"Any man that came into my life, was going to pay for what my father did and didn't do."

What a realization to have lurking in the back of my mind, for as long as I can remember in life. And to have as an approaching storm, that is getting stronger and stronger until the realization of it crashes against the shores of the life I want to build.

These events in our lives, as well as a deeply personal one I share this episode, affect every relationship we have: friends, coworkers, intimate partners, our kids and most importantly our relationship with ourselves.

We carry this weight with us, not bothering to recognize how it is dragging us down as we try to navigate the deep waters of improving ourselves via all the work we have been discussing on this show. Letting things go in a healthy, restorative manner is the key to progress. "Give yourself grace, give yourself patience, and give yourself time."

This was a rough one to record, as it contains a lot of deeply repressed memories of abuse at the hands of the man who should be a protector. I have not publicly shared this part of my life before, but I knew it was something to let go of in some fashion, to be able to turn the corner on the continued evolution of me.

As I closed the show by saying, "You deserve a whole life and a life of peace. You're not going to find that in another person or another place. It's inside you and waiting to be found."

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