Fellow Travelers of ACA (Adult-Children of Alcoholics and other Dysfunctional Families) share what it was like growing up, what led them to ACA recovery, and how they use the ACA 12 Steps and tools of the ACA program to guide their life today. more

Adult Child dives deep into the lasting effects of growing up in dysfunctional families—unpacking complex and relational trauma, codependency, toxic shame, and addiction patterns with raw vulnerability and unapologetic authenticity. Hosted by Andrea Ashley, a recovering shitshow with 17 years sober, each episode shares unfiltered insights, expert conversations, and practical tools to heal your nervous system and break free from the cycles that hold you back. Whether you're an adult child of alcoholics or from a dysfunctional family, navigating toxic relationships, or healing your inner child, this is your no-BS space for healing. New episodes every Wednesday & Saturday. And damn the join T he Shitshow Healing Community for live support groups and connection with fellow cycle breakers. more

Stories of recovery from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional home. Recorded at the ACA Tuesday Toolbox meeting of ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. Email us at TuesdayToolboxACA(at)Gmail.com. more

Family Secrets. We all have them. And while the discovery of family secrets can initially be terrifying or traumatic, often these discoveries have the power to liberate, heal, and even uplift us. Join Dani Shapiro, bestselling author of the memoir Inheritance, and her guests as they explore astonishing family secrets and uncover the extraordinary lessons the truth can teach us. more

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. more

Toxic family is real. Toxic parents are real. Smear campaigns are real. Toxic in-laws are real. You are not alone. On this podcast, you have a voice.On this podcast, Dr. Sherrie Campbell will help you learn more about your family dynamics, unconscious patterns that drive toxic human behavior, and ways to deal with your trauma. And most importantly, you will embark on a journey that will help you know yourself and love yourself more. Dr. Sherrie is a nationally recognized expert clinical psychologist with over 25 years of clinical training and experience. She was featured in major media networks such as CNN, Time, USA Today, and The Huffington Post. She is the best-selling author of But It's Your Family…Cutting Ties with Toxic Family Members and Loving Yourself in the Aftermath and Your Pocket Therapist: Quick Hacks for Dealing with Toxic People While Empowering Yourself. She is a mom who bravely shared her story to help more people break free of toxic family relationships and thrive in the aftermath. Subscribe now to get your monthly 'Sherapy Sessions' (Sherrie Therapy Sessions) straight from your phone. more

Welcome to the Close the Chapter podcast! I am Kristen Boice, a licensed marriage and family therapist with a private counseling practice, Pathways to Healing Counseling in Noblesville, Indiana. The mission for Close the Chapter Podcast is to help you through life's transitions, navigate the hard and lonely times along the journey, learn helpful and powerful ways to cope with emotions and transitions, and empower you to discover the REAL you. The goal is to help you feel more calm, content, compassionate and connected. We will close the chapter on what doesn't serve you any more and open the door to new possibilities. I will be hosting solo some weeks and sharing about a variety of topics that will help you find healing in your journey. Other weeks, I will have conversations with guests who will share information, stories and helpful strategies. I want to make this practical to every day life. My hope is you will have actionable steps every episode and motivation, inspiration and HOPE for making sustainable change. We want to reduce stress, anxiety, depression, shame and fear. You are not in this alone! more

Psychotherapist and Coach, Torie Wiksell, is no stranger to talking about challenging and dysfunctional family dynamics. In addition to specializing in working with the adult children of parents with borderline and narcissistic personality disorders as both a therapist and coach, Torie grew up with a mother who had an unmanaged personality disorder.Torie has spent a significant portion of her 12 year career as a therapist working with clients with personality disorders, their partners, and family members, and brings a unique and relatable perspective to navigating these complicated relationships.Follow TorieOn TikTok: tiktok.com/@theboundariescoachOn Instagram: instagram.com/torieatconfidentboundariesLearn more about Coaching and the Confident Boundaries Membership: www.confidentboundaries.comDisclaimer: This podcast is not therapy. If you are in mental health crisis, please contact the Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988. You're Not Crazy is a podcast owned and produced by Torie Wiksell and Confident Boundaries, LLC. more

When life gives you a toxic mother, what do you do? You listen, learn, and changeyour direction! I'm Phylis Mantelli, author of the book 'UnMothered: Life With A MomWho Couldn't Love Me.' This podcast is a place for mentoring and encouragement aswe navigate the complexities of toxic parent relationships. Join me as I share myjourney and invite God-filled guests to discuss emotional healing, overcomingchildhood trauma, and personal growth. Together, we'll explore new thoughts andpatterns to transform our lives. Hear stories from women who have walked similarpaths and gain wisdom and support on your journey. Let's find our way to becomingwho we are meant to be, no matter where we started. Tune in for stories ofempowerment, mental health support, and lots of love as we heal and growtogether. more

Have you lost contact with your child? What about your parent, or grandparent, sibling, or any other family member? You might be experiencing estrangement, alienation, or erasure. All of these terms speak to the trauma and dysfunction that so many families face. A family is a complex living and breathing system. Each member plays a role in the family dynamic. When families carry generational trauma and/or experience new trauma, challenges, or dysfunction, this can result in a break in the family system. These reaction strategies are habitual and very often interwoven into every aspect of how our family interacts. Hi! I´m Lawrence Joss and I've learned that I need to cultivate a spiritual, emotional, and physical relationship with myself in order to have healthy relationships with others and everything in my life. It is my mission to help you create and nurture that relationship with yourself first and provide you with tools that might help you heal and strengthen family relationships. This podcast is an opportunity to explore our healing journey together through the complexities of our families. Welcome to the FAMILY DISAPPEARED podcast. For more information, visit: Website: https://parentalalienationanonymous.com/ Email- familydisappeared@gmail.com Linktree https://linktr.ee/lawrencejoss more

Ronni and Jennie are sisters who were not supposed to be friends. They grew up in a home with addiction, abuse, and untreated mental illness, which generated dysfunctional dynamics that often pitted them against each other. Miraculously, they came together in adulthood to help each other heal. Now, drawing on their personal and professional experiences, they are telling their story to help others recover from childhood trauma and abuse, and to help them mend their own sibling relationships. They invite you to join them in this healing conversation. Please feel free to share your own experiences, or ask questions, via their website: www.ronniandjennie.com (other free content is also available there), or follow them on Instagram: @ronni_and_jennie. Ronni Tichenor is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at State University of New York--Polytechnic Institute, specializing in family studies; Jennie Weaver is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with over 25 years' experience in family practice and mental health. They detail their story in their book, Healing Begins with Us: Breaking the Cycle of Trauma and Abuse and Rebuilding the Sibling Bond. more

Wondering how to be a terrible daughter? Listen as Elizabeth Malamed and Megan Caper, mental health professionals who also happen to be cousins, discuss growing up in toxic families, surviving narcissistic abuse, and moving forward after trauma. The How To Be a Terrible Daughter podcast is a place to find community, put words to your experience, and laugh at the dark stuff. We'll share our stories from our own childhoods, make mental health concepts easy to understand, and interview intriguing guests along the way. Oh, and you can also let Megan and Elizabeth hate your parents for you if you're having mixed feelings. We don't mind, we've got plenty of pent up anger for everyone. If your parents have ever called you terrible, horrible or something even worse, come join us! more

On the ADHD Scapegoat podcast, we're going to talk about everything ADHD and scapegoating. I'm Angie, an Advanced Certified ADHD Life Coach (ACALC), late diagnosis ADHDer, & trauma survivor of Family Scapegoating Abuse. Let's keep seeking truth and creating a brighter future together! more

When the Bough Breaks (WTBB) is a self-help, talk-therapy podcast for those who find themselves estranged from one or more family members. Guests call in the show to discuss the events that led up to their estrangement and share their experiences and resources.  Guests include psychologists, family counselors, life coaches, writers and more!    Alexis Arralynn, creator, producer and host of the show is one of the few podcasters willing to tackle this difficult and often painful topic of estrangement. She realizes that one important step toward healing and recovery, is vulnerability and has opened up about her own personal journey of estrangement in several episodes.   more

Stories of recovery from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional home. Recorded at the online ACA Tuesday Zoombox meeting and based on the ACA Tuesday Toolbox meeting in Brooklyn, NY. Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families (ACA) is a Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition program of people who meet to share our experience of growing up in an environment where abuse, neglect, and trauma infected us. This affects us today and influences how we deal with all aspects of our lives. We'd love to hear from you - write to us at tuesdayzoombox@gmail.com more

Podcast to increase the awareness of Codependency. To look at the behavior and journey to healing.*Special thanks to DS Productions for audio assistance and Quadrius Salters for my music. more

Jerry Wise, MA, MS, CLC is a relationship expert, self-specialist, life coach. He as been helping people for 40 years. He was a marriage and family therapist, pastoral counselor, pastor, speaker, chemical dependency counselor, executive coach, and organization coach.jerrywise5@gmail.com |jerrywiserelationshipsystems.com | (317) 919-6264 | Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jerry-wise/support more

Courtside Forever is a podcast for parents swept up in the circus of everyday problems who, despite the world's best efforts, are still dedicated to seeking intentional moments with their kids.I'm your host, Ryan Rucker, and each week, I will bring you a new episode made for you.We'll keep it brief for some weeks, diving into a specific topic such as Youth Sports or Paternity Leave in America. These 15-20 minute episodes will focus on overarching themes, statistics, and practical next steps parents can take.In other weeks, we'll extend our conversations, inviting parents in sports, business, and other industries to look at how they center parenthood in their lives and touch on our inevitable struggles while building a career, business, and future.Whether you're a dad or mom or thinking of stepping into the role someday, Courtside Forever is a podcast that aims to recenter the world we're building for our kids. In 2024, The United States of America declared parenting a public health crisis, citing the way society is set up for the reason we struggle. In the document created by the US Department of Health and Services Department, Parents Under Pressure, Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy stated, 'Raising children is sacred work. It should matter to all of us. And the health and well-being of those who are caring for our children should matter to us as well.'In 2020, I hosted and produced the 8-episode docuseries Complicated Fatherhood, where I spent each episode speaking to my biological dad to understand how his absence from my life affected my Fatherhood. Since wrapping the podcast, I knew I wanted to get back into podcasting, and Courtside Forever is a continuation of my mantra to be ever present in my daughters' lives.On Courtside Forever, we'll have fun, get serious, tell stories, and work to focus on the only thing that matters because, as parents, we've got the best seats in the house. Let's enjoy them. more

I am on a healing journey, breaking cycles of toxic family patterns of mental, verbal, and emotional abuse that have plagued my family for generations.  My children deserved better than what I got so I embarked on a path of healing, addressing the internal pain caused by the rage, fear, guilt, shame, rejection, manipulation, and neglect that I was raised with. This quest for authenticity and peace is an endless journey of discovery and recovery with no finish line.  I hope my story, truth, humor and mistakes inspire others and that is why I am sharing my story. Tammy Sue more

The truth and depth of severe NARCISSISTIC abuse by a sociopath mother. The devastating reality of coming to terms with being born a scapegoat more

Families build you up, tear you down, and sometimes drag you into something truly unhinged. Borrowed Bones unearths the bizarre, toxic, and fascinating stories of family dynamics gone sideways. From the macabre to the just plain strange, we're digging deep to uncover the skeletons hiding in the closets of history, culture, and beyond.  more

Have you gone years and maybe decades without speaking with a family member or close friend? Welcome to Dead To Me...this is a podcast about estrangement. I'm Brian Howie, many of you know me as the host of The Great Love Debate, the top-rated dating and relationship podcast. Over the years of hosting that show, we listened to so many reasons why people can't find the right relationship, can't stay in a healthy one, leave one that has possibilities, or don't trust anyone enough to get into one in the first place. And so much of that has to do with family issues, childhood trauma, or distance from those who are supposed to be the closest. And the more I revealed about my own, sad family situation - a source of great shame for me - the more people reached out to share theirs. So many emails, so many stories, so many times the bough simply...breaks. So I am starting this podcast dedicated to the topic of estrangement. Maybe it's the flip-side of love, maybe it's the bookend. We'll be sharing, revealing, analyzing, growing, and hopefully healing. Open and honest, vulnerable and real, working through the guilt, the shame, the causes, the consequences, and ultimately letting go of the toxicity. So please come along on this journey, they might be dead to you, but we are here and very much alive for each other. The show is Dead To Me - an estrangement podcast. Follow us now on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your shows. more

Your haven for validation, insight, strategies and resources for living with narcissists.

Welcome to The Healed Generation Podcast, a safe space for open conversations about healing, relationships, and family dynamics. Host Brittney Green guides you on a journey of self-discovery, offering support and encouragement as you navigate your path to become a healed generation. more

Has your child gone no contact with you? Have you gone no contact with your parents? Many of us rush into relationships, only to later realize we chose the wrong partner. If we're lucky, we can walk away without children involved. But when kids are in the mix, they often bear the deepest wounds from unhealthy relationships.  This podcast dives into relationships, parenting, trauma, and mental healing—while also emphasizing the importance of intentional parenthood. We'll discuss how past wounds shape our choices, how to break toxic cycles, and how to prepare—mentally, emotionally, and relationally—before bringing children into the world. Because parenting isn't just about raising kids; it's about becoming the kind of person who can raise emotionally healthy, well-adjusted adults.  Podcast Link: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2396337.rss more