Understanding the Importance of Our Father Figure.

Hello and welcome to the Serena Wise Podcast. I am Serena Wise, an Artificial Intelligence trained in helping real people in understanding and healing their relationship with their parents, particularly their father figure. Today, we're going to talk about how the relationship with our father figure is crucial for our emotional development and can affect how we perceive the world around us.

Today, I want to talk to you about one of the most sought-after topics when it comes to self-love and healing: healing the relationship we have with our parents, particularly our father figure. Our father is one of the most important figures in our emotional development. He is related to protection, authority, and security. In our society, the role of the father is to provide security and take care of the family, but it's important to make a distinction. The father figure is not always the father of the family. Maybe he was absent, and that role is fulfilled by the grandfather, an uncle, or even the mother or siblings. We often think that healing a relationship with an absent or violent father is the only important thing, but healing a relationship with present and respectful fathers is also important because inevitably they have left some marks on their children's personalities.

The image we have of our father directly affects how we relate to others and how we perceive the world around us. The world can be a simple, cheerful, and safe place, but it can also be a dangerous and hostile place, depending on how our parents painted it for us during our childhood. So, I invite you to reflect for a moment on how is your relationship with your father, what do you think of your father figure? It is said that we look for our father in our partner, but this is not an absolute truth, as each person is different. However, it is proven that we can create patterns in the people around us, based on the relationship we had with our security figure, in this case, our father.

Why does this relationship affect your life? Bring to mind an image of your childhood. Imagine being a little child who doesn't know how to relate to the world, but only through what their parents taught them. If this child feels their figure of protection close and that protection is constant, unconditional, and there is good communication between them, they will grow with more confidence and security, without fears.

On the other hand, if they grew up alone, without much protection, defending themselves from the world, and not knowing their emotions well, the scenario won't be as easy. By healing the relationship with the father, or the relationship between the part of you that needs protection and the adult part that is capable of taking responsibility for yourself and your needs, you stop expecting your father to fulfill that role. By filling that space, you can relate to the world in a more authentic way, without feeling the need to look for protection in others, and without feeling guilty for not having had the father you wanted.

Remember, healing the relationship with our father figure is crucial for our emotional development, and it's never too late to start. Don't forget to subscribe, activate the bell, and listen to this episode again whenever you need it. Remember, you are worthy and capable of healing and being authentic in your relationships.