781 Cure Your Mother-in-Law Drama with Dr. Tracy Dalgleish
The Terri Cole Show
Terri Cole
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Your mother-in-law isn't the problem. The lack of clear boundaries is. Dr. Tracy Dalgleish reveals why 85% of women fight with their partners about their mothers-in-law and what to do about it.
The biggest mistake: when your husband blames you for the boundaries ("She doesn't want to come for Christmas"). Learn how to communicate as a team, establish your own traditions, and stop being the "people-pleasing victim" or the "villain." Concrete strategies for newlyweds and new moms.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello there, and welcome to this episode of the Terry Cole Show. |
| 0:03.6 | I just had a fascinating conversation with one of my friends, Dr. Tracy D. |
| 0:09.3 | She has a brand new book out, which is right here, and it's called you, your husband and his mother. |
| 0:15.7 | Create a healthy relationship with your mother-in-law and your spouse in five simple steps. |
| 0:23.8 | And when I heard, we've been friends for a bunch of years, |
| 0:28.8 | I think we met on Instagram, but when I heard that she was writing this book, I was immediately called her. |
| 0:33.6 | I was like, oh, my God, this is so exciting. Because being a therapist for almost 30 years, 28 years, |
| 0:41.2 | I cannot tell you how many clients I've had who've had difficult relationships with their mother-in-law and that the boundary issues, there were so, so many conflicts, feeling torn, |
| 0:50.8 | feeling like their partner wasn't standing up for them. So let me tell a little bit about Tracy. |
| 0:54.9 | She's a psychologist and a couple's therapist. |
| 0:57.3 | She's a relationship expert. |
| 0:58.8 | She's been working with couples and clients for over 20 years. |
| 1:01.7 | She has a PhD from the University of Ottawa. |
| 1:04.0 | She owns a mental health clinic in Ottawa, Ontario. |
| 1:07.5 | She was awarded the top 40 under 40, founder of Be Connected Digital. |
| 1:12.8 | There's tons of stuff that she's done in her career. |
| 1:15.7 | You might know her because she has a top-ranking podcast that I've been on a couple of times called Dear Dr. Tracy. |
| 1:23.9 | She's also out there in the media and Forbes and Time and META, NBC. |
| 1:28.1 | You might know her, though, on Instagram. |
| 1:30.4 | And she is Dr. Tracy D. on there. |
| 1:32.6 | And she talks a lot about couples' work and relational work. |
| 1:37.3 | And I think that you're going to find this conversation about boundaries and in-laws and your partner as fascinating as I did. So I hope you |
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