The Work of Being Human

Listener Requested: Dysfunctional Family Roles, Part 2


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This week, we continue our exploration of dysfunctional family roles by unpacking the remaining roles: the Scapegoat, the Counselor/Caretaker, the Mascot, and the Lost Child. Our roles develop in an attempt to survive: this is the role we must play if the family unit is going to stay intact. As I've mentioned before, the big problem with roles is that you're rarely allowed to be anything else. Learning our role, admitting what we felt as children, and offering ourselves a conscious choice now - as to how we will behave - is healing. If you want to go directly to each type, here are the time stamps for each.

9:30 - The Scapegoat

32:47 - The Counselor

50:01 - The Mascot

01:03:14 - The Lost Child

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The Work of Being HumanBy Vanessa Bentley

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