🎧 Episode 41: How Being a Hero Child Impacts Your Adult Relationships with Liz Higgins

📝 Episode Summary:

Today, Liz breaks down a bit about the Hero Child experience in family of origin, and how this impacts the way we may show up in our adult relationships. If you took on a parental role, held an important place in the system by always being the good kid, performing high, or pleasing others, this may resonate with you. Enjoy!

💬 Episode Notes:

• Being a business owner, entrepreneur, or creator often acts as a mirror that forces self-awareness and personal growth.

• Our childhood experiences and formative years have a powerful influence on how we show up in adulthood.

• The Hawkeye Model identifies three inner child archetypes: the Hero Child, the Little Kid, and the Lost Child.

• Challenges we face in life often connect directly to our inner child’s core wounds, learnings, and unmet needs.

• The role we took on early in life shapes our expectations, coping mechanisms, and relational dynamics as adults.

• Hero Children find their sense of identity and empowerment through creating stability and order in chaotic systems.

• This early conditioning can lead to over-functioning, perfectionism, or self-neglect in adult relationships.

• Recognizing these patterns allows us to release control, practice vulnerability, and create healthier relational balance.

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