Latest / The Healing Path: Mental health, healing & personal growth
The Heavy Truth: Grieving the Parents You Didn't Get | The Healing Path
In this episode of The Healing Path, host Tara Austin explores the profound and often overlooked grief of realizing your parents are just flawed humans. This conversation is for anyone who has experienced emotional neglect, childhood trauma, or the painful shift from seeing parents as giants to recognizing their limitations. We discuss 'grieving potential'—the loss of the idealized parent you deserved but didn't receive—and how acknowledging this ache is a crucial step in emotional wellness.
Tara shares personal anecdotes and psychological insights on separating parental issues from your own…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.