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.
221 episodes transcribedIn this Q&A episode, Whitney answers two questions from people trying to figure out where acceptance ends and cutting off begins. First, a woman w...
Estranged parents often say: “We had a perfect relationship, and then something to them. Social media. A therapist. A partner. Their other parents. Th...
One of the harder truths of estrangement is coming to terms with the fact that your parent was not who you needed them to be and in many cases is not...
Did you ever feel like you’re in a conversation where the other person is just waiting for you to stop talking while they load up something to say? Yo...
In this Q&A episode, Whitney answers two follow-up questions from her viral episode on parental curiosity. First, from a listener who wants to sta...
Is estrangement a privilege for the middle class and the rich? Whitney pushes back on the argument that cutting off family is something only wealthy p...
In this Q&A episode, Whitney answers two questions from people who love their families but are struggling with dynamics that aren't working. First...
You’ve heard that line before. And it didn’t make things better, did it? Many apologies are not good, and often they make things worse. Whitney breaks...
Whitney answers two questions from people who have stepped back from a harmful family relationship, but are stuck in what comes next. First, a wife wh...
When therapists say adult children are cutting off their parents for “normal parenting mistakes,” they're almost never specific about what that means....
Q&A episodes are back after Whitney’s maternity leave. In the first question, a woman gets into an argument with her mom and sister the day before...
Describe your dad in three words. For a lot of adults, the father wound isn't about a dad who left it's about one who was physically present but emoti...
Not all distance in a family relationship is estrangement. Not everyone pulling away is escaping an abusive situation. In this episode, Whitney explor...
Do your parents express curiosity about your life? This was the subject of one of Whitney’s most viral TikTok videos. 2,000 comments later, it’s clear...
Whitney breaks down one of the most requested topics from her audience: the neglecting, rejecting and cruel mothers. She defines the different types,...
It’s time for an honest look at therapists on the internet. Whitney answers the question of whether or not therapists as influencers and content creat...
Some of the hardest parent relationships to name are the ones that look fine from the outside. Whitney breaks down the distant parent-child relationsh...
In this episode, Whitney draws together hundreds of emails, letters, and social media interactions to create a profile of a specific type of parent sh...
So 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...
