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3-19-From Denial to Disruption: How ACoD Can Create Healthier Relationships for Themselves

3-19-From Denial to Disruption: How ACoD Can Create Healthier Relationships for Themselves

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Attention Adult CHildren of Divorce (ACoD): What if your parents’ divorce—whether it happened when you were a toddler or when you had toddlers of your own—is still shaping your relationships today? In this episode, Marriage Coach Meisha Marshall opens our eyes to the hidden impact of parental divorce on adult children, and introduces her empowering new course, Divorce Cycle Disruptor. If you’ve ever wondered why you sabotage good relationships or struggle with setting boundaries, this conversation might just be your turning point.

 

“Even if your parents’ divorce seemed amicable or ‘a long time ago,’ it still shaped how you love, argue, and connect.” — Meisha Marshall

 

 Listen in for answers to these questions, and more:

  • How does my parents’ divorce still affect me now, even as an adult?

  • What is the “divorce cycle,” and how can I break it in my own relationships?

  • Why do I keep repeating the same relationship patterns, even when I try not to?

  • How can I help my adult children process my gray divorce?

  • What does healthy communication look like in a marriage?

 

Meisha shares the heart behind her new course, Divorce Cycle Disruptor, and walks us through how unresolved family dynamics can echo into our marriages, parenting, and personal growth. With humor, clarity, and heartfelt wisdom, they unpack what it means to stop repeating unhealthy relationship cycles—and how to finally chart your own path forward. Whether you're single, married, or divorced, this episode is an invitation to rewrite the story you've inherited.

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