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Gabriela Trofin-Tatár's avatar

What stuck with me was this empowering line you offered to your daughter, to tell you when to pause.. so amazing! I told my boy when he was small and I would burst into drama.. that if I ever do it one more time, I would find a way to heal, I would ask for help. And I did, I went into therapy.. it helped to detect many intergenerational traumas and behavioral triggers that I could learn to navigate.. while on this complex healing journey of sorts.

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Mary Thoma's avatar

Gabriela - thank you for sharing that story of you and your son. Each one of us that can find a way to take a step out of the inherited patterns we received is truly changing the future. Incredible!

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Diana Teeters's avatar

"the safety to tell the truth without fear" - what a gift to have given your daughter. That safety surely did not exist when I was growing up. But, I'm happy to say, today is does exist!

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Mary Thoma's avatar

It can indeed! Thank you, Diana!

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