How To Keep This Distraction From Messing Up Your Marriage: Families of Origin | Ep. 129

Awesome Marriage Podcast

Dr. Kim Kimberling

Marriage, Awesomemarriagepodcast, Marriagepodcast, Awesomemarriage, Marriageadvice, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Relationships, Christianmarriage, Christianity

4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

This month on the podcast we are talking about distractions in marriage. Today on the podcast Dr. Kim and Christina talk about the distraction of families of origin and how to make sure it doesn’t cause trouble for your marriage. How we were raised and our life experiences make up much of who we are and how we think, it’s important to understand that and to set healthy boundaries so that unrealistic expectations don’t creep into our marriage.

Tune in to learn more about how to make sure this distraction doesn’t take away from your marriage!

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0:00.8	Welcome to the Awesome Marriage Podcast, a place for honest conversations about marriage
0:05.9	and how to have the relationship that God has designed for you.
0:09.7	I am your co-host, Christina Dodson.
0:11.9	On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kim Kimberling and Nill Smith.
0:15.7	To engage with the Awesome Marriage podcast, use the hashtag Awesome Marriage.
0:21.2	This month at Awesome Marriage, we're talking about distractions in marriage.
0:25.1	Each week on the podcast, we'll be sharing one common distraction and how to keep it from
0:29.8	messing up your marriage.
0:30.9	Today's distraction is Families of Origin.
0:34.5	So to kick things off, Dr. Kim, what does that even mean?
0:37.0	What is family of origin?
0:39.3	I think for most of it, it's the family you grew up in. And, you know, it can go out to extended
0:43.7	family, but certainly your mom, your dad, if you had anybody else significant in your life that
0:49.1	lived in the home you're growing up in, it's like to be siblings. But the people really
0:52.5	that you grew up in that you did life
0:54.4	with in the early years of your life up to the time you left home. And so you have a lot of impact
1:00.5	on you. Sometimes you don't realize how much impact our family of origin can have on us. So that's
1:05.5	kind of what we want to talk about today. Yeah, that makes sense. That makes total sense.
1:09.6	It's kind of like when I think of what
1:11.0	it is, it's kind of like the foundation of like why you are the way that you are in all your goodness
1:16.2	and in all your craziness. You know, what made you? Why do you respond to things the way you respond
1:21.2	of things? Why do you think the way that you think? Why do you handle certain situations,
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