307. In-law Relationships: Holding Boundaries & Having the Tough Conversations with Dr. Tracy D

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Abby and Amy

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🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The subject of in-laws is one that hits home for many of us—and today’s conversation with Dr. Tracy D goes deep. One of our most downloaded episodes ever featured her, and we knew we had to bring her back to talk about what’s changed, what hasn’t, and how to navigate these tricky family patterns in new seasons of life. You didn’t just marry your partner—you married into their family’s patterns. Where’s the line between accepting those patterns and creating healthy boundaries? Dr. Tracy helps ...

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0:00.0	Doing nothing and saying nothing to your mother creates more of a problem and it hurts the
0:06.6	relationship between your mother and your wife. And I know you're here because you want to have a
0:12.3	good relationship between everyone. I know you're here because you all want to go as your family
0:16.9	unit and join your family for that holiday event or have grandmere and grandpa come over and
0:22.9	sleep over. You want those things. And so it's time for you to get really uncomfortable.
0:31.4	I'm Amy. And I'm Abby. And as women, we are constantly comparing ourselves to others.
0:38.7	But your life isn't supposed to look like hers.
0:42.1	Being your best self means standing firm in your decisions and always being willing to grow with a purpose.
0:47.9	We get vulnerable and real with an honest look into the challenges and triumphs we all face.
0:54.1	Every woman listening gets the opportunity to choose what life looks like for the honest look into the challenges and triumphs we all face.
0:59.1	Every woman listening gets the opportunity to choose what life looks like for herself.
1:09.1	Tracy, we are so excited to have you back on the podcast as we were just talking about before we pressed record, the subject of in-laws is so important.
1:15.9	And I was telling you that one of the first episodes we recorded together was one of our most
1:20.7	downloaded episodes of all time. So we thought, we've got to have you back. We've got to talk in-laws.
1:27.4	The thing about in-laws.
1:33.4	The thing about in-law dynamics and Abby and I have experienced us is it does change in different seasons.
1:37.3	So we're in new seasons since we last spoke to you.
1:39.1	So we want to dive in.
1:47.8	One thing that we saw on your Instagram page is you said, you didn't marry just him. You married his family's patterns. Now, you know that we love a hard-hitting question right away. And when we saw this quote,
1:55.0	we thought, okay, but what is the balance here? Where is it that we kind of accept that he came with this family?
2:04.5	They've got their patterns. But where do we balance the way we feel about those patterns and maybe
2:11.4	making some boundaries when they go too far? Yeah. Oh, I think that is such a good question. And I just want to pause to express my
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