104. Pushing Against Parental Pressure

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Episode 104- How do the expectations of our parents shape our experience of reality? Often times, family pressures can cause us to edit our own private hopes and secret dreams, which can even go so far as to cause us to live as a split version of ourselves in the world to please others. In this episode, Jenna and Amber hash it out from different sides of the coin with their own personal stories hoping to explore how much we are unconsciously affected by the well-meaning pressure exerted by the ones who love us most.

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DEFINITION of PUSHING AGAINST PARENTAL PRESSURE: The bible says,"Honor thy father and mother", and although compassion and reverence for our elders is helpful, it is possible to get derailed from living our best life possible due to trying to please parents, succumbing to guilt, and trying conform to family pressures​.

MAIN POINTS:​​

• Hear Jenna and Amber's experience with dealing with their on family pressures.
  
• Subjective vs. objective personalities can be affected differently.
• Why this affects sensitive/empathic people worse.
• The cultural/historical roots of parental pressure​

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• How our parents become the "Super Ego" and the voice of societal pressures in our mind.
• How parenthood can shift perspectives
• Internal validation vs. external validation
• Trauma/wanting our parents to love us from before memory..
• Don't worry: Mama Earth and Father Sky are our "real parents". 
• What does life look like when driven by appeasing parent's expectations?
• How appeasing your parents affect our evolution and life purpose?

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C​HALLENGE/INVITATION: What in your life are you doing to make your parents or family happy? What is one way you can you live as a more authentic version of yourself?

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TELL US EVERYTHING about your experiences with your parental pressures! Did you manage to create boundaries? Still trying? Let us know in the comments!

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