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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 inspired it.
Connect with Ashley Oerman Book, Motherf*cked: How to Stop Your Mother's Toxic Drama from Ruining Your Life: https://link.amazon/B0jexMTjK
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The Emotional Support Newsletter on Substack: https://ashleyoerman.substack.com
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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 whether parents ever really change later in life and how to handle it if they don’t.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to [email protected]
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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 research on why one child gets cast as the family's problem: not because of what they did, but because of what the family needed.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to [email protected]
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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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, and her parenting in a separate family group text.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to [email protected]
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
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Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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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 and Raising Conscious Daughters, about what boys and girls each need to thrive right now in our current society. The through-line: you can't hand your child a self you haven't worked on, and it is never too late to start.
Connect with Dr. Shefali Tsabary Website: https://www.drshefali.com/
Raising Conscious Sons: www.drshefali.com/raisingconscious-daughters-sons/
Raising Conscious Daughters: www.drshefali.com/raisingconscious-daughters-sons/
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to [email protected]
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 day her estranged mother tries to contact her kids.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to [email protected]
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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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 on "low effort families”, joins Whitney to unpack what it looks like to show up just enough to avoid blame while giving almost nothing that children really need.
Connect with Dr. Sherrie Campbell Website: https://drsherriecampbell.com
Buy Dr. Campbell's Book: You Are Home: https://drsherriecampbell.com/self-esteem-relationship-counseling-in-yorba-linda/
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to [email protected]
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of emotional abuse, ongoing harassment, and a mention of suicidal ideation.
In this Q&A episode, Whitney answers a woman whose parents keep sending guilt-laden texts and showing up uninvited. In the second question, a listener's therapist keeps telling her to decide what she wants from her parents before she feels ready.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to [email protected]
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of child abuse and corporal punishment.
Stephanie Warren was taught that her parents beating her was proof of their love, because in the fundamentalist Christian world she grew up in, that was what love was allowed to look like. She and Whitney talk through how her parents rationalized the abuse, why she eventually went no contact, and what it took to build a life and an education she was never supposed to have.
Connect with Stephanie Warren: https://thestrongwilledchild.substack.com/
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to [email protected]
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of child abuse and domestic violence.
In this Q&A episode, answers a question from a woman whose parents responded to her request for space by suing her for access to her children. In the second question, from a man whose mother stayed with an abusive partner and is still with him today. He asks what to make of a parent who chose someone else over her kids.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to [email protected]
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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