Another common issue is when people feel their parents did not show up for them in the way they needed to feel loved and supported growing up. We can’t change the past, but as adults we can now try to find the resources and communities we need to fill those gaps, and we can work to cultivate compassion for our parents, who are imperfect beings.

Loving Parent or reparenting – The inner parent we can develop from the part of us that took action to care for ourselves as children and which can be awakened in recovery.