In the act of neglecting self, the person repeats the pattern of being unseen in their lives.

My name is Andrea and this is adult child. Welcome back to adult child where we take a deep dive into the impact of growing up in a dysfunctional family.

Ahoy, my dear shit shows.

For any new listeners, my name is Andrea.

I am a complete and total shit show I am the captain of this hot mess of a ship and this

podcast is the culmination of growing up in an alcoholic family, becoming an alcoholic myself, many many years of

painful toxic romantic relationships, not realizing that I was living in a trauma response anytime I was in a relationship

hitting my adult child bottom in 2018 with nine years of sobriety after dating two alcoholics

named Brian back to back.

If you have not listened to my first episode

where I tell that story, you need to, that is required listening.

In that bottom, not only did I embark on a journey

to heal my childhood wounds, but I also

embarked on a journey to figure out why the hell God put me here and that ultimately led to me

launching this podcast a little over three years ago.

Wow, three years guys. I've shared that when I first started this, I thought maybe I do

8 to 10 episodes and here we are today on episode 166. What the hell? I want to know how many people

out there have listened to all 166 episodes? I'm curious. So yeah, I also just

wanted to share that I started with, I had my first session today with an IFS therapist. So I am starting down this internal family

systems route. I have felt very called in the last few months to do this work. So

here I am embarking on a new modality with a new therapist

and feeling really hopeful about what's to come And I've just seen the amazing

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