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Use This Skill and Everyone Will Love You
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 254 · Duration: 00:22:08 In this podcast, Neil and Robin respond to a husband and father struggling with why he isn’t being listened to or appreciated in his own family. Today we’re hearing from Allen from San Diego, California who writes: Dear Neil, My wife listens to your podcast and […]
Continue reading→Can’t I Just “Say It Like It Is” To My Kids?
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 253 · Duration: 00:22:58 What do you do when after reading a stack of parenting books, and trying to say everything just the right way, you get fed up and want to just “say it like it is?” Today we’re hearing from Josephina in Austin, Tx who writes: Dear Neil, […]
Continue reading→3 Critical Steps to Heal Young Adult Hostile Dependency
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 252 · Duration: 00:27:51 In this podcast Neil and Robin respond to a woman whose daughter threatens to quit going to college or harm herself when her parents don’t give her what she wants. Neil names this syndrome as Hostile Dependency and offers this mother clear guidelines and the healthy […]
Continue reading→Why Your Daughter’s Depression Makes Perfect Sense
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 251 · Duration: 00:21:45 In this podcast, Neil and Robin respond to a question from a mom whose daughter is isolating more and more and seems to possibly be depressed. Patricia of Phoenix AZ writes: Dear Neil, I’ve been listening to your podcast for a while, and it’s given me great support […]
Continue reading→Find Your Voice To Get Healthy
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 250 · Duration: 00:21:22 In this podcast Neil and Robin respond to a woman on a quest to get healthy and have a stronger voice with her husband. She is struggling with how her husband fights with their college age son and wants the pattern to change. Franchesca from Minneapolis, […]
Continue reading→Should I Reconcile With My Dysfunctional Family?
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 249 · Duration: 00:34:50 In this podcast, Neil, along with co-host Robin, reviews a question that Amy Dickenson responded to in her column at the end of December entitled, “Texas native should go home again.” What do you do if your family of origin has cut you off for moving […]
Continue reading→A Crisis With Your Teen? Maybe It’s An Opportunity!
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 248 · Duration: 00:20:52 What do you do when you discover your high school senior has not been going to his classes and instead, has been putting all his energy into gaming? Today we are hearing from Kaylin of Eastern Connecticut. Kaylin writes: Dear Neil, I suffer from debilitating anxiety […]
Continue reading→Self-Centered or Self-Oriented? Know The Difference And Thrive
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 247 · Duration: 00:28:30 In this podcast, Neil and co-host Robin discuss three ways of being: self-oriented, self-centered and other-centered. Neil provides insight into how each of us is probably a little or a lot of each in our lives depending on our day-to-day circumstances. The most effective and mature […]
Continue reading→Five Crucial Points For Boundary Setting With Your Adult Child
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 246 · Duration: 00:26:51 In this podcast Neil, along with co-host Robin, responds to a mother whose adult child has moved back home. This young adult makes chronic demands on her mother’s time. And while wanting to be the focus of her mother’s world, this adult child is rude and […]
Continue reading→Exhausted from Setting Limits? Make this Shift
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 245 · Duration: 00:29:14 In this podcast, Neil along with cohost Robin Holland responds to a mom struggling with two resistant teens and their weekend father. Today we’re hearing from Bonnie of Maplewood, NJ who writes: Dear Neil, I know that control battles are a problem, but how do I […]
Continue reading→Want Others To Behave Better? Do This!
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 244 · Duration: 00:28:30 This podcast is part two in a series providing the most effective way to end chronic relationship struggles. Neil and Robin do a refresh on part one, from last week, and then offer a simple 2-step approach for having others listen and support your needs, too. […]
Continue reading→Struggling In A Relationship? Do This, It’s Magic.
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 243 · Duration: 00:24:35 What do you do when you’re struggling in a relationship and almost anything you say, ends up in an argument? We talk about this and a whole lot more on this week’s podcast, Struggling In A Relationship? Do This, It’s Magic. Rather than answer a listener […]
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