It’s Not You; It’s Your Trauma
Podcast Episode
Joe delves into the complexities of trauma and how it shapes behaviors, emotions, and relationships. Joe shares his expertise and personal experiences to help listeners understand and overcome their struggles
EP 0025 – Self Parenting
It is not a child’s responsibility to fill a parent’s needs. When parents bring a child into this world, it is the parents’ responsibility to fill the child up with its basic narcissistic needs. To give the child a foundation of self-love to build upon. The child needs to feel that the parent is there for them and not the other way around.
You should have been given their blessing to go out in the world and discover who you are, where you belong, and who you were born to be. That’s not the message we received. The message we received was, don’t leave me, you’re responsible for my feelings, my happiness, please keep a shiny, glossy, perfect facade for the world to see so that I don’t feel my shame.
When your basic narcissistic needs weren’t met in infancy, your worth and value would be determined by how you feel others perceive you. Self-parenting yourself how you need to be parented will tap into the source of your self-worth.
