The Estranged Heart

By The Estranged Heart

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Support and community for navigating the emotional storms of parent and adult child estrangement and repairing and transforming relationships with one another in healthy and productive ways.

Episode Date
EP264: Hard Truths Require Soft Landings
Jul 19, 2026
EP263: Fitting In vs Belonging in Families
Jul 15, 2026
EP262: The Right Words
Jul 08, 2026
EP261: What Holds Families Together Now?
Jul 05, 2026
EP260: Pain - Where Does It Go?
Jun 15, 2026
EP259: How Power Kills Empathy
Jun 10, 2026
EP258: Beneath The Control - the fear-driven parent
Jun 03, 2026
EP257: Reconciliation Grief
May 31, 2026
EP256: Labels - "Intimate Terrorist": What Labels Do to Families Already Breaking
May 24, 2026
EP255: Who's Holding Your Pain?
May 14, 2026
EP254: Self of Mother (Mother's Day)
May 10, 2026
EP253: Grieving Lost Potential (for estranged parents)
May 03, 2026
EP252: Grieving Lost Potential (for estranged adult children)
Apr 30, 2026
EP251: Rethinking Tough Love
Apr 26, 2026
EP250: It's a THEM Problem, Not a ME Problem!
Apr 23, 2026
EP249: Is Culture To Blame?
Apr 20, 2026
EP248: Worry Feels Productive. It Isn't.
Apr 15, 2026
EP247: The Wave Has Parts - sadness in estrangement
Apr 12, 2026
EP246: Is It Really A Double Standard?
Apr 08, 2026
EP245: What Estrangement & Easter Have In Common - a non-religious Easter message
Apr 05, 2026
EP244: Her Story, Her Words, Her Healing - Part 3B
Mar 30, 2026
EP243: (The Bridge) Her Story, Her Words, Her Healing - part 3A
Mar 30, 2026
EP242: Her Story, Her Words, Her Healing - part II of III
Mar 25, 2026
EP241: Her Story, Her Words, Her Healing - part I of III
Mar 22, 2026
EP240: Dignity, Distance & the Myth of the Perfect Return
Feb 25, 2026
EP239: Obedience As Safety
Feb 22, 2026
EP238: Oprah, Estrangement, and the Questions No One Asked
Feb 18, 2026
EP237: When Certainty Stops Working
Feb 15, 2026
EP236: I Did Nothing Wrong
Feb 11, 2026
EP234: Part II - Estrangement Is Trauma for Parents
Feb 04, 2026
EP233: Estrangement Is Trauma For Parents
Jan 21, 2026
EP232: When Obedience Felt Like Love
Jan 18, 2026
EP231: When Pain Needs Care Not A Villian
Jan 14, 2026
EP230: When Certainty Once Kept Us Safe and No Longer Does
Jan 11, 2026
EP229: Curiosity Is Respect & More
Jan 08, 2026
EP228: Myth of the Perfect Parent
Dec 31, 2025
EP227: Best Gift To Give Self & Others
Dec 24, 2025
EP226: I Am CONFLICT. I Am LOVE. & a Solstice Blessing
Dec 21, 2025
EP225: Why Repair Feels Impossible — And What Actually Helps
Dec 10, 2025
EP224: Information or Verdict?
Nov 26, 2025
EP223: Both And for the Holidays
Nov 23, 2025
EP222: Coded Family Communication
Nov 12, 2025
EP221: Dear Estranged Heart - When Will It Stop Hurting?
Nov 09, 2025
EP220: When The Holidays Aren't Normal
Nov 05, 2025
EP219: 4 Year Anniversary with The Estranged Heart
Nov 02, 2025
EP218: Dear Estranged Heart - Does Our Once Happy Family No Longer Matter?
Nov 02, 2025
EP217: Hardened Heart - Mapping a Heart's Armor
Oct 29, 2025
EP216: Dear Estranged Heart - How Do I REALLY Apologize?
Oct 26, 2025
EP215: Labels in Estrangement - Help or Harm?
Oct 22, 2025
EP214: Dear Estranged Heart - How Do I REALLY Apologize?
Oct 19, 2025
EP213: Green Beans & Echo Chambers
Oct 15, 2025
EP212 - Dear Estranged Heart: Why Did My Child Cut Me Off?
Oct 12, 2025
EP211: Radical Responsibility
Oct 08, 2025
EP210: Dear Estranged Heart - How, When & Why Did You Start This Podcast?
Oct 05, 2025
EP209: When You Name It You Stop Being Ruled By It
Sep 10, 2025
EP208: Dear Estranged Heart - You’ve Changed. Your Support Feels Shaming of Mothers Now
Sep 07, 2025
EP207: The Lost Art of Curiosity
Sep 03, 2025
EP206: Dear Estranged Heart - DEH - It's Hard Not To Think They Aren't PUNISHING Me!
Aug 31, 2025
EP205: The Illusion of Control - reclaim your peace
Aug 27, 2025
EP204: The Relational Dangers of 'Othering'
Aug 24, 2025
EP203: Generational Conditioning & Emotional Needs
Aug 21, 2025
EP202: The Mirror Effect: When We See Our Own Wounds in Our Children
Aug 10, 2025
EP201: When Pain Becomes Poison
Jul 27, 2025
EP200: When Estranged Parents Ask Adult Children 'Why Did You Stay If It Was So Bad?'
Jul 20, 2025
EP199: When Their Version of You Hurts
Jul 19, 2025
EP198: Dear Estranged Heart - Should We Cut Our Kid Out of Our Will?
Jul 13, 2025
EP197: How Do I Love The Adult Child I Do Not Like?
Jul 09, 2025
EP196: Dear Estranged Heart - What IS Healing? And How Will I Know When I Have Arrived?
Jul 08, 2025
EP195: Why Parent-Adult Child Relationships Are Not Equal — And Why That Matters
Jul 03, 2025
EP194: Dear Estranged Heart - I Want Desperately To Send A Birthday Card/Gift. Should I?
Jun 29, 2025
EP193: Tunnel Vision: How Stress Distorts Our Perception in Parent & Adult Child Estrangement
Jun 25, 2025
EP192: Dear Estranged Heart - They Sent An Obligatory Text. What Do I Do With That?
Jun 23, 2025
EP191: This Is Who I Am - Or Is It?
Jun 18, 2025
EP190: Dear Estranged Heart: Am I’m being just as cold and unforgiving as they were?
Jun 15, 2025
EP189: Why Does “Disrespect” Cut So Deep?
Jun 11, 2025
EP188: Dear Estranged Heart - Is 'Tough Love', Love?
Jun 08, 2025
EP187: You Think That’s Abuse? C-PTSD & The Dangerous Legacy of Trauma Comparison
Jun 04, 2025
EP186: Unseen Wounds - How C-PTSD May Be Shaping Your Story (Without You Knowing)
Jun 01, 2025
EP185: Echo Chambers
May 28, 2025
EP184: Dear Estranged Heart - Too Little, Too Late?
May 25, 2025
EP183: This Past Mother's Day Wasn't Easy (for adult children)
May 21, 2025
EP182: Dear Estranged Heart - How To Navigate Family Conversations About EAC
May 18, 2025
EP181: This Past Mother’s Day Really Hurt (for estranged moms)
May 14, 2025
EP180: Our Collective Pain Can Become Our Collective Power
May 07, 2025
EP179: Dear Estranged Heart - How Do I Get Through Mother's Day?
May 05, 2025
EP178: When “Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy” Hurts More Than It Helps
Apr 30, 2025
EP177: Dear Estranged Heart - New Beginnings or False Hope
Apr 28, 2025
EP176: When Pain Speaks Loudest: Why Divisive Language Isn’t the Answer
Apr 23, 2025
EP175: An Estranged Son Speaks Out
Apr 16, 2025
EP174: Another Fracture (part III) - Kreed's Second Story of Loss & Change
Mar 26, 2025
EP173: Another Fracture (part II) - Kreed's Second Story of Loss & Change
Mar 19, 2025
EP172: Another Fracture (part I) - Kreed's Second Story of Loss and Change
Mar 16, 2025
EP171: Dear Estranged Heart - What Should I Say In A Follow Up To A Pause Letter?
Mar 02, 2025
EP170: I Wasn't Willing or Able At The Time - Estranged Adult Child Interview, part II
Feb 26, 2025
EP169: Dear Estranged Heart - Am I Just Repeating the Cycle?
Feb 23, 2025
EP168: We Need To Heal This Family - Estranged Adult Child Interview - part I
Feb 19, 2025
EP167: Dear Estranged Heart - But What If 'Their Version of Reality' Is NOT Real?
Feb 16, 2025
EP166: Curiosity Be Damned!
Feb 12, 2025
EP165: Dear Estranged Heart - Why Does My Child Insist On Hurting Me By Not Acknowledging My Birthday?
Feb 09, 2025
EP164: Divorce & Estrangement: Understanding the Lasting Impact on Your Child
Feb 05, 2025
EP163: Dear Estranged Heart - Why Isn't My Apology Enough? I've Apologized MANY Times. What Else Can I Do?
Feb 03, 2025
EP162: Unshaming Motherhood in Estrangement
Jan 29, 2025
EP161: Dear Estranged Heart - When Can I Share What Changes I've Made?
Jan 26, 2025
EP160: Power and Choice: The Unique Dynamics That Shape Parent-Adult Child Relationships
Jan 22, 2025
EP159: Dear Estranged Heart - Should I Choose To Remain Estranged If ... ?
Jan 19, 2025
EP158: Reclaiming Curiosity In Estranged Relationships
Jan 15, 2025
EP157: Why ‘Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy’ Culture Contributes to Estrangement - The Cost of Chasing Only the Light
Dec 25, 2024
EP156: A Key to Healing Estranged Relationships: The Freedom of Letting Them Be
Dec 18, 2024
EP155: Who Can You Turn To? Navigating the Pain of Estrangement Without Straining Your Closest Relationships
Dec 11, 2024
EP153: When Traditions No Longer Fit: Grieving the Loss
Nov 27, 2024
EP155: Damn If I Do, Damn If I Don't
Nov 20, 2024
EP151: Make It Make Sense
Nov 13, 2024
EP150: The Estranged Heart - three years later
Oct 30, 2024
EP149: Pushing & Prodding are NOT Helping You!
Oct 23, 2024
EP148: Why Is She Reconciled and I'm Still Estranged?
Oct 16, 2024
EP147 - Is it Verbal Abuse or a Cry About an Unmet Need?
Oct 09, 2024
EP146: I Would Have Been the Perfect Mother for Me, But Probably Not for Her
Oct 02, 2024
EP145: Healing the Pain of Estrangement: Your Child’s Invitation
Sep 29, 2024
EP144: Broken Trust - How To Rebuild It
Sep 22, 2024
EP143: Expectations & Estrangement - the hidden dynamics
Sep 15, 2024
EP142: Will They Reap What They Sow
Sep 08, 2024
EP141: The Complexity of 'Choice' In Parent/Adult Child Estrangement
Sep 01, 2024
EP: 140 - The GOOD Son, My SONshine - How favoritism can prohibit any chance of reconciliation
Aug 25, 2024
EP139: How Can My Estranged Adult Child Be So Heartless?
Aug 18, 2024
EP138: But We Were SO Close! I Don't Understand What Happened!
Aug 11, 2024
EP137: Dear Estranged Mom - I see you, I hear you, I validate your feelings
Aug 04, 2024
EP136: Sometimes I Wonder If They Even Miss Me - something every estranged parent asks
Jul 28, 2024
EP135: Estranged Daughter / Estranged Dad - part II
Jul 21, 2024
EP134: Estranged Daughter / Estranged Dad - part I
Jul 14, 2024
EP133: Apology vs Amends - what's the difference?
Jul 07, 2024
EP132: My Daughter-In-Law Has Broken Our Family - The Myth of the Gatekeeper
Jun 30, 2024
EP131: Things Estranged Parents Grapple With
Jun 23, 2024
EP130: Estranged Dads Hurt Too (Father's Day)
Jun 16, 2024
EP129: Living With The Rejection & Separation
Jun 09, 2024
EP128: Should I Keep Trying? Do I WANT To Keep Trying? - how a pause letter can help
Jun 02, 2024
EP127: Road to Reconciliation
May 26, 2024
EP126: Reconciliation IS Possible - even after 10 years of estrangement
May 19, 2024
EP125: From Pain to Peace on Mother's Day - perspective is everything
May 12, 2024
EP124: Still A Mother
May 05, 2024
Why Do They Stay SO Angry & Resentful?
May 05, 2024
EP122: When Change Comes Calling - transitions create opportunities
Apr 21, 2024
EP121: Interview w/An Adult Daughter (part 4 of 4) - If I Could Just Get My Mom To See Me
Apr 14, 2024
EP120: Interview w/An Adult Daughter (part 3 of 4) - If I Could Just Get My Mom To See Me
Apr 07, 2024
EP119: Interview w/An Adult Daughter (part 2 of 4) - If I Could Just Get My Mom To See Me
Mar 31, 2024
EP118: Interview w/An Adult Daughter (part 1 of 4) - If I Could Just Get My Mom To See Me
Mar 24, 2024
We’ll Never Heal If They Won’t Do The Repair Work WITH Me!
Mar 17, 2024
EP116: Emotional Triggers - Kreed's Recent Personal Triggering Experience with Her Mom
Mar 10, 2024
EP115: Why Are They Holding A Grudge? Why Won't They Forgive Me?
Mar 03, 2024
EP114: LACK OF APOLOGIES & CHANGED BEHAVIOR - Themes of Parent/Adult Child Estrangement
Feb 25, 2024
EP113: RELIGION, POLITICS, IDENTITY ACCEPTANCE - Themes of Parent / Adult Child Estrangement
Feb 18, 2024
EP112: NARCISSISM & EMOTIONAL IMMATURITY - Themes of Parent/Adult Child Estrangement
Feb 11, 2024
EP111: Denial of Issues or Problems in Parent / Adult Child Estrangement
Feb 04, 2024
EP110: BOUNDARIES - Themes of Parent/Adult Child Estrangement
Jan 28, 2024
EP109: EMOTIONAL NEGLECT & ABUSE - Themes of Parent/Adult Child Estrangement
Jan 28, 2024
EP108: Interview With An Estranged Mom
Jan 14, 2024
EP107: Why Can’t Things Remain The Same? Navigating Change in Parent-Adult Child Estrangement
Jan 07, 2024
EP106: Interview With An Estranged Adult Child - I Want My Mom To Love Me In A New Way (part III)
Dec 31, 2023
EP105: Interview With An Estranged Adult Child - I Want My Mom To Love Me In A New Way (part II)
Dec 24, 2023
EP104: Interview With An Estranged Adult Child - I Want My Mom To Love Me In A New Way
Dec 17, 2023
EP103: I Want My Parents To Practice The Pause Instead of Reacting with "YOU'VE Done This To ME!"
Dec 10, 2023
EP102: Interview With An Estranged Adult Daughter
Dec 03, 2023
EP101 - Dear Estranged Mom: the grief, the anger - where does it go?
Nov 26, 2023
EP100: To Reconcile or Remain Estranged
Nov 19, 2023
EP99: Communication - Labels & Words
Nov 12, 2023
EP98: Communication - empower self to prevent or declare estrangement
Nov 05, 2023
EP97: Two Years With The Estranged Heart
Oct 29, 2023
EP96: Are They Still The Same Person? Or are we living with outdated versions & assumptions of our estranged loved ones?
Oct 22, 2023
EP95: Kreed & AC Answer Listener Questions
Oct 15, 2023
EP94: I've Done The Work .... and they still won't give me the time of day.
Oct 08, 2023
EP93: How Many Sides? How do we navigate conflict when there are so many sides to the story?
Oct 01, 2023
EP92: Kreed & AC Answer Listener Questions
Sep 24, 2023
EP91: Why Giving Your Children All The Things You Never Had Backfires
Sep 17, 2023
EP90: HELP! My Adult Child Says They Don't Feel Safe With Me
Sep 11, 2023
Bonus Episode: A Message on National Grandparent's Day
Sep 10, 2023
EP89: Difficult Truths & Comforting Lies - Why do **I** have to work on myself when they aren't doing the same?!
Sep 03, 2023
EP88: Kreed Answers Listener Questions
Aug 27, 2023
EP87: Communication - intention vs impact, expectations, boundaries and a grandparent's tool box for parenting adult children
Aug 21, 2023
EP86: Boundaries, Consistency & Rebuilding Trust
Aug 13, 2023
EP85: Change of Tactic or Change of Heart? A conversation with Kreed & AC about estrangement.
Aug 06, 2023
EP84: Why This Is NOT A Relationship of Equals - and why this affects the repair and healing
Jul 30, 2023
EP83: Respect vs. Obedience - Is respecting elders “just because” an outdated practice?
Jul 23, 2023
EP82: A Conversation with AC Bergen-Fischer (monthly guest host & formerly estranged adult child)
Jul 16, 2023
EP81: What To Do When A Parent Won't Take Accountability
Jul 09, 2023
EP80: An Estranged Dad's Story, part II
Jul 02, 2023
EP79: An Estranged Dad's Story, part 1
Jun 25, 2023
EP78: Estranged Dads
Jun 18, 2023
EP77: Estrangement Sucks - the realities & a few Aha's
Jun 12, 2023
EP76: What I Learned From Estrangement
Jun 04, 2023
EP75: What To Do When Dreams Die -grieving the loss of the parenting dreams we once had
May 28, 2023
EP74: The Platinum Rule - a fast track to possible reconciliation
May 27, 2023
EP73: SURVIVING MOTHER'S DAY, WEEK, & MONTH - Remember this when the pain is too much.
May 07, 2023
EP72: ENCORE EPISODE: Estranged Mom, Estranged Adult Child. I've Been Both.
Apr 30, 2023
EP71: Estrangement - trend or symptom?
Apr 23, 2023
EP70: Can Death Put Estrangement Into Motion? The Impact of Death On Estrangement after loss of loved one (parent; sibling)
Apr 16, 2023
EP69: A FINAL MESSAGE - estrangement & inheritance ... what to do?
Apr 02, 2023
EP68: Sibling Estrangement
Mar 27, 2023
EP67: Your Kid Is In Therapy. And?
Mar 19, 2023
EP66 - But That's NOT What I Meant! How to bridge the intent - impact gap.
Mar 12, 2023
EP65: A Special Kind of Grief
Mar 06, 2023
EP64: Life Symbology - what are we missing?
Feb 27, 2023
EP63: The Platinum Rule
Feb 20, 2023
EP62: I'm Estranged. There's Nothing To Be Grateful For!
Feb 12, 2023
EP61: Do They Have ANY Good Memories of Childhood?
Feb 05, 2023
EP60 - The Many Paths Estranged & Reconciled Mothers Walk
Jan 29, 2023
EP59 - My Kid Had A Charmed Life! Why Are They So Mean?
Jan 22, 2023
EP58: But I AM Listening!! Listening & hearing are not the same things. Learning the difference can save relationships.
Jan 15, 2023
EP57: Boundaries - don't leave home without them!
Jan 08, 2023
EP56: Let’s Talk About Trust
Dec 18, 2022
EP55: UPDATE - It's been a year since THE talk about the reasons why my daughters estranged. What's life been like?
Dec 11, 2022
EP54: Dear Estranged Mom - Are You Allowing Estrangement To Define You?
Dec 04, 2022
EP53: Answering Questions from Estranged Adult Children
Nov 27, 2022
EP52: Interview with Formerly Estranged & Now Reconciled Adult Child
Nov 13, 2022
EP51: The Holidays & Estrangement
Nov 06, 2022
EP50: Bonus Episode: 1st Anniversary of The Estranged Heart Podcast - a year in review
Oct 31, 2022
EP49: The Gift of Change - embracing change as a catalyst for reconciliation
Oct 30, 2022
EP48: Estrangement Isn’t Always About What You Did
Oct 23, 2022
EP47: ENCORE EPISODE - Lessons Learned
Oct 16, 2022
EP46: ENCORE EPISODE - Why Me?
Oct 09, 2022
EP45: ENCORE EPISODE - The Fracture
Oct 02, 2022
EP44: I Don't Know My Kid Anymore - estrangement and evolution
Sep 25, 2022
EP43: They Say We Were Abusive - but I know we gave them a GOOD life
Sep 18, 2022
EP42: Encore Episode - Collateral Damage: grandchildren and grandparents
Sep 11, 2022
EP41: Encore Episde - How Did We Get Here?
Sep 04, 2022
EP40: Encore Episode - Estranged Mom & Estranged Adult Child ... I've been both.
Aug 28, 2022
EP39: Chasing vs. Letting Them Be
Aug 21, 2022
EP38: Encore Episode - Trauma & Estrangement
Aug 14, 2022
EP37: What To Look For In A Therapist
Aug 07, 2022
EP36: Announcements, Reminders & a Reading
Jul 31, 2022
EP35: Estrangement and Suicide
Jul 31, 2022
EP34: Words Matter - what’s language got to do with it?
Jul 24, 2022
EP33: Conflict Resolution
Jul 10, 2022
Ep32: Your Estranged Adult Child Is NOT Your Peer
Jun 26, 2022
Ep31: What To Tell Others - how to talk about estrangement with family, friends, and strangers
Jun 19, 2022
EP30: I'm SO Angry
Jun 12, 2022
EP29: Gatekeepers
Jun 05, 2022
Ep28: How Can An Estrangement Coach Help Me?
May 29, 2022
Ep27: May, Moms & Mother’s Day
May 01, 2022
Ep26: Addictions & Estrangement
Apr 24, 2022
Ep25: Let’s Talk About Therapists & Therapy
Apr 17, 2022
Ep24 - Do Our Children Owe Us Something?
Apr 10, 2022
Ep23 - Doormat & Boundaries
Apr 03, 2022
Ep22 - Guilt & Grief: coping with shoulda, coulda, wouldas
Mar 27, 2022
Ep21 - They Won’t Speak To Me
Mar 20, 2022
Ep20: When All Hope Is Lost - what to do when reconciliation is not possible
Mar 13, 2022
Ep19: Apologies & Amends Letters - are they really necessary?
Mar 06, 2022
Ep18: Is There Really Something Wrong With The Adult Child?
Feb 27, 2022
Episode 17: Collateral Damage - Grandchildren & Grandparents
Feb 20, 2022
EP16: Bonus Episode: Seeking Volunteers for Research Study
Feb 16, 2022
EP15: Bonus Episode: Valentine’s Day - a message of love
Feb 14, 2022
Episode 14: Atlas of Love - a Valentine’s Day episode
Feb 13, 2022
Episode 13, part 2: Trauma & Estrangement
Jan 24, 2022
Episode 13, part 1: Trauma & Estrangement
Jan 23, 2022
Episode 12: Emotions and Estrangement
Jan 16, 2022
Episode 11: How Did We Get Here? Rooting out reasons for estrangement.
Jan 09, 2022
Episode 10: In Losing Them, I Found Myself
Jan 02, 2022
Bonus Episode: So Long 2021, Hello 2022
Jan 02, 2022
Episode 9: How Do I Get Through This?
Dec 26, 2021
Bonus Episode: A Christmas Message
Dec 25, 2021
Episode 8: Estranged Mom. Estranged Adult Child. I’ve Been Both.
Dec 19, 2021
Episode 7: Mom … We Need To Talk
Dec 12, 2021
Episode 6: I Taught Her Well
Dec 05, 2021
Episode 5: Lessons Learned - What life looks like today.
Nov 28, 2021
Episode 4: The Repair
Nov 21, 2021
Episode 3: Why Me?
Nov 14, 2021
Episode 2: The Fracture
Nov 07, 2021
Episode 1: Estranged Hearts Everywhere
Oct 31, 2021
An Introduction to The Estranged Heart Podcast
Oct 26, 2021
The Estranged Heart (Trailer)
Oct 07, 2021