Join host B as she reflects on childhood wonder - her dreams and vivid memories of growing up with siblings: catching bugs, rollerblading, family pranks & learning to play board games like Yahtzee. She contrasts feeling protected by brothers versus competitive with her sister, and describes discomfort with her father’s rare, affection that reduced her to her mother’s face, shaping self-image and a desire to be seen and loved. As the dependable “sword and shield,” she was sometimes mistreated & connects learning boundaries as an adult along with mutual respect after healing from breast cancer & an unexpected heart attack at 36. B explores how hyper-vigilance, overthinking, and others rewriting her story complicated her healing but how she found it though embracing her duality & being excited to try new things; like enjoying her li ...