Show Notes
Ever wonder why you keep dating the same type of person, people-please everyone around you, or never feel like enough no matter how much you achieve? It could be a father wound. Licensed psychotherapist Terri Cole, author of Father Wound, joins Sabrina to break down how an absent, emotionally unavailable, or abusive father shapes your self-worth, boundaries, attachment style, and relationships, and why calling it “daddy issues” misses the real worthiness wound underneath.
You’ll learn the signs of an unhealed father wound (perfectionism, overgiving, hypervigilance, codependency, chasing avoidant partners and friends), how repetition compulsion keeps you stuck in the same painful relationship patterns, the role a mother plays in co-wounding, and 3 questions to tell when you’re reacting from childhood trauma instead of your adult self. Plus, real steps for healing the father wound, grieving the dad you didn’t get, and finally feeling worth protecting.
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Chapters:
00:00 What Is a Father Wound?
04:48 Signs of an Unhealed Father Wound
10:39 How to Heal a Father Wound
16:37 Mother Wound and Co-Wounding
21:22 Overachieving to Prove Your Worth
26:29 Father Wound in Friendships and Dating
32:31 How Transference Shows Up in Your Life
37:39 Fear of Becoming Your Parent
42:57 Why Avoidants Deserve Empathy
48:09 Feeling Too Much and Not Enough
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