The Estranged Mom Coach™ | Estrangement, Prodigals, Estranged Parent, Biblical Emotional Healing

Estrangement feels like you’re stuck waiting… waiting for your child’s heart to soften while yours breaks a little more each day. In this episode of The Estranged Mom Coach™, I’m giving you simple, meaningful actions you can take starting now, right where you are. These are habits I’ve consistently seen in mothers who reconcile with their adult children. If you’re tired of feeling powerless and re...

As an estranged mother, the quiet after the Holidays can hold a sense of emptiness and tension… like your body is still holding its breath and your heart is still trembling. While other moms were enjoying time with their adult children and grandchildren, you were trying to ignore the empty chair at the Christmas table. Estrangement from an adult child settles into your nervous system, keeping you...

If you’re an estranged mom who feels tired of waiting, tired of wondering what else you should be doing, this conversation is for you. In this episode, we’re talking about a necessary shift that often gets overlooked in estrangement — one that brings you back to emotional steadiness, clarity and Biblical direction. It’s about releasing the exhausting focus on your child’s behavior and gently retur...

Estrangement from your child… what a painful way to begin the new year.  . When Christmas fades into memory and the hush of a new year settles in, you might find yourself replaying moments from the past — details of the estrangement, what you wish could change, words spoken… or things left unsaid.  . You wonder if this year will be more of the same from the year before. Will your estranged child c...

Have you ever sat awake at night asking yourself why your child cut you off — without ever really giving you a chance to work through what was bothering them? It’s a question that aches in the deepest recesses of a mother’s heart — the confusion, the rejection, the grief. In this episode of The Estranged Mom Coach™, we’ll talk about what’s really behind many estrangements today, and how your child...

Merry Christmas from my heart to yours. Join me inside this episode of The Estranged Mom Coach™ for our annual reading of the Christmas story from the Bible, and for a Christmas message from me. . Next Steps: 1) Apply for your FREE consultation to talk to Jenny 1:1. Find out the exact path forward to feeling better and greatly increasing your chances of getting your son or daughter back in your li...

Estrangement always hurts, but being estranged from your child at Christmas time hits especially hard.  . When Christmas lights shimmer and carols fill the air, your heart might feel a sense of longing. . The distance feels so far. . You feel rejected at a time when so many around you have smiles on their faces. . You wonder if your son or daughter misses you.  You miss your grandchildren. You wan...

Being estranged at Christmas feels especially hard. You want to reach out. You want to remind them that you love them… but what if not sending a gift could actually help open the door to healing the relationship? This episode of The Estranged Mom Coach™ is about why not sending a Christmas gift might move you closer to reconciling with your estranged adult child. Let’s talk about it.  . Next Steps...

When you’re estranged from your daughter or son at Christmastime, even a quick scroll on social media can feel like a thousand tiny cuts. Pictures of smiling families. Discussions of Holiday plans. Beautifully arranged Christmas table settings, with food enough for a crowd of family. Your child or their spouse posting things that make you feel like a stranger on the outside looking in. The online...

If estrangement has made Christmas feel tender and complicated, you’re not alone. Being without your estranged daughter or son at Christmastime can leave you feeling heavy-hearted. But even now, there is beauty unfolding. There are ways to feel better. There is hope available to you. In this episode, I’ve put together 4 ways to feel better this Christmas. Things that are doable and gentle. Things...

Family estrangement from an adult child is a nuanced and multi-layered nightmare. Recovering the relationship involves your emotional regulation and healing, as well as learning to communicate differently with your child. But there’s also a spiritual war woven into estrangement. You can’t always see it — but oh, it’s real. And without even realizing it, you might be helping the enemy wound your he...

If estrangement makes Christmas feel empty or heavy, this episode is for you. I’ll share three reasons why putting up the Christmas tree—yes, even now—can shift your heart and lift your mood. If you’ve been wondering if you should get out the decorations or put up the tree… this is why you for sure should do it. Estrangement does not get to steal your joy unless you consent to it. Come on in, and...

Mothers of estranged adult sons… When your son pulled away, did you ever wonder if there was more going on behind the scenes — Perhaps you sensed that your daughter-in-law was in the background weaving a web of lies and division. In this episode, I’m introducing you to a term I created: Estrangement-Oriented Manipulation (EOM). Not every daughter-in-law does this — many are blessings — but for tho...

If you are listening to this on the day it releases, it is Thanksgiving. A day where we’re told to gather, to give thanks, to feel full — but for so many of us walking through estrangement, the table is missing someone we love. I want you to know that I am thankful for you. Truly, deeply thankful. You could be listening to anyone right now. You could be pulling away in silence. But instead, you sh...

The silence of estrangement can feel unbearable. You wonder if you will ever in this lifetime recover from the painful blow of estrangement. But the Bible is a living Book with medicine for your wounds. In this episode of The Estranged Mom Coach™, we’ll explore how the guidance of Exodus 14:14 directs your first steps on the path to reconciliation. And we’ll talk about how a no-contact period actu...

Thanksgiving is drawing near at the time this episode airs. A time for gratitude and being thankful for the good in your life. But how do you show up with a thankful heart, when your heart is broken, and you’re missing your estranged child? Sometimes, it’s in the unexpected places—the heartbreak, the setbacks, even the silence—that we discover what we can truly be thankful for. In this episode of...

When you’re estranged from your adult child, Thanksgiving can stir up so many emotions. A holiday day associated with gathering and gratitude can feel more like a spotlight on what’s missing. If you’ve ever sat in that ache — wondering how to get through Thanksgiving without your estranged child, this episode is for you. Come join me for a gentle conversation about sorrow, hope and the presence of...

Sometimes the ache in a mother’s heart comes not from her son, but from the woman he chose as his wife. You imagined shared laughter over coffee, family-shared Holidays and a gentle weaving of lives… but instead, you’ve encountered cold shoulders, cutting words and nights of replaying conversations that left you unsettled. Is she just hard to get along with, or is your daughter in law a full blown...

When serious illness strikes a family member, the heartache of estrangement becomes even heavier. Do you reach out to your child? What do you say—or not say—when emotions are raw and time feels short? In this episode of The Estranged Mom Coach™, I walk you through how to navigate these tender moments with grace, clarity and God’s peace. You’ll learn how to share necessary information without press...

I remember my child telling me that I had done something that I literally had no recollection of at all. Was I insane? Had I blocked it all out? Was he being dishonest? All those thoughts swirled through my mind, and it felt terrible. I wanted to defend myself. But I also didn’t want to shut down the communication altogether. In today’s episode of The Estranged Mom Coach™, I’m talking about exactl...

When you’re estranged from your adult child, happiness can feel out of reach, as if everything good is on pause until reconciliation happens. But God has not pressed pause on your life. In this episode of The Estranged Mom Coach™, I want to talk to you about reclaiming happiness during estrangement… About how to allow moments of happiness without guilt, and how to live your life while still holdin...

Hello, sister Mom. I want to share something that’s been stirring in my heart about estrangement and labels. I believe you need to hear today’s episode.  . I saw a supposed estrangement expert talking about estrangement in a way that piles on labels, and creates more complication in the already complex challenge of estrangement.  . And while labels can sometimes give language to what’s happening,...

When you’re estranged from your child, the pain can feel like a constant void in your heart. We’ve been in the Release series here on the podcast. Release is a free audio class I’ve been putting out on Tuesdays, and it has been about letting go of what’s blocking you from feeling better, and from increasing your odds of reconciling with your child. Today is the final lesson of the series, where we...

Estrangement can feel like such a lonely place… when there are no texts, no calls and no conversations, you miss your estranged child and your heart aches for reconciliation. If you have grandchildren that you don’t get to see, your heart mourns missing their milestones and special days. You want to reconcile, but you don’t know how to fix things if your child won’t talk to you. There actually are...

If you’re walking through estrangement, you know how fear can slip in and take hold. It curls in your stomach, gives your chest a sick feeling and whispers terrifying what-ifs. Fear has a way of filling in the silence with stories that aren’t true. In this Tea Time Tuesday episode, we’re in Lesson 5 of the Release series… we’re leaning into what it means to loosen the grip of estrangement fear… to...