My Parents Are Disappointing

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🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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My Parents Are Disappointing - Melinda would like to move on from the angry feelings she has toward her parents for the ways they have disappointed her. - Dr. Laura: "Sometimes the biggest growth comes when we give up on what we cannot have." - What could you let go of that would make your life happier? Email me your thoughts at: [email protected] | To participate on the radio program; call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment - https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:12.9	Melinda, welcome to the program.
0:15.6	Hi, Dr. Laura. Thank you for taking my call again.
0:18.6	I called a few years ago and we had a great chat and my
0:24.1	have been thinking about this ever since you had asked me to call you back and I
0:27.6	haven't been able to yet. We decided that I had some selfish tendencies the
0:32.5	last time and I didn't have anything concrete for you
0:36.5	and it's been bugging me that I haven't called you back.
0:39.2	So I would like to present my question today. I have started my
0:46.3	self-journey, my self-healing journey with that phone call with you
0:50.9	and today I am at the point where I have
0:57.5	chosen to see who my parents may really be and I would like to know
1:03.4	how to continue a relationship with them when I am
1:07.2	super angry with them today and throughout childhood
1:13.1	and I wanted to make sure I'm not being selfish.
1:17.9	Well, I don't remember what our first conversation was about and where the issue
1:21.9	of being selfish came in just off the top of what you're saying
1:26.8	is sometimes we have to realize that because of history
1:30.3	we can't have the kind of relationship we would have like to have
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