In this episode, licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Cynthia Post discusses when and how to introduce your significant other to your children and when and how to introduce your significant other’s children to your children. She addresses how to preserve your relationship with your children and how to set realistic expectations for a blended family when the time comes.

Your siblings know how to push your buttons because they installed them. Does that ring true to you? If so, there’s a reason for that. In this episode on siblings, licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Cynthia Post explores what makes the sibling relationship unique. Cindy unpacks how birth order, environment, and family dynamics impact sibling relationships. Whether you’re best friends with your siblings or basic strangers, Cindy offers insight into how to navigate uncomfortable conversations and unavoidable conflict.

What do you need to know before you start dating? And once you do, what are the red and green flags to look for in a potential partner? In this second part of the dating episode, licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Cynthia Post answers those questions and explores how to navigate the difference between deal-breakers and compromises.

This is the first in a series of podcasts on dating. We’re starting with some foundational questions about dating, determining whether you’re ready for dating, and discerning what you’re looking for through dating.

In this episode, Dr. Cynthia Post talks about what it means to be connected to others, including how individuals’ needs for connectedness differ. She explains the difference between loneliness and feeling disconnected. She addresses how to build and maintain meaningful connections, even when our lives are very busy.

In this episode, we explore how people can navigate health challenges when they arise. We discuss how to be supportive when your partner is struggling, how to discuss health challenges with your partner, and how to take care of your own mental and physical health while supporting a partner who is struggling with their health.

In this third in a series, we discuss the specifics of engagement between parents, children and their children’s children and how that has changed. Some is much the same, such as each generation of parents thinks they’re going to do a better job. We discuss how grandparents can be supportive without interfering, how to be a trusted resource without giving up their own lives.

In this second episode in a series on grandparenting, we talk more specifically about managing the logistics of the grandparent, parent, grandchild relationship. Last time, we talked about the changing role of grandparents, how grandparents used to be figureheads, just there for holidays. Now they’re more involved and engaged. In this episode, we explore the logistics of managing that relationship, both for grandparents who live within driving distance and for grandparents who live far away from their grandchildren.