Ep 437 What Generational Trauma Skips and What It Doesn't w/Kara & Stacy (Zach's cousins)
About this episode
Zach discusses generational trauma and family dynamics with his cousins Kara and Stacy, exploring their experiences in marriage and parenting.
Zach sits down with his cousin Kara and her wife Stacy, two women he has known since before they were officially a couple, for a conversation that starts as a family reunion and turns into something much deeper. Kara and Stacy have been together for 26 years, married twice (once in civil union, once when it finally became legal), and are raising two kids, Rylan, 11, and Avery, 13, in a household they describe as running on accommodations instead of an off switch. The conversation moves through family history most people don't say out loud, including an unaddressed abuser in Kara's extended family and the trickle-down effect it has had for generations. From there, Kara and Stacy talk candidly about parenting a neurodivergent son, the grief of letting go of the parent they each expected to be, and the strategy, cost, and constant vigilance behind things as simple as a trip to an amusement park. They also get into what makes their marriage work: they don't fight, they disagree and stay in the room, and their professional lives in education and mental health mean they never fully clock out. What makes this one land is the honesty. Kara names her own theory of generational trauma…
People in this episode
Host: Zach
Guests: Kara, Stacy
Topics covered
- generational trauma
- family dynamics
- parenting
- neurodivergence
- marriage
- mental health
Keywords
- generational trauma
- family reunion
- neurodivergent parenting
- marriage dynamics
- mental health
- family history
- accommodations
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