Stories Of The Soul Podcast

004 | David | How Forgiveness and Emotional Transparency can Help You Build Healthy Relationships with Your Parents


Listen Later

In this show, Najwa conducts an emotional and insightful interview that is full of great tips on how to build or mend a parent-child relationship.

In this show, our interviewee David reveals how his relationship with his father suffered a setback and they stopped talking for a while following a heated argument. A protective son, David stood up for his mother and asked his father to help out with household chores. His father did not take kindly to this suggestion, and, in a fit of anger, stated that he wished that his son was never born.

David, reeling in hurt and shock, distanced himself from his father. However, over time, he realized that he needed to overlook the negatives in his father, and concentrate on the positives instead.

In this show, we delve deeply into the nuances of a parent-child relationship and contemplate why relationships tend to go sour over time. We point out how men and women have different ways of tackling emotions and relationships. Men, particularly the older ones, have a difficult time expressing their feelings and showing vulnerability.

How can you, as a child, ensure that you don’t drift away from your father as you grow older? And, how can fathers understand their children, and do their bit to keep their bond healthy and strong?

The most important takeaway from this show is the power of forgiveness. David reveals how he ended the impasse with his father. Choosing to move on, David expressed how proud he was of his father. His older and now-mellow father completely broke down and hugged his son.

Hearing David recount his heart-wrenching personal experiences makes us realize that it is better to move on sooner rather than later. Are you losing out on years of warmth and laughter because you are not making the first move to mend your relationship? David urges listeners to avoid sliding into the typical mentality where emotional transparency is perceived as a sign of weakness.

We wrap up this show with some great tips on how to tackle anxiety and depression. Tune in for some excellent insights!

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Stories Of The Soul PodcastBy Najwa Zebian

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

136 ratings


More shows like Stories Of The Soul Podcast

View all
The School of Greatness by Lewis Howes

The School of Greatness

21,076 Listeners

The Terri Cole Show by Terri Cole

The Terri Cole Show

1,329 Listeners

Love Life with Matthew Hussey by Matthew Hussey

Love Life with Matthew Hussey

2,699 Listeners

The Angry Therapist Podcast by The Angry Therapist

The Angry Therapist Podcast

1,057 Listeners

Women of Impact by Impact Theory

Women of Impact

659 Listeners

On Purpose with Jay Shetty by iHeartPodcasts

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

26,397 Listeners

The Thais Gibson Podcast by Thais Gibson | YAP Media

The Thais Gibson Podcast

274 Listeners

You Can Heal Your Life ™ by Hay House

You Can Heal Your Life ™

985 Listeners

Let’s Get Vulnerable: Relationship and Dating Advice by Dr. Morgan Anderson

Let’s Get Vulnerable: Relationship and Dating Advice

1,079 Listeners

On Attachment by Stephanie Rigg

On Attachment

943 Listeners

The Daily Motivation by Lewis Howes

The Daily Motivation

899 Listeners

Jillian on Love by Jillian Turecki | QCODE

Jillian on Love

1,315 Listeners

The Mel Robbins Podcast by Mel Robbins

The Mel Robbins Podcast

20,662 Listeners

Love Strategies: Dating and Love Advice for Successful Women by Adam LoDolce and Dr. Gary Lewandowski

Love Strategies: Dating and Love Advice for Successful Women

575 Listeners

The Sabrina Zohar Show by The Sabrina Zohar Show

The Sabrina Zohar Show

4,626 Listeners