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The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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We interview Mike Liguori, founder of Live Your Truth Media and author of The Road Ahead and Miles Behind. Mike shares his insights on how to heal relationships with parents, drawing on his experience reconciling with his father during a cross-country road trip. Tune in to learn more about Mike's journey and gain valuable insights on how to mend relationships with your parents.

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0:00.0	As you probably notice, this month, we're bringing you our Life of Purpose series and revisiting
0:04.6	some of our most transformative episodes. Tune in to explore expert insights and practical
0:09.4	strategies on help, performance, and community well-being, all aimed at helping you achieve
0:14.4	personal and professional fulfillment. If you sign up for the newsletter, you'll not only get
0:18.5	recaps of the key ideas in each interview, but at the end of the series, you'll receive our free Life of Purpose ebook.
0:24.5	What you have to do is go to UnmistakableCreative.com slash Life Purpose.
0:28.0	Again, that's UnmistakableCreative.com slash Life Purpose.
0:32.0	This idea came into my head that, you know, how long am I going to allow my dad to dictate the rest of my life?
0:39.0	I decided that I had enough of it. I had enough of me putting myself through the ringer.
0:46.4	I had enough of putting myself down, making myself feel like I wasn't worth it or it wasn't ever going to measure up to his expectations.
0:56.7	And I said, why am I even talking to a man who I feel like doesn't know how to have a connection
1:02.1	or a relationship with me? And so at that moment in time, I was actually like, I'm going to call my dad up
1:07.8	and I'm going to tell him, hey, look, I just think it's best that we don't talk, that we don't have any sort of communication.
1:18.1	Maybe I'll call him once in a while just to say hi, but the reality to me was just like, why even cultivate anything meaningful with this guy when all he's done has caused me pain?
1:32.5	Yeah. anything meaningful with this guy when all he's done has caused me pain. I'm Sreeny Rao, and this is the Unmistakable Creative Podcast, where you get a window
1:37.0	into the stories and insights of the most innovative and creative minds who started movements,
1:41.7	built thriving businesses, written bestselling books, and created
1:44.8	insanely interesting art. For more, check out our 500 episode archive at UnmistakableCreative.com.
1:54.4	Mike, welcome to The Unmistakable Creative. Thanks so much for taking the time to join us.
1:57.5	Man, I'm so glad to be here. Thank you for having me. Yeah, it is my pleasure to have you here.
2:02.6	I was introduced to you by way of our mutual friend, Akshay, who has been a guest here more than
2:08.2	once.
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