I Put Up With Emotional Abuse Because I Grew up With Alcoholic Parents (Includes Therapist Insights)

In this episode of The Yearning Heart Podcast, Jennifer Lehr, LMFT, speaks with Janet about the long-lasting emotional impact of growing up in a household with alcoholic parents.

Janet shares how her early experiences led her to tolerate emotional abuse in adult relationships, and how the journey toward healing required deep personal growth, therapy, and self-awareness. Together, they explore the challenges of recognizing dysfunctional patterns, the power of body awareness, and the importance of emotional intelligence in breaking generational cycles.

This is a story of reclaiming personal truth, setting boundaries, and learning to believe in your worth — even after a lifetime of emotional confusion.

Interwoven throughout this conversation, Jennifer offers Therapist Insights into how trauma is carried in the body, how childhood survival strategies become adult patterns, and what it takes to break free from generational cycles.

💗 If you’ve ever struggled with self-worth, stayed too long in an unhealthy relationship, or questioned your truth, this episode is for you.

💡 Topics We Explore:

• How growing up with alcoholic parents shapes adult relationships

• Why emotional abuse feels familiar when it mirrors childhood trauma

• The importance of body awareness and somatic healing

• Emotional intelligence and the path to personal power

• Speaking your truth in relationships

• The role of therapy in integrating trauma

• Recognizing generational trauma and ending the cycle

Self-acceptance as a gateway to transformation

Chapters00:00 Introduction to Janet and Her Journey02:55 Navigating Relationships and Personal Growth03:07 Growing Up in an Alcoholic Family

🎯 Keywords:
emotional abuse recovery, alcoholic family trauma, adult children of alcoholics, body awareness and trauma healing, generational trauma healing, therapy for childhood emotional wounds, breaking toxic relationship patterns

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#EmotionalAbuse #AdultChildrenOfAlcoholics #GenerationalTrauma #BodyAwareness #EmotionalHealing #TherapyWorks #TheYearningHeartPodcast