You May Have Been Parentified ???? - Terri Cole #parentification #childhoodtrauma

If you grow up being expected to take on a more parental role in the home, you adapt.

You become more aware, more capable, more attuned. You learn how to keep the peace, how to anticipate needs, how to hold things together. And often, how to cook, clean, and take care of younger siblings.

And that adaptability helped you navigate an environment where you had to grow up too fast.

And those same adaptations that helped you in childhood may be showing up in your adult relationships as overfunctioning, people-pleasing, or difficulty fully relaxing and letting someone else show up for you.

And the good news is, these learned behaviors can also be unlearned, gently and at your own pace.

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About Terri Cole
Terri Cole is a licensed psychotherapist, global relationship and empowerment expert, and the author of Boundary Boss-The Essential Guide to Talk True, Be Seen and (Finally) Live Free, The Boundary Boss Workbook, and Too Much: A Guide to Breaking the Cycle of High-Functioning Codependency.

For over two decades, Terri has worked with a diverse group of clients that includes everyone from stay-at-home moms to celebrities and Fortune 500 CEOs.

She has a gift for making complex psychological concepts accessible and actionable so that clients and students achieve sustainable change. She inspires over a million people weekly through her blog, social media platform, signature courses, and her popular podcast, The Terri Cole Show. For more, see https://www.terricole.com/

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