In our romantic relationships, we often find ourselves repeating or attempting to repair the interactional patterns established in our family of origin. According to Bowen's family systems theory, ...

The blueprint of who we are begins with the genes passed down from our parents. While these inherited traits give us our eye color and height, they can also contain instructions that increase our risk ...

Early eating patterns and behaviors can determine later eating habits and food preferences and they have been related to the development of childhood overweight and obesity. We aimed to identify ...

Every family has traditions, good or bad, that are passed down over the years. Some of those customs are helpful to the new generations, while others repeat the same dysfunction over and over. A toxic ...

Denial: In dysfunctional families we grow denial as our coping mechanism, which further makes us have difficulties in taking up personal responsibilities or address conflict in a healthy manner. It ...