The Empath Wound Ep. 1 | The Child Who Was Never Allowed to Be Selfish

The Healing Version Podcast · Sep 10, 2026 · 41m

What if the part of you that you've always called "empathetic" was also shaped by survival?

In the first episode of The Empath Wound, Deborah gets raw and personal about the connection between childhood abandonment, people-pleasing, overgiving, and the constant need to be seen as "good." She reflects on how being the understanding one, the fixer, the forgiving one, and the person who could always read the room became more than personality—it became protection.

This episode explores the child who learned to put everyone else's needs first—and the adult who eventually realizes that keeping…