A father looking at both sides of his family tree sees a pattern he desperately wants to avoid for his sons: adults drifting from gig to gig, never quite holding steady work, always one missed payment ...

Every family has traditions, good or bad, that are passed down over the years. Some of those customs are helpful to the new generations, while others repeat the same dysfunction over and over. A toxic ...

Imagine navigating through a forest, where each tree represents a family, and its roots represent its members that span back many generations. The roots, entwined and deep, hold the shared experiences ...

People who grew up with unhealthy family patterns were likely impacted deeply by them. It’s not easy to grow up in an unstable home environment. Even if someone wants to break the cycle, it can be ...

In our romantic relationships, we often find ourselves repeating or attempting to repair the interactional patterns established in our family of origin. According to Bowen's family systems theory, ...