on another vulnerable conversation between Bronwyn and Kyira, both therapists, as they share their own challenges and insights on engaging with their parents. This conversation broaches the conflict many feel as we see how our unhealed wounds of childhood affect us today. Which begs the question: how do we have a relationship with that parent? What do we do with all our resentment so it doesn't spill out on our own children? How do we have empathy for our parent while still having boundaries for ourselves? How do we give grace while also holding accountability? When do we decide to cut off a parent? Bronwyn leads Kyira in an Integration exercise with her young self in order to accept her mom as she is, not as Kyira wants her to be. Bronwyn also leads Kyira in a Grief exercise to say goodbye to the mom she had in her early childhood, which helps Kyira accept the mom she interacts with now. Episode Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction & Welcoming Bronwyn 00:01:00 Bronwyn's Background & Path to Therapy 00:05:00 The Physical Cost of Suppressing Anger 00:07:30 Understanding Triggers & Emotional Repression 00:22:10 The Integration Exercise: Healing the Inner Child 00:33:36 Live…

People in this episode

Host: Kyira Wackett

Guest: Bronwyn Schweigerdt

Topics covered

• shame
• abandonment
• inner child
• emotional regulation
• parent-child relationship
• therapy

Keywords

• shame
• abandonment
• inner child
• empathy
• boundaries
• grief
• therapy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Angry at the Right Things

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