The universe has good news for the lost, lonely and heartsick.
The sugars are here speaking straight into your ears.
I'm Steve Almond.
I'm Cheryl strayed.
This is dear sugars.
Oh, dear song, won't you please share some little sweetness with me?
I check my bell vibes every day.
Oh, in the sugar you see in my way.
Hi, Steve.
Hello, Cheryl.
I say, actually weirdly upbeat greeting.
I'm always very happy to see you.
But the subject today, not so upbeat, not so happy.
It's a heavy one.
Yeah.
We're going to talk today about, we've called this episode in the shadow of a damaged parent.
And it is really, we get such a multitude of letters that really, when you boil it down, has to do with how do you live in the shadow of a parent who was in one way or another damaged?
And to what extent do we as kids, we're all kids of some set of parents, inherit some of that damage?
Is it inflicted upon us consciously and unconsciously?
And can we, and how do we find our way out of that shadow?