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Repeating the Patterns of the Past

with Ron Deal | May 5, 2021
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As I get older I'm more aware of the patterns in my family and how deep they are in me. We say we become more like our parents as we age but maybe we become more aware we've always been like our parents. By the way, your spouse and friends have tried to tell you that but you didn't have ears to hear. Whether it's a generational family pattern or a behavior you've carried from relationship to relationship, stop focusing on and blaming others. Look in the mirror and decide, keep it or change it.

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  • As I get older I'm more aware of the patterns in my family and how deep they are in me. We say we become more like our parents as we age but maybe we become more aware we've always been like our parents. By the way, your spouse and friends have tried to tell you that but you didn't have ears to hear. Whether it's a generational family pattern or a behavior you've carried from relationship to relationship, stop focusing on and blaming others. Look in the mirror and decide, keep it or change it.

  • Ron Deal

    Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.

Are you blindly repeating the patterns of the past?

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Repeating the Patterns of the Past

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May 05, 2021
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Ron: Are you blindly repeating the patterns of the past?

Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.

Ron: As I get older I’ve become more aware of the patterns in my family—the ones I want to repeat and the ones I don’t. You know, it’s funny. I’ve known about many of the patterns but I didn’t realize how deep they were in me. We say we become more like our parents as we age but maybe we just become more aware that we’ve always been like our parents. By the way, your spouse and friends have tried to tell you that but you just didn’t have ears to hear.

Whether it’s a generational family pattern or a behavior that you’ve carried from relationship to relationship, stop focusing on and blaming others. Look in the mirror and decide, keep it or change it. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.

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