12. What Are The Negative Effects Of An Arranged Marriage?
Dear Little Me
Dawn Chitty
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🗓️ 18 January 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Women in forced marriages.
How would you feel if at 12 years old your parents were talking to you about getting married to a complete stranger within the next few years? How would you feel if at 15 ? you began meeting prospective husbands who were 30 years old? How would you feel if by 19 there was so much pressure to be married you just had to choose someone because you felt there was no way out. This is Hana's story. Hana was born in the US to Middle Eastern parents and this is what they decided was best for her. Hana had no voice. Her opinions were not acknowledged. What she thought, wanted or needed were unimportant. And she jumped from this childhood into a marriage where she was also controlled and voiceless. Please join me in hearing Hana's story. You won't want to miss this one.
Hana is a Transformational and Life Purpose Coach. You can find Hana on instagram https://www.instagram.com/the_hana_effect/
Hana recommends The Power of Intention by Wayne Dyer https://amzn.to/3b3s3e0. The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown https://amzn.to/3ihClsQ. I Thought It Was Just Me by Brene Brown. https://amzn.to/3ieBtoF
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| 0:00.0 | So I mean, I look back within the first few months, I could tell, |
| 0:03.1 | recognize there was major issues, like so major, like no one in their right mind should have stayed. |
| 0:09.5 | But here I am staying and then here I am trying to, you know, have a child and, |
| 0:13.9 | you know, here I'm trying to make it work all these years, |
| 0:17.1 | you know, only for it to not work in the end and for me to eventually have no choice but to |
| 0:21.7 | follow what's in my gut because at that point it's like I'm living but I'm dying at the same time. |
| 0:30.1 | Welcome to how my parents raised me, I'm Dawn Chitty. When we are born, we arrive here as pure |
| 0:40.7 | and perfect souls and the direction our life takes from that moment is deeply connected to what |
| 0:47.8 | our parents bring to our lives and what our parents bring to our lives is deeply connected to what |
| 0:54.8 | their parents brought to their lives and that's the cycle of families. I have always craved |
| 1:02.1 | connection with real and raw stories to understand what makes you you, what makes you the absolutely |
| 1:11.0 | unique human that you are. Stories are medicine for the soul, they can connect us and they can change |
| 1:20.0 | the world and so in this podcast I'm listening to beautiful souls sharing their story, |
| 1:26.9 | what happened to them, how they got through and how they have healed and thrived despite everything |
| 1:33.9 | to arrive right here in this moment. Content warning, if you are triggered by the themes of this |
| 1:41.6 | podcast, please seek a help line in your city. Hey beautiful souls, welcome back to the podcast, |
| 1:52.6 | I'm so excited to be back and I have some really amazing stories coming up in the next few weeks, |
| 1:59.2 | so please hit the subscribe button to get your notification. Did you take a break? Have you had |
| 2:07.1 | some downtime in the past couple of weeks? I've enjoyed some really great days relaxing and |
| 2:14.1 | just taking some time to stop and appreciate what I have in my life, just really understanding |
| 2:21.6 | that what I have is what I need and what I do have is love, a good home, food, water, friends, |
| 2:29.8 | family and above all else I have the freedom to be me and that is super relevant to our podcast |
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