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    Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

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    19 dic 2025
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    Blythe and Nia explore how emotionally absent parents create lasting wounds, examining four types of immature parenting and the healing journey from people-pleasing to authentic self-discovery.

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    The journey from wound to wisdom means reclaiming your birthright to feel at home in the world, worthy of love, and capable of creating nurturing connections. You get this second life—first as who you were taught to be, and now as who you truly are.

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    Welcome & Opening

    0:00
    0:13
    0:31
    2

    Setting the Stage: The Invisible Wound

    0:49
    1:00
    1:18
    1:36
    3

    The Four Faces of Parental Immaturity

    1:54
    2:08
    2:25
    2:44
    2:58
    4

    The Internalizer's Hidden Struggle

    3:21
    3:35
    3:50
    4:06
    4:18
    5

    The Role-Self Prison

    4:32
    4:46
    2:25
    5:19
    6

    Breaking Free Through Maturity Awareness

    5:32
    5:47
    5:59
    6:18
    6:31
    7

    The Toxic Patterns That Follow Us

    6:46
    7:00
    7:16
    7:29
    7:44
    8

    The Mother Wound: When Nurturing Goes Missing

    8:05
    8:19
    1:18
    8:53
    9

    Practical Healing and Moving Forward

    9:07
    9:19
    9:35
    9:47
    10:02
    0:31
    10

    Closing Reflections and Hope

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    10:46
    11:03
    11:18
    11:33
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