In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy the Podcast, we sit down with Michelle, who is struggling with her husband’s mental health issues and their recent impact on their family dynamics. The conversation explores step-parenting, mental health in relationships, and more.

What You’ll Gain from this Episode:

✨ The difficulties in finding common ground with her husband regarding parenting decisions, especially as her children have grown older

✨ What to do when when mental health struggles have created an ongoing sense of unpredictability and fear within the family dynamic

✨ Approaching conversations with curiosity and vulnerability, and the possibility that open communication about their fears and past traumas could help alleviate some of the tension in the relationship

✨Why it’s important to take accountability in relationships and address your own trauma to recalibrate your own nervous system to better cope with the present, and how by doing the necessary inner work, you can embrace the good surrounding your external

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