I have counseled individuals, couples, families and business partners for the past 35 years and authored eight published books. Every individual Ive worked with has had some abandonment wound to heal, and most relationship problems stem from abandonment wounds.
It is not possible to grow up in our society without some abandonment wounds. The following are some of the ways it can occur:
* Being torn away from mother at birth and put into a nursery.
* Being left to cry in a crib or playpen.
* Being given up for adoption or being left in foster care.
* Being physically and/or sexually abused.
* Being emotionally abused – ignored, yelled at, shamed.
* Being pushed aside at the birth of a new sibling.
* Having a parent or caregiver who is emotionally unavailable.
* Being unseen or misunderstood by parents or other caregivers.
* Being lied to.
* Being unprotected by a parent or caregiver.
* Being left alone in a hospital during an illness.
* Losing a beloved parent or grandparent at a very young age.
* Divorce.
* Being...