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Emotional Loneliness in Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
If you have spent most of your life feeling like you are somehow too much — too emotional, too needy, too intense — and yet also strangely invisible, you are not imagining it. That feeling has a name:…
Why Does My Parent Never Apologize? (Even When They Know They Hurt Me)
If you’ve ever tried to confront your parent about how they hurt you only to be met with denial, anger, or defensiveness, you may be dealing with someone who is emotionally immature. According to Dr. …
How Do I Know If My Parent Is Emotionally Immature?
You know the feeling. You were only trying to share a piece of yourself with your parent—an experience you had, a pain that hasn’t gotten better, a memory from childhood where you needed more—but inst…
Learning How To Validate Yourself - Dr. Nicole LePera
I recently heard Dr. Nicole LePera, author of the incredible self healing books How To Do The Work and How To Be The Love You Seek , discuss how to stop seeking external validation and learn to valida…
Alone In The World - Healing The Loneliness Of Emotionally Immature Pa
While interacting with thousands of adult children of emotionally immature parents over social media these past couple of years, I've come to realize that the lack of emotional intimacy I experienced …
Internalizers: How Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents Cope
You constantly analyze whether something you said came out wrong. When someone in your life is upset, you immediately assume it’s your fault. Even when everyone tells you things are fine, you feel lik…
Speaking Your Truth To Aging Emotionally Immature Parents
Everyone says you should let go of the wounds of your childhood . Forgive and forget, they say. They won’t be around forever. But every time you think about having that conversation, your stomach drop…
Do Emotionally Immature Parents Love Their Children?
Children raised by emotionally immature parents often get the sense, be it consciously or not, that their parents don't really love them. This article delves into how emotionally immature parents love…
Unworthiness & Emotionally Immature Parents | Lindsay C. Gibson
Many people who were raised by emotionally immature parents were programmed not just to put their parent's needs first, but to put theirs last . This subconscious habit often leads to a life-long stru…
I'll Give You Something To Cry About - Emotionally Immature Parents
Many adults find themselves grappling with the lasting effects of being raised by emotionally immature parents. Such parents often struggle to empathize with others or see beyond their own immediate e…
New: Lindsay C. Gibson Video, Workshop & Guided Journal
Welcome to the Wellbeing Weekly, where we share one video, one book passage, and one Workshop to propel you forward in your healing journey Video: Why Validation Matters In this week's video, psycholo…
Abuse Brain & Getting Out Of Your Own Way
Welcome to the Wellbeing Weekly where we share one video, one book passage, and one Workshop to propel you forward in your healing journey. Video: Get Out Of Your Own Way In this week's video, psychol…
Father Wounds, The Untethered Soul & Finding Happiness
Welcome to the Wellbeing Weekly where we share one video, one book passage, and one Workshop to propel you forward in your healing journey. Video: The Untethered Soul Livestream In this week's video, …
Emotional Dysregulation, Ikigai & Finding Closure
Welcome to the Wellbeing Weekly where every week we bring you one video, one book passage, and one Workshop that have the power to propel you forward in your healing journey and bring new insights for…
Not Long, Often - Eckhart Tolle's Guide To Inner Peace
Eckhart Tolle's advice on meditation is simple: focus on frequency. Tolle believes beginners often aim too high, attempting to meditate for far too long only to struggle with consistency. This often l…