Mother-daughter relationships are often painted as unbreakable, built on love and understanding. But what happens when that bond is complicated, when love feels distant, when wounds run deep, and when years of unspoken pain shape how we see each other?

In this deeply personal episode, I take you on a journey through my own complicated relationship with my mother, from childhood feelings of abandonment and resentment to the slow process of healing, understanding, and ultimately, forgiveness.

I explore what it meant to grow up without the warmth I craved, to be sent away at a young age, and to return with a heart hardened by distance and hurt. I talk about the fights, the moments that broke me, and the realization that my mother, before she was anything else, was a woman with her own story, her own struggles, her own way o ...