Coaching Your Family Relationships

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 175 - Communicate While Minimizing Conflict - 7 Keys to Staying Grounded If conversations with your adult child feel tense, emotionally draining, or full of misunderstandings, you’re not alone. In this episode of Your Family Relationships , I’ll walk you through seven key principles of grounded communication that wi...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 174: How to Stop Walking on Eggshells and Create a Healthier Relationship   If you have ever felt like you are walking on eggshells around your adult child—constantly giving but not receiving respect in return—you are not alone. Setting boundaries is one of the most common struggles parents face, but many misunderst...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 173 - How to Rebuild a Relationship with Your Adult Child – 5 Essential Steps Are you struggling to reconnect with your adult child? Do you feel like no matter what you do, there’s a growing emotional distance? In this episode of The Coaching Your Family Relationships Podcast , we’re exploring five essential steps t...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast #172 The Power of Courage: Transforming Your Relationship with Your Family Relationships Are you struggling with a difficult relationship with your adult child? Do you feel stuck in frustration, sadness, and confusion, unsure of how to reconnect? In this episode of The Coaching Your Family Relationships Podcast , host Tina...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast In this powerful episode of Coaching Your Family Relationships , I sit down with Jodi Larae Cunningham, author of Estrangement Healing for Mothers and Daughters . Jodi shares her personal journey of mother-daughter estrangement and the deep generational patterns that influenced it. Through personal growth, responsibility, a...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 169: Navigating Estrangement: How to Reconnect with Your Adult Child In this Ask Me Anything episode, Tina Gosney, The Family Conflict Coach, answers two heartfelt questions from parents struggling with estrangement from their adult children. These relationships are complex, emotional, and often deeply rooted in fam...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 168: Why Family Drama Keeps Repeating – and How to Break the Cycle Are you stuck in the same frustrating arguments with your adult child or other family members? In this episode, we uncover how automatic family patterns keep you trapped in unhealthy dynamics and show you how to break free. Learn how subconscious pro...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 167 – The Most Common Ways Families Handle Stress Families are not a group of individuals living side by side – they are connected through the intricate web of relationships. When one person becomes stressed or anxious, it sends ripples through the entire family system. When this happens, we have typical patterns of...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Bonus Episode: Get to Know Your Host – Tina Gosney, Family Conflict Coach Meet the host of the podcast, Tina Gosney, Family Conflict Coach. In this episode, you’ll hear a glimpse into my story and about why I decided to become a coach that focuses on family relationships.  At minute 14 you’ll hear about The Mother Tree – th...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 166 – Moving Through Family Conflict – Most Popular Episode of 2024 Conflict is inevitable if you belong to a family. It’s the price you pay for being close to other people – and we all have a need to be close to other people.  What you do with that conflict will either divide you further and weaken the family, or h...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 165 – What’s in Your Control and What Isn't– Most Popular Episodes of 2024 Our family members are not people to be controlled, they are relationships to nurture. You’re probably trying to control things that are not in your control. If you’re frustrated in your relationships, you are trying to control things th...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast #164 – Being Defensive is a Losing Strategy – Most Popular Episodes of 2024 It’s easy to see when someone else is getting defensive, but when we get defensive, it feels justified. Being defensive, no matter where it is coming from, will often begin a trajectory of downward spiral in a relationship.  The way your brain is in...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast #163 The Unseen Mental Load of the Holidays The unseen mental load = all the behind-the-scenes thinking, planning, and worrying that goes into running a household—especially during the holidays. Most of this unseen mental load falls on the shoulders of women, and this can lead to stress, overwhelm, burn-out, and resentment....

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast #162 – Moving Through Family Conflict, part 2 When you’re in conflict with another person, that’s normal and should be expected. The way you handle that conflict is important and can either damage the relationship or strengthen it.  This episode goes into the tools of Differentiation and how we can use these tools to naviga...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast 161- Family Conflict Conflict doesn’t have to be a dirty word and signify something is wrong with your family. It can be an opportunity to get to know each other better and create stronger bonds in your family. But, for that to happen, you need to know where to begin and what tools to use. This episode will help you to know...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast #160 – Break Free from Negativity Our brain is biased towards focusing on negative things. This is hardwired into each of us. If we leave our brain to go on default, we will be on a downward spiral, and that affects everything in our life.  Be intentional about seeing beyond the negative. The positive things are there, but...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 159 - How to Ride the Waves of Life Without Drowning   We all get caught up in trying to arrange the people and situations in our lives just the way we want them to be so that we can be happy.  We will find ourselves trying to hold onto things that want and need to change and pushing away difficult situations we don...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 158 What is in your control. What is not in your control.  It’s very common for us to think that if we do certain things, we can control the way someone else thinks about us. And we think that if we do certain things, we can control their reaction to us.  Both of these things are not true. We don’t control anyone el...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 157 - Giving Your Full Focus and Attention to Create Connection Most people do not know how to give someone their full focus and attention. But, as David Augsburger says, “Being listened to is so close to being loved that most people cannot tell the difference." Our fast-paced, instant gratification culture is...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 156 – How to Take a Time Out That Really Works When you get emotionally flooded, that is a signal you need a time out! This week’s episode outlines Terry Real’s 10 New Rules of Time Out 1.       The time out is a circuit breaker 2.       Take your time out from the “I” position. 3.       Take distance responsibly. 4...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 155 - Respond to Your Family Members Intentionally, Don’t React from Automatic Programming Everyone is capable of learning to control their reactions to other people and situations. No one needs to take on the identity of a person who can’t control themselves. Learning to manage your own responses to the world is a...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 154 – The One Decision That Will Change Everything   Big issues and problems can feel overwhelming and cause us to act with a lot of fear. Making decisions and acting from a feeling of overwhelm rarely leads to anything productive. So do something else instead. When you slow down and act intentionally, you might jus...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 153 - The Benefits of Going Beyond a Surface Level Relationship Close relationships are what make us happy – now and in the future. But they require effort and intention over time – sometimes over a long period of time. Listen to this episode to find out why you want to put in that time and effort, and a few things...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 152 – Be an Agent in Your Family   Family relationships run on systems, and each family has its own system. One system many families use is to blame each other for how we act and react, and not take ownership of our own choices. My husband and I were stuck in this blame/blame system for years. And then we decided we...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 151 - Your Relationships are Your Response-ability If you’re like most people, when you’re struggling in a relationship, you fall into either blaming another person for how they are making you feel, or you’re trying to get them to be different so you can feel better. Maybe you’re doing both! What if you didn’t have...