When children have to manage their parent’s emotions, it creates a burden for the child. Being kids, they often set aside their own feelings and needs to maintain peace. They lose some of the carefree joy of being a child. …
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![When your BIOLOGICAL family was toxic, and there was a lot of relational trauma, your LOGICAL family might have saved your life.](https://jennynurick-wp-media-us-east.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/22_01_24_CREAM_Biological-and-logical-family-copy-650x650.png)
Biological And Logical Family
Over and over again, I see people who have had to look outside the BIOLOGICAL family unit for affirmation, acceptance, connection and love. Sometimes, this is due to physical distance. When children immigrate as adults, they need to build a …
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You Don’t Need Validation
Differentiating from your family of origin is a journey. When you come from a family with strong traditions and family norms, differentiating can be difficult, and there can be strong backlash. Backlash can sound like threatening to cut you out …
![Do you hold a lot of grief around your childhood experiences and struggle to reconcile this grief with some of the joyful moments that happened?](https://jennynurick-wp-media-us-east.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/08_10_23_Greiving-650x650.jpg)
Grieving Your Childhood
Many people carry a burden of grief related to their childhood experiences. You might mourn your early years if you were burdened with responsibilities beyond your age, faced bullying from a sibling, witnessed frequent violence, endured constant yelling and fighting, …
![“Couples were once surrounded by communities of relatives and friends, by people who shared their values and helped them out. Today, couples are frequently isolated, mobile units that are expected to survive on their own.”](https://jennynurick-wp-media-us-east.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/28_09_23_Couples-650x650.jpg)
Couples and Isolation
There has never been so much pressure placed on the couple. We are supposed to be one another’s confidant, best friend, lover, the person we share all our chores with, work out our finances with, and share child rearing with. …