Your journey to self is like peeling layers of an onion. With every layer you shed you come closer to your core.

My name is Andrea and this is a goat child. Yeah, yeah, yeah, no.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, what you're holding on.

Yeah, yeah, what you're holding on to,

but just let it all go.

What's making you slow now?

Let it all go.

Welcome back to an adult child, where we take a deep dive into the impact of growing up in a dysfunctional family.

Ahoy, my dear shit shows for any new listeners.

My name is Andrea.

I'm a total incomplete shit show.

I'm the captain of this hot mess of a ship and if you're wondering what the

hell an adult child is an adult child is somebody who grew up in a dysfunctional

family whose unresolved childhood pain is servicing a plane out in adulthood,

and not in a good way folks, and not in a good way.

What does this look like?

People pleasing, approval seeking,

an inability to say no, an overdeveloped sense of responsibility, a fear of people and authority figures.

Low self-esteem, extremely judgmental of oneself and others.

A deep fear of abandonment, a tendency

to be attracted to those with substance abuse issues

or other compulsive behaviors, an addiction to excitement.

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