What Childhood Trauma Does to Your Marriage and How to Fix it | Ust. Yasmin & Ust. Sarah Sultan

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You’re aware of your wounds. You’ve tried therapy. You’ve made so much du’a. And you still feel stuck.

Ustadha Yasmin Mogahed and Ustadha Sarah Sultan go beneath the surface in this conversation, covering why trauma doesn’t come from the event itself but from not having the tools to process it, why addictions and harmful behaviors won’t stop until you understand the need they’re filling, how childhood wounds quietly show up inside your marriage, and what the first actionable step looks like when awareness alone isn’t enough.

00:00 Understanding Trauma and Wounds
02:54 Power of Childhood Wounds
05:48 Wounds and Scar Tissue
08:22 When Protection Keeps You Stuck
10:20 Trauma Can Be Healed
12:35 Behavior and Unmet Needs
18:03 Identity Shapes Destiny
25:34 Beyond Black and White Thinking
29:03 How Self Criticism Blocks Growth
36:31 Accountability Without Punishment
38:01 The Sunk Cost Fallacy
41:07 Connection Over Control
45:23 Lessons From Prophet Adam
01:07:32 Steps for Lasting Change

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