Heather Ross
Heather Ross
EP128 When Love Replaces Fear, You See Everything Differently With Guest Meagan Skidmore
EP128 When Love Replaces Fear, You See Everything Differently With Guest Meagan Skidmore
EP128 When Love Replaces Fear, You See Everything Differently With Guest Meagan Skidmore
Monday 3rd November 2025
Heather Ross and Meagan Skidmore discuss transforming fear into love in parenting through addiction and identity challenges.
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Heather Ross
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Family Recovery from Addiction
Sobriety Toolkit
Understanding Addiction & Recovery
Navigating Intimate Relationships
Recovery from Trauma
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Episode Overview
- Embrace your child's identity with unconditional love.
- Challenge and redefine long-held beliefs.
- Choose love over fear to foster healing.
- Understand that transformation requires vulnerability.
- Seek peace by accepting life's uncertainties.
"Perfect love casteth out fear."
Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This episode offers a heartfelt conversation between Heather Ross and Meagan Skidmore, focusing on the profound shift from fear to love in parenting a child facing addiction or identity challenges. Meagan shares her personal journey of embracing her child's transgender identity, which required her to question long-held beliefs and redefine what it means to love unconditionally.
Heather and Meagan discuss the universal emotions of grief, love, and surrender that come with parenting a child whose path diverges from expectations. They touch on the importance of choosing love over fear, and how this choice can lead to a deeper understanding and acceptance of oneself and one's child. Meagan recounts the moment she learned about her child's identity and the subsequent emotional turmoil that forced her to confront deeply ingrained beliefs.
Through candid anecdotes, she highlights the transformative power of love and acceptance, not just for her child, but for herself as well. Heather adds her insights on the stigma around substance use and how similar journeys of acceptance have reshaped her worldview. Listeners will find inspiration in Meagan's courage to embrace change and the strength that comes from redefining familial bonds.
Whether your child struggles with substance use, identity, or other unexpected challenges, this episode reminds us that unconditional love is a powerful tool for healing and connection. It's a testament to the resilience of parents everywhere who choose to see their children through a lens of love rather than fear. How do you navigate your own fears and expectations when faced with unexpected challenges in parenting? Tune in for a conversation that encourages reflection and growth.