If you listen to a podcast like ours, you’re probably familiar with the phrase “daddy issues.” A more accurate way to understand daddy issues is as a form of attachment wounding, which describes situations where our adult relationships are affected by complicated, difficult, or traumatic experiences we had as a child.
In this episode, Forrest and Dr. Rick e ... Show More
Oct 26
How to Break Relationship Patterns: Resolving Conflict and Communicating Your Needs
Most relationships, romantic or otherwise, tend to get stuck in predictable patterns of conflict. This episode is about how to resolve that conflict, and get things moving again. Dr. Rick and Forrest draw on Rick's decades of work with couples and families to talk about getting o ... Show More
1h 14m
Oct 19
How to Fix Insomnia: CBT-I with Dr. Ashley Mason
Forrest is joined by Dr. Ashley Mason, a clinical psychologist and sleep researcher at UCSF, to discuss Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for insomnia (CBT-I). They talk about what separates insomnia from a few rough nights, why people with insomnia sleep (on average) only a little le ... Show More
1h 16m
Oct 12
How to Accept the Parts of Yourself You Don't Like
In this second episode on self-acceptance, Forrest and Dr. Rick focus on how to accept the parts of ourselves we don’t like. They explain why "just love yourself more" rarely works, walk through a four-step process, and talk about why acceptance gets easier when you can set bound ... Show More
1h 7m
Apr 2023
86 - Daddy Issues (Part 3)
Are you ready to explore the tangled web of daddy issues, the alpha male, toxic masculinity, sexualization, bedroom dynamics with a bad boy and fantasy bonding?
Together, Louise and Stephanie explore all of this and more. They discuss the reasons that a Father Wound may drive us ... Show More
50m 36s
Feb 2023
77 - Healing Daddy Issues - The Emotionally Unavailable Father
Ever thought about how the relationship with your father impacts the relationship with your partner, or the men / women you date or are interested in? It sounds weird, but maybe it's true.
Louise is joined by Stephanie Therapy, a psychotherapist who specialises in childhood tra ... Show More
50m 51s
Dec 2024
176 - Daddy Issues & Hyper Independence
The character arc from daddy issues to hyper independent “I don’t need you, I’ve got everything under control myself” and even “omg, have I become my father or am I dating someone like my father!?” is more common than you might think. Today, join Louise as she dives into a hotlin ... Show More
46m 34s
Jul 2023
318: Unpacking The Daddy Wound - Why The Majority Of Women Have It (Even If You Had The Idyllic Childhood), Plus How It's Holding You Back From Feeling Safe In Your Life, Relationships, & Business
<p>DADDY WOUNDS. We’ve all got them to some degree (especially as women), and the truth is - they could be what’s holding you back from feeling truly safe in your life, business, and relationship — and therefore the very thing that’s keeping you from manifesting what it is that y ... Show More
28m 31s
Feb 2025
HOW TO HEAL YOUR DADDY ISSUES | Childhood Trauma, Parents, Attachment Styles, Healing - EP. 48
In this episode we discuss DADDY ISSUES. (& mommy issues) The way we were raised has such an impact on us as adults trying to navigate life. The trauma our parents leave behind on us can be extremely difficult to cope with and leave lasting effects on how we view ourselves and re ... Show More
42m 24s