Parents whose adult children have cut them off often wonder: How did this happen? Where did I go wrong? What happened to my loving child? Over time, holidays, birthdays, and even the birth of a grandchild may all pass - in silence. But there is hope.
Today’s gal pal is Tina Gilbertson. Tina is a Psychotherapist, Author, Estrangement Consultant, and author of Reconnecting with Your Estranged Adult Child: Practical Tips and Tools to Heal Your Relationship. She cuts through the blame, shame, and guilt on both sides of the broken relationship and offers techniques and tools to parents who have felt powerless. She believes reconciliation is a step-by-step process, but the effort is well worth it. It is never too late to renew relations and experience better-than-ever bonds.
In this episode, we talk about:
Here’s a glance:
[5:47] Tina is a Naked Nelly who simply doesn’t concern herself with any more personal grooming than necessary.
[8:02] What issues fuel parent-adult child estrangement?
[16:50] What parents can do to reconcile a relationship with an estranged adult child.
[24:45] Four key points to help parents not to feel powerless.
[32:58] How early wounding affects relationships and the benefits of speaking with a qualified counselor.
[42:04] Finding emotional resilience within yourself.
[43:44] In the Flip the Chip segment, Mary highlights the four things parents can start doing today if they have an estranged child.
“The first thing [parents] want to try to do is to take some time to understand the reasons, from the child's point of view, why they're seeking distance.” — Tina Gilbertson on @livelikeyournailcolor
“If we haven't maybe received enough compassion and empathy in our lives, we don't know what it looks like or what it feels like to experience that.” — Tina Gilbertson on @livelikeyournailcolor
“Resilience is the ability to come back into equilibrium emotionally.” — Tina Gilbertson on @livelikeyournailcolor
Reconnecting with Your Estranged Adult Child: Practical Tips and Tools to Heal Your Relationship
Take the quiz and discover your nail color persona: mynailcolorpersona.com
“Mary and the Live Like Your Nail Color podcast is inspiring and fun!” <– If that sounds like you, please take a hot minute to rate and review my show! This helps me get the podcast in front of more women so they, too, can flip the chip to feel happy, free, and full of life. Go here (or https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-like-your-nail-color-podcast-with-mary-foley/id1621128078), scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.”
Plus, make sure to subscribe to the podcast. Because it's not nearly as fun without you!