ERP 279: How Extended Family's Support Can Impact the Health of a Couple - An Interview with Tracy McMillan

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Every single person needs secure relationships. While this is true for everyone, finding it is not always the simplest process—and here is where extended family comes in. Tracy McMillan, a television writer, relationship expert, and author joins the show to discuss how relationship problems almost always have roots in the family.

Tracy's own show called "Family or Fiance" fosters the healing of relationships by addressing generational trauma. She finds that partners in relationship come out of the show feeling liberated when they experience breakthroughs with their families.

Tracy is an accomplished author whose works include Mad Men, Good Girls Revolt, Marvel's Runaways, and United States of Tara. She has written three books including a relationship book called Why You’re Not Married… Yet and a memoir called I Love You and I'm Leaving You Anyway.

Check out the transcript to this episode in Dr. Jessica Higgin's website.

In this episode:

• 03:47 Introduction to Tracy and her unique voice as a relationship expert
• 12:33 Spirituality helps create secure attachment. This is a human need regardless of sex or gender.
• 14:07 Relationships as needs: Now less about survival and more about self-actualization.
• 19:25 Healing a relationship is healing generational trauma. Breakthroughs can happen in an instant and all it takes is honesty to oneself.
• 25:15 Creating visibility and normalizing therapy is the main goal of Family or Fiance. It helps change the narrative in communities that do not believe in therapy.
• 29:10 Families find unity and common ground with their experience on Family or Fiance.
• 32:49 How to connect with Tracy

Mentioned

• I Love You and I'm Leaving You Anyway: A Memoir

• Why You're Not Married . . . Yet: The Straight Talk You Need to Get the Relationship You Deserve

• Tracy McMillan Facebook

• Tracy McMillan Twitter

• Tracy McMillan Instagram

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