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“When we break up with our parents as the sovereigns of our beliefs, we get back together with the parts of ourselves we never thought we should be. We give ourselves permission to be whole, to be authentic. From a place of authenticity, we can love our parents as adults, not as children in need. We can respect our parents without needing to please them.”

“Those words your mother said to you had so much impact, they practically shaped who you are, Gabriella. But our job as adults is to investigate the meaning behind the words that impact us so that maybe we can stop taking them so literally. We have to understand the context that surrounds them.”