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Emotional Badass

Exploring the Book Toxic Parents by Susan Forward

Emotional Badass

Nikki Eisenhauer

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Exploring the Book Toxic Parents by Susan Forward Overcoming their hurtful legacy and reclaiming your life, levels of dysfunction, healing and boundaries. Are you an HSP struggling with toxic family dynamics and seeking healing? Discover how Susan Forward’s book "Toxic Parents" provides essential strategies for highly sensitive people to overcome dysfunction and reclaim their lives. Learn why HSPs benefit immensely from understanding the impact of verbal, physical, and emotional abuse detailed in Forward’s insightful work. Understand how setting boundaries, fostering self-approval, and practicing healthy confrontation can lead to profound personal growth. This episode offers practical advice for HSPs navigating the complexities of family dynamics, emphasizing the importance of self-care and resilience. Perfect for anyone committed to breaking the cycle of abuse and finding strength in their sensitivity. Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routine Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Brain.FM: CODE: Emotionalbadass for 20% off and a free month Join our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter Check out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadass Thank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hello, welcome to Emotional Badass where Moxie meets Mindful. I'm your host

1:07.1

Nicky Eisenhower, Life Coach and Psychotherapist and on today's episode we're

1:11.8

discussing feeling both older and younger. Oh, I want to use one of my favorite books and authors today to help talk more about

1:42.0

what it is to come from a toxic family so that we can understand ourselves

1:47.3

with more depth and compassion. One of the secret confusing shameful aspects of growing up in a toxic family is that we

1:58.0

tend to grow up having a very weird sort of surreal sense of ourselves in some ways and we don't understand why and it's very very difficult to put into words.

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It's a strange thing to feel both older and younger.

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The book that I want to talk about, I'm going to go through the table of contents with you,

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because it's the simplest, most clear way that we can understand

2:27.2

toxicity within family dynamics. Because one of the things we can't do in

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