Family Dynamics Series : Family Enmeshment

Overcoming Your Story Podcast

Episode 24: Family Enmeshment. Miriam is doing a Family Dynamics Series and the first episode is about Enmeshment. Enmeshed family bonds are those that lack boundaries between family members.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Why is it important to talk about family emotional enmeshment
• Dynamics of an enmeshed family and how the child is viewed
• Blurred boundaries, parentification and reversal of roles
• How A child in an enmeshed family behaves
• The role of guilt in emotionally enmeshed families
• Not being assertive and avoiding conflict as adults
• Dynamics of a healthy family
• What you need to do now if you grew up like this or if you are a parent and this was your reality.
• And more...

ABOUT THE HOST

Miriam is a Certified Trauma Informed Coach, an African, a mom of three daughters, a blogger and writer. After graduating from the London School of Economics, she built her international career in the fields of banking and international development, working for organisations such as the World Economic Forum, Lombard Odier Private Bank, JP Morgan, the Mastercard Foundation and the United Nations. She now uses her passion for psychology and dedicates her time to coaching others to free themselves from the burden of childhood trauma. Her wish to help other women connect to their inner wisdom, love themselves and follow their passion. In her effort to destigmatize mental health and normalize mental health conversations in black communities, she wrote her memoir about surviving childhood and finding her worth.

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