In this episode I interview Dr. Brad Reedy, a seasoned therapist who wrote the book, "The Audacity to Be You: Learning to Love your Horrible Rotten Self." We explore together the conditions needed for each of us to do our own work and to have the ability to show up as ourselves in relationships. Brad talks about 2 opposing parenting styles that raise us up toward either fear of or courage to find our Self and models how to do the work of "courageous parenting." Brad walks on a journey of how to raise children and ultimately ourselves to be who they are versus what we think they should be and links this to the ability to have true intimacy in relationship. As a director of a renowned wilderness therapy program for teens and parenting education, he has certainly been in the trenches of helping others find their lost self and shows how doing our own work is inextricably connected to our ability to connect to one another. Come learn with me as I invite a Master therapist to teach us how we can show up as a more authentic therapist, parent, and partner.