The Parent Pivot Podcast

By Steve and Julia Cummings

We are Steve and Julia Cummings and we are empty nesters who desire to maintain healthy relationship with our adult children. We have found that something needs to change in us, the parent, when our c... more

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The podcast currently has 102 episodes available.

The Parent Pivot Podcast episodes:

September 05, 2023 When Your Adult Child Cuts Off Relationship
If your adult child has cut you out of his or her life—whether for a long or short time—it is a gut-wrenching experience. It often provokes deep feelings of shame, guilt, bewilderment, and hurt, all of which can easily turn to anger. On top of that, it can also arouse people’s worst suspicions ("Surely, the Smiths must be terrible parents for their daughter to cut them off like that!") and leave you feeling judged, even by friends and family.
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia help you navigate how to reconnect with your adult child and begin the healing process.
Contact Steve & Julia on Facebook at The Parent Pivot Podcast, or via email at:
[email protected]
www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com
www.bringingkingdom.org
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22min
August 29, 2023 Looking Deeper Inside Ourselves to Becoming a Great Partner to Our Adult Kids
Whether we realize it or not, or even BELIEVE it, shame can affect our relationships with our adult children. It seeks to destroy our identity as a parent and replace it with a damaged version of ourselves. The good news is: we don't have to continue to live this way.
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia unpack how shame can be overcome and you can begin to have that healthy relationship with your adult children you've always desired and didn't know how to get there.
Contact Steve & Julia on Facebook at The Parent Pivot Podcast, or via email at:
[email protected]
www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com
www.bringingkingdom.org
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20min
August 22, 2023 Pay It Forward If You Can: Creating a Legacy of Generosity
Every day it seems it's getting harder and harder to make it in this world. If you have hard-working adult kids struggling to get sustainable jobs and housing, you're not alone. What can we do as partners to help them?
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia Cummings share their own story of being struggling newlyweds and having kids and how they were able to survive only to now watch their own adult kids struggle. Be listening as they share some trends they are seeing that will provoke your thinking and bring hope.
Contact Steve & Julia on Facebook at The Parent Pivot Podcast, or via email at:
[email protected]
www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com
www.bringingkingdom.org
...more
22min
August 15, 2023 Summertime Check: How Are You Doing?
Summertime is a good time to watch a good movie and laugh with your mate. Sometimes laughing at other people can bring home some valuable messages to evaluate how you are doing.
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia share about some recent events they went through, and how a popular movie they watched again can help you as a partner of an adult child.
Videos to watch mentioned in this podcast:
Jamilyn tell her husband she's pregnant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDyMUAwH_TI
Jamilyn tells her family and friends:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT2IHsEDtt0&t=1s

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21min
August 08, 2023 ”Why is This Taking SO Long?” - The Emerging Adult
Many young adults today are in no hurry to grow up. They are meandering toward responsibility and life's most important decisions, while wearing t-shirts jokingly complaining about "adulting."
Does that sound like your adult child?
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia shed some light on how you can come alongside your "emerging adult" with curiosity and how creating a safe space for them with you will strengthen your relationship.
Contact Steve & Julia on Facebook at The Parent Pivot Podcast, or via email at:
[email protected]
www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com
www.bringingkingdom.org
...more
20min
August 01, 2023 Their Perception is Their Reality:
It's bound to happen. Your adult child is hurt by something they see their grandparents do for their sibling and not for them. Do you get involved? Ignore it? Take sides? Explain it away?
In yet another "real time" episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia walk through a situation that just happened that involved their adult child and their grandparent. How do you navigate this one when there's so many paths to take? Be listening for some practical, loving counsel that will strengthen your relationship with your adult child.
Contact Steve & Julia on Facebook at The Parent Pivot Podcast, or via email at:
[email protected]
www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com
www.bringingkingdom.org
...more
14min
July 25, 2023 You’re Not Responsible for Your Spouse’s Relationships
Your husband's relationship with your adult child is heading south fast and causing tension in the family. Or maybe it's your wife's relationship. Your adult child comes to you because you're safe and now you're in the middle. Now what?
If this resonates with you, you'll want to be sure to listen to this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast. Steve and Julia Cummings provide some helpful counsel and wisdom to navigate this scenario as you pivot from parent to partner with your adult children.
Contact Steve & Julia at:
[email protected]
www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com
www.bringingkingdom.org
...more
23min
July 18, 2023 Partnering As Grandparents
An estimated 2.7 million grandparents in the United States are taking the lead in raising their grandchildren. More than 6.1 million children under 18 live in their grandparents' households.
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia bring some helpful insights and counsel to help you have healthy partner relationships with your adult children as grandparents.
Contact Steve & Julia at:
[email protected]
www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com
www.bringingkingdom.org
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30min
July 11, 2023 Relationships 201: The Three B’s
Pivoting from parent to partner requires intentional action. If you're reacting to your adult child all the time, chances are your relationship is struggling. It's only a matter of time before it completely fractures.
What can we do in the moment when our heart is racing, our gut is tense and worry, anxiety and fear are overwhelming us?
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia have just the thing you need: The Three B's to healthy communication.
Contact Steve & Julia at:
[email protected]
www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com
www.bringingkingdom.org

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15min
July 04, 2023 We See You, Sandwich Generation!
Pivoting from parent to partner is hard enough on its own. But what happens if you have an adult child away at college, a high schooler at home, AND your elderly parent living with you? That a LOT to handle day in and day out. How do you navigate all of that when it can be so overwhelming?
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia recount a recent situation and with grace and wisdom walk you through some ways to get the help you need.
Contact Steve & Julia at:
[email protected]
www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com
www.bringingkingdom.org
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18min

FAQs about The Parent Pivot Podcast:

How many episodes does The Parent Pivot Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 102 episodes available.