Family Systems: The Invisible Force Shaping Your Church

Family Systems: The Invisible Force Shaping Your Church

March 3, 2026 · 33 min

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This episode introduces Family Systems Theory as a framework for understanding leadership and conflict in churches.

Free Resource: Download the “8 Traps That Kill Your Spaciousness” ebook: 👉 https://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/spaciousness Churches don’t just have problems. They are emotional systems. In this episode of the Emotionally Healthy Leader Podcast, I introduce one of the most powerful frameworks I’ve ever learned for understanding leadership, conflict, and why anxiety spreads so quickly in churches: Family Systems Theory. Much of this work comes from psychiatrist Murray Bowen and was later brough...

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