YOU have to MEET yourself tHERE

Karin Sorkin confronts a profound inner contradiction: the deep human need for closure and neat endings, contrasted with the fear of finality and separation. This tension, she reveals, stems from her mother’s suicide when she was five—a traumatic event that left her with a lifelong wound of unresolved goodbye. The episode unfolds as a raw, intimate exploration of how childhood trauma rewires the mind to protect itself through self-blame, lies, and emotional disconnection. Karin argues that healing isn’t about fixing the past, but about meeting your younger self where they are—literally walking back to the five-year-old version of you, explaining the truth, and proving through consistency that you’re not leaving. She reframes self-love not as a feeling, but as a daily act of alignment: showing up, staying present, and proving to your inner child that they matter, that they’re safe, and that love is real—even when it feels like torment. The core insight? You can’t receive love from others until you’ve proven it to yourself. The work isn’t about changing your story—it’s about rewriting the story you told yourself about it.