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EP 21: Estrangement: Healing, Harm — or Something In Between?
Estrangement isn’t just “cutting people off.”
It can be protection… and it can also be avoidance disguised as healing.
In this episode, Maria Shkreli, LMHC breaks down the truth behind estrangement — what it actually is, the different types, and why it’s far more complex than social media makes it seem.
We explore how trauma, family dynamics, and unresolved attachment wounds can lead to distance — but also how trend-driven messages, including the popular “Let Them” narrative popularized by Mel Robbins, can quietly push people toward isolation without reflection, context, or accountability.
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