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When You Tell the Truth in a Dysfunctional Family

When You Tell the Truth in a Dysfunctional Family

Update: 2025-10-21
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Free guide: The Truth-Teller’s Survival Guide — what to expect after speaking the hard truth + how to steady your body and mind. Download here → https://www.thecanariesinthecoalmine.com/dym2ih3whi

What happens when you become the mirror in your family—and telling the truth makes you the problem?

Some families thrive on honesty. Others survive on denial. In this episode, we’ll explore what happens when awareness feels like exile, why guilt disguises itself as loyalty, and how telling the truth costs you belonging before it gives you peace.

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When You Tell the Truth in a Dysfunctional Family

When You Tell the Truth in a Dysfunctional Family

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