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Father Wound by Terri Cole
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Father Wound

Narrator
Terri Cole
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Publish Date
29 October 2026
Run Time
7 hours 22 minutes
Format
Audiobook

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Read by the author Terri Cole.

'A revolutionary guide to identifying, understanding, and healing our childhood wounds with honesty, compassion, and self-awareness.' – Yung Pueblo, bestselling author of Inward


A practical, first of its kind guide to healing unhealthy father-child relationships—The hidden wound affecting millions of women.

A father wound is a worthiness wound. Millions of women have one and don’t know it has a name. It's the inner voice telling you that you need to be different, better, or more accomplished to be worthy of love and consideration. We carry it into job interviews, first dates, and what we see in the mirror each and every day.

After nearly three decades in clinical practice, Terri Cole has seen how profoundly father-daughter relationships shape a woman's sense of self. When a father or father figure is absent, abusive, immature, or emotionally unavailable, the injury can show up as difficulty trusting others, chronic self-abandonment, and relational patterns we repeat without knowing why. And even daughters of loving fathers can carry a father wound, formed by family dynamics and the subtle or overt conditioning of a patriarchal society.

Healing is an inside job. It doesn't require your father's participation, presence, or approval, only your own.

In Father Wound, you'll learn how to:

  • Mourn the father relationship you deserved
  • Reparent yourself and break generational cycles
  • Reclaim your joy, pleasure and sensuality
  • Become empowered and self-determined in your career, your life and all your relationships


Through case studies, self-assessments, and nervous-system practices, you'll identify, honour and integrate your father wound so you can reclaim your worth, boundaries and power.

'When you heal your father wound, every relationship in your life positively shifts: romantic, platonic, professional, and most importantly, the relationship you have with yourself, where real freedom begins.' — Terri Cole

'This is the book so many of us didn’t know we needed: a compassionate, grounding read that meets you exactly where you are.' – Nedra Glover Tawwab, licensed therapist and bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace

Critics Review

  • A revolutionary guide to identifying, understanding, and healing our childhood wounds with honesty, compassion, and self-awareness.

    Yung Pueblo, bestselling author of Inward

  • This is the book so many of us didn’t know we needed: a compassionate, grounding read that meets you exactly where you are. If you’ve ever wondered how your past is shaping your present, this is where you start.

    Nedra Glover Tawwab, licensed therapist and bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace

  • Few relationships impact and shape a woman’s inner world as deeply as the relationship she has, or does not have, with her father. In Father Wound, Terri Cole offers readers the gift of profound validation while also laying out a clear path toward healing the patterns that keep them from living the life and having the relationships they most deeply desire. This is a much-needed book that will move the needle for so many.

    Vienna Pharaon, LMFT, bestselling author of The Origins of You

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Details

Author
Terri Cole
Narrator
Terri Cole
Duration
7 hours 22 minutes
Release Date
29 October 2026
ISBN
9781037425530
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Genre
Intergenerational relationships: advice, topics and issues, Couple and Family psychology, Self-help, personal development and practical advice

Synopsis

Read by the author Terri Cole.'A revolutionary guide to identifying, understanding, and healing our childhood wounds with honesty, compassion, and self-awareness.' – Yung Pueblo, bestselling author of InwardA practical, first of its kind guide to healing unhealthy father-child relationships—The hidden wound affecting millions of women.A father wound is a worthiness wound. Millions of women have one and don’t know it has a name. It's the inner voice telling you that you need to be different, better, or more accomplished to be worthy of love and consideration. We carry it into job interviews, first dates, and what we see in the mirror each and every day.After nearly three decades in clinical practice, Terri Cole has seen how profoundly father-daughter relationships shape a woman's sense of self. When a father or father figure is absent, abusive, immature, or emotionally unavailable, the injury can show up as difficulty trusting others, chronic self-abandonment, and relational patterns we repeat without knowing why. And even daughters of loving fathers can carry a father wound, formed by family dynamics and the subtle or overt conditioning of a patriarchal society.Healing is an inside job. It doesn't require your father's participation, presence, or approval, only your own.In Father Wound, you'll learn how to:Mourn the father relationship you deservedReparent yourself and break generational cyclesReclaim your joy, pleasure and sensualityBecome empowered and self-determined in your career, your life and all your relationshipsThrough case studies, self-assessments, and nervous-system practices, you'll identify, honour and integrate your father wound so you can reclaim your worth, boundaries and power.'When you heal your father wound, every relationship in your life positively shifts: romantic, platonic, professional, and most importantly, the relationship you have with yourself, where real freedom begins.' — Terri Cole'This is the book so many of us didn’t know we needed: a compassionate, grounding read that meets you exactly where you are.' – Nedra Glover Tawwab, licensed therapist and bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace

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