Breaking Cycles with Maria
de Maria Shkreli
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EP 37: They Graduated. They're Home. Now What?
EP 37: They Graduated. They're Home. Now What?
Sobre este podcast
Breaking Cycles with Maria is an honest and relatable podcast about relationships, emotional patterns, self-awareness, anxiety, attachment, dysfunctional dynamics, and the things we normalize without even realizing it.
Hosted by Maria Shkreli, LMHC, author of Breaking Cycles and Breaking Up with Toxicity, the podcast explores the messy, complicated, and very human side of life — from unhealthy relationship patterns and family dynamics to workplace stress, life transitions, emotional reactions, and the cycles that quietly shape us.
Some episodes are educational. Some are conversational. Some may challenge the way you see yourself, your relationships, or the people around you.
Because the truth is… we all have patterns.
Some help us grow.
Some quietly keep us stuck.
Through real conversations, psychological insight, personal reflection, and a little bit of spice, Maria helps listeners better understand the patterns they repeat, the emotional experiences they normalize, and how to navigate life with greater awareness, clarity, and emotional health.
No perfection. No pretending. Just real conversations about life, relationships, and breaking unhealthy cycles.
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- EP 37: They Graduated. They're Home. Now What? · 22 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 37They Graduated. They're Home. Now What? | Parenting Adult Children After College Your child graduated from college, moved back home, and suddenly you're having the same arguments…
- EP 36: Your Experience Is Not Everyone's Diagnosis: Who Made You the Villain? · 38 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 36When did we start diagnosing everyone around us based on social media checklists? Narcissism, narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), toxic relationships, emotional…
- EP 35: Expectations — When Your Way Becomes the Only Right Way · 34 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 35Have you ever felt disappointed because someone didn't behave the way you expected? Or found yourself constantly trying to meet someone else's expectations, only to feel that…
- EP 34: Four People, Four Attachment Styles: When a Family Keeps Missing Each Other · 31 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 34What happens when four people in the same family love each other—but each one reaches for safety differently? In this episode of Breaking Cycles with Maria, I take attachment…
- EP 33: When Helping Becomes Control · 26 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 33When does helping someone stop being support and start becoming control? In this episode of Breaking Cycles with Maria, I’m looking at something that can be difficult to…
- EP 32: Love Bombing or Just Intense? Why We Need to Stop Diagnosing Every Strong Connection · 27 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 32Someone texts you every morning, wants to see you constantly, brings flowers, gives compliments, and seems completely taken with you. Today, we’re quick to call it love bombing…
- EP 31: Why Knowing Better Doesn’t Mean Doing Better — The Cycle Breaker Method™ · 37 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 31In this episode of Breaking Cycles with Maria, Maria Shkreli, LMHC introduces the Cycle Breaker Method™, a practical framework for understanding how everyday behaviors and…
- EP 30: Maria & Madge: The Fixer’s Trap — When Control Becomes Comfort · 44 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 30In this episode of Breaking Cycles with Maria, Maria and Madge explore a question many people quietly struggle with: Why do some of us feel responsible for fixing everything—and…
- EP 29: Maria & Madge: Picking Up Where We Left Off · 32 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 29Life got busy, schedules filled up, and before we knew it, another conversation was waiting to happen. In this episode, Madge and I reconnect and pick up where we left off. We…
- EP 28: The Narcissistic Mother Blueprint Part 3 — Mother–Son Dynamics, Loyalty, and Emotional Enmeshment · 32 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 28In Part 3 of the Narcissistic Mother Blueprint Series, Maria Shkreli, LMHC, explores the often misunderstood mother–son dynamic and how emotional loyalty, guilt, enmeshment, and…
- EP 27: Part 2 of the Narcissistic Mother Blueprint Series · 30 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 27Part 2 — Mother–Daughter Dynamics | Narcissistic Mother Blueprint Series This episode is Part 2 of the Narcissistic Mother Blueprint Series on Breaking Up with Toxicity, where we…
- EP 26: Part 1 of the Narcissistic Mother Blueprint Series · 17 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 26In this episode of Breaking Up with Toxicity, Maria Shkreli, LMHC, begins the Narcissistic Mother Blueprint Series, a multi-part series exploring how narcissistic maternal…
- EP 25: When Healing Feels Like Grief: The Part No One Warns You About · 20 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 25When Healing Feels Like Grief: The Part No One Warns You About Healing is supposed to feel empowering… right? So why does it sometimes feel lonely, heavy, or heartbreaking…
- EP 24: Not Everyone Is a Narcissist: Personality Traits Are Not Diagnoses · 11 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 24Narcissist. Borderline. Toxic. But here’s the problem—personality traits are being confused with personality disorders, and that confusion is costing people clarity, peace, and…
- EP 23: Social Media Has Created a New Kind of Abuse · 12 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 23What actually qualifies as abuse? When does abuse become domestic violence? And how did social media turn these life-saving terms into weapons of confusion? In this episode of…
- EP 22: Pulled Apart: How Parental Alienation Breaks Families · 14 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 22Parental alienation is one of the most misunderstood and emotionally charged dynamics in family systems—and when it’s oversimplified, it can cause real harm. In this episode of…
- EP 21: Estrangement: Healing, Harm — or Something In Between? · 14 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 21Estrangement 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…
- EP 20: They’re Not Defiant — They’re Insecure (Parents, You’re Missing the Signs) · 12 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 20What if the behavior you’re calling defiance isn’t defiance at all? In this episode of Breaking Up With Toxicity, licensed mental health counselor Maria Shkreli breaks down one…
- EP 19: When Empathy Meets Attachment: Why You Misread People Even When You Think You Understand Them · 12 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 19Ever wonder why your partner’s “help” feels cold… why their silence triggers panic… or why you keep having the same arguments even when you both mean well? In this episode, Maria…
- EP 18: Attachment Styles: The Silent Saboteurs — How They Screw Up Your Relationships (and How They Can Save Them) · 26 min · Temporada 1 Episodio 18Your reactions aren’t random — they’re wired. Your fears aren’t “too much” — they’re patterns. And your relationship struggles aren’t failures — they’re attachment styles playing…
