Why Can't I Be Me When I'm With You?
People don't walk into a therapist's office and say they're having a differentiation problem. They say they feel like a different person around their family, or that they have a whole life their paren...
8 Sep 41min
My Estrangement is Giving Me Migraines and Stomachaches
In this Q&A episode, Whitney answers two questions from listening asking what their responsibility is to people who aren’t going to change. In question one: a stepmom asks how much to intervene with a...
3 Sep 28min
The Lindsay Clancy Trial
Content warning: This episode discusses suicide, postpartum psychosis, and the deaths of children, and includes detailed discussion of the Lindsay Clancy case.The Lindsay Clancy trial revealed a famil...
1 Sep 1h 2min
When a Parent Pulls Away
In this Q&A episode, Whitney answers questions about parents who pull back instead of facing accountability. In question one: a father goes silent for a year after his daughter discovers he secretly b...
27 Aug 29min
What it’s Like On Both Sides of Estrangment With Kreed Revere
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of child abuse and references to sexual abuse.Kreed, host of the Estranged Heart Podcast, shares her perspective as both a formerly estranged adult ...
25 Aug 44min
My Parents Welcomed Their Estrangment
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of domestic violence, child abuse, and suicidal ideation.In this Q&A episode, Whitney answers questions about families who respond with denial when ...
20 Aug 39min
Are We in an Estrangement Epidemic?
Rin Reczek spent two decades studying families before she turned her research toward estrangement. What she found in the data took her by complete surprise. In this conversation, the sociologist and ...
18 Aug 54min
What to Do if You Inherit an Estrangement
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of self-harm, physical and emotional abuse, and a parent expressing suicidal ideation.We spend a lot of time talking about the person who decides to...
13 Aug 56min
