EPISODE 112 | The Relationship Patterns We Carry Into Love and Marriage with Amanda JP Brown

We don’t enter relationships as blank slates. By the time we start dating, committing, or getting married, we’ve already built an internal framework for what love looks like, how conflict works, and what we’re willing to tolerate. That framework often forms long before we have the language to describe it.In this conversation, psychotherapist Amanda JP Brown connects those early experiences to the patterns people carry into adult relationships. From staying in unhealthy dynamics to confusing potential with reality, she breaks down how self-worth, shame, and learned behavior quietly shape the way we show up in love.The conversation also moves beyond patterns into what happens when they begin to shift. What it looks like to grow within a relationship. Why that growth can create distance. And how ideas around marriage itself are evolving as people become more intentional about partnership.If you’ve ever felt stuck in the same relationship dynamic or questioned why certain patterns keep repeating, this is a more grounded way to start understanding what’s actually driving it.