In Part 1 of this two-part episode, Marta reflects on how perspective shapes the stories we form about our childhood, our identities, and the roles we play within our families.

Drawing from a recent session that shifted her understanding of her own past, she explores how children adapt to emotional environments and how those adaptations often become the identities we carry into adulthood. Inspired by the work of Gabor Maté, this conversation examines the difference between personality and survival strategy, and how early meaning-making can quietly shape the way we see ourselves and others.

This is a reflective conversation about family systems, identity formation, and the power of expanding perspective. A reminder that the narratives we built as children were formed with limited awareness, and that with curiosity and compassion, those stories can evolve.

When our perspective shifts, the meaning of our past begins to change. And when the meaning changes, something inside of us becomes free. Part 2 continues the conversation next week.