Nexus Family Healing
Restoring Hope. Reshaping Futures.
A podcast featuring honest, candid conversations about family and mental health
In This Family, a new podcast hosted by Dr. Michelle K. Murray, President/CEO of Nexus Family Healing and licensed marriage and family therapist, explores the impact of mental health within families through honest, candid conversations. The podcast features public and private figures sharing raw, relatable stories about mental health challenges and triumphs. The series highlights how mental health affects the entire family—and how resilience and courage can lead to healing.
If you or a loved one is struggling, help is available. Please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-8255, or text HOME to the Crisis Text Line at 741741.
After losing her mother at 11, Mallary Tenore Tarpley developed anorexia as a way to cope with grief. She shares her recovery journey, exploring setbacks, self-forgiveness, and why embracing the “messy middle” is essential to healing and lasting wellness.
Graphic memoirist Teresa Wong discusses growing up with emotionally distant immigrant parents, navigating postpartum depression, and learning to parent herself and her daughter while breaking cycles shaped by family history and generational trauma.
Chris Stedman, atheist religion professor and author, discusses his lifelong search for order through faith and OCD, his journey from fundamentalist Christianity, supportive family and community, and how OCD continues to evolve in his newly married life.
Former skateboarding star Billy Rohan shares how bipolar disorder shaped his life and career. He discusses recognizing manic and depressive symptoms, overcoming setbacks with support from family and the skateboarding community, and learning to manage his condition to build a more balanced and stable life.
Daria Burke shares her journey from a childhood marked by poverty, abuse, and family addiction to becoming a successful executive and bestselling author. She reflects on her decision to distance herself from her parents and why reconciliation remains unlikely without accountability for the past.
Content Warning: This episode discusses grief, loss, Suicide, and bipolar disorder. As a kid, Marisa Renee Lee, author of the best-selling books, Grief is Love: Living with Loss and Waiting …
"In This Family" producer John Moe reflects on his journey with depression, his family’s history of trauma and addiction, and the lasting impact of his brother’s suicide—while sharing how he approaches mental health conversations with openness and honesty, including with his own children.
Author Maud Newton explores her family’s complex past — filled with myth, mental illness, and hardship — while reflecting on her own struggles and resilience, ultimately finding meaning, understanding, and connection through uncovering her roots.
Before becoming an award-winning writer, Saeed Jones grew up in Texas navigating identity as a Black, gay Buddhist. In this episode, he reflects on feeling different, his family’s complex support, and how he forged his own path toward self-understanding and voice.
David Ambroz shares his childhood experience of homelessness, family instability, and foster care while navigating his mother’s severe mental illness. He reflects on resilience, forgiveness, and his journey to becoming a successful leader, author, and advocate for children in the foster system.
Author Jessica Guerrieri shares her personal experience with alcoholism, recovery, and mental health, including OCD and trauma. She discusses how these challenges shape her novels and reflects on sobriety, relapse, and the power of honesty and determination in healing.
Comedian Adam reflects on losing his sister Lydia to suicide, their close bond, and his own mental health struggles. He discusses his film See You When I See You and his efforts to raise awareness, honor Lydia’s life, and challenge misconceptions about suicide through storytelling and advocacy.
