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Defying Gravity: Practical Steps to Healing from Emotional Immature Parenting and Trauma

Julie DeLucca-Collins Episode 321

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What does it take to break free from the roles we were forced into and start living as our truest selves?

In this deeply moving and refreshingly honest conversation, I sit down with Inga Larson, therapist, somatic practitioner, and the creator of the Defying Gravity course. We unpack what it’s really like to grow up with emotionally immature or personality-disordered parents… and how to heal from it.

Inga shares her raw and relatable journey from feeling like a “blind gorilla” in her 20s (yes, you’ll love that visual) to finding purpose and building a life rooted in confidence, compassion, and belonging. She opens up about homelessness, family trauma, and the decades-long path to integration through theater, massage therapy, and trauma-informed mental health work.

You’ll learn:

  • What emotionally immature parenting looks like and how it impacts adult children
  • Why so many people feel disconnected from themselves—and how to start reconnecting
  • The surprising link between confidence and somatic healing
  • How “false belonging” keeps us small and what real belonging actually requires
  • Tools for identifying and embracing disowned parts of ourselves
  • Why grounding is the first (and often most powerful) step in the healing journey

This conversation is a balm for anyone who has ever felt like they didn’t belong, couldn’t trust their instincts, or were stuck in old patterns that no longer serve them.

Resources & Links:
Connect with Inga and explore her work: https://www.ingalarson.com
Join her Facebook group for adult children of emotionally immature parents
Explore her Defying Gravity course
 

Call to Action:
If you’ve been doing the inner work, but still feel like something is holding you back, you’re not alone. Confidence isn’t about “fixing” yourself. It’s about integrating all parts of you.

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