What did you learn about parenting from your parents that you want to repeat with your kids? What do you not want to repeat?

Many fathers have physically or emotionally abandoned their children, largely because nobody ever showed them how to be a great dad. So, what’s the solution?

Becoming a parent is beautiful but also scary and intimidating for people from broken families. Often, we didn’t see a great example of parenthood, so we feel lost and unsure how to do it ourselves.

If you’re from a broken family, you likely struggle extra in your relationship with God. There are so many barriers people like us have to overcome. One barrier is feeling abandoned by God.

As people from broken homes, we fear repeating the dysfunction we experienced in our families. But sometimes, we end up going down that path. Our guest today dealt with that in a very real way.

Statistically, children of divorce are less likely to attend college. Further, they’re less likely to receive financial support from their parents for college.

Joey discusses the massive barrier that stands in the way of counseling: The price. Therapy is not cheap. So, how are you going to pay for it? We tackle that question and more in this episode.

Dr. Bob Schuchts offers his expertise on healing and shares how his parents’ broken marriage deeply affected him. It took years, but he did find healing - for himself and even his family.

When our families break apart, most of us feel homeless. We lose our sense of safety and belonging. As a result, we go through life looking for the family we never had.

In this episode, Malcolm touches on those points while sharing his story.

Most people from broken homes struggle with boundaries. Usually, we were never taught how to set and enforce proper boundaries within our families. We’ve seen this again and again.

Why is that damaging? Because you can’t have healthy relationships without proper boundaries. Period.

Emily knew her parents might divorce, but nothing could’ve prepared her for it. Immediately, she felt alone. She felt like nobody understood. Feeling insecure, she sought security by trying to control things - especially her relationships.

The holidays are especially challenging for anyone with separated or divorced parents. So many of us dread the holidays. We often feel alone and uncertain of how to deal with it all.

To offer practical guidance, some of our audience submitted voice memos to answer this question: What’s one tip you’d give to teens or young adults from divorced or separated families on navigating the holidays?

Seeing her parents divorce, Carlie wrestled with this question: If it didn’t work out for my parents, how can I make someone stay with me?

That led her to crave the approval of others and became whoever she needed to be to make them stay. But deep down, she desired more. She wanted to belong in an authentic way.

How do you heal a broken marriage? Greg and Julie Alexander tackle that topic in today’s episode.

They’ve helped over 5,000 seriously struggling couples in the past 20 years. Their success rate? 98%.

Struggling spouses often feel like they have two options: Stay married and be miserable or get divorced and be happy. Thankfully, there’s a third option: Healing your marriage. Leila Miller shares hopeful stories of healed marriages.

Young people from broken homes lack a roadmap for love. We’ve seen a broken model of love and marriage from our parents. And so, we often feel lost when it comes to finding and building love.

To heal, one important step is spending time around good marriages.