Understanding Your Story: How Your History Impacts Your Parenting Part 2

In last week’s episode, we learned from an expert about how our childhoods and family history can impact our parenting. This week, our co-host Kelly Brewer gets vulnerable and shares her own deeply personal story of how her upbringing shaped her journey as a parent.

In this powerful episode, Kelly dives into her "happy, carefree" childhood and reveals the underlying emotional challenges she faced. She candidly shares her own moments of desperation, poor choices, and self-loathing, and how a surprising moment of grace changed her life forever. This episode is a raw, real, and inspiring testimony that no one is beyond hope.

Episode Highlights:

• [01:39] Kelly shares her family of origin story as the baby of the family.
• [03:58] The hidden truth beneath a "happy-go-lucky" childhood.
• [07:22] How seeking happiness in the wrong places led to a deep, dark spiral.
• [12:28] The breaking point and a pivotal moment of finding grace and forgiveness.
• [18:08] A crisis in adulthood that led to a new season of healing and growth.
• [21:07] How Kelly’s parenting changed as she began to address her own history and patterns.
• [25:50] An encouraging reminder: It’s never too late to parent your kids or find healing.

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