I was also encouraged not to show emotion, not to be too and quote and quote too emotional.

You want to cry, but then you try so hard to suppress your cry. And then saying,

I didn't cry, right? I didn't cry. And that was for me in a way of being proud of myself,

not to cry, right? But because I was too emotionally sensitive, I could feel the pain of my parents,

I could feel the pain of my siblings. And all of those if they were just too much for me.

And the only way that I could find was to become rational person because I couldn't bear,

I couldn't tolerate feeling everybody's pain.

Welcome to How My Parents Raised Me, I'm Dawn Chitty. When we are born, we arrive here as pure

and perfect souls. And the direction our life takes from that moment is deeply connected

to what our parents bring to our lives. And what our parents bring to our lives is deeply connected

to what their parents brought to their lives. And that's the cycle of families.

I have always craved connection with real and raw stories to understand what makes you you,

what makes you the absolutely unique human that you are. Stories are medicine for the soul.

They can connect us and they can change the world. And so in this podcast, I'm listening to beautiful

souls sharing their story. What happened to them, how they got through and how they have healed

and thrived despite everything to arrive right here in this moment. Content warning,

if you are triggered by the themes of this podcast, please seek a help line in your city.

Hello my beautiful friends and welcome. On the heel vlog this week, don't miss my post

healing the Latina mother wound with Michelle Gomez mother wound healing expert whilst

Michelle works primarily with Latina black indigenous and women of color her tips on healing

the mother wound are relevant to all of us. The link is in the show notes. This week we are talking

about a word that we hear on the daily right now authenticity and we hear it I think a lot because

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