Exclusive Sneak Peek: Iyanla Tackles Mother-Daughter Pain on OWN

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A daughter’s years of feeling unseen come to the surface in an exclusive clip from OWN Spotlight: Mothers & Daughters: Torn Apart with Iyanla Vanzant, airing Friday, Oct. 9, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on OWN.

The special brings Iyanla Vanzant together with a live studio audience of women for conversations about fractured family relationships. In the preview provided by OWN, a woman addresses her mother directly, sharing the hurt she has carried from believing her sister received the love and attention she was missing.

A Daughter Speaks About Feeling Overlooked

Fighting back tears, the daughter explains that she always believed her mother favored her sister, Dawn. Her account opens a conversation about family dynamics, childhood wounds and the lasting significance of feeling unloved.

The moment centers on the daughter’s experience of their relationship. Speaking in front of her mother, Vanzant and the studio audience, she puts words to feelings she says have remained with her for years.

The preview introduces the conflict without resolving it, leaving viewers to see how the conversation develops during the full special.

Video courtesy of OWN.

Continuing Iyanla’s Conversations About Family

The special adds another mother-daughter conversation to Vanzant’s work on OWN. The Hype Magazine previously covered her return to the network with Iyanla: The Inside Fix, a series designed to revisit 12 episodes of Iyanla: Fix My Life with new reflections.

That announcement emphasized examining earlier experiences through a fresh perspective, including the family conflict explored in “Fix My Broken Mother.” The upcoming OWN Spotlight special brings its focus to a live studio setting, where women discuss the relationships and unresolved feelings connecting mothers and daughters.

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