If you had an absent or neglectful father, this will be a super important episode for you.

Today we're going to break down exactly how this childhood wound impacts your body, mind, and spirit.

And why it usually creates a double wound with your mother to create the absent father, depressed mother dynamic.

And what steps to take from here to prevent getting into more toxic relationships

or damaging your self-esteem even further so that you can break free from painful patterns.

All this and more right after this intro.

Welcome to the Inner Child Podcast.

Now with 2 million downloads I help high achievers recover from painful relationships and childhood trauma.

Let's heal together on Season 2 of the Inner Child Podcast.

Hello, Besties, and welcome back to the Inner Child Podcast. I'm your host, Gloria Zhang. I'm an award-winning psychotherapist and a renowned inner child healer. Now, I'm so

excited to dive into today's episode because the absent father-depressed mother dynamic is one of the

most common dynamics. It's not the only one and the genders can reverse, but we're going to be

spending some episodes this year on specific dynamics that have a really

big impact on a lot of listeners and a lot of clients.

And you don't want to miss today's episode.

However, I also want to make a big announcement right now.

I've been teasing this for a while on my Instagram, and this was not an easy decision to make.

The Soulmate program is retiring forever.

We will no longer be accepting new clients into Soul Night after April 25th, 2025,

which is coming up at the end of this month.

For several years, we have run the most highly rated group coaching program out there,

hundreds of positive testimonials, helping clients heal their child to trauma and

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