Imagine being twelve years old when your father leaves your family. And instead of watching him drive away, you give chase, on foot, for four whole miles?

For addiction trauma specialist and life coach, Sean “Seano” McFarland, his father’s leaving was the beginning of a series of traumatic events that would shape and change the course of his entire life.

But what would you do if when you became a father yourself, and you wanted to give your son what your father couldn’t give to you? Would you allow the pain that scarred your childhood years to guide your parenting? Or would you end the generational trauma by showing up for him no matter what?

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