Believing Your Child to Break the Cycle
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of child abuse, sexual abuse of a child, infidelity, and family estrangement.A listener writes in with a lifetime of family secrets. She asks Whitne...
15 Okt 31min
Dealing with Your Mother’s Drama with Ashley Oerman
Journalist Ashley Oerman joins Whitney to talk about her new book, Motherf*cked: How to Stop Your Mother's Toxic Drama from Ruining Your Life, and the low contact relationship with her own mother that...
13 Okt 46min
Can Emotionally Immature Parents Change?
A listener spent years hoping her two divorced, emotionally immature parents would finally take accountability, only to watch the same excuses repeat with new partners. Whitney answers the question of...
8 Okt 34min
Why Does Every Dysfunctional Family Need A Scapegoat?
Every dysfunctional family needs somewhere to put the blame, and one person usually ends up holding it for everyone else. Whitney traces the history of the word scapegoat, then walks through the resea...
6 Okt 36min
When You're Forced to Fix What You Didn't Break
Whitney answers two listener questions this week: one from a woman who's been cut off by her parents because of her marriage and another from a woman who found her family badmouthing her, her marriage...
1 Okt 28min
Raising Conscious Sons and Daughters with Dr. Shefali Tsabary
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of domestic violence, violence against women, and past abuse.Whitney talks with Dr. Shefali Tsabary, author of the twin books Raising Conscious Sons...
29 Sep 41min
Does Estrangement End?
Whitney answers questions from listeners. The first from a woman who despite living blocks from her aging father can’t seem to connect with him. The second question is from a mother planning for the d...
24 Sep 42min
Low Effort Families with Dr. Sherrie Campbell
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of childhood physical and emotional abuse, neglect, and the death of a parent. Psychologist Dr. Sherrie Campbell, creator of the viral TikTok series...
22 Sep 1h 10min
