Stepsisters - Tammy Sue and Meredith
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Meredith's Aunt joins us today to share the trauma-filled family history and we learn all about the legacy of oppression, poverty, chaos, and violence that fueled generations of unhappy marriages, chronic anger and physical and emotional abuse.
We continue exploring pervasive toxic family dynamics traveling through Tammy's family going back over 100 years. Tammy's Aunt Shelly shares many painful stories of well-entrenched destructive patterns including arranged loveless marriages, ph
DOCUMENTALLY SPEAKING - join 2 stepsisters, Tammy and Meredith and they dig deep into their family histories to uncover and understand the roots of generational trauma, toxic family dynamics and how pain was passed down to them.https://www.inst
Tammy Sue's side of the family is explored with special guest Shelly. Shelly is Tammy's Aunt on the paternal side. In part 1 we uncover ancestral trauma (war, poverty, abandonment) and the decades of physical and emotional abuse experienced b
Join stepsisters, Tammy and Meredith, as they begin their journey into their ancestral roots to uncover the reasons behind the toxic family patterns that plagued them as adults. What did we inherit from our family's story, narrative, and views
DOCUMENTALLY SPEAKING - join 2 stepsisters, Tammy and Meredith and they dig deep into their family histories to uncover and understand the roots of generational trauma, toxic family dynamics and how pain was passed down to them.https://www.inst
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