329. Unbreakable: THE TRUTH ABOUT TOXIC MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIPS

HOW MY PARENTS RAISED ME

Dawn Chitty

Self Help, Self Improvement, Relationships, Personal Journals, Self Esteem, Depression, Healing, Health & Fitness, Women Podcast, Trauma, Emotional Abuse, Ptsd, Mental Health, Anxiety, Childhood Trauma, Narcissistic Mother, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In this three-part series, we pause to honor the incredible women who bravely stepped forward this year to share their powerful and deeply personal stories with us. In part two, we turn our focus to the women who faced intense challenges in their relationships with their mothers. These are stories of conflict, longing, and self-discovery from women who have struggled to navigate difficult maternal bonds. Their journeys reveal how these early, often complicated relationships have shaped their lives.

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0:00.0	If you could sit down with your little self and tell her anything at all, what would it be?
0:12.3	Well now, there's no need to imagine because we are about to do just that.
0:17.6	My name is Dawn Chitty and each week I'm sharing the stories of courageous women who are ready to share their past, their triggers and their trauma on the journey towards becoming their best and truest selves. And this is your safe space to do the same. And it all begins by starting a conversation with little you.
0:45.9	Hello, my beautiful friends and welcome to part two of Unbreakable, a series where we honour
0:57.4	the incredible women who have courageously stepped forward this year to share their stories
1:03.6	with us. This week's topic is the truth about toxic mother-daughter relationships.
1:09.6	And we heard from you this year loudly and clearly
1:13.5	just how challenging the relationship with a mother can be. In a society where motherhood is often
1:20.4	idealised, the bond between mothers and daughters is expected to be unbreakable and nurturing. Here, in this space of truth,
1:30.6	we can be very clear that the reality is much more complex and painful. Today we take a look
1:37.9	back at the experiences of women who grew up with narcissistic, controlling or emotionally abusive mothers.
1:46.9	And we hear about the lasting effects these relationships can have on a woman's life,
1:53.2	the impact to their self-worth, to relationships, and even to their understanding of love and trust. These stories peel back another
2:05.6	layer of the silence that surrounds what is really going on between mothers and daughters.
2:13.6	She said like she's been seeing this therapist, this lady therapist for quite some time.
2:19.2	She wants me to join her.
2:21.0	She says she wants to work on our relationship.
2:23.7	I said, okay, I'll come.
2:25.4	At some point, we're sitting in front of each other.
2:28.4	I'm sitting in a chair.
2:29.6	She's sitting in the chair in front of me.
2:31.1	And the therapist is sitting here and the therapist says,
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