We often think inheritance is about money, land, or a last name. But some of the heaviest things we inherit are invisible. They don’t come wrapped or announced. They show up as patterns. Reactions. Silences. Emotional gaps we can’t quite explain. An absent father doesn’t just leave a gap; he leaves patterns. Many men are raising children while still parenting their own inner child. Still trying to make sense of wounds they were never taught how to name, let alone heal. And without realizing it, they discipline from pain, love from fear, and lead from survival instead of wholeness. And this doesn’t stop with men. Women, too, inherit emotional burdens learning to over-function, to tolerate absence, to normalize neglect, to confuse endurance with strength. We learn what love looks like by watching what was modeled to us, even when that model was broken. Here’s the hard truth we don’t like to sit with: What you refuse to heal, you unknowingly hand over. But hey would you like to further get into this conversation with me.. find out more at imotivate.co.uk … Cheers
