It Ends With You

As a child, Sophie learned that being responsible, high-achieving, and easy was the safest way to earn love and attention. Beneath her success lived inherited beliefs about worth, security, independence, and what it meant to be a woman. In this conversation, Sophie shares how the loss of her father, the influence of two very different female role models, and her struggle to decide whether to have...

In this episode, I sit down with physician, executive coach, and lifelong learner Aparna Ananth to explore what happens when the identities we've built our lives around begin to fall away. From a childhood marked by emotional self-reliance to a successful career in medicine and leadership, Aparna shares how a fiercely independent protector helped her survive, achieve, and thrive. But when a s...

What if healing isn’t becoming someone new… but remembering who you’ve always been? Chelsea grew up feeling loved and supported. And yet, somewhere along the way, she learned to stay small, avoid conflict, and earn belonging through being “good.” In this episode, Chelsea shares how motherhood, illness, and deep self-reflection helped her recognize inherited patterns and begin choosing herself diff...

As a child, Leslie sensed something wasn’t right long before she had words for it. After being taken from her home, growing up across countries, navigating instability, and later experiencing abuse, she developed one powerful strategy to survive: control. In this deeply honest conversation, Leslie shares how that protector showed up throughout her life through perfectionism, bulimia, achievement,...

It Ends With You is a space for courageous conversations about interrupting inherited patterns, reclaiming your truth, and freeing future generations. Hosted by Patricia Díaz-Kismarton, this podcast features real, everyday people sharing honest stories of the subtle family dynamics that often go unnamed.  At the end of each episode, Patricia offers reflections and insights drawn from her work with...

In this episode of It Ends With You , we explore the first phase of cycle-breaking: Awakening; the moment you begin to notice that something doesn’t feel right anymore, even if you can’t fully explain why. Melanie shares her deeply personal journey of growing up with loss, loneliness, and the impact it had on how she showed up in relationships. From intense jealousy and fear of abandonment to over...