Start But Don’t Stop With Empathy
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 263 · Duration: 00:11:38 Has your teen or young adult ever told you that you just don’t understand their condition and that you’re expecting too much of them? We’ll talk about this and a whole lot more on this week’s podcast, Start But Don’t Stop With Empathy. Here’s our question...Continue reading→
Try Going on Strike: ADHD Youth and Managing Responsibilities
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 262 · Duration: 00:11:00 Have things ever gotten to place with your teenager where you are not only worried but worn-out? We’ll talk about what to do about that and a whole lot more on this week’s podcast, Try Going on Strike! And here’s our question. Dear Neil, Our now...Continue reading→
Stuck in the Middle
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 261 · Duration: 00:11:00 Hi, I’m Neil and I’m thrilled to be back bringing you my Healthy Family Connections podcast. I’ve taken a break from my podcast to produce an updated and possibly even life-changing parenting course. If you’re struggling with an issue with your teenager or want to avoid...Continue reading→
My Son Thinks Shoplifting is Okay
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 259 · Duration: 00:19:42 What do you do when you discover your young teen is shoplifting, seems to think everyone does it, and that it’s okay behavior? We’ll talk about this and a whole lot more on this week’s podcast, My Son Thinks Shoplifting Is Okay. Healthy Family Connections, the...Continue reading→
Intense Positivity is Required
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 258 · Duration: 00:23:27 Episode Description: In this podcast, Neil and Robin respond to a Caroyln Hax column in which a desperate mom wants advice for dealing with her hostile 17-year-old son. Mom is divorced and her son had been living mostly with his father, who just passed away. Healthy...Continue reading→
Generational Trauma: 4 Steps to Unlocking those Hidden Family Feelings
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 257 · Duration: 00:31:53 In this podcast, we explore generational sources of self-destructive behavior, how best to understand it, and most importantly, how to heal it. Healthy Family Connections, the number one rated family therapy podcast, is sponsored by Neil D Brown, LCSW, and I’m your host, Neil D Brown...Continue reading→
The Do’s and Don’ts of Talking With Your Teen About Sex
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 256 · Duration: 00:27:53 Now here’s a subject we’ve managed to avoid yet it’s a subject every parent of an adolescent will face, talking with your teenager about sex. We’ll talk about this and a whole lot more on this week’s podcast, The Dos and Don’ts of Talking With Your...Continue reading→
This Common Problem Hurts The Whole Family
The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 255 · Duration: 00:25:36 Now here is something to think about. When you and your partner approach standards and consequences very differently, it could be fine, or you could be making a very big mistake. Neil explains how polarized positions are triangulating and confusing for teens and how to end...Continue reading→
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. Neil offers a powerful yet simple way to think of and build empathy skills, a missing ingredient for this husband...Continue reading→
Can’t I Just ‘Say It Like It Is’ to My Kids? The Difference Between Being Honest and Being Hurtful
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?” We talk about this and a whole lot more on the podcast,...Continue reading→