Some of you don't want to heal. You want to be released.You want to apologize, say you tried, and demand a gold star so you can slam the file shut and walk away. But an apology isn’t the finish line,…
Grandparent grief is real.I am a grandparent. I am an estranged mother. I know what it feels like to miss the faces, the hugs, the birthdays, the summer moments, and the little pieces of a child’s…
Good parents can still hurt their kids. That sentence makes people defensive because it touches the place where we want our goodness to protect us from impact. But being good does not mean every…
There is a sentence people hear before they hear anything else.Sometimes you say, “This hurt me,” and what they hear is, “You attacked me.”Sometimes you say, “I need you to understand the impact,” and…
I’m tired of estranged parent videos that look like grief but function like avoidance. This episode is not polite. I’m calling out the excuse machine: the videos, the language, the soft packaging, the…
Are you actually getting support or are you sitting in an echo chamber that keeps you angry, certain, and convinced the other person is the problem?I’ve spent a lot of time watching estrangement…
What happens when we apply the same rule to both sides of family estrangement?Can an adult child choose no contact and still expect emergency help, money, childcare, or immediate availability from a…
Some estranged parents genuinely don’t know what happened. Some are asking hard questions, taking responsibility, and trying to understand.And some people are explaining a whole lot in the comment…
What happens when you ask estranged parents to name one thing their adult child says hurt them without explaining it, defending it, or adding the word “but”?I asked that question, and the responses…
Can the videos we watch about estrangement shape the way we think... and the way we heal?In this episode of Laugh. Cry. Scream., Christina Workman sits down with Kristina Richie—an estranged adult…
