Beyond The High Road of Parental Alienation

By Shelby Milford

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A parental alienation recovery podcast. Feeling unseen or broken by the pain of being separated from your child? This show supports alienated parents in rebuilding emotional strength, healing trauma, and restoring purpose after complex and ongoing trauma. Hosted by a mom & master certified life coach, specializing in post‑traumatic growth and attachment repair. Rediscover closeness with your child even during the grief of living apart.

Episode Date
Is This Hidden Belief The Reason You're Stuck? For Alienated Parents
Jun 18, 2026
Difficult People May Never Change (Here's How to Heal Anyway) for Alienated Parents
Jun 11, 2026
How Leaning Into Desire Will Unlock Your Life for Alienated Parents
Jun 04, 2026
Am I Being Selfish for Moving Forward? For Alienated Parents
May 28, 2026
Inside Your Problems Are the Clues You Need to Succeed as an Alienated Parent
May 21, 2026
From Bogged Down to Better Off: How To Take Action NOW for Alienated Parents
May 14, 2026
From The Vault: A Love Letter to All the Mamas on Mother's Day ♥️
May 10, 2026
When & How to Reach Out to Your Child (without Pushing Them Away)
May 07, 2026
3 Questions to Ask Before You Reach Out to Your Child for Alienated Parents
Apr 29, 2026
Trauma Can Wreck Your Hormones - Here's How to Heal for Alienated Parents
Apr 23, 2026
How to Increase Your Capacity To Handle ANYTHING For Alienated Parents
Apr 16, 2026
How Trauma Kills Confidence (& How to Get It Back) for Alienated Parents
Apr 09, 2026
Atomic Habits for Alienated Parents: 4 Actions to Rebuild Self Trust
Apr 02, 2026
Every Decision Feel Like a Trial? How to Overcome Self‑Doubt for Alienated Parents
Mar 26, 2026
The Comfort Regret Loop: Why Staying Safe Hurts More Later for Alienated Parents
Mar 18, 2026
Results Not Happening Fast Enough? Here's How to Fix for Alienated Parents
Mar 12, 2026
Alienated or Estranged? Why Your Child Pulled Away (And How to Heal)
Mar 05, 2026
Who Am I Without My Child? Your Reinvention Guide for Alienated Parents
Feb 26, 2026
10 Solid Reasons Its Okay To Find Happiness as an Alienated Parent
Feb 19, 2026
7 Communication Skills That Show Love to Your Kids for Alienated Parents
Feb 12, 2026
Make New Meaning: How to Honor Your Painful Memories for Alienated Parents
Feb 05, 2026
How Grief & Complex Trauma Hijack Your Mind for Alienated Parents
Jan 29, 2026
How Parental Alienation Shrinks Your Window of Tolerance (And How to Expand It)
Jan 22, 2026
How to Stop Ruminating & Start Living (7 Question Quiz) for Alienated Parents
Jan 15, 2026
The 4 Mindsets Every Alienated Parent Needs to Adopt TODAY - and HOW
Jan 08, 2026
Ready to Hit Reset? Take Your Life Back in 2026 for Alienated Parents
Jan 01, 2026
Feel Cut Off & Out of Gas? An Energetic Guide for Alienated Parents
Dec 25, 2025
Failure Feel Real? The Energetic Shift You Need NOW for Alienated Parents
Dec 18, 2025
Feel Cheated? Reclaim Your Peace When Life Feels Unfair for Alienated Parents
Dec 11, 2025
The Happiness Set Point: How to Increase Your Capacity for Joy for Alienated Parents
Dec 04, 2025
6 Reasons Holidays Suck & How to Enjoy Them Anyway for Alienated Parents
Nov 27, 2025
How To Ground Yourself When Bad News Has You In PANIC for Alienated Parents
Nov 19, 2025
Fastest Way to Promote Change? Don't Focus on Change for Alienated Parents
Nov 13, 2025
Alienated Parents, Feel Burned Out? Don't Quietly Quit. Do This for the Win
Nov 05, 2025
Alienated Parents: Feel Pressure to Get It Right? Break Free from Performance Anxiety
Oct 29, 2025
Goodbye Chaos: How to Restore Peace to Your Body for Alienated Parents
Oct 23, 2025
Break the Drama Cycle: How to Rewire Your Brain for Peace for Alienated Parents
Oct 16, 2025
Attachment Drama: Why Chaos Can Feel Like Home For Alienated Parents
Oct 09, 2025
Fear as Your Secret Sauce? Transform Terror into Clarity for Alienated Parents
Oct 02, 2025
How Being Right Actually Keeps You In The Wrong: What Now? for Alienated Parents
Sep 25, 2025
Understanding Your Child's Symptoms: How to Manage Worry for Alienated Parents
Sep 18, 2025
How to Shift From Insecure Attachment to Secure for Alienated Parents
Sep 11, 2025
Feeling Resistant to Unwanted Change? Here's How To Feel Empowered
Sep 04, 2025
Feel Misunderstood? Find Peace Even When They Block You
Aug 27, 2025
Overcome Parental Alienation Like a Bauce... Best Of Vol 4
Aug 21, 2025
Turn Your Pain Into Purpose: Best of... Volume 3
Aug 14, 2025
Need Your Child to Reciprocate Love? Longing vs. Limerence for Alienated Parents
Aug 07, 2025
6 Confronting Truths I Wish I Learned Years Ago for Alienated Parents
Jul 31, 2025
Have You Abandoned Your True Self? How to Reclaim The Best of You
Jul 24, 2025
Surviving Turmoil w/ Self Compassion vs. Self Pity for Alienated Parents
Jul 17, 2025
Creative Solutions: Trust Your Instincts To Make It Happen for Alienated Parents
Jul 09, 2025
Are You Suppressing Your Grief? Here's How to Tell
Jul 03, 2025
The 3 Minute Life Hack To Move Alienated Parents Out of Negativity
Jun 26, 2025
What Are You Willing To Accept In Your Life & WHY? For Alienated Parents
Jun 18, 2025
Honoring Alienated Dads: A Special Father's Day Message
Jun 14, 2025
SO Much Time Has Gone By with NO Change. Now What? For Alienated Parents
Jun 12, 2025
When They Want To Change Their Name: A Healing Guide for Alienated Parents
Jun 05, 2025
Fact vs. Fiction: A Guide to Help Alienated Parents Take Back Their Power
May 29, 2025
From Victimized & Overwhelmed to a Life of Purpose & Meaning for Alienated Parents
May 22, 2025
How Trauma & Grief Change the Way You Operate for Alienated Parents
May 15, 2025
Uncomplicate Your Grief & Feel Supported on Mother's Day for Alienated Parents
May 08, 2025
Why Avoiding Your Feelings is Sometimes the Best Choice For Alienated Parents
May 01, 2025
Betrayal in Parental Alienation: How to Lessen It's Emotional Impact
Apr 23, 2025
Reclaim Emotional Clarity: How to Move Beyond "I Feel Like" for Alienated Parents
Apr 16, 2025
Beyond Comparison & How to Take Advantage of the Blackout for Alienated Parents
Apr 09, 2025
Nostalgia, Remorse & Uncertainty: How to Trust in the Unknown for Alienated Parents
Apr 02, 2025
Show Up Strong: How to Feel Safe & At Peace Amidst the Chaos of Parental Alienation
Mar 27, 2025
A Deeper Well? Don't Resign To A Ho Hum Future For Alienated Parents
Mar 19, 2025
Trust Your Compass: A Journey to Restore Your Bond For Alienated Parents
Mar 12, 2025
Build a Strong Leadership Mindset to Empower Your Life Following Parental Alienation
Mar 06, 2025
What To Say When They Ask or Want to Commiserate as an Alienated Parent
Feb 27, 2025
How To Own Your Confident & Powerful YES for Alienated Parents
Feb 20, 2025
Stress Will Wreak Havoc: Learn How to Reverse It for Alienated Parents
Feb 13, 2025
Time Your Truth: When & How to Tell Your Kids For Alienated Parents
Feb 06, 2025
From Stuck to Unstoppable: A 30 Day Roadmap To Success for Alienated Parents
Jan 30, 2025
Using Current Controversy To Defeat The Abuse for Alienated Parents
Jan 22, 2025
Conquer Your Confrontation Anxiety with/ Kim: How To Handle Worry
Jan 15, 2025
Contradictions + The Power of "AND" In Parental Alienation
Jan 09, 2025
Crushing Game 2: Do Life in 2025 w/ Purpose & Power for Alienated Parents
Jan 01, 2025
Overcome Loneliness: A Guide to Feel Supported & Abundant for Alienated Parents
Dec 25, 2024
Glimmers, Feeling Connected, & Everything for The 1st Time
Dec 18, 2024
Come As You Are: How to Love Yourself Madly for Alienated Parents
Dec 11, 2024
6 Strategies To Help You Cope with Holiday Grief For Alienated Parents
Dec 04, 2024
Become Your Own Best Friend: 11 Essential Skills For Self Love for Alienated Parents
Nov 28, 2024
The Reason(s) You're Still Suffering (and How To Fix It) As An Alienated Parent
Nov 20, 2024
To Gift Or Not To Gift? Modeling Unconditional Love As An Alienated Parent
Nov 13, 2024
What's Holding You Back? How To Reignite Your Ambition for Alienated Parents
Nov 06, 2024
First Impressions: How to Revise Negative Thought Patterns for Alienated Parents
Oct 30, 2024
Money Problems & How to End the Toxic Cycle of "I Can't..." for Alienated Parents
Oct 23, 2024
Feeling Victimized? Vulnerability Is The Antidote For Alienated Parents
Oct 16, 2024
Down Off The Ledge: How to Make Your Best Choices During Anxiety for Alienated Parents
Oct 09, 2024
How Letting Go of Your Past Can Liberate Your Future
Oct 03, 2024
Surprising Benefits to Feeling Unsupported & How To Move Through it for Alienated Parents
Sep 26, 2024
Why 'Becoming the Opposite' Is a Bad Idea
Sep 18, 2024
How To Thrive Through the Tidal Waves of Grief
Sep 12, 2024
Vol. 2 :A Heartfelt & Powerful Tribute to Honor Alienated Parents (Eps 50-99)
Sep 05, 2024
Episode 100! A Heartfelt & Powerful Tribute to Honor Alienated Parents
Aug 29, 2024
"My Kid Hates Me": The Impact of Cognitive Distortions on Alienated Parents
Aug 22, 2024
6 Unseen Ways You Might Push Your Kids Away As An Alienated Parent
Aug 15, 2024
Courage to be Honest: Defining Your Role and Purpose as an Alienated Parent
Aug 08, 2024
Pick Your Poison to END Your Suffering as an Alienated Parent
Aug 01, 2024
Harnessing Your Inner Hero: Transform Your Story Into Gold As An Alienated Parent
Jul 24, 2024
The Anatomy of an Alienated Parent: Could Early Trauma Be the Commonality?
Jul 17, 2024
Reclaim Your Life: Fitness & Nutrition Strategies for Alienated Parents
Jul 10, 2024
From Freeze to Freedom: From The Journal of an Alienated Parent
Jul 04, 2024
From Survival To Revival: Helping Alienated Parents Find Their Purpose
Jun 26, 2024
Understand Functional Freeze Mode: Empower Your Healing as an Alienated Parent
Jun 19, 2024
Why 'Parental Alienation' Might Be Blocking Your Road To Healing
Jun 12, 2024
From Lack to Abundance:How to Heal Generational Trauma as an Alienated Parent
Jun 05, 2024
Who or What Do You Allow To Define You As An Alienated Parent?
May 29, 2024
How to Navigate Shi*ty Days & Difficult Choices As An Alienated Parent
May 22, 2024
Drama, Defamation, & Scandal: Confronting Scrutiny As An Alienated Parent
May 15, 2024
SPECIAL EDITION: What REALLY Matters To You?
May 12, 2024
Are You Playing The Long Game? Auditing Influence As An Alienated Parent
May 09, 2024
Resentment, Forgiveness, & Parental Alienation: How to Heal Generational Trauma
May 02, 2024
Is Reunification Therapy A Scam? Making Empowered Decisions As An Alienated Parent
Apr 25, 2024
Mistaking A Painful Narrative for True Connection As An Alienated Parent
Apr 18, 2024
Do You Self-Erase?
Apr 10, 2024
How Unhealed Trauma Can Lead To Self Sabotage In Alienation
Apr 04, 2024
The Illusion of Truth: Unveiling the Stories We Tell Ourselves
Mar 27, 2024
Breaking Free of Fear & Embracing Negative Emotion
Mar 20, 2024
Silently Suffering? Social & Emotional Connection as an Alienated Parent
Mar 13, 2024
The Injustices of Alienation: Don't Let Em Get The Best Of You
Mar 06, 2024
How Not Knowing Is Blocking Your Next Breakthrough
Feb 29, 2024
Beyond Blame: Understanding Guilt & Regret In Alienation
Feb 22, 2024
Ultimate Rejection: Navigating Beyond Your Hurt & Rediscovering Purpose
Feb 15, 2024
Finding Peace: Understanding the Distinction Between Giving Up & Embracing Acceptance
Feb 08, 2024
Elevate Your Life & Custody Situation: Adopt a CEO Mindset
Feb 01, 2024
Letting Go Of "Should" Talk
Jan 24, 2024
Unintentional Hater Mindset?
Jan 18, 2024
Why Having Hope Sucks (As An Alienated Parent)
Jan 10, 2024
Let Go of Shame & Create a Life You Love Following Alienation
Jan 03, 2024
When You Feel Disappointed By Those You Love
Dec 28, 2023
The Compound Effect of a Determination Mindset
Dec 21, 2023
Difficult Conversations In Alienation (How to Have Them)
Dec 14, 2023
The Truth About "Old" Pain & Resentment in Alienation
Dec 07, 2023
Let It All Fall Apart
Nov 30, 2023
Renewing Thankfulness: When You Think You Have No More F**ks To Give
Nov 23, 2023
Holding Space For Your Anger
Nov 15, 2023
Are You Readying Yourself?
Nov 09, 2023
The Anatomy of Suffering: How to Function When Your Grief Takes Center Stage
Nov 02, 2023
Finding Strength From the Shadows: My Top 10 Insights to Overcome Alienation
Oct 26, 2023
Fear to Freedom: Overcome Social Anxiety & Embrace Lasting Confidence
Oct 19, 2023
Neutralize Dread & Regret: How to Make Decisions You Can Stick By
Oct 11, 2023
53. Turning the Tables: Using the Stress of Alienation to Empower & Enhance
Oct 05, 2023
52. You Were Built For This
Sep 27, 2023
51. Thought Loops
Sep 21, 2023
50. Are You Doing Enough?
Sep 14, 2023
49. Exterminate Your Alienation ANTs (FULL VERSION)
Sep 07, 2023
48. Do You Appreciate You?
Aug 31, 2023
47. Boundaries in Alienation - Why They Never Seem To Work
Aug 24, 2023
46. "I Should Be Further Along Than This”, Said Nearly Every Alienated Parent
Aug 16, 2023
45. The Blame Game/⭐️Bonus: The Secret to Reaching Your Goal
Aug 09, 2023
44. When You Want Them To Still Need You
Aug 02, 2023
43. Fawn Response/People Pleasing
Jul 27, 2023
42. Honor Your Desires
Jul 20, 2023
41. Opportunities
Jul 13, 2023
40. Make TODAY the Day That You Set Yourself Free
Jul 06, 2023
39. Disparaging Remarks (Don't Let Them Steal Your Thunder)
Jun 29, 2023
38. Your Happiness
Jun 22, 2023
37. Coping with Alienation Anxiety By Worrying
Jun 15, 2023
36. Overcoming Shame
Jun 07, 2023
35. Disenfranchised Grief
Jun 01, 2023
34. 💸MONEYYYYY💸
May 25, 2023
33. When You Feel Defeated: Protocol to Move You Into Productivity
May 17, 2023
32. Is There More To Life Than This?
May 10, 2023
31. Settling For Less When You Can Have SO Much More (edited)
May 04, 2023
30. A Self-Talk Pep Talk/Sneaky Unhelpful Thoughts
Apr 26, 2023
29. Emotional "MEH-ness"
Apr 19, 2023
28. Should You Relocate?
Apr 13, 2023
27. Heal Yourself From Your Mind Outwards
Apr 06, 2023
26. When Alienation Has You Feeling STUCK
Mar 29, 2023
25. When You Feel Discouraged/ Hard Days
Mar 23, 2023
24. Dealt a Bad Hand? ♠️🃏...Or Maybe....🤔
Mar 16, 2023
23. When You Wish Things Were Different
Mar 08, 2023
22. When You Feel Shaken: Bullied By The Alienator
Mar 02, 2023
21. The Pain Of Alienation: Reasons We Hold On & Why It's Imperative To Let Go
Feb 23, 2023
20. Your Worthiness/ Your Purpose
Feb 16, 2023
19. Anger/Negativity as Your Default Setting & Who Holds Your Power
Feb 09, 2023
18. An Easy Way to Feel in Charge of Your Life: One of the Most Underrated Mindshifts
Feb 02, 2023
17. Your Inner Critic & How To Get Things Accomplished Anyway
Jan 25, 2023
16. The "Pet Names" You Call Your Ex & The Story You're Telling Yourself ABOUT Your Story
Jan 19, 2023
15. Feeling Closeness From Afar: The Story You're Telling Yourself MATTERS
Jan 12, 2023
14. Habits That Hinder Our Healing (Part 3 of 3)
Jan 05, 2023
13. Habits That Hinder (Part 2 of 3)
Dec 29, 2022
Bonus Episode. Offerin' Up Some Impromptu Holiday Love and Well Wishes❤️🎄
Dec 25, 2022
12. Narrating, Equal Airtime, and (Not) Processing Away Feelings
Dec 21, 2022
11. Habits That Hinder Our Healing
Dec 14, 2022
10. Your Identity
Dec 09, 2022
9. Alienated Parent's Bill of Rights
Dec 04, 2022
8. Bittersweet Memories: What To Do When They Resurface
Nov 28, 2022
7. 3 Ways We Make The Holidays More Difficult/ What To Do Instead
Nov 23, 2022
6. Move Past The Pain Of Alienation/Stop Self-Sabotage By Allowing Your Emotions
Nov 17, 2022
5. When You Feel Jaded By Alienation: Shifting Your Perspective
Nov 12, 2022
4. When You Feel Judged or Persecuted As An Alienated Parent
Nov 10, 2022
3. Maintaining Control Over Your Emotional Well-Being As An Alienated Parent
Nov 03, 2022
2. Erasing & Replacing
Oct 27, 2022
1. First Episode Ever! Heal Your Heart and Life After Experiencing Alienation
Oct 26, 2022