Tali Love is an author, podcast host and community leader currently traveling the world while spreading a message of hope for people who feel discounted or left out. She also blogs over at Kinfolk Chronicles, focusing on family dynamics and how they shape our individual lives.
When I first connected with Tali, I was intrigued and slightly surprised to hear she was an advocate for people who have experienced family estrangement. I have never really thought about that segment of people having to deal with stigmas and the unique set of challenges they face, but it makes complete sense and I’m so happy to shed some light on this underrepresented cause.
In this episode, Tali shares her personal experience with family estrangement and how her work seeks to build a community for others in similar situations as well as dispel the stigmas attached to adults estranged from their parents. Her insights are both eye-opening and poignant.
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Inspired
I wanted to thank you for the Tali Love podcast. I could relate to it because though I have family and people I love and who love me, we are strained upon communicating and visiting. Sometimes it’s easier not to talk with each other or visit at all. I’ve struggled with personal relationships because I feel very isolated and untrusting because of the emotional distance I grew up with. Over the years, I’ve whittled down my friends list because I see how visceral most people can be, and I am craving emotional closeness with people who actually care and make the effort to come to know and accept me despite having grown up in dysfunction. They are few and far between. Unfortunately, I’ve attracted men with somewhat similar issues who cannot show me emotional closeness … some whom hide in plain sight, wearing a smile to mask their own pain and repeat the cycle of emotional distance all over. I met one who cannot release himself from a prison cell he’s created from his own broken childhood and those around him don’t even see that he must take opioids just to get through each day from trauma caused in childhood. So I know there are others who “suffer” in silence worse than I do. I don’t know how to take what I have experienced and learned and continue to learn and spin it into a means to help othera, but it is inspiring to hear Talia speak about how important it is to move forward in confidence despite not having a “regular” life or the charmed existence that others are so lucky to have. It goes to show that we just never know what others hold inside, even if they are a coworker, a friend, a neighbor, or even a family member. Thanks for reminding us we’re not alone even if we feel that we are.
sara
InspiredIt’s my absolute pleasure. I’m so happy that you listened and found some comfort in knowing there are others out there with similar experiences. Sometimes that’s all we need to keep going. Best to you and your journey to healing and wholeness.