This episode is part 1 covering how your family of origin impacts adult relationships.  Rachel and Stacey talk about the common sentiment “I’ll never date someone who is like my dad/mom/caregiver” and why it is really likely that you WILL date someone who was like your parent. Rachel and Stacey talk about how they have dated partner’s like their parents and what that looked like for them. This episode dives into the unconscious and conscious process of repeating relationship patterns and dynamics that you experienced growing up, why it happens, what warning signs to look for that isn’t happening and what you can be aware of in yourself to have a corrective experience with your partner.

For this  week’s DC in the DMs, Stacey is in the hot seat responding to the question “what happens in your family that your partner(s) think is weird/odd but you think is completely normal”. You don’t want to miss this one as Rachel learns some new, hilarious facts about Stacey and her family!

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