⚠️TRIGGER WARNING - SENSITIVE CONTENT THAT MAY BE TRIGGERING - includes references to domestic violence & abusive relationships. ⚠️ Hey guys! Hope all is well and that you guys are having a good Monday. I've been working on this episode for a while (it is by far the longest podcast I have recorded!) and this is about a subject that I know has sadly affected many people out there, not just me. So many of us have come from difficult family backgrounds, often with deadbeat parents who are no longer involved in our lives (this could be a mum or a dad.) This podcast talks about my own personal struggle with a deadbeat father who I have not spoken to since the age of 15, and how this has shaped/prepared me for adult life. This is a really difficult thing for me to discuss, and it may drag up memories for those of you who have been through anything similar. I am currently on my own mental health journey of working on myself and changing my attitudes to the world around me, and to do that I had to get right to the root cause of my feelings, emotions and behaviour. For that, I had to dig deep and uncover some uncomfortable truths about a scarring relationship (or lack thereof) with my father, and how this has influenced me as a person. I hope this is helpful to anybody who has been through anything similar. It was helpful for me just to get it out and hear everything being said, to be fair. If you have experienced this, or anything similar, I am genuinely so sorry - just know that it was not your fault and they are to blame and are the ones missing out - not you. ❤