Why Marriages Fail is the topic that we discuss in this episode of the Gabby podcast. We present the research driven reasons why most marriages end in divorce and how to avoid these pitfalls.

Why do I have a hard time maintaining employment and shelter? This is part of our discussion on financial trauma. In this episode we talk about what may drive the decisions of individuals who financially struggle with the basic psychological and safety needs of food and shelter.

Financial trauma refers to problematic ways you emotionally react to money, the cognitive processes in your thinking and language, how you behave with money, and the somatic symptoms that manifest when there is financial gain, loss or distress. Experiences of poverty, loss of physiological needs, and threats to one's safety needs will rewire the brain with a response of fight, flight, freeze, or fawn. These responses will create a negative feedback loop of reward and guilt, inhibiting healthy engagement with money.

Financial trauma refers to problematic ways you emotionally react to money, cognitively processes about in your thinking and language, how you behavior with money, and the somatic symptoms that manifest when there is financial gain, loss or distress. Experiences of poverty, loss of physiological needs, and threats to one's safety needs will rewire the brain with a response of fight, flight, freeze, or fawn. These responses will create a negative feedback loop of reward and guilt, inhibiting healthy engagement of finances.

Today we talk about how to LOVE your spouse but not in the way you think! LOVE is a way of engaging with your spouse. It leads to better communication, better understanding, more compassion, and more patience. LOVE is a method we developed where we teach couples how to Leave Opinions and Validate Experiences. We teach couples how to LOVE each other. In this episode we share some insights about this approach.

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Post Infidelity Stress Disorder, also known as Infidelity. This is a traumatic experience that can have far reaching effects on all individuals involved. Couples who go through this experience must know that patience and understanding are cornerstone to healing from this grievance. If you are struggling in this area we can help.

Today we talk a little about what trauma may look like in marriage and family. We also offer some helpful interventions that are effective in dealing with trauma.

In this episode we talk about the role of trauma in rumination and intrusive thoughts. We also discuss the science behind rumination and ways to combat it.