The Myth of the Good Mother: She Won’t Meet Herself

🎧 In Part One of this two-part series, Joi Sun cracks open a generational myth—the illusion of the “good mother”—and what happens when performance replaces presence. With clarity and compassion, she revisits the moment she told the truth at age twelve and the silence that followed. This is a story about rupture, abandonment, and what it costs a child to be the first one to name the unspoken. This episode does not flinch. It is not an attack—it is a reckoning.
And it’s only the beginning. Trigger Warning: This episode contains references to childhood trauma, family abuse, and emotional neglect. Please listen with care.