Second Adolescence

Ep 50: Working With Our Younger Selves to Deepen Queer Healing

April 11, 2024
Ep 50: Working With Our Younger Selves to Deepen Queer Healing
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Second Adolescence
Ep 50: Working With Our Younger Selves to Deepen Queer Healing
Apr 11, 2024

What does it mean to "work with our younger selves," and why even bother? In this solo episode with me (host, Adam James Cohen, LMFT!) we will cover this and more. 

We ALL carry the wounds of our younger selves. And, like ghosts with unfinished business, the wounds of our younger selves - if left untended - can remain within us, like toxins, and come out in ways that interrupt the life we want for ourselves. Actively working with our younger selves is core to the whole theory of Second Adolescence as a framework for queer healing.

In this episode, we'll cover:

  • WHY it is valuable (and, likely, necessary) for LGBTQ+ adults to develop and maintain accessible relationship to our younger selves if we seek to find healing and liberation after growing up in an anti-queer world. 
  • WHAT it actually means to "work with our younger selves," and 
  • HOW we can more intentionally do this

If after listening to today's episode you notice having a question you'd like answered or a comment you'd like to make and have either included in future Q&A episodes of the show, visit www.secondadolescencepod.com/ask to submit!

For more, visit www.secondadolescencepod.com and @secondadolescencepod (IG).

Download episode transcript here.

Show Notes

What does it mean to "work with our younger selves," and why even bother? In this solo episode with me (host, Adam James Cohen, LMFT!) we will cover this and more. 

We ALL carry the wounds of our younger selves. And, like ghosts with unfinished business, the wounds of our younger selves - if left untended - can remain within us, like toxins, and come out in ways that interrupt the life we want for ourselves. Actively working with our younger selves is core to the whole theory of Second Adolescence as a framework for queer healing.

In this episode, we'll cover:

  • WHY it is valuable (and, likely, necessary) for LGBTQ+ adults to develop and maintain accessible relationship to our younger selves if we seek to find healing and liberation after growing up in an anti-queer world. 
  • WHAT it actually means to "work with our younger selves," and 
  • HOW we can more intentionally do this

If after listening to today's episode you notice having a question you'd like answered or a comment you'd like to make and have either included in future Q&A episodes of the show, visit www.secondadolescencepod.com/ask to submit!

For more, visit www.secondadolescencepod.com and @secondadolescencepod (IG).

Download episode transcript here.