The Healing Power of Distance

From childhood to adulthood, invisible ties hold us back—parental expectations, unspoken obligations, and fears that aren’t truly ours. But how do we break free without breaking the bonds that matter? How can we embrace independence without guilt?

In The Healing Power of Distance, psychologist and family therapist Dr. Valeria Locati tackles one of the most pressing emotional challenges of our time: finding the balance between autonomy and belonging. With sharp insight and compassionate guidance, she explores how family narratives influence three fundamental aspects of adulthood—relationships, financial independence, and professional fulfillment.

Speaking directly to Millennials and Generation Z, Locati unpacks the unseen forces that shape our self-worth and life choices, showing how family expectations can quietly become cages. Through compelling case studies, real-life stories, and lessons drawn from literature, she offers a path to self-awareness and empowerment—one that helps us set boundaries, redefine inherited beliefs, and reclaim our personal freedom.

A must-read for anyone seeking to break free from family conditioning while preserving meaningful connections, The Healing Power of Distance is an essential guide to emotional independence in a world where the lines between love, duty, and self-fulfillment are often blurred.

We free ourselves by creating boundaries—not through walls or absence, but through clarity, self-definition, and understanding. Distance is what heals—not rupture, not staying, not surrendering.