Episode 20- Mother and Father Wounds

Journal Prompt:

1. Was your mother a nurturing, caring, and affectionate type of person?

2. Was your mother verbally or physically abusive? Physically or emotionally neglectful? Or emotionally absent?

3. Was your mother absent from your life as a child?

4. Was your father an accepting, supportive, and affectionate type of person?

5. Was your father verbally or physically abusive? Physically or emotionally neglectful? Or emotionally absent?

6. Was your father absent from your life as a child?

7. Think of some positive experiences that happened during your childhood. Was your mother or father a part of those experiences?

8. Think of some negative experiences that happened during your childhood. Was your mother or father a part of those experiences?

9. When you look back on your childhood, what are some things you wish your mother or father had done for or said to you?

10. If you could be a parent to yourself as a child, what would you have done differently than what your parents did?