How Childhood Patterns Shape Conflict in Marriage and Divorce with Sayany Ortega

How Childhood Patterns Shape Conflict in Marriage and Divorce with Sayany Ortega

March 19, 2026 · 31 min

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This episode explores how childhood patterns influence conflict in marriage and divorce, emphasizing emotional transitions and communication.

Divorce is often treated as a legal ending. In reality, it is a deeply emotional transition that can bring long-standing patterns, assumptions, and unresolved experiences to the surface. In this episode of Divorce Dialogues, Katherine Miller speaks with CEO & Founder of Love Solutions Consulting, Sayany Ortega about what really happens beneath the legal process of divorce. Their conversation explores how resentment, unmet expectations, and unspoken personal histories can shape the way couples communicate, separate, and move forward. They also reflect on what helps people regain a sense of identity and self-respect during this time, and why compassion, accountability, and clearer communication can make a meaningful difference, especially when children are involved. If divorce is more than a legal process, what does it take to navigate it with greater clarity and dignity? This conversation offers a thoughtful perspective for anyone trying to understand that path forward. In this episode, you’ll learn: - How unspoken expectations and past experiences shape relationship conflict; - Why divorce often requires rebuilding identity and self-respect; and - That protecting children caught…

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