When Family Hurts Your Marriage: Navigating Toxic Family Relationships

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of toxic family relationships on marriage and mental health.

Send a text In this episode, the hosts have an honest and deeply personal conversation about navigating family dynamics within marriage, especially when those dynamics become toxic, emotionally draining, or harmful to mental health. They share real-life experiences of managing difficult family relationships during major life transitions like marriage, childbirth, and the COVID pandemic, and how unresolved family tension can quietly erode a relationship if left unaddressed. Through candid stor...

People in this episode

Host: Alexis Frank

Topics covered

• family dynamics
• marriage
• toxic relationships
• mental health
• life transitions

Keywords

• family
• marriage
• toxic relationships
• mental health
• life transitions
• COVID pandemic

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