When we Retreat to Familiar Territory
From Healing the Unresolved by Fr. Joshua Makoul, and Ancient Faith Ministries
February 7, 2026
About this episode
The episode explores why individuals often recreate old relationship patterns due to familiarity and unresolved issues.
Today’s podcast answers a question from someone who is trying to understand why they so often end up having the same experiences repeatedly, specifically in the area of interpersonal relationships. Today’s podcast takes a look at a topic that is not often discussed, and that is when often we inadvertently re-create old relationship patterns because we tend to gravitate to what we know and what we are familiar with. Sometimes it just feels familiar and other times we are trying to get closure or gain a sense of mastery over an old relationship pattern that was never resolved.
People in this episode
Host: Fr. Joshua Makoul
Topics covered
- interpersonal relationships
- relationship patterns
- familiarity
- closure
- mastery
- unresolved issues
Keywords
- closure
- interpersonal relationships
- relationship patterns
- familiarity
- mastery
- unresolved issues
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