My job is to somehow make them curious enough or persuade them by hook or crow to get more aware of themselves and where they came from and what they are into and what is already there.

Just to bring it out. This is what

compels me to compel them. And I will do it by whatever means necessary. Welcome to the Black

Girls Hill podcast where we talk about healing our intimacy disorders and resolve trauma

and building a healthy relationship with first ourselves and then others.

Every episode, we will talk about advice you can apply today to bring unhealthy patterns and grow

in your self-work. I'm Sheena Lachay, love addiction coach and trauma specialist. Let's begin.

Hello, hello. Welcome to the latest episode of Black Girls Heal. I am so happy to be with you

today. Today is the first day of our new series where we are going to be looking at mother

and father wounds. This is bar none, usually one of the favorite topics of

everyone who comes across this podcast when we look at just the underlying trauma and the importance

of our our relationships with our mothers, our fathers, our caregivers, aunties, uncles, authority

figures, and the impact that it may have had in our lives. These relationships are our first

ones into the world and especially the one that we're going to focus on today, our mother wounds,

if we have any. If we are listening and we can identify that there are still some source spots

that we need to work on, whether or not we are able to say that today we have a positive

relationship with our mother because I know that that is the or a common experience for many

people. So maybe you did have a relationship that started off contentious,

but as time, space, energy, experience, and maybe the growth of your mother, you are able to

build a friendship that's real, but that still does not erase the real bones that have happened

before. And maybe some of you, it is still very contentious. It is still very hot and cold. It is still

push-pull. She still says things or does things that are very hurtful. And no matter how you've

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