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Reminder: My FREE workshop, 3 Steps to Becoming the Safety You Didn’t Get, is happening TODAY at 2pm EST! I’ll be teaching you exactly what it takes to stop living in fight-or-flight after growing up with narcissistic or emotionally immature parents. Secure your spot here. One of the biggest mistakes I see adult children of emotionally immature parents make is trying to fix every struggle one by one. They spend years working on their overthinking, people-pleasing, or inability to relax...
You enrolled in Protect Your Peace because you were ready to understand what happened to you. But here's what I keep hearing — even from people who've been through the whole thing: "I still don't know if I'm making this all up. I still question if it was actually that bad. I still don't know if I can trust myself." That doubt is telling you something. That you need more. More detail. More nuance. More proof that what you experienced was real. So I'm hosting Protect Your Peace as a live...
About ten years ago, I was on the phone with my best friend. I was pacing my apartment, rehashing something my parent had said. (again) I could hear how fast I was talking, but I couldn’t slow it down. At one point, she interrupted me. “Morgan,” she said, gently. “Every time we talk, within five minutes, you bring up your parent. Every conversation, you sound exhausted. I don’t think you realize how much space they’re taking up in your life.” I remember freezing. I felt exposed. Defensive....