Loved this episode. Wish more fathers and sons could have these honest, open and emotional conversations. If more people did we would have much better relationships with our children and parents.
What a great conversation! I loved the raw authenticity from each of you. You both really showed up for that, thank you for sharing your time together!
Wish I could have a conversation with my father but I lost his a few years ago to stage 4 cancer I was not able to say my goodbyes 😢 hope you both cherish you’re time together.
I don't think children realize that their parents aren't perfect Gods until they get older. We put expectations on them that are unrealistic sometimes and forget to take into consideration their parents, upbringings, traumas, and brokeness in them that make them the way they are, to have made them the parents they were. Their actions are not a reflection of our worth, even though we internalize it that way. Your dad was able to be the dad he was because of the dad he had. I don't know what your mother's relationship with her dad and mom was, but it sounds like she had issues with her dad that definitely affected her relationship with you. You won't understand the mobius strip of forgives that comes from being a parent until your kids get older, and you start trying to navigate issues with them and have your own parental guilt. I will tell you this though, if you do not heal the broken bond with your mom within yourself, it WILL absolutely affect the relationship you have with any female children you have, and it will also be an unintentional framework over your marriage and an unconscious lens through which you begin to see your wife.That's how generational trauma works. If bonds were broken with either of your mother's parents, that's probably a good place to start in sorting this all out inside yourself. It's easier to forgive someone when you can see the wounded child in them, and where things started to get miswired in them. No one is born wanting to be an assh*le to their kid, and you can't expect a broken person to show up as a healthy parent, it just doesn't work like that. If you get the right help you can turn that anger into empathy, sympathy, compassion, and even forgiveness.
The way they sit in the same exact position truly shows how deep their bond is ❤ spitting image
Loved this episode. Wish more fathers and sons could have these honest, open and emotional conversations. If more people did we would have much better relationships with our children and parents.
That was another great episode, congratulations buddy
What a great conversation! I loved the raw authenticity from each of you. You both really showed up for that, thank you for sharing your time together!
Wish I could have a conversation with my father but I lost his a few years ago to stage 4 cancer I was not able to say my goodbyes 😢 hope you both cherish you’re time together.
I don't think children realize that their parents aren't perfect Gods until they get older. We put expectations on them that are unrealistic sometimes and forget to take into consideration their parents, upbringings, traumas, and brokeness in them that make them the way they are, to have made them the parents they were. Their actions are not a reflection of our worth, even though we internalize it that way. Your dad was able to be the dad he was because of the dad he had. I don't know what your mother's relationship with her dad and mom was, but it sounds like she had issues with her dad that definitely affected her relationship with you. You won't understand the mobius strip of forgives that comes from being a parent until your kids get older, and you start trying to navigate issues with them and have your own parental guilt. I will tell you this though, if you do not heal the broken bond with your mom within yourself, it WILL absolutely affect the relationship you have with any female children you have, and it will also be an unintentional framework over your marriage and an unconscious lens through which you begin to see your wife.That's how generational trauma works. If bonds were broken with either of your mother's parents, that's probably a good place to start in sorting this all out inside yourself. It's easier to forgive someone when you can see the wounded child in them, and where things started to get miswired in them. No one is born wanting to be an assh*le to their kid, and you can't expect a broken person to show up as a healthy parent, it just doesn't work like that. If you get the right help you can turn that anger into empathy, sympathy, compassion, and even forgiveness.
❤❤❤ love you guys I am so happy you guys got to do this!
Love you back same here!!
I will be in Washington in September 18th I have lots of experience in loss and regret
I would love to sit and talk about your experience man.
I would love to be on this podcast