As it turns out, home renovation extraordinaire and television personality Mina Starsiak Hawk also wanted to break some familial and generational trauma patterns. “I think in my family, it was again that term ‘functioning alcoholic,'” she divulged during the revelatory “Why We Went Sober” episode of her podcast. “There was tons of problems. There was emotional stuff, physical stuff, mental stuff that was all ever-present, and I didn’t really think anything of it because it was just normal.”
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As you may recall, Hawk has never been shy about the toll working with family — namely, her mother, Karen Laine — has taken on her. During the Season 8 premiere episode, Hawk revealed during a demolition that she and Laine had gotten into “a knockdown drag-out [fight]. Hawk later told People, “There were definitely some challenging [moments] because my mom and I were in some of the most challenging places I felt we’ve been.”
