557- Healing from the Impact of Toxic or Emotionally Immature Parents
ADHD Experts Podcast
ADDitude
4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Amy Marlow-MaCoy, LPC, discusses the kinds of messages children internalize in emotionally unsupportive environments and the long-term impacts, signs of emotionally immature and narcissistic parenting, and shares self-care practices to begin healing.
Healing from Your Past: Additional Resources
- Read: Are You a Toxic Parent?
- Read: Why Won’t My Parents Accept My ADHD Diagnosis?
- Read: How to Set Boundaries with Family
- From Readers: “What I Wish My Parents Had Known...”
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast series by Attitude Magazine. |
| 0:14.2 | Everyone, I'm Carol Fleck, and on behalf of the Attitude team, I'm delighted to welcome you to today's ADHD expert's |
| 0:23.1 | presentation titled Healing from the Impact of Toxic or Emotionally Immature Parents. |
| 0:29.8 | Leading today's presentation is Amy Marlo McCoy. |
| 0:34.4 | Amy is a licensed professional counselor and author of The Gaslighting Recovery |
| 0:39.5 | Workbook, Healing from Emotional Abuse. Her practice, the Courageous Heart Institute, |
| 0:46.7 | specializes in healing from narcissistic relationships. For those of us with ADHD, |
| 0:53.5 | growing up in an emotionally immature family can have a lasting impact on our self-esteem and emotional well-being. |
| 1:01.3 | Today, we'll talk about that experience and learn how to break the cycle, diffuse our inner critic, and begin the healing process. |
| 1:10.0 | If you support the work we're doing here at Attitude to strengthen the ADHD community, |
| 1:15.6 | we encourage you to subscribe to Attitude magazine. |
| 1:19.0 | Finally, the sponsor of this webinar is Inflow. |
| 1:22.7 | Growing up with emotionally immature or toxic parents can leave lasting wounds, |
| 1:28.9 | especially when you have ADHD. |
| 1:34.7 | Inflow understands the challenges of breaking these cycles and reclaiming your sense of self. |
| 1:43.4 | Its science-backed program helps you unlearn harmful patterns, set boundaries, and heal in a way that works with your ADHD brain. Click the link on screen to take Inflow's free ADHD trades quiz to start your journey. |
| 1:51.3 | Attitude thanks our sponsors for supporting our webinars. |
| 1:55.1 | Sponsorship has no influence on speaker selection or webinar content. |
| 2:00.2 | So without further ado, I'm so pleased to welcome Amy Marlo McCoy. |
| 2:05.0 | Amy, thank you so much for joining us today and leading this discussion. |
| 2:09.7 | Thank you, Carol. |
| 2:11.0 | I am super excited to be here. |
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