Many people grow up being the strong one.

The responsible one. The reliable one. The one who holds everything together.

But sometimes strength isn’t confidence. Sometimes it’s survival.

In this deeply personal episode of The Reinvention Code, Dorinda Walker explores the father wound and how unresolved childhood pain can shape the way we love, lead, and move through life as adults.

Dorinda shares her story of growing up loving a father who struggled with addiction, the complicated grief that followed his passing, and the realization that part of her emotional life had been frozen in the past.

In this episode:

• Why many high-achieving people become “the strong one” • The grief of lost potential when someone dies before healing happens • How childhood trauma shapes beliefs about ...