
Tuesday January 20th AT 12PM CST / 1PM ET

Tuesday
January, 20th
12PM CST
On-The-Dot
Hi, we're Shae and Adrian.
After navigating difficult family relationships ourselves, and accompanying others through the same questions, we’ve come to believe something that changes the entire conversation:
You cannot make a free decision from a divided place.
While one part of you may be saying, “That's it. I have to protect myself!”
Another is likely saying, “But they're my parents, I have to do right by them.”
And when those voices are pulling against each other, you are often left feeling unsure of what you feel, what you believe, or which voice you can trust.
If you’re anything like us, you’ve approached this from every angle:
+ Staying close, and then needing days to recover from one conversation.
+ Creating distance, only to be overwhelmed by guilt and second-guessing.
+ Trying to explain yourself... only to end up more confused, resentful, and exhausted.
And despite all your efforts, the painful question remains:
How am I supposed to exist inside this relationship? Is there a way to actually stay connected to my parents without completely losing myself at the same time?
The answer to these questions is not another universal rule about whether you should stay or leave.
Because the truth is...
The choice to stay can come from a place of love or fear.
And the choice to leave can come from clarity or desperation.
How you make the decision matters even more than the action you take
Because any decision made without freedom leaves you with a lack of peace.

Understand why you keep circling the same decision, even after years of thinking and praying.
Recognize when guilt, fear, resentment, or an old family role is doing the deciding.
Tell the truth about what happened without minimizing your pain or collapsing into rage.
Recover who you are apart from the person your family needed you to become.
Discern what is truly yours to carry and what was never your responsibility.
Untangle love from access, obligation, silence, and self-abandonment.
Bring together your faith and emotional reality instead of feeling forced to choose between them.
Move toward a clear, grounded decision that is genuinely your own.
Through years of personal work, clinical training, prayer, and accompanying others through painful family relationships, we’ve come to realize:
The way forward does not begin with understanding exactly what to do about the relationship.
It begins with becoming integrated enough to decide from truth, dignity, responsibility, love, and freedom.
We call this path The Way of Unmeshment. It is not about rushing to make a decision. It is about becoming clear on who you are apart from the relationship, so you can finally know how to be in it without losing yourself. It's about becoming unmeshed.
And now, we want to share that path with you.

Join us live and take the first step into a life of relationships marked by clarity, compassion, and unshakable peace.