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.
229 episodes transcribedContent warning: This episode contains descriptions of suicidal ideation, child abuse and neglect, childhood sexual abuse, and abortion.Whitney answer...
If you've spent time in the estrangement conversation online, you've noticed how fast it flattens into two camps: the people who cut off and the peopl...
Content warning: This episode contains a description of a traumatic birth, postpartum complications, and abuse.Before the Q&A, Whitney opens with...
“He's been hard since the day he was born.” “Something in her is just off, and always has been.” “Is there something broken with my child?” Whitney tr...
How do you keep giving to a relationship that isn't giving much back? How do you know when you've finally done enough? In this Q&A episode, Whitne...
Something goes wrong at home. A glass tips over. Someone forgot to change the laundry, unload the dishwasher. The dog escapes. Within seconds there's...
Content warning: This episode discusses childhood abuse, domestic violence, racial slurs, and the death of a sibling.In this Q&A episode, Whitney...
Dr. Lindsay Gibson's first book, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, gave millions of people language for what happened to them growing up...
In 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...
