Episode-by-episode discussion of Drama Free by Nedra Glover Tawwab — family dysfunction, the roles we get cast in, and how to step out of them. Each episode takes one chapter and turns it into something you can use today. Part of Burnout Books to Podcasts.
7 episodes listed below. All 17 are on Apple Podcasts, free, no signup.
The first of the troubleshooting chapters, and the one with the most history behind it. We cover the recurring problems with parents — the guilt, the advice, the role you are still expected to play at thirty eight — and what to actually say.
The people who were there and remember it completely differently. We go through sibling conflict in adult life — the favouritism nobody admits to, the caretaking that fell to one of you, and how to have a relationship that is not run by childhood.
Parenting while still unlearning. We cover what Tawwab says about breaking the cycle with your own kids, the moments you hear your parent come out of your mouth, and how to repair rather than perform perfection.
Aunts, cousins, the group chat, the gathering you dread. We go through managing extended family — the expectations attached to being related, how gossip and triangulation work, and how to show up without being consumed.
A relationship you did not choose, attached to one you did. We cover the specific pressures of in-laws, how a couple should present a united front, and what to do when your partner will not hold their own family's line.
More people, more histories, more unwritten rules. We go through Tawwab on step-parenting and blended households — the authority question, the loyalty binds children get caught in, and what reasonable looks like in year one versus year five.
The book closes on what a new chapter actually requires, and then answers the questions readers keep asking. We cover both — the ongoing work of not going back, and the practical corners Tawwab gets asked about most.
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