Episode Details

My parents loved me, protected me, and did what they believed was best for me. But love and good intentions do not always prevent childhood wounds.

In this episode, I open up about being introduced to dieting at an early age, struggling to believe my body was acceptable as it was, and learning that parts of my personality did not always fit what others expected a girl to be. My mother wanted to protect me from how the world treated bigger bodies. My father wanted his only daughter to embrace her femininity. Neither of them intended to cause harm, but those experiences still shaped how I saw my body, my identity, and myself.

When I became a parent, I made a conscious decision not to pass those pressures down. I wanted my daughter to have a healthy relationship with her body, movement, food, femininity, masculinity, and the freedom to be exactly who she was.

This conversation is not about blaming our parents or pretending they did not love us. It is about recognizing that people can love us deeply and still leave us with something we must heal. We cannot always control what was planted in us, but we can decide what continues through us.

What did you inherit that you never wanted to pass down? What behavior in your child triggers something unresolved within you? And what can you change now so the cycle ends with you?

I am looking honestly at what shaped me, honoring the people who raised me, and choosing not to repeat what no longer serves the generations coming after me.

Heavenly minded, but earthly good.

The Spiritual Realist is edited and produced by Organized Movements

Recorded at Privicast Studio

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