About this episode

This episode explores the challenges faced by an angry daughter in love and how her survival skills from her family impact her relationships.

In this episode, I return to the angry daughter — but this time, I look at what happens when she tries to love someone. The survival skills that kept her intact in her family of origin are the same ones that quietly work against her in relationships. She over-functions. She holds everything together. She mistakes someone's performed pain for depth, and she chases validation in ways she can't always see while it's happening. This episode is personal, and I'm not writing from some resolved plac...

Topics covered

• relationships
• family dynamics
• emotional health
• validation
• personal growth

Keywords

• angry daughter
• relationships
• validation
• emotional health
• family of origin

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