A father’s love is meant to protect, affirm, and steady a daughter’s heart. But when that relationship is marked by criticism, control, absence, or emotional volatility, the wound can run deep. As a grown woman, you may find yourself questioning your worth, struggling to trust others, or working relentlessly to prove you’re enough — all while carrying an ache you can’t quite name. These wounds don’t just fade with time; they show up in relationships, self-talk, and the quiet moments when you feel most alone. Healing begins when you stop minimizing your pain and begin honoring the truth of your story — and your right to move beyond it.
REMOVING THE WALL AROUND YOUR HEART
Have you noticed that in your attempt to protect yourself from pain (caused by others)that now you feel even more “shutdown” and “frozen”? You have created your own prison and closed the door to your heart. The wall that you created to “protect Have you noticed that in your attempt to protect yourself from pain (caused by others)that now you feel even more “shutdown” and “frozen”? You have created your own prison and closed the door to your heart. The wall that you created to “protect you” is now hurting you as you are now closed off from “giving and receiving love”? you” is now hurting you as you are now closed off from “giving and receiving love”?
FEELING SAFE IN YOUR OWN BODY
As a trauma survivor it is so important to begin to feel safe in your body as when you experience trauma: which is anything so overwhelming that at the moment it is too frightening to process then the nervous system is holding the memories and feelings you could not process.. In an effort to protect yourself from feeling you may be in a shutdown or “frozen” state which makes it difficult for you to heal and become fully alive and safe in your body.









