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When Parents Are Just People: The Quiet Grief of Growing Up | The Healing Practice
In this episode of The Healing Practice, host Mariah Hardy explores the profound and often unspoken emotional shift that occurs when we realize our parents are not superheroes, but flawed human beings. This realization brings a specific type of quiet grief—a hollowing out of the childhood foundation—that requires deep self-compassion to navigate. If you have ever felt confused by the loss of parental authority or struggled with the complexity of loving people who failed you in significant ways, this episode offers a gentle, validating space to process those feelings. We discuss how this…
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