Caller Jared and Kaitlyn's Question: "We know we have wounded our son, how do we facilitate his healing?

(Kaitlyn here) I just listened to your episode about reclaiming your heart and felt like every word was spoken to me. I ended the episode needing more and having lots of questions about helping our own kids with this. Our son is 9 years old and definitely is suffering from childhood trauma and father wounds. We can see it in him, and are trying everything we know and have learned from our own therapy to help him work through it all. He is such a smart and capable kid, but shows up disconnected and unconfident. We feel like we have pretty healthy attachment with our other kids, but for some reason he is really struggling and lives in the drama triangle with a lot of anxious attachment. We know this is such a vital time for him in his life and we are trying to help him build some confidence and shame resilience, where do we go from here....…?"

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0:00 - Intro

1:18 - Tyler's Intro

4:10 - Special Guests

9:45 - Daily Sobriety Struggle

14:20 - Couple Interaction Challenges

17:50 - Patterns and Relapse

21:30 - Reflecting on Relapse

25:15 - Exploring Self-Compassion

29:40 - Jared's Experience

33:12 - Caitlin's Perspective

37:00 - Self-Compassion Practice

40:45 - Overcoming Resistance

44:20 - Encouragement for Practice

47:30 - Closing Gratitude