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What we talked about in this conversation with Bear Sage and why it matters more than people think
Last night’s conversation with Bear Sage stayed with me.
Not because it was shocking or dramatic, but because it was honest.
The kind of honest that most people do not open up about.
We talked about what it means to be a parent when the beliefs you were raised with do not line up with the reality in front of you.
When your child comes to you and says this is who I am and you realize that loving them is not the question.
It is how you love them that matters.
Bear did not sit here and pretend he got it right from the beginning.
He talked about the discomfort.The resistance and the moments where he did not know what to say or how to respond.
That is what made this conversation land.
This was not about perfection, it was about staying.
Staying in the conversation, in the relationship and long enough to see clearly.
There is a moment in the conversation where everything shifts.
Where it stops being about understanding and becomes about choice.
Do you hold onto what you were taught?Or do you choose your child?
That is not a one time decision, it is something you make over and over again.
It’s in the way you speak, show up and the way you decide whether your child feels seen or questioned.
What Bear showed in this conversation is that protecting your children is not always what we think it is.
It is not control.It is not forcing them into something that makes you comfortable.
It is learning how to stand with them in who they are, even when you are still figuring it out yourself.
That takes humility.
It takes self awareness and a willingness to let go of the version of your child that only ever existed in your own expectations.
Maybe the most important part of this conversation is this.
His children are not in crisis.
They know who they are.
The real question is whether the people around them are willing to accept it.
That is where the work is.
That is where the shift happens.
If you missed the live, the full episode is now available.
And this is one I would sit with.
Not just listen to.
Sit with.
Somewhere in this conversation, there is a moment where you will recognize something in yourself.
And that is usually where it starts.
Thank you Fiona Bridges , Ilias Shepherd Marrow, Nabanita, Mack Devlin, Sherrie Phillips, KFitz , Life On The Other Side , Dorie Snow/雪多丽 and many others for tuning into my live video with Bear Sage! Join me next week with Chris B. Writes 4/15 5:30pm pst
Get full access to Let’s Get UnStuck at traciedwards1.substack.com/subscribe
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By Let’s Get UnStuckWhat we talked about in this conversation with Bear Sage and why it matters more than people think
Last night’s conversation with Bear Sage stayed with me.
Not because it was shocking or dramatic, but because it was honest.
The kind of honest that most people do not open up about.
We talked about what it means to be a parent when the beliefs you were raised with do not line up with the reality in front of you.
When your child comes to you and says this is who I am and you realize that loving them is not the question.
It is how you love them that matters.
Bear did not sit here and pretend he got it right from the beginning.
He talked about the discomfort.The resistance and the moments where he did not know what to say or how to respond.
That is what made this conversation land.
This was not about perfection, it was about staying.
Staying in the conversation, in the relationship and long enough to see clearly.
There is a moment in the conversation where everything shifts.
Where it stops being about understanding and becomes about choice.
Do you hold onto what you were taught?Or do you choose your child?
That is not a one time decision, it is something you make over and over again.
It’s in the way you speak, show up and the way you decide whether your child feels seen or questioned.
What Bear showed in this conversation is that protecting your children is not always what we think it is.
It is not control.It is not forcing them into something that makes you comfortable.
It is learning how to stand with them in who they are, even when you are still figuring it out yourself.
That takes humility.
It takes self awareness and a willingness to let go of the version of your child that only ever existed in your own expectations.
Maybe the most important part of this conversation is this.
His children are not in crisis.
They know who they are.
The real question is whether the people around them are willing to accept it.
That is where the work is.
That is where the shift happens.
If you missed the live, the full episode is now available.
And this is one I would sit with.
Not just listen to.
Sit with.
Somewhere in this conversation, there is a moment where you will recognize something in yourself.
And that is usually where it starts.
Thank you Fiona Bridges , Ilias Shepherd Marrow, Nabanita, Mack Devlin, Sherrie Phillips, KFitz , Life On The Other Side , Dorie Snow/雪多丽 and many others for tuning into my live video with Bear Sage! Join me next week with Chris B. Writes 4/15 5:30pm pst
Get full access to Let’s Get UnStuck at traciedwards1.substack.com/subscribe