AFFIRMATIONS FOR HEALING THE FATHER WOUND: I deserve kindness. I am not my father's anger. I did not deserve or create his rage. That was his to deal with. I am loveable. My father leaving had to do with his lack of life skills. His inability to cope and raise children does not mean I'm unlovable. It means he took on a responsibility he couldn't manage. I am worth protecting. Just because my father couldn't love me, doesn't mean I enter unbalanced relationships. I walk away when I need to, instead of trying harder to be loved. I am proud of me. My father didn't approve of himself, so he couldn't approve of anyone else in his life. That's a reflection of him, not me. I validate my own reality. My father's reality isn't greater or more real than my own. What he believes doesn't trump my own lived experience. I believe me. I am shame-free. I release the shame my father carried that I inherited from him. I refuse to live in regret and resentment. His shame is no longer my own. I allow myself to feel angry. I have anger at the way I was treated, and I no longer need to cater to my father's feelings about it. Feeling angry when I'm treated badly is a sign I care about myself. I am not responsible for living out a false reality. I no longer live in my father's denial or repression. I speak my story. Secrets and dysfunction no longer have a place in my world. Bookmark these affirmations. Place your hand on your heart and take a deep breath as you say these affirmations. If you feel like crying, let yourself. This will help you inner child heal.