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Episode 207 - Family Reactivity and Anxiety: Why Your Relationship Feels Stuck

Do you feel stuck in painful cycles of family conflict and emotional reactions?
Maybe you feel like you are walking on eggshells around your child. Or maybe your emotions take over, and you say things you later wish you had handled differently.

In this episode of the Coaching Your Family Relationships Podcast, Tina Gosney, family conflict coach and family life educator, teaches you why reactivity is one of the biggest reasons family relationships stay tense, distant, or stuck, especially in parenting adult children relationships.

You will learn:

• What family reactivity really looks like and why it is not always yelling or anger
• How anxiety quietly fuels emotional distance from adult children
• Why patterns from your family of origin get repeated unless you interrupt them
• How one reactive person can set the emotional tone for the entire family
• The difference between reacting from anxiety and responding with emotional maturity

This conversation will help you understand why your adult child may be pulling away and what you can begin doing differently if you want to rebuild trust and create connection without control.

This episode is your guide to creating emotional freedom—even if your family feels stuck in chaos right now.

Tina Gosney is the Family Conflict Coach. She works with parents who have families in conflict to help them become the grounded, confident leaders their family needs.
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Tina is certified in family relationships and a trauma informed coach.
Visit tinagosney.com for more information on coaching services.

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Episode 206: Parenting Adult Children Today with Catherine Hickem

Are you parenting your adult children with the same mindset you had when they were little? It might be time for a shift.

In this powerful episode, I'm joined by Catherine Hickem, a licensed therapist and founder of Parenting Adult Children Today. We talk about the emotional journey of parenting grown kids and why so many families are experiencing estrangement and emotional disconnection.

Catherine brings decades of experience, both professional and personal, to this conversation. She shares her own heartfelt story of healing with her father, the powerful restoration that took place between them, and why she believes it’s never too late to repair a family relationship.

We cover:

• Why parenting adult children requires a different mindset than parenting younger kids
• How unconscious expectations can damage connection
• The role of fear, disappointment, and emotional reactivity in estrangement
• What it really means to “do your own work” as a parent
• How emotional maturity and self-awareness create safety for adult children
• Practical first steps for shifting how you show up in your relationships

This episode is packed with wisdom and hope. If you’ve ever felt like you “did your best, but your child still won’t talk to you,” or you’re asking, “why won’t my adult child talk to me?” this conversation will speak directly to your heart.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• Catherine’s work at Parenting Adult Children Today
• The importance of emotional healing and growing self-awareness
• The idea that our success as parents isn’t how our children turn out, it’s how we show up

This is how you know if you need help with this…

• You’re walking on eggshells around your adult child
• You’re carrying guilt, fear, or confusion about what went wrong
• You feel like your adult child is pulling away and you don’t know why
• You want to reconnect but don’t know where to start
• You find yourself stuck in anxiety, reactivity, or resentment

Tina Gosney is the Family Conflict Coach. She works with parents who have families in conflict to help them become the grounded, confident leaders their family needs.
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Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/tinagosneycoaching/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tinagosneycoaching

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Tina is certified in family relationships and a trauma informed coach.
Visit tinagosney.com for more information on coaching services.

Let us know what you think about the podcast!

Episode 205: How to Reconnect with an Estranged Adult Child by Calming Your Righting Reflex

What if the harder you try to help your adult child, the more they pull away?

In this episode, we talk about why your adult child won’t talk to you, how our child-centered parenting culture has increased anxiety for both parents and kids, and how that anxiety is now playing out in your relationship with your grown child.

Tina Gosney is a family conflict coach and family life educator. This episode is grounded in a research-based article from Family Process called “Balanced Parenting,” which uses Bowen Family Systems Theory to explain why so many loving parents feel responsible for their adult child’s emotions—and why that often backfires.

This episode is for you if:

• You’re wondering, “Why won’t my adult child talk to me?”
• You feel like “my adult child is pulling away” and you’re walking on eggshells
• You’ve searched for “how to reconnect with an estranged adult child” or “how to fix a broken relationship with adult child”
• You sometimes think, “I feel rejected by my adult child” and don’t know how to make it better
• You’re scared this might end in adult children cutting off parents, and you don’t want that to be your story

You’ll see how our anxious, child-focused culture trained you to over-function for your child’s emotions, and how that same pattern can make adult children feel watched, judged, or controlled.


What we cover:

• What the research on Balanced Parenting says about parents taking on too much emotional responsibility
• How the righting reflex (the urge to fix, correct, and rescue) shows up in parenting adult children relationships
• How anxiety gets passed around the family system when no one has learned to manage their own
• Why your adult child may shut down or distance themselves when you’re “only trying to help”
• A new, balanced, differentiation-based approach that helps you calm yourself instead of trying to manage your adult child

You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of the big picture—and some first steps to start changing

If you’re tired of reacting to what’s happening in your family and want more internal calm and confidence, I’d love to support you. Reset to Connection runs live February 2–6 at 9 a.m. Mountain Time, with short daily sessions and replays available. We'll focus on getting off the emotional roller coaster and creating confidence. The registration link is below.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Tina Gosney is the Family Conflict Coach. She works with parents who have families in conflict to help them become the grounded, confident leaders their family needs.
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Connect with us:

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/tinagosneycoaching/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tinagosneycoaching

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Tina is certified in family relationships and a trauma informed coach.
Visit tinagosney.com for more information on coaching services.