725 Healing Father Wounds + Where to Start (For a Less Painful Father's Day)

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Terri Cole

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🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that 1 in 4 children in the US grows up without a father?

Or that 80% of single-parent homes are led by mothers?

These statistics may not come as a surprise, but what we don’t talk about are the millions of other kids who may have dads who are physically present but emotionally absent. Dads who are abusive, addicted, sporadic, neglectful, or narcissistic.

As Father’s Day approaches, I wanted to explore how father wounds can impact our relationships, self-worth, and overall success. I’ll share my own experiences, debunk some father wound myths, and offer you ideas on how to heal and celebrate Father’s Day differently.

Read the show notes for today's episode at terricole.com/725

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0:00.8	Well, hello there, and welcome to this episode of the Terry Cole show.
0:05.7	A very special Father's Day episode.
0:09.1	So I'm going to start with this statistic.
0:11.4	Did you know that one in four children in the U.S. grows up without a father in the home?
0:18.0	Right.
0:19.1	And that 80% of single- parent homes are headed up by women and here's the thing that we
0:27.8	really don't talk about but we're going to talk about today is that millions more than that
0:34.1	one and four had dads who kind of sucked, who were physically present but emotionally
0:40.7	absent, or physically present and terrorized people, or emotionally absent and completely
0:47.4	abandoned you. Like there's so many different variations of why many, many, many of us and many of you have a father
1:00.1	wound. So in this episode, I'm going to be talking about how father wounds impact our
1:06.1	relationships, our self-worth, and our success. And I'm going to be talking about my own father wound
1:11.8	and breaking some myths around father wounds
1:15.4	and giving you ideas of things that you can do
1:19.7	to heal your father wound.
1:24.2	That does not involve your father, right?
1:26.2	Because we don't necessarily need that.
1:28.5	So before we get into it, I just want to say, you guys, you're the sweetest. I love you. I'm so
1:33.7	glad you're here. I really am. Of all the podcasts you could be listening to right now,
1:39.2	the fact that you're listening to this podcast truly warms my heart. So, and after saying that, I'd like to say if you want to
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1:52.9	I also love to highlight five-star reviews, so I want to say thank you to EZP 444-44-4-4.
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