# 3066: [Part 2] 5 Ways Your Childhood Impacts Your Relationship by Alysha Jeney of Modern Love Counseling on Relationship Patterns Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/optimal-relationships-daily-dating-marriage-and-parenting-1054569/3066-part-2-5-ways-your-childhood-impacts-your-relationship-by-alysha-jeney-of-modern-love-counseling-on-relationship-patterns Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/optimal-relationships-daily-dating-marriage-and-parenting-1054569/3066-part-2-5-ways-your-childhood-impacts-your-relationship-by-alysha-jeney-of-modern-love-counseling-on-relationship-patterns.md Podcast: [Optimal Relationships Daily - Dating, Marriage and Parenting](https://stenobird.com/podcast/optimal-relationships-daily-dating-marriage-and-parenting-1054569) Published: 2026-07-06T07:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/OLD9408057814.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/OLD9408057814.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/optimal-relationships-daily-dating-marriage-and-parenting-1054569/episodes/3066-part-2-5-ways-your-childhood-impacts-your-relationship-by-alysha-jeney-of-modern-love-counseling-on-relationship-patterns Duration seconds: 528 ## Resource Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) — Free. Want to turn today’s episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I’ll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It’s packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: ⁠https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join⁠ Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes and learn more at:⁠ OLDPodcast.com⁠. Episode 3066: Alysha Jeney explores how early experiences can shape struggles with intimacy, fear of abandonment, and the tendency to shut down during conflict. She offers practical ways to build trust, communicate needs, and create healthier patterns of connection with a partner. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.modernlovecounseling.com/ways-your-childhood-impacts-your-relationship/ Quotes to ponder: "Intimacy requires trust. Trust requires consistency and risk taking." "It’s a scary little dance, but it’s all worth it in the end if you allow safe people in." "The more the two of you can work together at giving each other what you need to feel safe, the better chances you have to repairing effectively." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/optimal-relationships-daily-dating-marriage-and-parenting-1054569/episodes/3066-part-2-5-ways-your-childhood-impacts-your-relationship-by-alysha-jeney-of-modern-love-counseling-on-relationship-patterns/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/optimal-relationships-daily-dating-marriage-and-parenting-1054569/3066-part-2-5-ways-your-childhood-impacts-your-relationship-by-alysha-jeney-of-modern-love-counseling-on-relationship-patterns.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.