Projection, Transference, and How Your Past Takes Over

The Good Love with Steph & Jonah · Oct 13, 2026 · 1h 5m

What happens when an old wound enters a conversation before you notice it? In Episode 16 of The Good Love with Steph & Jonah, a discussion of projection and transference becomes personal when Steph recognizes what was happening inside her during an exchange with her son. A meeting earlier that day had left her feeling overlooked. She connects that feeling to childhood exclusion, the fear of becoming invisible as she ages, and the complicated experience of being deeply proud of Jonah while worrying that people would rather listen to him. She also acknowledges that her reading of the meeting…