263. Healing from Emotionally Immature Parents with Lindsay C. Gibson

We Can Do Hard Things

Glennon Doyle & Audacy

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Author and clinical psychologist, Lindsay C. Gibson, helps us identify the characteristics of emotionally immature people (EIPs) like ego-centrism, lack of empathy, and fear of emotional intimacy. Lindsay shares the effects of being raised by emotionally immature parents, mapping out two routes children often take – becoming internalizers or externalizers – and how that plays out in adult relationships and professional lives. Emphasizing the importance of self-compassion, Lindsay explains how often the most important step toward healing is identifying the EIPs in our lives. Lindsay C. Gibson’s books can be found here: http://www.lindsaygibsonpsyd.com/books.html About Lindsay: Lindsay C. Gibson is an author and clinical psychologist, and practicing psychotherapist for over thirty years. She has written several books, including Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents and Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People. Dr. Gibson specializes in therapy and coaching with adults to attain new levels of personal growth and confidence in dealing with emotionally immature people. Website: http://www.lindsaygibsonpsyd.com/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And it took some time, but I'm finally fine.
0:09.0	Welcome to We Can Do Hard Things.
0:12.0	We're about to fix your life right in time for the holidays, okay?
0:16.9	Right in time for these holidays we have with us. I think we're gonna call her today
0:22.4	the matron saint of the holidays, because she is going to help us deal with emotionally immature people, or as we call them people.
0:35.0	So without further ado I introduce you to Lindsay C. Gibson. I met your work through my dear
0:46.9	friend Ashley Ford who I think is the patron saint of you because she is like an
0:51.6	evangelist for all of your work.
0:53.2	She swears that your work about how to deal with emotionally immature parents
0:58.9	has changed her life.
1:00.7	I can see why now having been immersed in your work for the last few weeks
1:05.1	Lindsay C. Gibson is an author and a clinical psychologist. She's been a
1:09.7	psychotherapist for 30 years. She has written several books including adult children of
1:14.8	emotionally immature parents and disentangling from emotionally immature people.
1:20.2	Dr. Gibson specializes in therapy and coaching with adults to attain new levels of
1:26.8	personal growth and confidence in dealing with emotionally immature people.
1:32.1	So what I want to start with is if a person's listening right now
1:37.3	who has never heard of this term emotionally immature people
1:42.2	or emotionally immature parents.
1:45.0	I think what for me has been so interesting is,
1:48.0	there are people in your life,
1:51.0	when you're with them you feel crazy in one way or another.
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