Show Notes
In today’s episode, we have a parent story from mom, Shannon.
Shannon comes from conservative roots and is mom to three boys and a trans daughter. Our conversation follows her journey of doing her own healing work so that she could be the kind of mom she really wanted and needed to be for her daughter.
I’m so grateful she agreed to share her story with us about how important it is to be brave and how critical your work as parents is to supporting your kids.
Check out the full episode to hear about: How Shannon’s daughter challenged her identity as a “boy mom” from an early age How accepting that she didn’t need to understand why her daughter was trans, just that she is, changed the game How Shannon’s trauma around what it means to be a girl impacted her daughter as she transitioned The difficult choices Shannon made to give herself space to heal and how they affected her relationship with her daughter Why Shannon needed to learn self-compassion and generosity in order to repair her relationship with her kid
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