In a religion where families are everything, what if I don’t want a relationship with a sibling?

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Dr. Julie Hanks

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🗓️ 1 March 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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In this episode, I coach Heather and address the question "In a religion where families are everything, what if I don’t want a relationship with a sibling?” Heather shares that while she has forgiven her siblings, she doesn’t want to be around them after what they did. I reaffirm that she has every right to decide who she wants in her life. You can fully forgive someone and choose not to have a relationship with them.During this episode we also discuss that Heather is not responsible for the ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ask Dr. Julie Hanks, a safe place for healing conversations that educate and empower you to
0:23.2	prioritize your dreams, revolutionize your family, and personalize your faith. I'm your host,
0:29.2	Dr. Julie Hanks, a psychotherapist and coach offering online courses and programs to help women
0:34.5	all over the world heal themselves and their relationships.
0:38.3	Join me here every week as I coach a listener through a specific challenge and empower them with tools to find healing.
0:45.2	I'm thrilled today to welcome Heather to the podcast. Welcome Heather.
0:49.8	Hi. Thank you for having me. I'm happy to have you. What is your question for me today?
0:56.5	Okay. So the question that I had is in a religion where eternal families are everything, you know, this, I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ, Latter-day Saints.
1:07.5	In our religion where eternal families are everything, what if I don't want a relationship with a sibling?
1:14.3	Do I have to force that relationship just because we're blood?
1:19.4	Good one.
1:20.7	Okay.
1:21.4	You willing to share more about the history of this relationship?
1:26.7	Yeah.
1:26.9	So I am the youngest of nine.
1:29.9	There's 15 years between me and my oldest sibling.
1:35.4	And been a member of the church, our whole life.
1:41.6	I have a lot of siblings.
1:44.6	And it's just hard to have a relationship with that many when we're all spread across the country.
1:53.6	And we're just different people, you know, and so it makes sense that some of us get along
2:00.0	better than others. And, you know, some of us get along better than others and, you know,
2:02.0	some of us are closer to others.
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