About this episode

The episode discusses a listener's dilemma about family loyalty and the impact of past trauma on current relationships.

Your brother demands you cut off the parents who hurt him years ago, but your kids love their grandparents. Now what? Welcome to Feedback Friday! And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger ( @JordanHarbinger ) and Gabriel Mizrahi ( @GabeMizrahi ) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com . Now let's dive in! Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/1339 On This Week's Feedback Friday: You're 51, sober, settled — but your brother just went no-contact with your parents over a dark secret from your unconventional cult-and-commune childhood. Now he's demanding you keep your own kids away from them too. Do you owe him solidarity, or are you being pulled into a grudge that was never yours to carry? You were just doing a friendly round of reconnect-with-old-contacts networking — harmless, even thoughtful. So why did one message detonate into a startlingly bitter response from someone you used to work with? What old wound…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jordan Harbinger, Gabriel Mizrahi

Topics covered

• family dynamics
• conflict resolution
• personal growth
• communication
• mental health

Keywords

• family conflict
• brother's objection
• grandparents
• no-contact
• cult childhood
• networking
• personal stories

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