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

Do you worry that the only way to have your estranged child, or your grandchildren, back in your life is to be a fake version of yourself? Maybe you think you’ll walk on eggshells and be so uber-careful of every word you say that you’ll feel like a robot, with no semblance of your personality left. You want to reconcile with your estranged child, but you also want to be yourself. If these thoughts...

They wouldn’t bend. They wouldn’t bow. They wouldn’t burn. These lyrics from the song called The Fourth Man refer to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego… 3 men whose faith and obedience were so strong that they were brought out of a fiery furnace unscathed. Their story has direct application to your estrangement from your child… Hey, friend! Welcome to The Estranged Mom Coach™ podcast.  . Being estran...

Hey, friend. Welcome to The Estranged Mom Coach™ podcast. In my work with estranged mothers, when we get to the part where we’re creating and working their reconciliation plan… sometimes questions come up about how to handle it if their child doesn’t respond favorably at first. How do you proceed if you reach out and get no reply, or maybe your child says they’re not ready for that yet? In this ep...

Hey, friend! Welcome to The Estranged Mom Coach™ podcast. It can feel so overwhelming when you’re missing your estranged child but you don’t know what to do to get them back. Maybe you try to talk to your friends to get their advice. Or perhaps you’re praying a lot, and asking Jesus to work it out. Conversations are a big part of the road to reconciliation, and in this Tea Time Tuesday episode, I’...

Hey, friend. Welcome to The Estranged Mom Coach™ podcast. In this Thursday Thoughts episode, I’m going to tell you about a shift in your thinking that is required to heal the estrangement from your adult child. It’s also a lot kinder to you than the way you might be thinking right now. Let’s talk about it.  . Next Steps: 1) Apply for your FREE consultation to talk to Jenny 1:1. Find out the exact...

Hey, friend! Welcome to The Estranged Mom Coach™ podcast. I’m glad you stopped by. I believe that every family estrangement between an adult child and their parent has an underpinning of spiritual warfare. So it’s important to be aware of the ways the spiritual realm factors into the estrangement you’re going through with your child. You might actually be in a spiritual agreement with the enemy th...

Hey, friend! Welcome to The Estranged Mom Coach™ podcast. In this Thursday Thoughts episode, I want to talk to you about breaking an illusion that you’ve been conditioned to believe. This illusion keeps you feeling sad, and has stripped you of feeling connected to your child during the estrangement. I’m challenging that illusion and inviting you to choose a different way of mothering your estrange...

Hey, friend! Welcome to The Estranged Mom Coach™ podcast. I hope you have a cuppa tea warm and ready for today’s episode. Facebook can be used for good or bad, and this time, it was definitely for the good. In today’s Tea Time Tuesday episode, I’m going to tell you a little story about a seamstress and an alligator, and it directly applies to reconciling with your estranged daughter or son. Grab y...

Hey, friend. Welcome back to The Estranged Mom Coach™ podcast. In this Thursday Thoughts episode, I’m going to tell you the 4 questions the spirit of offense uses against estranged mothers, to keep them stuck in the estrangement from their adult child. If you recognize what’s happening, you can change course and avoid falling into that trap. Let’s talk about it.  . Next Steps: 1) Apply for your FR...

Hey, friend! Welcome to The Estranged Mom Coach™ podcast. This episode airs on the very last day of 2024. There are so many things out there on social media about goal setting and New Year’s resolutions to lose weight. I personally think that’s worn out, and past its time. As an estranged mother, your 2024, and your view of the year ahead, may be very different from those who have their adult chil...

Hey, friend! Welcome back to The Estranged Mom Coach™ podcast. In this Thursday Thoughts episode, I want to talk to you about something you might have heard me say before. “If nothing changes, nothing will change.” I’m going to go deeper into what I mean by that, and why a good estrangement coach is one of the keys to changing your estrangement situation. Meet me inside the episode, and let’s talk...

Hello, friend. Welcome back to The Estranged Mom Coach™ podcast. I want to wish you a Merry Christmas. I hope that on this Christmas Day, you find moments of happiness, pockets of peace and lots and lots of love. You get to choose to enjoy Christmas, even if you’re estranged from your adult child. It won’t be the same, but it’s still Christmas and God is still on the throne. As we celebrate the bi...

Hey, friend. Welcome back to The Estranged Mom Coach™ podcast. It’s Tea Time Tuesday and it is also Christmas Eve Day… I know that, for estranged mothers, the Christmas Holiday can bring up a range of emotions. I hope you’re okay. I also hope you know it’s okay if you’re not feeling 100% happy right now. You’re allowed to be human. If you want to be in the company of Christian women who understand...

Hey, friend. Welcome back to The Estranged Mom Coach podcast. When you’re walking through the estrangement journey, there are times you feel like you’ve got this, and you’re going to make it. There are other times when your nervous system gets triggered, and you feel like everything tumbles down around you.  . This can be especially the case during the Christmas Season when you’re seeing so many i...

Hey, friend! Welcome back to the show. Family estrangement can cause pain and harm in multiple ways. If you have a grandchild, you might be cut off from them, as well as from your adult child. During the Christmas Season, it can feel especially hard to not give them a gift and watch their face light up on Christmas Day, as they open it. In this Tea Time Tuesday episode, I’ll give you guidelines to...

Hey, friend. Welcome back to the show. This episode airs on my oldest son’s birthday. Zarse went to be with Jesus when he was 12 years old. In this episode, I’m going to tell you a lesson I learned from the way he lived his life, and it’s something that can help you on your journey through family estrangement from your child. Before you go any further into the episode, pause me here and pray. Ask...

Hey, friend. Welcome back to the show. As you approach Christmas, you may be experiencing what I call family estrangement fatigue. In today’s Tea Time Tuesday episode, I’ll explain the signs of family estrangement fatigue, and I’ll give you 6 ways to simplify your Christmas this year, so that you feel better and can actually enjoy Christmas more. Simple can be beautiful. Grab your tea, and let’s t...

Hey, friend. Welcome back to the show. Mainstream society constantly tells you to stand your ground, assert yourself and yes… have boundaries. There is a time and a place for all of that, but when it comes to the estrangement from your child, you might want to rethink things a bit. In this episode, I’ll tell you why, as an estranged mother, it’s important - and Biblical - to embrace a different ap...

Hey, friend. Welcome back to the show. Can you believe that at the time this episode first airs, we’re in the month of December and Christmas is right around the bend? I absolutely love winter, snow and Christmas. But even if you love the Holidays as I do, it can feel hard to get into a celebration mindset when you’re estranged from your adult child.  . Maybe you feel like you want to skip Christm...

Hey, friend. Welcome back to the show. Happy Thanksgiving to all my United States listeners! As we think about gratitude and what we are thankful for today, I want to pose this question to you: Can family estrangement from your child give you things to be thankful for? In fact, it can. I’m sharing 3 things I am thankful for that I realized on my own family estrangement journey. Let’s talk about it...

Hey, friend! Welcome back to the show. If you’re estranged from your son, and he is married, you might suspect your daughter-in-law has a hand in it. That is definitely not always the case, but there is an epidemic of division in families being driven by daughter in laws who are insecure and hungry for what they perceive as power. Again, this is not an indictment of all daughter in laws. And even...

Hey, friend. Welcome back to the show. You’ve been doing some research about family estrangement, and you’ve come to the conclusion that you’ll need to do some inner work if you’re going to repair the estrangement from your child. You’re on board with that, and willing to own what’s yours to own… but what if your estranged daughter or son refuses to do the work themselves?  . Can the relationship...

Hey, friend! Welcome back to the show. In today’s Tea Time Tuesday episode, I want to talk to you about how to arrive at a place of self forgiveness when you are estranged from your child. During parental estrangement, it is common to feel guilt, shame and regret. You might even mentally beat yourself up and wish you could go back and do things differently.  . While you can’t rewrite the past, you...

Hey, friend. Welcome back to the show. Parental alienation is when your son or daughter’s father tries to turn them against you through means of manipulation and other negative tactics. It can cause family estrangement from your child. While some people might think of parental alienation as something that happens to minor children, it can also impact adult children. Your alienator might have you c...

Hey, friend! Welcome back to the show. Do you worry that your estranged daughter or son will influence your non-estranged child to turn against you? Maybe you have anxiety about how to keep your non-estranged child from believing the worst of you, and going no contact. In this Tea Time Tuesday episode, I am going to walk you through 3 things not to do (and I’ll tell you what to do instead) when it...