Many of us have been sold the idea that family is a matter of blood and legally binding agreements. But something in you knows that can't be all there is. You believe humans were made with an expansive capacity for love and need all kinds of relationships. What is the alternative to the model we've been given?

Welcome to Found Family. Every Tuesday, I have honest conversations with our dynamite guests, celebrating the creative ways they make community in their actual lives and providing tips about how you can do the same.

I'm MaryB. Safrit. I'm a NYC-based relationship coach, author, and host of Found Family. I'm also your friendly neighborhood bisexual, recovering people-pleaser, and current goblin obsessed with all things relationship-building, hospitality, spirituality, and culture. Also, LOTR, but I promise I only bring it up occasionally.

Relationships are both complex and beautiful, and that's a reality we can embrace and learn to work with. Many communities have been creating Found Family for generations. This show honors and taps into that legacy as we continue to adapt it to our world and social climate. Found Family shows us new ways to embrace our lives and create the communities we want to be part of.

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