Do you have a difficult relationship with a parent? In this deeply personal episode of The Shift, I share my journey with my father—how his struggles with mental health and multiple suicide attempts shaped my life. I realized that a lot of my acting out through sex, substances, and risk was a way to cope with a pain I couldn’t fully name at the time.

But this episode isn’t just about me; it’s about you, too. I invite you to reflect on whether you’re holding on to resentment toward a parent and how that weight might be affecting your career, relationships, and sense of freedom. I share what I’ve learned: recovery is not about recovering a father or a mother, but about recovering yourself. Join me as we take small steps toward letting go, forgiving, and choosing a freer life on your own terms.

I want to be clear: this episode is not about blaming my father. He was, and still is, dealing with his own pain, his own struggles, and I believe he’s always been doing his best. This episode is about acknowledging what was hard and working my way through it. It’s about choosing, one day at a time, to let go of resentment, so I can be free.