Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

ARE YOU DATING YOUR CHILDHOOD TRAUMA?

6 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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A short transcript excerpt from the video "ARE YOU DATING YOUR CHILDHOOD TRAUMA?" (Josh Trent) explaining that romantic partnerships often trigger unresolved childhood wounds. The speakers describe how people can unconsciously re-enter past moments (e.g., feeling like a powerless child in response to a partner) and recommend inner-child work: the adult must 'come to the wheel,' acknowledge younger parts, and parent them to create emotional safety and presence.

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In romantic partnership. That is where our youngest wounds show up the most. Because nothing replicates our childhood as much, which is why I then don't see my loving partner who would never do anything unkind to me. But what I then see is this really dangerous adult. And I don't feel like an adult. I feel like a little girl who has no power, no agency. Because I'm not here. I'm in 1985 or 1975 or 2005, or maybe I'm not in my childhood. I'm in that relationship where that person cheated on me. And I'm responding as if I'm in that experience from five years ago, not in the one from today.
How do we just simply put our hand up and say, the adult is here. I'm going to grab the wheel? And we're not in that time anymore. We're actually here in this present moment.
Focus your attention on getting to know these young parts that are crying out to you and saying, see me, love me. It essentially means you're becoming a parent to those younger parts. And when you actually do that, you become home with you.