Ep 40: Healing Abandonment Wound & Shifting from Codependence to Interdependence

"To protect yourself from being abandoned, you had to overlearn abandoning yourself to hyper-focus on what your caregivers needed and abandoning your authenticity to shapeshift into the quote unquote “perfect child” they wanted you to be. By mastering this strategy of people pleasing, you hoped they wouldn’t have to leave you."

 
 

Episode Summary:

In this episode, you and I are going to explore an aspect of attachment theories that can help us make sense of our fear of rejection and abandonment. As per usual, we’ll also layer a political analysis on top. Then, you’ll unpack one invitation you can experiment with to heal your wound of abandonment and shift from codependence to interdependence in your parenting practice. 

Full episode transcript here.

 

Episode Outline

  • What fear of emotional abandonment looks like- both gifts and wounds- in adult relationships.

  • How is this wound of emotional abandonment inflicted: Attachment theories explained.

  • What codependence has got to do with it?

  • Shifting from codependence to interdependence in adult relationships.

  • What fear of abandonment looks like in parenting: the obvious and not-so-obvious patterns.

  • Family rules you teach your child can shed light on abandonment wound.

  • What’s re-parenting inner child aka healing inner child wounds?

  • One acronym to begin healing abandonment wound.

 
 

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