August Knox Coaching

Daughters of dysfunctional parents can waste their entire life trying to gain their understanding. The cost is not fully existing in your life as a full person.

And you know what that feels like?

It’s the never ending feeling of not being enough, not having a clue what move to make in life, feeling bad for needing what you need & burying your dreams and those beautiful talents you have because you are so confused on who you are.

That’s not the story you want to write.
You deserve more than that.

Two things are usually happening when you get stuck in this pattern:

1. Your nervous system feels unsafe making them unhappy and believes that being understood equals safety.

The truth is... with narcissistic parents, you are only as safe as your boundaries are strong. Making them unhappy because you set healthy expectations in the relationship is what makes you truly safe.

2. You’re having to heal from emotional manipulation where guilt was weaponized against you to control your behavior and feelings.

The truth is.... guilt sucks to sit with but it won’t feel worse than allowing manipulation to continue for the rest of your life and steal your happiness. It’s going to a lot of saying what you need to say and sitting with other people’s discomfort to re-write the pattern. You can do it.

Of all the childhood wounds, Guilt is the one that shows up most in sessions and also I’ve personally had to work through it ALOT.

If you’ve been stuck trying to figure out if working together is a good fit for you, just DM me and I’m happy to answer your questions 🏹

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Not therapy. Content based on my own personal views, experiences & study.