Got questions about parenting, teenagers, or relationships? Ever wonder why your teen won’t talk to you, or why your relationship feels like hard work lately? Hi, I’m Marie Vakakis, a therapist, mental health educator, and someone who’s been behind the scenes with countless families and couples navigating the ups and downs of real life. This Complex Life is your go-to for relatable insights, practical advice, and real talk about parenting, raising teenagers, and navigating relationships. I’ll share what I’ve learned from years of sitting in the therapist’s chair, helping parents understand their teens, supporting couples through tough times, and figuring out what actually works when life feels overwhelming. Whether it’s understanding your teen’s moods, handling family drama, or reconnecting in your relationship, I’m here to give you practical advice, relatable insights and a little humour to keep it real. Parenting and relationships aren’t easy, but they don’t have to feel impossible.
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Why Mental Health Advice Doesn't Change What You Do a Conversation with All in the Mind Host Sana Qadar
Aug 19, 202631 minS1
<p>You can listen to every mental health podcast going and still find yourself losing it about shoes on a Tuesday morning. Knowing the information and actually doing something with it turn out to be two very different skills.</p>
<p>Therapist Marie Vakakis sits down with Sana Qadar, host of the ABC's All in the Mind, to talk about what actually sticks after five years of interviewing some of the best minds in psychology and neuroscience. Sana isn't a therapist or a psychologist. She's a journalist who has absorbed more mental health content than most of us ever will...
The 5 Love Languages Are Wrong. Here’s What Actually Works.
Aug 3, 202614 minS1
<p>The 5 Love Languages: What the Research Actually Says</p>
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<p>Twenty million copies sold. A quiz most couples have done at least once. The five love languages are one of the most widely used relationship frameworks in the world, and it turns out the core claims don't hold up the way most people assume they do.</p>
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<p>Therapist Marie Vakakis breaks down what the research actually found when the five love languages framework was formally tested, what it gets right, where it falls short, and what she sees in her couples therapy...
<p>Grief is something all of us will live through, yet most of us were never taught how to talk about it. In her latest episode of This Complex Life, therapist Marie Vakakis sits with grief in all its forms, from the loss we see coming to the loss that knocks us sideways.</p>
<p>Therapist Marie Vakakis, an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and couples therapist based in Melbourne's west, opens up about the grief she's lived through and the patterns she sees in her therapy room every week. She covers the many types of grief, the things people...
<p>You're spending time together. Dinners, dog walks, evenings on the couch. Nobody's fighting, nothing is obviously broken. Something feels completely off and you can't quite point to it. In this episode I walk through seven signs your partner might be emotionally checked out, even when everything looks fine from the outside.</p>
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<p>Resources and Links</p>
<p>• Relationship Reset course: marievakakis.com.au</p>
<p>• Free Conflict Workbook: marievakakis.com.au</p>
<p>• Connected Teens parenting course</p>
<p>• Marathon sessions at The Therapy Hub: thetherapyhub.com.au</p>
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<p>askmarie@marievakakis.com.au</p>
The psychology of the ick and what it says about you
May 28, 202620 minS1
<p>The ick in dating. That sudden, full-body recoil where someone does something completely normal and you just shut down. 64% of people have experienced it, and a quarter ended the relationship because of it. But is the ick a red flag, or is it fear of intimacy disguised as disgust?</p>
<p>Therapist Marie Vakakis unpacks the psychology of the ick, what it reveals about your attachment style, and asks: are we being too picky, or are we terrified of being truly seen?</p>
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<p>• What the ick actually is and why it happens</p>
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