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 ...
18 Aug 54min
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...
13 Aug 56min
"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 i...
11 Aug 31min
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...
6 Aug 39min
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 li...
4 Aug 1h 15min
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 Instag...
30 Jul 43min
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 cen...
28 Jul 25min
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 differe...
23 Jul 31min
