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When You Love Your Child But Don't Like Them : Lisa Qualls

What happens when you love your child… but being around them feels overwhelming?

In this deeply honest conversation, Kim Botto sits down with adoptive mom, author, and TBRI practitioner Lisa Qualls to talk about something many parents feel—but few say out loud: blocked care.

Lisa shares her personal story of adoption, trauma, and parenting through extremely hard seasons. From feeling confident as a mom… to experiencing dread, exhaustion, and emotional shutdown—this episode gives language to what so many parents silently carry.

If you've ever felt like you're just surviving… or wondered why…

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