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E 383: When Loving Your Parents Hurts: Boundaries, Guilt & Going No Contact with Dr. Sharon Martin
What do you do when the relationship you're desperately trying to save is with the very people who hurt you in the first place?
Maybe you've tried communicating differently. You've forgiven. You've set boundaries. You've gone to therapy. You've given another chance—and then another.
But nothing really changes.
And when you finally consider stepping back, limiting contact, or even going no contact with a parent, the guilt begins:
Am I a bad daughter? Am I a bad son? What if I regret this? They're still my parents...shouldn't I keep trying?
In this powerful episode of the Adult Child of…
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