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Episode Title: Healing the Inner Child Through Friendship

Description:
Sometimes friendship isn’t just fun — it’s medicine. 💗

In this episode of Slightly Unsupervised, Jennifer and Jackie dive into how safe, loving friendships can reparent the parts of us that never got the care, attention, or validation we needed as kids. From being the “parentified child” to learning how to receive love as adults, this episode gets real about what it means to grow up too fast — and how friendship gives us a second chance to feel safe again.

They share stories from their Gen X childhoods, compare what it was like being the oldest vs. the youngest, and talk about how friendship has become their therapy — helping them rewrite old patterns, find support, and raise their inner children the way they always deserved.

Because when your bestie listens without judgment, celebrates your smallest wins, or holds space for your tears — it’s not just friendship.
It’s healing. It’s home.

In This Episode:
👧 How Gen X “raised themselves” and what it cost us [03:00]
💔 The emotional toll of being the parentified child [04:30]
🌱 Why real friendship feels like reparenting [07:00]
🧠 How childhood patterns show up in adult relationships [10:00]
❤️ What safety and support from your bestie really means [18:00]
✨ Bestie Rapid Questions: Inner Child Edition [23:00]

🎙️ Hosts: Jennifer & Jackie
💫 Presented by: Chickology™ — real women, real stories, one honest truth at a time.
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