Whitney Goodman is a licensed marriage and family therapist and author on a mission to help adult family members have better relationships. Each week, Whitney has conversations with influential guests and real people to help listeners find new ways of looking at old family problems. Calling Home is available every Tuesday and Thursday wherever you get your podcasts.
203 episodes transcribedSo you made the decision to leave a harmful family relationship. And you're wondering why it still feels so complicated. In this episode, Whitney walk...
Whitney is joined by therapist Emma Mahony to break down one of the most unflinching portrayals of a parentified child on television: Fiona Gallagher...
Not every relationship can be repaired, and not every relationship should be. In this episode, Whitney validates the decision to walk away from a fami...
Whitney is joined by therapist Stephanie Lindeman to break down the Roy family from the HBO Max show Succession. Succession is one of the most psychol...
When you bring up a painful memory and your parents say it never happened, it can feel like you're losing your mind. Whitney explains the science behi...
Whitney breaks down Jeanette McCurdy's interview on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy. She discusses enmeshment, parentification and the painful process of...
Whitney is joined by therapist Patrick Teahan to break down one of the most diabolically toxic mother figures on television: Smurf from Animal Kingdom...
Why aren’t therapists centering estranged parents at least as equally as their children? Whitney breaks down what bias actually means in a clinical co...
Most apologies aren’t great and sometimes even make things worse. If you've ever given or received an "I'm sorry" that left you feeling dissatisfied,...
Whitney addresses something that's been getting to her: the constant threats from estranged parents that they're reporting her to the licensing board....
What do enmeshed relationships actually look like? Why do parents become enmeshed with their kids? And what can you do about it? If you've ever felt l...
Whitney answers two listener questions about family relationships that don't go full no-contact but are also deeply dysfunctional. She also discusses...
Whitney has taken estranged parents' bait for the last time, and it's time to set the record straight.Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Famil...
Whitney answers two listener questions about harm that happened during a crisis and harm that accumulated over years. One listener is navigating repea...
Parental rejection hurts more than almost any other kind of rejection, and it’s a pain that doesn't dissolve with age. If you've ever minimized what h...
Whitney responds to a Facebook post from parents who feel blindsided by their college-age child who suddenly asks for no contact. She breaks down how...
If you've ever felt like the relationship you have with your parents or with your adult child looks completely different from the one that your parent...
Whitney reviews anonymous letters written by estranged parents to their adult children. She identifies patterns of spiritual bypassing disguised as ki...
In this episode, Whitney challenges the idea that all family relationships need to be deep, emotional, and vulnerable. “Strategic authenticity” is the...
Whitney defines what authoritarian parenting actually is (beyond just being strict), explores how it's rooted in control rather than raising independe...
