118 - Confronting Shame, Repressed Memories & Parenting w/ Alwynn from the 'Let Me Be Free' Podcast
Adult Child
Andrea Ashley
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2023
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
When repressed memories of childhood abuse surfaced in 2020, Alwynn realized that the idyllic childhood she always thought she had was actually horrendously traumatic. She shares about the detrimental impact her unresolved trauma had on her role as a mother, confronting her shame head on, and finding self-forgiveness for her shortcomings as a mother. Alwynn are her sister are the hosts of the 'Let Me Be Free' podcast.
*TRIGGER WARNING - This episode contains discussion of childhood sexual abuse.
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| 0:00.0 | What we don't need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human. |
| 0:07.0 | My name is Andrea and this is adult child. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean. |
| 0:14.0 | Yeah, yeah, what you're holding on to. |
| 0:18.0 | What's holding on to, but just let it all go. |
| 0:22.0 | What's making you slow now? |
| 0:25.0 | I'll let it all go. |
| 0:27.0 | Welcome back to a little child, where we take a deep dive into the impact of growing up in a dysfunctional family. |
| 0:33.6 | Ahoy, my dear, dear, dear shit shows. |
| 0:37.8 | Shit Show Nation. |
| 0:40.6 | I am recording this on my phone right now. I'm not going to sugarcoat things. I'm about |
| 0:45.9 | ready to throw my fucking computer against the wall. For any new listeners, hi I'm Andrea, I'm a shit show, and we say fuck here, okay? |
| 0:56.8 | So that might be a dealbreaker for some folks, I understand. |
| 1:01.2 | You know, people say, here I'm just to go off on a tangent. People say, or I'll get, you know, criticism for the cursing. There's not that many adult child podcast out there. Why can't you just not curse so everybody can listen to it. |
| 1:16.4 | You know, adult child recovery is about being ourselves and my true self says fuck okay I'm just letting you know that my true |
| 1:26.1 | self enjoys saying the word fuck but continuing on I've just been having yesterday it was Wi-Fi today it is |
| 1:36.3 | computer issues microphone issues I just recorded all of this and when I went to edit it it literally sounds like I'm underwater |
| 1:46.5 | gargling mouthwash at the same time. |
| 1:52.0 | So moving in along folks. So today we are diving deep with Allen. So she is the host of the Let Me Be Free Podcast. |
| 2:04.0 | This is a podcast that she hosts with her sister |
| 2:07.0 | where they talk about their trauma healing journey, |
| 2:09.6 | as well as interview other folks like myself. So I had the honor and |
| 2:16.7 | privilege of being a guest on their pod and then I had the honor and |
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