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13 | You Don't Have to Forgive Your Abuser to Heal
In this episode, I’m responding to listener messages that came in after the Inner Child ep, including one powerful moment that stopped me in my tracks.
A listener shared how she paused the podcast, climbed into bed with her childhood stuffed zebra, and spoke truth to the younger version of herself. What she described is exactly what real healing looks like - not performative, not perfect, but embodied, intuitive, and honest.
From there, we move into some big, thorny questions I get asked all the time:
Do we have to forgive our parents?
Do we have to forgive narcissistic abusers?
Is…
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