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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.
When loved ones hold different religious beliefs, relationships can face new challenges. Learn practical ways to navigate differences with respect, maintain strong connections, support children, and create a healthy path forward together.
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.
When a child comes out, parents may feel love alongside uncertainty. This blog encourages self-reflection, patience, and growth, emphasizing that acceptance is shown through consistent support. By examining beliefs, seeking education, and building support, parents can strengthen their relationship and continue showing up with love.
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.
Mid-summer chaos is real. Your house is a mess, your kids are bouncing between activities or begging for more screen time, and the packed schedule you hoped would help is only adding stress. So, how do you create a summer that’s structured but not overwhelming? Focus on connections, fun, rest, and each child's unique needs.
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.
Spring doesn’t guarantee a brighter mood, and happiness isn’t seasonal. This blog explores how to build emotional wellbeing through intentional actions, meaningful connections, and self-awareness, while also recognizing when it’s time to seek support.
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.
Meg Kissinger, author of While You Were Out, tells how she persevered, found answers that were hard to come by, and got to a healthier place. It’s an inspiring conversation about mental illness, loss, healing, and hope.
Clear, honest communication builds trust and emotional safety in families. By setting expectations, maintaining routines, and sharing age-appropriate truths, parents can create stability and connection, especially for children impacted by trauma.
Dr. Joseph Lee, President and CEO of Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, joins Dr. Michelle K. Murray for an enlightening discussion on addiction, recovery, and family healing.
Gary Gulman has been making people laugh for many years as a top touring comedian and frequent guest on late night shows and star of multiple HBO specials. He’s a professional success by any measure. But that didn’t stop him from having a mental breakdown in his forties. In this revealing conversation with Nexus Family Healing CEO Dr. Michelle K. Murray, Gary reveals the depressive and anxious tendencies of his youth, his struggles connecting with his parents, and how a traumatic event fueled his depression.
Deborah Jackson Taffa reflects on growing up between cultures, struggling with belonging, and a painful lack of connection with her mother. She shares how those experiences impacted her mental health, and how her father’s love became a powerful source of validation and healing.
School assessments help identify a child’s strengths, challenges, and needs, guiding meaningful support at school and home. When families and educators work together, these evaluations become powerful tools for growth, not labels for a child’s future.
Author Rebekah Taussig shares her experience growing up with a disability, navigating depression, and learning to understand herself in a world shaped by ableism. In this conversation, she reflects on identity, motherhood, and the shift from seeing herself as deficient to recognizing systemic barriers.
Author Isaac Fitzgerald reflects on a childhood shaped by substance use, violence, and mental health struggles, including the loss of his mother to suicide. Despite these challenges, he shares how love, literature, and community helped guide him toward healing and a more hopeful path.
Aggressive behaviors like hitting or biting can be difficult to navigate, but they are often a child’s way of communicating unmet needs or overwhelming emotions. By understanding the root cause and responding with consistency, modeling, and positive reinforcement, caregivers can help children build healthier ways to express themselves. Early support makes a lasting difference.
Author Ashley C. Ford shares her experience growing up with a mother who was both loving and abusive, while her father was incarcerated for most of her life. In this conversation, she reflects on making sense of those complex family dynamics and how they continue to shape her identity, relationships, and healing as an adult. It’s a powerful look at understanding where we come from, and how it impacts who we become.
Actor Paul Scheer reflects on his childhood with an abusive stepfather and how those experiences shaped his relationship with anger, conflict, and identity. Through therapy and conversations with his wife, he began to understand the lasting impact of that trauma and how it showed up in his adult life. He shares how he’s working to break those patterns and build a healthier relationship with himself and his family.
Loneliness is on the rise, and rebuilding meaningful connections can feel harder than ever. As social habits shift and relationships take more effort to maintain, loneliness can quietly become the norm for youth and adults. So how do we begin to recover? It starts with a simple idea: “do then feel.”
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