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CALLING HOME with Whitney Goodman, LMFT
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.
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- 254 - Passive Parents and Scapegoats
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of childhood abuse, including emotional and physical abuse, and a grandparent's inappropriate behavior toward children.
In this Q&A episode, a listener writes in about a father who minimized her mother's abuse. The second listener describes growing up as the family scapegoat.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
When Grief and Anger Live in the Same Room:https://callinghome.co/topics/grieving-complicated-relationships/when-grief-and-anger-live-in-the-same-roomThe Grief That No One Sees: Why You’re Allowed to Mourn Complicated People:https://callinghome.co/topics/grieving-complicated-relationships/the-grief-that-no-one-sees-why-you-re-allowed-to-mourn-complicated-peopleA Letter to the Mother I Needed Worksheet:https://callinghome.co/topics/healing-from-neglectful-rejecting-and-cruel-mothers/a-letter-to-the-mother-i-neededThe Parent You Have: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/808472/the-parent-you-have-by-whitney-goodman-lmft/Maintenance Phase Estrangement Episode: https://www.patreon.com/maintenancephase/posts/october-bonus-173122402Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Thu, 05 Nov 2026 - 58min - 253 - Enmeshment and Boundaries in Dysfunctional Families With Jordan Pickell
Jordan Pickell is the author of Untangling the Ties That Bind: Heal Enmeshment Trauma and Break Dysfunctional Patterns with Family Members. Jordan joins Whitney to explain why enmeshment can feel endearing from the inside. They discuss how to separate closeness and cultural values from control. They also talk about being a parent who grew up enmeshed and how to raise kids without swinging into a new version of the same pattern.
Jordan’s Book: Untangling the Ties That Bind: Heal Enmeshment Trauma and Break Dysfunctional Patterns with Family Members: https://www.amazon.com/Untangling-Ties-That-Bind-Dysfunctional/dp/164848848X
Follow Jordan on Instagram: @jordanpickellcounselling
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2026 - 39min - 252 - Who Gets To Spend The Holidays With You?
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of physical and emotional abuse by a parent.
This week Whitney answers three questions on spending time with family during the holidays. One listener finally enjoys the holidays since skipping her authoritarian parents' Christmas and wants to know what happens when she runs out of excuses. Another listener asks whether to FaceTime her in-laws after a grandmother snapped at her husband in front of their kids. The third listener can't plan a visit to the nieces and nephews she adores because every trip stalls on "what about dad?"
Spend the holidays with us at Calling Home!
Use the code THREE at checkout to save 50% on your first month until 11:59 PM ET on November 1. : http://www.callinghome.co/holidays
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Thu, 29 Oct 2026 - 29min - 251 - Holiday Survival Plan For Dysfunctional Families
You have about four weeks until Thanksgiving. Many people spend them dreading it and then repeat last year's holiday all over again. Whitney responds to comments she got on Instagram about the hardest parts of the holidays. A handful of themes emerged including grief, other people's expectations, faking it, and watching everyone else's family. She also speaks to the parents and siblings who have been told "we're not coming this year."
Spend the holidays with us at Calling Home!
Use the code THREE at checkout to save 50% on your first month until 11:59 PM ET on November 1. : http://www.callinghome.co/holidays
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Tue, 27 Oct 2026 - 31min - 250 - Turns Out My Dad Wasn't The Bad Guy My Mom Made Him Out to Be
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of childhood emotional neglect, verbal and physical abuse, and parental abduction.
How is it that your grandmother is loving and steady to you, but failed to raise your mother in a way that she can do the same? A fellow therapist writes in about exactly that, and Whitney offers a way to hold both truths at once. In the second listener question, a woman describes growing up moving between eight houses and going to seven schools after her mother moved the kids away from their father. She then learned decades later that his side of the story was very different from the one the listener had always been told.
Sign up to spend the holidays with us at Calling Home: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/NZRkOwOP
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Thu, 22 Oct 2026 - 25min - 249 - Is "Concept Creep" What’s Driving Estrangement?
Whitney is fed up with how the "concept creep" of estrangement gets used to shut down conversations about real family harm. She traces the term back to psychologist Nick Haslam's actual 2016 research, then walks through decades of data that make the case these harms aren't new, just newly named.
Sign up to spend the holidays with us at Calling Home: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/NZRkOwOP
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Tue, 20 Oct 2026 - 37min - 248 - Believing Your Child to Break the Cycle
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of child abuse, sexual abuse of a child, infidelity, and family estrangement.
A listener writes in with a lifetime of family secrets. She asks Whitney how to heal and move forward after finally breaking a cycle her parents and grandparents never did. Whitney draws the line between a parent's past regret and a child's present safety, and makes the case for why believing her daughter was the real act of breaking the cycle.
Sign up to spend the holidays with us at Calling Home: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/NZRkOwOP
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Thu, 15 Oct 2026 - 31min - 247 - Dealing with Your Mother’s Drama with Ashley Oerman
Journalist Ashley Oerman joins Whitney to talk about her new book, Motherf*cked: How to Stop Your Mother's Toxic Drama from Ruining Your Life, and the low contact relationship with her own mother that inspired it.
Connect with Ashley Oerman Book, Motherf*cked: How to Stop Your Mother's Toxic Drama from Ruining Your Life: https://link.amazon/B0jexMTjK
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
The Emotional Support Newsletter on Substack: https://ashleyoerman.substack.com
Follow Ashley on Instagram: @ashleyoerman
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
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Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Tue, 13 Oct 2026 - 46min - 246 - Can Emotionally Immature Parents Change?
A listener spent years hoping her two divorced, emotionally immature parents would finally take accountability, only to watch the same excuses repeat with new partners. Whitney answers the question of whether parents ever really change later in life and how to handle it if they don’t.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Thu, 08 Oct 2026 - 34min - 245 - Why Does Every Dysfunctional Family Need A Scapegoat?
Every dysfunctional family needs somewhere to put the blame, and one person usually ends up holding it for everyone else. Whitney traces the history of the word scapegoat, then walks through the research on why one child gets cast as the family's problem: not because of what they did, but because of what the family needed.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Tue, 06 Oct 2026 - 36min - 244 - When You're Forced to Fix What You Didn't Break
Whitney answers two listener questions this week: one from a woman who's been cut off by her parents because of her marriage and another from a woman who found her family badmouthing her, her marriage, and her parenting in a separate family group text.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Thu, 01 Oct 2026 - 28min - 243 - Raising Conscious Sons and Daughters with Dr. Shefali Tsabary
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of domestic violence, violence against women, and past abuse.
Whitney talks with Dr. Shefali Tsabary, author of the twin books Raising Conscious Sons and Raising Conscious Daughters, about what boys and girls each need to thrive right now in our current society. The through-line: you can't hand your child a self you haven't worked on, and it is never too late to start.
Connect with Dr. Shefali Tsabary Website: https://www.drshefali.com/
Raising Conscious Sons: www.drshefali.com/raisingconscious-daughters-sons/
Raising Conscious Daughters: www.drshefali.com/raisingconscious-daughters-sons/
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Tue, 29 Sep 2026 - 41min - 242 - Does Estrangement End?
Whitney answers questions from listeners. The first from a woman who despite living blocks from her aging father can’t seem to connect with him. The second question is from a mother planning for the day her estranged mother tries to contact her kids.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Thu, 24 Sep 2026 - 42min - 241 - Low Effort Families with Dr. Sherrie Campbell
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of childhood physical and emotional abuse, neglect, and the death of a parent.
Psychologist Dr. Sherrie Campbell, creator of the viral TikTok series on "low effort families”, joins Whitney to unpack what it looks like to show up just enough to avoid blame while giving almost nothing that children really need.
Connect with Dr. Sherrie Campbell Website: https://drsherriecampbell.com
Buy Dr. Campbell's Book: You Are Home: https://drsherriecampbell.com/self-esteem-relationship-counseling-in-yorba-linda/
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Tue, 22 Sep 2026 - 1h 10min - 240 - When No Contact Doesn't Stop the Contact
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of emotional abuse, ongoing harassment, and a mention of suicidal ideation.
In this Q&A episode, Whitney answers a woman whose parents keep sending guilt-laden texts and showing up uninvited. In the second question, a listener's therapist keeps telling her to decide what she wants from her parents before she feels ready.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Thu, 17 Sep 2026 - 28min - 239 - Abuse and Estrangement in Christian Fundamentalism with Stephanie Warren
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of child abuse and corporal punishment.
Stephanie Warren was taught that her parents beating her was proof of their love, because in the fundamentalist Christian world she grew up in, that was what love was allowed to look like. She and Whitney talk through how her parents rationalized the abuse, why she eventually went no contact, and what it took to build a life and an education she was never supposed to have.
Connect with Stephanie Warren: https://thestrongwilledchild.substack.com/
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Tue, 15 Sep 2026 - 1h 00min - 238 - I Asked For Space and They Sued Me
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of child abuse and domestic violence.
In this Q&A episode, answers a question from a woman whose parents responded to her request for space by suing her for access to her children. In the second question, from a man whose mother stayed with an abusive partner and is still with him today. He asks what to make of a parent who chose someone else over her kids.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Thu, 10 Sep 2026 - 25min - 237 - Why Can't I Be Me When I'm With You?
People don't walk into a therapist's office and say they're having a differentiation problem. They say they feel like a different person around their family, or that they have a whole life their parents know nothing about. Whitney walks through what differentiation actually is, and the four very different situations people are in when they can't be themselves around family.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- What differentiation means in Bowen family systems, and the three ways it commonly goes wrong
- The difference between a family that disagrees with you and one that targets who you are
- Why going no contact doesn't automatically differentiate you from your family
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Tue, 08 Sep 2026 - 41min - 236 - My Estrangement is Giving Me Migraines and Stomachaches
In this Q&A episode, Whitney answers two questions from listening asking what their responsibility is to people who aren’t going to change. In question one: a stepmom asks how much to intervene with a 19 year old stepson who is getting pulled back into a controlling household. In question two: a woman who seeks advice about parents who give her migraines and stomachaches every time they call.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Thu, 03 Sep 2026 - 28min - 235 - The Lindsay Clancy Trial
Content warning: This episode discusses suicide, postpartum psychosis, and the deaths of children, and includes detailed discussion of the Lindsay Clancy case.
The Lindsay Clancy trial revealed a family that was educated, involved, genuinely, and yet still could not see how much danger their family member was in. This is not an episode about what the Clancys did wrong. It's about why people conceal what they're going through even from the people closest to them, and what questions actually work when you're worried about someone you love.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- The research on which question phrasings actually produce honest disclosure, and which shut it down
- What HIPAA does and does not prevent you from telling a family member's provider
- How to follow up after the first conversation, and what to observe when the answers don't match what you're seeing
Resources Whitney recommends:
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (call or text 988)
Postpartum Support International Helpline: 1-800-944-4773
Postpartum Support International: https://www.postpartum.net
The Columbia Protocol for families, friends, and neighbors is available free online
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Tue, 01 Sep 2026 - 1h 02min - 234 - When a Parent Pulls Away
In this Q&A episode, Whitney answers questions about parents who pull back instead of facing accountability. In question one: a father goes silent for a year after his daughter discovers he secretly bought her sister a house. In question two: a mother wants a third family therapy session, after quitting the last two the moment the therapist named something she didn't like.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Thu, 27 Aug 2026 - 29min - 233 - What it’s Like On Both Sides of Estrangment With Kreed Revere
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of child abuse and references to sexual abuse.
Kreed, host of the Estranged Heart Podcast, shares her perspective as both a formerly estranged adult daughter and a formerly estranged mother, now reconciled with her daughters. Kreed and Whitney cover the common mistakes parents make when first reconnecting with children and what their children actually need from them instead.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- Why reconciliation is an ongoing process, not a one-time repair
- Why "defending, justifying, and explaining" backfires with an estranged child
- Why rushing contact after reconciliation often causes a relapse into estrangement
- Why "what is within your control" matters more than trying to get the other person to change
Connect with Creed
Website: https://theestrangedheart.com/podcast
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity
Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice.
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Tue, 25 Aug 2026 - 44min - 232 - My Parents Welcomed Their Estrangment
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of domestic violence, child abuse, and suicidal ideation.
In this Q&A episode, Whitney answers questions about families who respond with denial when being called out. In question one: a parent threatens suicide to shut down an argument. In question two: two parents shield each other instead of the kids.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Thu, 20 Aug 2026 - 39min - 231 - Are We in an Estrangement Epidemic?
Rin Reczek spent two decades studying families before she turned her research toward estrangement. What she found in the data took her by complete surprise. In this conversation, the sociologist and author of Families We Lose explains why the estrangement rate probably isn't actually rising, why the language of "honor thy father and mother" shows up even in nonreligious families, and why grandparent estrangement is almost never the selfish, spiteful choice it gets painted as online.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- What "compulsory kinship" means, and how biology-based language like "step" and "half" quietly signals hierarchy in families
- Why religious phrases about honoring parents show up in estrangement stories even among people who aren't religious
- Why the data doesn't support the idea that adult children are cutting off grandparents to be controlling or spiteful
Connect with Rin Reczek
Website: www.rinreczek.com
Buy Rin’s Book: https://amzn.to/4guKWI2
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 18 Aug 2026 - 54min - 230 - What to Do if You Inherit an Estrangement
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of self-harm, physical and emotional abuse, and a parent expressing suicidal ideation.
We spend a lot of time talking about the person who decides to go no contact, and much less about everyone else who ends up living with that decision. In this Q&A episode, Whitney answers a woman in her 30s who inherited and is now dealing with the consequences of her mother's estrangement from her side of the family. Second, a listener six months no contact with an abusive mother, asking the question: who is responsible for her now?
In this episode, you'll learn:
- How to build your own relationships without betraying a parent's decision to go no contact
- Scripts for handling the question "how's your mom?" without becoming the family messenger
- How to separate compassion from obligation with a parent in crisis
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Thu, 13 Aug 2026 - 56min - 229 - "Your Parents Were Children Too" Has Been Weaponized
We have the cure for estrangement: just see your parents as children too. Easy. Case closed. [Read: sarcasm] In this episode, Whitney traces where this sometimes helpful and sometimes very unhelpful idea came from and shows how something genuinely useful got turned into a permanent exit ramp from accountability.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- How "your parents were children too" worked its way into self-help
- Why unfinished business has to move upward or outward, never down to your own children
- What defensiveness in a parent is usually protecting
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
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Tue, 11 Aug 2026 - 31min - 228 - The Court Gave My Estranged Mother-in-Law Access to My Kids
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of suicidal ideation, child abuse and neglect, childhood sexual abuse, and abortion.
Whitney answers two questions about accepting a family situation you never chose and never asked for. First, a mother whose family just lost a three year grandparent visitation case. She is being mandated by family court to send her children on unsupervised monthly visits with a grandmother she doesn't believe is safe. Second, a listener who has been 15 years no contact asking the question: should the adult child be apologizing for how they behaved as a kid?
In this episode, you'll learn:
- How to separate what the court controls from what you actually control as a parent
- How to prepare a child for time with someone you don't trust, without making them afraid
- Why a child's behavior during abuse is never something to apologize for
- When accountability between an adult child and a parent is genuinely useful, and who has to go first
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
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Thu, 06 Aug 2026 - 39min - 227 - We Tried to Set One Boundary and Lost 40 Family Members with Jon and Ashley Lefrandt
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 people who got cut off. Ashley and Jon Lefrandt have lived on both sides of that line. The couple behind Leave Then Cleave joins Whitney to talk about what happened when they asked for space from one family member and ended up estranged from 40 family members. Together they explore what it looks like to hold onto your faith when your faith is the thing being used against you.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- How honor thy father and mother gets used to override every other thing a person believes
- Why a family system escalates when one person stops complying
- What words like grace, forgiveness, and reconciliation actually mean, and who tends to be the one insisting on them
- How to keep a faith that has been weaponized against you
Connect with Ashley and Jon Lefrandt
Leave Then Cleave: https://www.leavethencleave.com/
Jon and Ashley’s Book: https://amzn.to/4fUGi4J
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
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Tue, 04 Aug 2026 - 1h 15min - 226 - Why I'm Stepping Back From Instagram
Content warning: This episode contains a description of a traumatic birth, postpartum complications, and abuse.
Before the Q&A, Whitney opens with an unscripted reflection on taking a break from Instagram. She then moves into two listener questions from people who have stopped waiting for an apology and are asking what comes after you finally see your family clearly.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- How to handle being the only person in your family willing to talk about the past
- What to do when you've accepted a parent won't change but they still expect the same closeness and access
- How to think about titrating contact
- Why the fantasy that a parent will soften at your lowest moment is so common
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
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Thu, 30 Jul 2026 - 43min - 225 - Myth of the Bad Seed: The Dangerous Belief That Some Children Are Just Broken
“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 traces questions and the fears beneath them to a centuries old belief that some people are simply born bad. It’s a belief that has changed costumes across religion, science, and psychology but never fully gone away. Whitney brings questions like these into the present for the parents living with a child with a mental illness, an addiction, or a disability they can't fix.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- How the "born bad" idea traveled across history
- Why temperament is real but more complicated than you think
- How to recognize these fears if you were the "problem child" so you don't hand it down
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
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Tue, 28 Jul 2026 - 25min - 224 - Radical Acceptance in Families That Won't Meet You Halfway
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, Whitney answers two questions that arrived from very different places but land in the same spot: radical acceptance. First, a woman exhausted by in-laws who never make the drive, never offer help, and never seem to notice the effort going one direction. Second, a woman whose gone no contact with parents who keep leaving her voicemails claiming they have no idea why.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
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Thu, 23 Jul 2026 - 31min - 223 - When Your Family Runs On Blame
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 a full trial underway about whose fault it is. Whitney breaks down what's actually happening in families that run on blame.
In this episode, you'll learn:
Why blame feels like accountability but actually prevents itHow the scapegoat and golden child both learn about faultThe three-part anatomy of real repairWhat to do when you can repair and your family can’tHow to stop the cycle blame with your own kidsWhitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
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Tue, 21 Jul 2026 - 30min - 222 - My Sister Didn't Survive Our Family
Content warning: This episode discusses childhood abuse, domestic violence, racial slurs, and the death of a sibling.
In this Q&A episode, Whitney reads a single letter from a woman who survived a childhood of severe violence, lost her sister at 24, and is now permanently no contact with a family system that still minimizes what happened. Whitney takes the letter in pieces and answers all three of her questions.
In this episode, you'll learn:
How to grieve a sibling whose life was overshadowed by abuse, without reducing them to what was done to themWhy thriving after you escape is not a betrayal of the people who didn'tWhat it means when an entire family, including the abuser, admits the violence happened and still asks you to come backWhy grief and boundary-holding almost always have to happen at the same timeWhitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
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Thu, 16 Jul 2026 - 28min - 221 - How to Raise An Emotionally Mature Child with Dr. Lindsay Gibson
Dr. Lindsay Gibson's first book, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, gave millions of people language for what happened to them growing up. Her new book flips the lens for the people who are now raising kids of their own and are quietly terrified of passing it all down. Whitney sits down with her to talk about what actually builds emotional maturity in a child, and what to do in the moments your own immaturity shows up.
In this episode, you'll learn:
Why the fear of becoming your own parents is often a sign you won'tWhat emotional maturity actually looks like at different ages, from newborn to teenagerWhy ruling through fear works in the short term and costs you the relationship long termHow to repair with your child in a way that actually changes the pattern instead of pseudo-apologizingWhy you don't have to be the perfect source of everything for your kidConnect with Dr. Lindsay Gibson
Get her new book, How to Raise an Emotionally Mature Child: https://amzn.to/4fbX135 [this is an affiliate link - as an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at not additional cost to you.]
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
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Tue, 14 Jul 2026 - 56min - 220 - My Mom Chose Her Marriage with My Cheating Dad Over Me
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 who thought her mom was finally going to leave her father after a major blowup involving favoritism, triangulation, and infidelity, only to watch her mom stay and start calling her the difficult one instead. Second, a new mother whose parents made her postpartum period worse instead of better, and who's now wondering whether sending a birthday card is worth it after a year and a half of near silence.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
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Thu, 09 Jul 2026 - 33min - 219 - Can You Be Brainwashed Into Estrangement?
Estranged parents often say: “We had a perfect relationship, and then something to them. Social media. A therapist. A partner. Their other parents. They were brainwashed. In this episode, Whitney takes that fear seriously and gives it an honest, research-informed answer.
This episode explores:
The real history of brainwashingWhat social media can and can’t doIf therapists can implant grievances into clientsHow the brainwashing framework offers comfortSources:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M0YYHl6m_W2HeEAIa5DhM4lH6VdVmhAxTyUuEuG6qXo/edit?usp=sharing
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
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Tue, 07 Jul 2026 - 1h 03min - 218 - When is it Time to Accept That Your Parents Were Not Who You Needed Them to Be?
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 going to become that person. In this episode’s Q&A, two questions circle that theme. First, a couple with two young children trying to integrate not one, but two sets of critical and unsupportive grandparents into their family. Second, a woman asks how to ever reach true acceptance when you’re stuck between anger and still wanting them to be different.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
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Thu, 02 Jul 2026 - 35min - 217 - When Your Family Doesn’t Know How to Listen (And Maybe You Don’t Either)
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? You can talk to members of your family every single day and still feel completely unheard. And it works the other way too. Whitney breaks down the real difference between hearing and listening.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Concrete tools for listening on both sides of a conversation How to actually listen when someone you love is hurtingWhy our instinct to fix or reassure often backfiresHow to ask for what you need when you're the one who doesn't feel heardWhitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
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Tue, 30 Jun 2026 - 29min - 216 - The Parent Who Never Changes and the Parent Who Just Might
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 stay connected with an 81-year old father who has never once shown curiosity. Second, the opposite problem: a parent who, after a period of estrangement, suddenly asks a genuine follow-up question.
The original episode that inspired the second question:
When Parents Don't Show Curiosity About Your Life
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Thu, 25 Jun 2026 - 23min - 215 - Is Estrangement a Luxury for People with Money?
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 people do, not because the critique is entirely wrong, but because it's drawing the wrong conclusion.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
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Tue, 23 Jun 2026 - 30min - 214 - When You Love Your Family But Can't Keep Doing This
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, someone who spent their whole life as the family mediator and peacemaker, has done years of their own healing work, and is now asking how to stay connected to people who have never really shown curiosity about who they are. Second, a husband navigating the tension between his wife's need for distance from his parents and his own desire to maintain a relationship with them. He also asks what role, if any, his parents should have with their child.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
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Thu, 18 Jun 2026 - 28min - 213 - I Said I Was Sorry. What More Do You Want From Me?
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 down why some people over-apologize while others can't say "I was wrong" at all. She also gives advice for what to do when you're on either side of an apology that isn't landing.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
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Tue, 16 Jun 2026 - 25min - 212 - Should I Explain Myself to Family I Cut Off?
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 whose husband is facing a serious health issue and wants to share medical information with his brother, knowing it will reach an estranged mother who will use it as a way back in. Second, a woman estranged from a boundary-violating mother wrestling with the pull to explain herself.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
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Thu, 11 Jun 2026 - 31min - 211 - Are Adult Children Really Cutting Off Parents for Normal Mistakes?
When therapists say adult children are cutting off their parents for “normal parenting mistakes,” they're almost never specific about what that means. Whitney asked 300+ people to define a normal parenting mistake and the responses said it all. The episode explores what happens when there's no repair, no accountability, and no willingness to engage with a parenting misstep, unintentional or not, that genuinely hurt.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co
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Tue, 09 Jun 2026 - 39min - 210 - Q&A: Why Your Boundaries Keep Getting Ignored
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 her daughter's first birthday party and starts to recognize a pattern of always being the one to apologize. Second, a daughter-in-law asks how her husband should handle a mother-in-law who keeps inviting extra people to agreed-upon meetups.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Thu, 04 Jun 2026 - 37min - 209 - He Was There But He Wasn't: The Emotionally Absent Father
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 emotionally absent. Whitney explores why our culture tells you this is actually not a wound at all and why this particular grief is so hard to name.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 02 Jun 2026 - 25min - 208 - Estrangement vs. Distance | Why You're Pulling Away From Someone You Love
Not all distance in a family relationship is estrangement. Not everyone pulling away is escaping an abusive situation. In this episode, Whitney explores the gray area of quietly drifting from someone you love. Why does it happen? When does it cross into avoidance? What can reconnection look like realistically?
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 26 May 2026 - 59min - 207 - When Parents Don't Show Curiosity About Your Life
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 how widespread the pain of answering that question can be. Whitney cracks open what the research says about being known versus taken care of and what families who get this right are doing differently.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 19 May 2026 - 29min - 206 - Neglectful, Rejecting, and Cruel Mothers
Whitney breaks down one of the most requested topics from her audience: the neglecting, rejecting and cruel mothers. She defines the different types, walks through the lasting impact of a mother like this on your inner voice, attachment patterns, mental health, and relationships in adulthood. Then she gives practical steps for moving forward.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 12 May 2026 - 30min - 205 - Are Therapist Influencers Doing More Harm Than Good?
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 creators are a problem... which includes an honest self-reflection.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 05 May 2026 - 38min - 204 - The Distant Parent
Some of the hardest parent relationships to name are the ones that look fine from the outside. Whitney breaks down the distant parent-child relationship - what defines it, what it feels like to grow up never quite being seen, and why trying harder to earn closeness often makes the distance widen.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 28 Apr 2026 - 18min - 203 - The Perpetually Estranged Parent
In this episode, Whitney draws together hundreds of emails, letters, and social media interactions to create a profile of a specific type of parent she calls the perpetually estranged parent.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 21 Apr 2026 - 28min - 202 - Life After Estrangement: Grief, Doubt, and Building What's Next
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 walks through why the grief shows up at the strangest times, how to handle doubt without getting derailed, and what it means to finally start building a life that's yours.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 14 Apr 2026 - 23min - 201 - Therapists React to Shameless and What the Show Gets Right About Parentification
Whitney is joined by therapist Emma Mahony to break down one of the most unflinching portrayals of a parentified child on television: Fiona Gallagher from Shameless. Through neglect, addiction, manipulation, and moments of genuine heartbreak, they explore what it does to a child when taking care of your family becomes your entire identity.
Emma Mahony is a mental health therapist based in London whose work centers on helping people understand the patterns they grew up with and how to move toward healthier, more conscious relationships with themselves and others.
Emma’s website: https://www.ecmtherapy.co/
Emma’s IG: emma.in.therapy
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Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 07 Apr 2026 - 49min - 200 - Choosing Not to Reconcile with a Family Member
Not every relationship can be repaired, and not every relationship should be. In this episode, Whitney validates the decision to walk away from a family relationship for good and gives you the language to hold that boundary when the people around you won't stop pushing you to reconcile.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 31 Mar 2026 - 25min - 199 - Therapists React to Succession and What the Show Gets Right About Narcissistic Parents
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 psychologically precise portrayals of a narcissistic patriarch on television. Together Whitney and Stephanie explore what happens to adult children who spend their lives trying to win approval from a parent who is constantly playing a game that no one else can ever win.
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Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 24 Mar 2026 - 55min - 198 - When Your Parent Denies Your Memories
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 behind why parents and children encode the same events differently. But how do you tell the difference between that and a parent who refuses to let your reality exist?
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 17 Mar 2026 - 18min - 197 - "I'm Glad My Mom Died" By Jeanette McCurdy, Emotionally Immature Moms, Boundary-Ignoring Gifts
Whitney breaks down Jeanette McCurdy's interview on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy. She discusses enmeshment, parentification and the painful process of accepting that a parent was abusive. Then she answers a listener question about an emotionally immature mother who insists on playing best friend and family authority at the same time.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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01:27 Jeanette McCurdy's Story
18:32 Listener Question
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Tue, 10 Mar 2026 - 28min - 196 - Toxic Mothers with Patrick Teahan | Therapists React to Animal Kingdom
Whitney is joined by therapist Patrick Teahan to break down one of the most diabolically toxic mother figures on television: Smurf from Animal Kingdom.
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Tue, 03 Mar 2026 - 57min - 195 - Are Therapists Biased Against Estranged Parents?
Why aren’t therapists centering estranged parents at least as equally as their children? Whitney breaks down what bias actually means in a clinical context.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Thu, 26 Feb 2026 - 35min - 194 - How Not to Apologize
Most apologies aren’t great and sometimes even make things worse. If you've ever given or received an "I'm sorry" that left you feeling dissatisfied, Whitney walks through the three-part anatomy of an apology that will help get your relationship back on track.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 24 Feb 2026 - 38min - 193 - Estranged Parents Keep Threatening to Report Me
Whitney addresses something that's been getting to her: the constant threats from estranged parents that they're reporting her to the licensing board. Then she answers two listener questions.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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00:10 Therapists losing their license
12:32 Listener question #1
20:56 Listener question #2
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Thu, 19 Feb 2026 - 29min - 192 - Enmeshed Parents: What You Can Do About It
What do enmeshed relationships actually look like? Why do parents become enmeshed with their kids? And what can you do about it? If you've ever felt like you can't hear yourself think, you're expected to be your parent's therapist or partner, or missing a weekly dinner feels like betraying the family, this episode is for you.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 17 Feb 2026 - 33min - 191 - Q&A: Pregnancy During Estrangement, Emotionally Unavailable Parents, and the Viral Chinese App “Are You Dead?”
Whitney answers two listener questions about family relationships that don't go full no-contact but are also deeply dysfunctional. She also discusses a viral Chinese app called "Are You Dead?"
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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1:12 The viral "Are You Dead?" app from China
06:24 Listener question #1
14:42 Listener question #2
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Thu, 12 Feb 2026 - 29min - 190 - I Have a Confession
Whitney has taken estranged parents' bait for the last time, and it's time to set the record straight.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 10 Feb 2026 - 41min - 189 - Boundary Violations During Crisis and Parents Who Refuse Therapy
Whitney answers two listener questions about harm that happened during a crisis and harm that accumulated over years. One listener is navigating repeated boundary violations from in-laws during her husband's medical emergency while postpartum—and her husband doesn't remember any of it. The other was cut off by parents who refused therapy, yet they tell everyone she initiated no contact.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Thu, 05 Feb 2026 - 21min - 188 - How Parental Rejection Embeds Into Your Nervous System
Parental rejection hurts more than almost any other kind of rejection, and it’s a pain that doesn't dissolve with age. If you've ever minimized what happened by saying "they just weren't that affectionate" or wondered why you can't just get over it, this episode reveals the research-backed truth about how early rejection embeds itself into your nervous system, personality, and every relationship you have as an adult.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 03 Feb 2026 - 14min - 187 - College Students Going No Contact With Their Parents
Whitney responds to a Facebook post from parents who feel blindsided by their college-age child who suddenly asks for no contact. She breaks down how the wrong response from parents can push the relationship toward permanent estrangement.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Thu, 29 Jan 2026 - 28min - 186 - Why Parenting Has Changed and Isn't Going Back
If you've ever felt like the relationship you have with your parents or with your adult child looks completely different from the one that your parents had with their parents, you’re not imagining it. Whitney explores why relationships between generations have fundamentally changed over the last 30 years and why they're probably not going back.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 27 Jan 2026 - 24min - 185 - Reacting to Real Letters from Estranged Parents to Their Children
Whitney reviews anonymous letters written by estranged parents to their adult children. She identifies patterns of spiritual bypassing disguised as kindness, conditional accountability, minimization of harm, defensive anger masked as concern, and comparison used as manipulation. This isn't about shaming anyone; it's about naming what's happening beneath the surface so you can better understand your own experience with estrangement.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex
family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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00:00 Introduction: Reviewing real letters from estranged parents
02:01 Letter 1
13:20 Letter 2
19:40 Letter 3
25:56 Letter 4
35:21 Conclusion
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Thu, 22 Jan 2026 - 37min - 184 - Surface Level Relationships Might Actually Be a Good Idea
In this episode, Whitney challenges the idea that all family relationships need to be deep, emotional, and vulnerable. “Strategic authenticity” is the idea of intentionally choosing what parts of yourself to share with certain family members. She discusses how to tell if a surface level dynamic is even possible for you. Surface level relationships don’t have to be about being fake rather protecting yourself while maintaining a sense of connection without full estrangement.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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9:59 When a surface level relationship is worth trying
13:04 Cost benefit analysis of relationships
20:29 Temporarily surface level
22:26 Should I tell them I want a surface level relationship
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Tue, 20 Jan 2026 - 25min - 183 - Q&A: The Authoritarian Parenting Style
Whitney defines what authoritarian parenting actually is (beyond just being strict), explores how it's rooted in control rather than raising independent humans, and explains why these parents struggle when their children develop agency and can no longer be controlled the same way. If you have an inkling that your family of origin might have been drawing on some of the principles of authoritarian parenting this might be a useful listen. Whitney also answers a listener's question about coming to terms about accepting an uninvolved parent.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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02:00 What authoritarian parenting actually is (and isn't)
07:20 When you can’t be controlled anymore
12:45 How authoritarian parents respond to loss of control
24:43 Listener question
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Thu, 15 Jan 2026 - 34min - 182 - Therapists React to Gilmore Girls: Mother-in-Laws, Enmeshment, and Money
Whitney brings on Amanda White from Therapy for Women to react to the most requested show from her audience, you guessed it: Gilmore Girls. They break down season one, episode 18 "The Third Lorelai," analyzing the dynamic between four generations of women—Emily, Lorelai, and Rory plus the chaotic arrival of Emily's mother-in-law Trix. Even if you haven’t seen Gilmore Girls or this episode, Whitney and Amanda explore the universal experiences of being controlled by a matriarch, how emotional distance in one generation can create enmeshment in the next which in turn can cause estrangement in the next, and the weaponization of money and gifts in family dynamics.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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04:00 Scene 1: Emily loses control when her mother-in-law visits
07:12 Scene 2: Money as connection and control
23:04 Scene 3: Weaponizing gifts and criticism
440:54 Scene 4: Lorelai’s insecurity
49:21 The dinner table scale
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Tue, 13 Jan 2026 - 51min - 181 - Stop Waiting for Your Family to Change
It’s 2026. If nothing changed in your family dynamic by the end of the year, would you be okay with that? How about five years from now? Whitney has a firm but loving message for anyone who's been collecting knowledge and awareness about their family dysfunction but stuck in that frustrating feeling of not knowing how to take action. She challenges you to recognize how much time, energy, and mental space your family's chaos is consuming and to stop waiting for other people to change before you can move forward.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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02:37 Insight without action sucks
04:09 The daily toll of family dysfunction
12:01 The overintellectualizing plateau
18:22 If nothing changed in five years
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Tue, 06 Jan 2026 - 28min - 180 - Oprah’s Estrangement Podcast and the Mel Robbins’ NYT Article
Whitney is fired up about Oprah’s recent podcast about going no contact. She also responds to a Mel Robbins/Karl Pillemer article titled "Life is Too Short to Fight With Your Family." She breaks down why these narratives are harmful, who they're really speaking to (and who they're ignoring), and the problematic assumptions embedded in questions like "where did you get this idea from?” Whitney challenges the toxic positivity of telling people to accept mistreatment from family, questions why we're not writing these articles to Uncle Joe who's being racist at Thanksgiving, and explains why "just accept and move on" advice completely misses the mark.Oprah’s podcast: Oprah Explores the Rising Trend of Going No Contact with Your FamilyMel Robbin and Karl Pillemer article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/opinion/thanksgiving-family-fighting.html
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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03:31 Oprah’s podcast
45:05 The Mel Robbins’ NYT article
58:15 Taking a break in December
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Thu, 11 Dec 2025 - 1h 03min - 179 - Therapists React to Television’s Most Dysfunctional Holiday Dinner
Kate Gray (@codependencykate) is back with Whitney to react to one of the most iconic dysfunctional holiday dinners ever depicted on television: “Fishes” from The Bear (S2E06). They break down the infamous episode scene by scene, analyzing how anxiety manifests differently in each of the three siblings, Mikey, Natalie, and Carmy, in reaction to an emotionally volatile mother, Donna. Even if you haven’t seen the episode, you will almost certainly find a way to relate to Whitney and Kate’s breakdown of holiday gatherings and the ways we so often find ourselves trapped in roles we thought we'd escaped.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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02:44 Episode setup
09:58 The kitchen scene
18:38 Natalie and Donna
28:59 Dining room scene
41:28 Mikey throwing forks at Uncle Lee
46:47 Donna loses it at the dinner table
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Tue, 09 Dec 2025 - 1h 01min - 178 - Q&A: All Her Fault Analysis, Why Therapy Speak Backfires, and Mothers Who Compete with Daughters
Whitney addresses one of her recent viral posts about why using therapy speak with family often causes more problems than is useful. She also breaks down a scene from the Peacock show "All Her Fault" about parentified sibling dynamics. Then she answers to listener’s questions about different sibling reactions to a narcissistic family and a mother’s competition with her daughter.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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00:55 Why you shouldn't call your parents emotionally immature
05:54 Breaking down a scene from Peacock’s All Her Fault
13:45 Listener question #1
18:22 Listener question #2
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Thu, 04 Dec 2025 - 32min - 177 - Choosing Your Own Life and Letting Go of Guilt
Feeling guilty is one of the most common struggles for people stepping away from a dysfunctional family. Whitney explores how guilt is a learned response, not necessarily an evidence of wrongdoing, and why you were trained to believe that meeting your own needs harms others. She discusses the difference between guilt and grief, how family members use guilt to pull you back in, and offers practical tools for moving forward and coming to terms with these feelings.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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1:19 Why guilt shows up when you start doing life differently
03:04 Guilt is a learned response, not evidence of wrongdoing
12:22 Decentering
20:33 Statements for feelings of guilt
26:17 Building a life where you feel safe and supported
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Tue, 02 Dec 2025 - 30min - 176 - A Holiday Pep Talk
Whether you're skipping the family gathering, still debating about whether to show up, locked in for a chair-arm-gripping dinner, or spending the day alone, Whitney has a few tips for getting through the next 24 hours.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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02:44 Shut the door on social media that will only make it worse
05:40 Practice radical acceptance of your situation
07:08 Expect people to be who they've always been
08:00 Protect your peace by only engaging where you need to
10:54 You're allowed to have a good time
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Mon, 01 Dec 2025 - 14min - 175 - Reacting to The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives with Samantha Dalton
Whitney teams up with Samantha Dalton, group facilitator at Calling Home and host of the Nuance Needed podcast, to unpack season three of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. As someone who grew up in the Mormon church and is still actively deconstructing, Samantha provides invaluable cultural context for understanding the relational patterns, power dynamics, and trauma responses playing out in the show. They explore how religion and culture interweave to shape everything from marriages and gender roles to emotional maturity and family loyalty, and how even reality tv moments can create powerful moments of destigmatization and healing for viewers who have dealt with similar experiences.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Content warning: This episode discusses childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault, emotional abuse, and complicated relationship dynamics.
00:00 Introduction and content warning
01:43 Samantha's deconstruction journey
05:57 How Mormonism gets woven into every aspect of life
12:34 Early marriage and the impact on emotional development
23:51 Dad talk and coming to terms with their wives’ success
34:48 Therapy culture in the show
57:24 The power and consequences of sharing trauma on reality tv
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Tue, 25 Nov 2025 - 1h 08min - 174 - Q&A: Sister Wives' Kody Brown, The Necessary Conversation Podcast, In-Laws Rejecting Adopted Child
Whitney answers two listener questions that explore complex family dynamics and different responses to dysfunction. The first question comes from someone navigating estrangement from in-laws who rejected their adopted teenager. The second is about what happens when siblings respond differently to the same dysfunctional family system. Whitney also discusses a moment from the show Special Forces where Kody Brown, a TV personality known from the show Sister Wives, takes accountability for his mistakes as a parent. Whitney also reacts to a recent post from Chad and Haley Kultgen from The Necessary Conversation podcast.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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00:00 Introduction and episode overview
01:40 Special Forces and Sister Wives analysis
08:28 The Necessary Conversation analysis
17:43 Caller question #1
25:07 Caller question #2
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Thu, 20 Nov 2025 - 39min - 173 - Unfollowing Mom with Harriet Shearsmith
Whitney shares an interview with Harriet Shearsmith, author of "Unfollowing Mum: Break Unhealthy Patterns and be the Parent You Wish You’d Had" and host of the Unfollowing Mum podcast. Harriet opens up about her journey from being completely enmeshed with her mother who lived with Harriet, her husband and three children to eventually becoming estranged after asking her mom to find her own home. They discuss the challenges of recognizing abuse in your own family system, the societal guilt of cutting contact with a parent, cycle breaking with your own children, and how to repair when you make mistakes with your own children.
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00:00 Introduction to Harriet Shearsmith and her work
01:43 Harriet's story
15:19 The societal guilt of questioning your parent's behavior
26:07 The difficulty of defining abuse
44:14 Raising children who know their worth
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Tue, 18 Nov 2025 - 53min - 172 - The Truth About IFS: Analyzing the New York Magazine Article "The Therapy That Can Break You"
Whitney unpacks a recent article from New York Magazine: “The Therapy That Can Break You” about Internal Family Systems (IFS) and what can go wrong when trauma treatment crosses ethical lines. She discusses the dangers of working with fragile populations without proper training, and what to watch for when working with different therapeutic modalities. She then answers two listener questions about navigating estrangement as the family scapegoat and balancing support for a depressed parent without losing yourself.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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01:06 Introduction to IFS therapy and The Cut article
02:49 What went wrong at Castlewood Treatment Center
09:52 Believing victims and the reality of false memories
18:08 The need for stabilization when working with trauma
25:51 Listener question 1: Navigating estrangement as the family scapegoat
31:32 Listener question 2: Supporting a depressed parent without losing yourself
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Thu, 13 Nov 2025 - 48min - 171 - Analyzing Family Dysfunction in the Netflix Series "Nobody Wants This"
Whitney launches a new series exploring family dynamics in pop culture, starting with Netflix's "Nobody Wants This." Joined by Meg Josephson, author of the New York Times bestseller "Are You Mad at Me?", she breaks down the clash between Noah's enmeshed, guilt-driven Jewish family led by his controlling mother Bina, and Joanne's emotionally distant family that hides behind humor. They discuss what happens when parents fuse their identity with their children, the difference between closeness and enmeshment, how cultural expectations complicate boundaries, and whether you'd actually want to sit down at this family's dinner table.
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Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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00:00 Introducing Whitney’s new series
03:49 Character overview
09:07 When Bina’s identity gets fused with her son
14:39 Closeness and enmeshment
27:51 Bina confronts Joanne
34:15 Joanne at Shabbat scene
50:55 The dinner table scale
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Tue, 11 Nov 2025 - 54min - 170 - Q&A: Reconnecting After No Contact
Whitney answers two listener questions that share a theme: how do you protect your peace while staying connected to difficult family relationships? The first question explores reconnecting with in-laws after a year and a half of no contact—when is it safe to reopen that door, and how do you move forward without reopening old wounds? The second addresses hosting family in your new home when one relative consistently disrespects boundaries and your independence. Both questions wrestle with the tension between honoring your growth and navigating relationships with people who haven't changed.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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01:14 Question 1: Reconnecting with in-laws after no contact
09:06 A few possibilities of what might happen here
11:59 Question 2: Hosting family when one relative disrespects boundaries
14:07 Potential outcomes of setting boundaries with the problem relative
17:56 Connect with the Family Cycle Breakers Club
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Thu, 06 Nov 2025 - 21min - 169 - For Everyone Who Had to Grow Up Too Fast
Whitney explores parentification—what happens when children become caregivers, mediators, and "responsible ones" long before they're ready. Whitney shares research on how early caregiving shapes us, when it becomes harmful versus adaptive, and how to transform childhood survival skills into adult strengths without carrying the weight of obligation. She also breaks down the scene between Brittany and her estranged daughter on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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00:16 Breaking down the estrangement scene on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
13:27 What is parentification and why does it happen?
17:19 The adaptive strengths of parentification
22:11 The maladaptive consequences of early caregiving
25:48 Transforming survival skills into strengths you choose
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Tue, 04 Nov 2025 - 32min - 168 - Are Therapists Encouraging Estrangement?
Whitney tackles an increasingly persistent narrative about family estrangement: therapists are encouraging people to cut ties from their families. Drawing from hundreds of responses from her audience—including adult children and estranged parents—she examines what actually happens in therapy rooms and whether the notion of a "secret underground movement" of therapists pushing estrangement holds up to scrutiny. She also answers a listener question about breaking cycles of reconciliation and abuse with a verbally abusive parent.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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00:00 Are therapists encouraging estrangement?
02:22 The origins of this question and why it matters
05:58 What actually happens in therapy rooms
14:45 The difference between support and persuasion
29:19 Criticisms of therapists
39:31 Listener question: Breaking the cycle with a verbally abusive parent
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Thu, 30 Oct 2025 - 49min - 167 - Love the Teen You Have with Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart
Whitney sits down with Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart, a pediatric psychologist and author of the new book "Love the Teen You Have," to discuss practical strategies for parenting teens and pre-teens. They explore why the teenage years can be so challenging for parents, how to navigate individuation and identity development, and actionable tools for transforming conflict into connection—including how to handle difficult conversations about topics like sex, social media, and diverging values.
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Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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00:00 Introduction to Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart and "Love the Teen You Have"
03:23 Why it's hard to parent the kid in front of you
05:40 Understanding individuation and teen identity development
12:09 Why connection matters more than control
20:38 Handling difficult conversations with your teen
36:20 Conversations about sex, drugs, social media, and other uncomfortable topics
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Tue, 28 Oct 2025 - 47min - 166 - Parenting Doesn't End
Whitney responds to a question from a recent controversial TikTok post: Are you a parent forever? What does it mean to be a parent across the entire lifespan? Should parenting meaningful shift at age 18 or at some point beyond? Do parent-child relationships become equal peer relationships in adulthood?
Then Whitney answers a question from a parent who isn’t sure how to interact with her adult son and daughter-in-law who have a newfound faith that has taken a more fundamental edge.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
November at Calling Home is all about parentification. Learn more at: https://callinghome.co/topics
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03:08 Are You a Parent Forever?
07:04 What It Means to Lead as a Parent
14:39 Hierarchy in Parent Child Relationships
19:01 Q&A: Navigating Religious and Value Conflicts with Adult Children
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Thu, 23 Oct 2025 - 36min - 165 - You, Your Husband, and His Mother with Dr. Tracy Dalgleish
Whitney interviews Dr. Tracy Dalgleish, author of the new book "You, Your Husband, and His Mother” about navigating mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships. They discuss why this dynamic is so challenging, the scapegoating of daughters-in-law, triangulation of husbands/partners, the difference between setting boundaries and being controlling, and a few practical strategies for surviving the holidays together.
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00:00 Why the Mother-in-Law Dynamic Is So Common
04:44 The Abandonment Wound
07:04 The Scapegoating of Daughters-in-Law
12:01 Abusive Daughter-In-Laws?
18:54 The Husband's Critical Role in the Triangle
24:09 Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts
28:24 Psychological Conflict Between Women
32:25 Practical Boundaries and Mindset Shifts for the Holidays
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 21 Oct 2025 - 37min - 164 - The Real Housewives Scene That Should Be Shown in Graduate School
Whitney analyzes scenes from Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and Love Is Blind to explore mother-daughter estrangement, purity culture shame, and how parents either repair or double down decades after causing harm. She breaks down Whitney Rose's advice to an at-risk mother, Bronwyn's devastating conversation with her mom about pregnancy shame, and two different paths to reconciliation in Love is Blind.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
00:00 Using reality tv to understand real family dynamics
03:57 Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
15:45 The devastating scene between Bronwyn and her mom
27:45 Bronwyn’s mom doubles down
36:28 A missed opportunity to heal decades of hurt
39:20 Love Is Blind
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Thu, 16 Oct 2025 - 45min - 163 - Hallmarks of a Functional Family
Build a more functional family today. In this episode, Whitney breaks down the hallmarks of functional families, how these skills can be learned regardless of how you grew up, and practical steps to get started.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
00:00 Introduction: What Functional Families Actually Look Like
02:31 Admitting When There Are Problems
03:51 Open Communication and Repair
04:37 Being Known Without Performance
05:17 Reliability and Dependability
05:57 Zero Abuse or Neglect
07:21 Unconditional Belonging
09:14 Small Actions You Can Start Today
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 14 Oct 2025 - 16min - 162 - Parentification and the Price of Being the Problem Solver
Whitney shares three life-changing practices that reduced her anxiety—meditation with red light therapy, using Brick to limit social media, and consuming news only in written form. She then answers a caller's question about being the parentified golden child expected to solve all family problems while maintaining surface-level relationships with a mother and sisters who refuse deeper connection.
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00:00 October at Calling Home: Illness and End of Life Caregiving
04:40 Three Changes That Dramatically Reduced My Anxiety
14:28 Q&A: The Golden Child Who Had to Solve Everything
19:28 When Children Are Trapped Between Victim and Perpetrator Parents
22:51 The Golden Child Who Doesn't Feel Golden
25:42 How to Maintain Relationships Without Real Connection
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Thu, 09 Oct 2025 - 33min - 161 - How to Parent Differently Without Overcorrecting with Dr. Juli Fraga
Whitney Goodman interviews psychologist Dr. Julie Fraga about her book "Parents Have Feelings Too." They discuss how parents can process their own emotions, break cycles of guilt and perfectionism, use the Change Triangle to understand their feelings, and teach emotional intelligence to their children—all while navigating the challenge of parenting differently than they were raised.
00:00 The Shift from Fixing Kids to Supporting Parents
04:26 Managing Parental Guilt
09:11 Getting Ahead of Overstimulation as a Parent
15:37 Breaking Intergenerational Patterns Without Overcorrecting
20:24 The Change Triangle
25:10 Why Kids' Emotions Make Parents Uncomfortable
30:18 Finding Joy in Parenting
Dr. Juli's Website: https://www.drjulifraga.com/
Order her new book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788442/parents-have-feelings-too-by-hilary-jacobs-hendel/
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Tue, 07 Oct 2025 - 35min - 160 - Q&A: Becoming Like Your Parent
Whitney explores patterns around adult children who mimic their parents' harmful behaviors, the complexities of maintaining boundaries when a parent struggles with addiction, and how illness can be weaponized in estranged families. In the Q&A, she answers a caller's question about navigating grandparent illness during estrangement.
00:00 Introduction: Darker Family Patterns
02:59 Airport Observation: When Adult Children Treat Parents Like They Were Treated
08:11 Real Housewives SLC: How to Show Up for a Child Struggling with Addiction
10:55 Q&A: When Grandparent Illness Becomes a Manipulation Tactic
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
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Thu, 02 Oct 2025 - 23min - 159 - Analyzing Prime Video's The Girlfriend | Mother-Son Enmeshment and Emotional Incest
Whitney analyzes the Amazon Prime show "The Girlfriend" to explore mother-son enmeshment and emotional incest. She analyzes how the show illustrates blurred boundaries, guilt and manipulation, marital dysfunction, and the devastating long-term impacts on sons' ability to form healthy romantic relationships, connecting the fictional dynamics to real research on these family patterns.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
00:00 Introduction to The Girlfriend and Mother-Son Enmeshment
04:00 Defining Emotional Incest and What It Looks Like
09:06 Power Assertion and Blocked Individuation
14:10 The Girlfriend as Both Rival and Mirror
17:25 How Marital Dysfunction Fuels Enmeshment
21:56 Why Enmeshed Sons Struggle with Adult Partnerships
25:12 Lies, Isolation, and the Ultimate Betrayal
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Tue, 30 Sep 2025 - 36min - 158 - Break Up with the Rage Economy
Whitney reflects on how the "rage economy" of social media and news is destroying our mental health and capacity to connect with others. She explores how algorithms reward inflammatory content that keeps us trapped in cycles of anger and isolation. Later in the episode she highlights a positive example from Real Housewives of Orange County where a parent demonstrates accountability and course-correction in real time.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Record a voice memo on your phone and email it to whitney@callinghome.co or leave a voicemail to 866-225-5466
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00:00 The Rage Economy That's Destroying Our Mental Health
04:34 How Algorithms Reward Inflammatory Content Over Nuance
08:58 Breaking Free from the Cycle of Rage and Reactivity
12:34 When Sports Team Politics Replace Critical Thinking
16:35 Real Housewives Example: How to Course-Correct as a Parent
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Thu, 25 Sep 2025 - 22min - 157 - Therapists Analyze the Viral Estranged Parents Video
Whitney Goodman teams up with therapist Kate Gray (@codependencykate) to analyze a viral YouTube video from an estranged parent with over 1.2 million views. They break down common patterns of defensiveness, emotional neglect, and deflection that prevent reconciliation, offering insights for both estranged adult children and estranged parents on how these dynamics play out and what healthier approaches might look like.
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Have a question for Whitney? Record a voice memo on your phone and email it to whitney@callinghome.co or leave a voicemail to 866-225-5466
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00:00 Introduction and Disclaimers About Analyzing Real People
05:24 The Politics Defense and Minimizing the Daughter’s Letter
13:53 Empty Gestures vs. Real Connection
26:45 The Birthday Martyrdom and Drama Triangle
34:06 Public Betrayal
42:43 Ghosting vs. Setting Boundaries
53:54 Spiritual Bypassing and Avoiding Real Accountability
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Tue, 23 Sep 2025 - 1h 13min - 156 - The Enabling Parent Dilemma
Whitney breaks down dysfunctional family dynamics in Real Housewives of Miami and The Summer I Turned Pretty, then answers a caller's question about healing from the pain of having an enabling parent who failed to protect them from an abusive narcissistic parent. Enabling parents are often harder to process than overtly abusive ones and Whitney details what finding acceptance actually looks like.
Have a question for Whitney? Record a voice memo on your phone and email it to whitney@callinghome.co or leave a voicemail to 866-225-5466
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney’s book, Toxic Positivity
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute
for professional mental health advice.
00:00 Family Cycle Breakers Club Community Update
05:02 Real Housewives of Miami: When Parents Take Credit for Your Success
08:19 Family Estrangement After Late-Life Adoption
13:18 The Summer I Turned Pretty: Should Parents Boycott Major Life Events
16:22 Q&A: How to Heal From an Enabling Parent Who Never Protected You
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Thu, 18 Sep 2025 - 25min - 155 - How the Fawn Response Outsmarts Danger with Dr. Ingrid Clayton
Whitney Goodman interviews Dr. Ingrid Clayton about her new book "Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves and How to Find Our Way Back." They explore fawning as the fourth trauma response, how it differs from people-pleasing and codependency, why children and marginalized people develop this survival strategy, and how it can masquerade as success while leading to complete self-abandonment.
Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves-and How to Find Our Way Backhttps://www.ingridclayton.com/
Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles.
Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club
Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit
Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft
Order Whitney’s book, Toxic Positivity
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute
for professional mental health advice.
00:00 Dr. Clayton's Discovery of Fawning Through Her Own Trauma
04:26 Why Fawning Isn't About Shame - It's About Survival
09:00 How to Recognize Fawning in Your Own Life
12:16 The Connection Between Fawning and Family Estrangement
19:49 Fawning vs. People-Pleasing vs. Codependency
22:13 When Fawning Looks Like Success
27:46 Growing Out of the Fawning Response
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