In this season of MID, we are answering the dilemmas and questions that you, our listeners, have sent us. This episode is all about families - the messy, the heartbreaking and the scary. To answer your questions, Holly has enlisted the woman known as the Friendly Psychologist, Jacqui Manning, who has over 25 years of clinical experience.

The dilemmas Jacqui and Holly tackle in this episode are:

• I want to be friends with my daughter-in-law, but she won’t even join the group chat.
• My mother is dying, but we still don’t get along.
• My daughter won’t speak to me because of my younger boyfriend.

Find out more about Jacqui's work as The Friendly Psychologist here. 

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CREDITS:

Guest: Jacqui Manning

Host: Holly Wainwright

Executive Producer: Naima Brown

Senior Producer: Tahli Blackman

Audio Producer: Jacob Round

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

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