The Legacy of Silence: Engaging the Father Wound is an evening of teaching, discussion, and reflection that explores the lasting emotional impact of growing up with an emotionally distant, unavailable, or inconsistent father. This experience offers language for patterns many people quietly live with—emotional numbness, self-reliance, and disconnection—without knowing where they began. Through a thoughtful and compassionate lens, this event helps normalize these experiences while pointing towards the hope of greater emotional vulnerability.
Who this event is for:
This event is for anyone who has felt emotionally unseen, unsupported, or disconnected in their relationship with their father—or who notices themself reenacting the same patterns of emotional distance, hyper-independence, or numbness in their own life today. It’s especially meaningful for those who feel stuck in “survival mode,” struggle to access their emotions, or sense that their relationships lack true emotional closeness. You don’t need to have the perfect words for your experience—just a willingness to explore.
What the evening will explore:
This discussion will explore how emotional absence shapes identity, nervous system responses, and relational patterns over time. We’ll look at how the father wound can encourage children to grow into emotionally detached adults as a form of protection, how dissociation develops as a survival response rather than a disorder, and how these patterns quietly impact intimacy, trust, and self-worth in adulthood. The focus is not blame, but understanding—and the possibility of change.
By attending, you can expect to:
Put language to emotional patterns that may have felt confusing or isolating
Understand how emotional shutdown and dissociation develop as intelligent survival strategies
Recognize how father wounds can shape adult relationships without conscious awareness
Walk away with practical, compassionate steps toward healing, reconnection, and emotional safety