To work your way back to a healthy, mutually beneficial relationship with your currently estranged adult child, there might be changes you wish to make.

Something went wrong in the relationship you share. To repair your damaged bond, you may wish to show up in a different way for your adult child.

Typical changes desired are for parents to listen more, criticize less, reduce or increase expectations placed on the adult child, etc.

Many changes requested by estranged adult children are ones that could benefit the parent as well. For this reason, and because the relationship may depend on it, you need to know how to actually change – not just to talk about it, but to do it.

This episode outlines four specific steps to making a change. Be ready to take notes!