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.
215 episodes transcribedIn 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...
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...
