Finding Joy After Fundamentalism with Heather McGinley

The Angry Therapist Podcast

John Kim

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Today, John speaks with Heather McGinley about the complexities of her relationship with her father, the weight of growing up in a large, tightly controlled family, and the delayed realizations of trauma that surfaced later in life. Heather shares how becoming a mother reshaped her understanding of consent, boundaries, and forgiveness — and how the isolation of the pandemic forced her to confront rock bottom. Listen to The Happily Never After podcast on Apple or Spotify Follow Heather on Instagram at @thatheathermcg More about Heather HERE Order John's new book, Break Up. On Purpose, HERE Jump into John’s new Single. On Purpose app HERE Follow John on Instagram HEREFind out more about John HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's the cinematic event of the year.
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0:08.1	It's two-for-one cinema tickets from Compa's Market in cinemas all year.
0:12.8	That sounds like a great movie.
0:14.1	Sergei, it's no movie.
0:15.4	It's two-for-one offer on cinema tickets.
0:17.7	Oh, yeah.
0:18.4	I knew that.
0:19.3	Get two-for-one cinema tickets every Tuesday or Wednesday with compares the market.
0:23.2	Simples.
0:24.0	When you take out a qualifying product to compare the market.
0:26.2	One membership per year, participating cinemas, two standard tickets, only cheap as free.
0:29.2	T's and Cs apply.
0:31.1	So, Heather, I wanted to open with this.
0:33.8	When your dad was dying, it was very confusing for you because three months before your dad, or three months before you going to your dad and finding out that he was dying, you found that he wasn't who you thought he was, that he hurt people.
0:51.0	And I was thinking to myself, so I lost my dad. And what a, what a, what a confusing time as they're dying?
1:00.4	The curtain gets pulled back and you learn things about him that you didn't know.
1:04.4	And then it's like, you know, like now, now the story is different.
1:08.9	And he's about to leave, leave earth.
1:11.3	What was that like for you?
1:14.8	The past nine months, I feel, you're going to laugh because it's such a silly way to put it,
1:20.1	but I feel a little bit like a butterfly.
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