Coaching Your Family Relationships
A podcast for parents seeking healthier connections with their adult children, addressing strained or distant relationships through family systems theory and practical guidance.
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Sep 15, 2026 · 1h 6mFailure to Launch: How to Help Your Young Adult Move Forward with Colin and Hayley from Not TherapyGuests Colin and Hayley from Not Therapy talk about supporting an unmotivated young adult living at home without enabling them, including executive functioning challengesSep 8, 2026 · 26 minHow to Repair Your Relationship with Your Adult Child After Hurt or Conflict: Helpful Therapy Words, Part 3Tina covers two skills for reconnecting after conflict: repair and accountability. She explains how to acknowledge your impact without defensiveness or collapsing into guSep 1, 2026 · 32 minHow to Help Your Adult Child Feel Heard and Emotionally Safe: Helpful Therapy Words, Part 2Curiosity, attunement, and emotional safety in conversations with adult children, and how understanding their experience improves communication without requiring agreemenAug 25, 2026 · 31 minHow to Let Go of Control Without Losing Connection: Helpful Therapy Words, Part 1An introduction to differentiation and acceptance from Bowen Family Systems Theory, and how parents can stay grounded while respecting an adult child's autonomy.Aug 18, 2026 · 36 minYour Adult Child Calls You a Narcissist: What Are They Really Trying to Say?Tina clarifies the difference between clinical narcissism and emotional immaturity, and helps parents understand what their child may mean by the label and how to respondAug 11, 2026 · 27 minMy Adult Child Says I Trigger Them: What Should I Do?How the nervous system responds to conflict, what Gottman Institute research says about emotional flooding, and practical ways to pause a conversation and come back calmeAug 4, 2026 · 30 minMy Adult Child Says I Traumatized Them: What Should I Do?Send us a message Episode 228: My Adult Child Says I Traumatized Them: What Should I Do? When your adult child says you traumatized them, it can feel like a judgment on yJul 28, 2026 · 38 minMy Adult Child Says I'm Gaslighting Them. What Do I Do?Send us a message Episode 227: My Adult Child Says I'm Gaslighting Them. What Do I Do? When your adult child says you are gaslighting them, it can feel like an accusationJul 21, 2026 · 27 minMy Adult Child Said I was Toxic. What Do I Do With That?Send us a message Episode 226: My Adult Child Said I was Toxic. What Do I Do With That? Hearing your adult child describe you, your parenting, or your family as “toxic” cJul 14, 2026 · 29 minWhat Does It Mean When Your Adult Child Says You Don’t Respect Their Boundaries?Send us a message Episode 225: What Does It Mean When Your Adult Child Says You Don’t Respect Their Boundaries? Has your adult child ever told you that you crossed a bounJul 7, 2026 · 1h 14mWhy Adult Children Go No Contact: Understanding Family Estrangement, with Dr. Rin ReczekSend us a message Episode 224 - Why Adult Children Go No Contact: Understanding Family Estrangement, with Dr. Rin Reczek Are you wondering why your adult child went no coJun 30, 2026 · 23 minWhen Someone You Love Hurts You: How to Regain Emotional StabilitySend us a message Episode 223: When Someone You Love Hurts You: How to Regain Emotional Stability Have you ever been doing something completely ordinary—loading the dishwJun 23, 2026 · 28 minWhen Love Feels Like Pressure: The Hidden Conflict in Helping Too MuchSend us a message Episode 222: When Love Feels Like Pressure: The Hidden Conflict in Helping Too Much What if the very thing you are doing to keep the relationship close Jun 16, 2026 · 31 minHidden Conflict: Why Your Family Feels Tense Even When No One Is FightingSend us a message Episode 221 - Hidden Conflict: Why Your Family Feels Tense Even When No One is Fighting What if your family relationship feels tense, distant, or uncomfJun 9, 2026 · 18 minGrandfatherhood and Legacy: How to Be Involved Without InterferingSend us a message Episode 220: Grandfatherhood and Legacy: How to Be Involved Without Interfering What kind of presence do you bring into your family? When you walk into Jun 2, 2026 · 17 minFatherhood After Your Kids Grow Up: Who Are You to Them Now?Send us a message Episode 219: Fatherhood After Your Kids Grow Up: Who Are You to Them Now? What happens to fatherhood after your children grow up? When your adult child May 25, 2026 · 19 minHow to Focus on What You Can Control When Family Relationships Are HardSend us a message Episode 218: How to Focus on What You Can Control When Family Relationships Are Hard When a relationship is strained, it’s so tempting to think: If I saMay 19, 2026 · 52 minLazy or Stuck? Why Your Adult Child Avoids Life and How to RespondSend us a message Episode 127 - Lazy or Stuck? Why Your Adult Child Avoids Life and How to Respond If you’re staring at a “failure to launch” situation and thinking, “AreMay 12, 2026 · 48 minBoundaries with Your Adult Child: Stepping Back When You're Used to Being NeededSend us a message Episode 216 - Boundaries with Your Adult Child: Stepping Back When You're Used to Being Needed If you're a parent of an adult child and you're still worMay 5, 2026 · 40 minWhen Mother's Day Isn't Happy: Naming the Grief No One SeesSend us a message When Mother’s Day Isn’t Happy: Naming the Grief No One Sees Mother’s Day is everywhere. Flowers at the grocery store, brunch photos, smiling cards, and Apr 28, 2026 · 27 minWhen Your Adult Child Chooses Their Spouse Over You: How to Stay GroundedSend us a message Episode 214: When Your Adult Child Chooses Their Spouse Over You: How to Stay Grounded Part 5 in the Series: How To Deal with Your Adult Child's DifficuApr 21, 2026 · 27 minYou Can't Fix Your Adult Child's Marriage: When You Feel Powerless, part 4Send us a message Episode 213 - You Can't Fix Your Adult Child's Marriage: When You Feel Powerless, part 4 of the series about your adult child's difficult spouse. If youApr 14, 2026 · 26 minWhen Your Adult Child's Spouse is Controlling, Critical, or Cold — This Is What's Actually HappeningSend us a message Episode 212: When Your Adult Child's Spouse is Controlling, Critical, or Cold - This is What's Actually Happening Anxiety doesn't always look like worryApr 7, 2026 · 16 minWhen Your Adult Child’s Spouse Misunderstands You: Stop Defending Yourself and Stay Calm (Part 3)Send us a message When Your Adult Child’s Spouse Misunderstands You: Stop Defending Yourself and Stay Calm (Part 3) You read the message… and your chest tightens. “That’sMar 31, 2026 · 23 minStop Blaming Yourself: When Your Adult Child’s Spouse is Anxious or Difficult, part 2Send us a message Episode 210 - Stop Blaming Yourself: When Your Adult Child’s Spouse is Anxious or Difficult, part 2 Have you ever left a visit with your adult child and
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