Breaking Family Cycles: How Childhood Shapes Our Adult Relationships with Amanda Hill, LMHC

This week's Healing Her Story episode welcomes a guest whose work lives at the intersection of attachment, parenting, and generational healing.Amanda Hill is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and founder of Connections of Hope. With nearly twenty years of experience as a psychotherapist, she has spent her career helping individuals and families create meaningful, lasting change.But this carries profound wisdom about where so many of our adult relationship patterns actually begin.Amanda opens up about her own experience growing up the fifth of six children in a loving but overwhelmed family, and how that shaped her own attachment style. In this episode, Riva and Amanda explore how the family dynamics we grew up in continue to show up in our relationships, our boundaries, and our sense of safety, decades later.They cover:How different attachment styles develop and why they follow us into adulthoodAuthoritative parenting versus permissive and authoritarian styles and why firm boundaries paired with genuine listening matter so muchWhy permissive parenting can leave children feeling unsafe even when it comes from a place of loveThe real responsibility of parenting and why so many people underestimate its lifelong impactPractical strategies for breaking unhelpful family cycles including journaling, therapy, and processing unresolved feelings with parentsScreen time, presence, and connection including simple practices for staying truly present with the people you loveIf you have ever wondered why certain patterns keep repeating in your relationships, this conversation will help you understand where they began, and how to begin shifting them.Connect with Amanda Hill:WebsitePodcastBook: Making Sense of Dysfunction: How to Heal, Take Control and Move Forward Send us Fan Mail Our intro and outro song, Reclamation (Reborn), is an anthem of remembering.This song was created as a companion for the healing journey, especially for women reclaiming their voices, their rhythms, and their belonging in a world shaped by patriarchy.You’re invited to listen, feel, and let the music meet you wherever you are.Looking for support? Here's how to go deeper:Book a Somatic Assessment: Your 75-min 1:1 virtual session to explore what your body is holding and shape a personalized care plan. Book HereFree Trauma Recovery Mini-Course: A self-guided intro to trauma recovery and nervous system care. Download Here1:1 and Group Support: Virtual and in-person offerings. Learn MoreMeditations on Insight Timer: Guided practices for nervous system regulation. Listen HereWatch Reclamation: A music video and expressive arts project. Watch HereFollow on Instagram: @healingherstorypodcastSubscribe so you never miss an episode. Email [email protected] or DM @healingherstorypodcast on Instagram.