About this episode

Julie B. discusses with Karrie Scott Garcia how past traumas affect current marriages and offers insights on healing and connection.

How do the wounds from your past impact your marriage today? On this episode of Marriage on the Daily, Julie B. sits down with author, pastor, life coach, and neuroscience expert Karrie Scott Garcia for a powerful conversation about trauma, healing, and the hidden ways our past experiences shape our relationships. Together, they explore how unresolved pain, childhood wounds, family dynamics, and traumatic experiences can influence the way we communicate, trust, connect, and respond to our spouses. Karrie explains why our brains are constantly trying to protect us from past hurts and how those protective patterns can unintentionally create distance in marriage. In this episode, you'll learn: • What trauma really is and how it affects relationships • Why your brain keeps replaying old fears in present-day situations • How childhood experiences shape adult marriage dynamics • The difference between reacting from wounds and responding from healing • Why honesty is the first step toward freedom • How grief, healing, and spiritual growth work together • Practical ways couples can begin creating deeper emotional connection Karrie also shares her own marriage story, the journey she and…

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