Blood is thicker than water. There's no place like home. A family that plays together, stays together. Home is where the heart is. For anyone with strained, complex, or difficult family relationships, these phrases may induce nausea rather than nostalgia--especially around the holidays.

In the episode, I interviewed someone with a very difficult upbringing who has had to rewrite their own definition of family. I also interviewed a licensed therapist on her thoughts on family, unconditional love, and how the heck to make it though the holidays.

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