Coaching Your Family Relationships: Help for Parents of Adult Children

By Tina Gosney

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Coaching Your Family Relationships: Help for Parents of Adult Children is a podcast for parents who want a healthier, more connected relationship with their adult children, especially when that relationship has become strained, distant, or difficult.


Hosted by Tina Gosney, Family Conflict Coach and Parent Educator, the podcast takes a whole-family approach to parent-adult child relationships. Rather than focusing only on what your adult child is doing, Tina helps you understand the larger relationship system: the patterns, emotional reactions, expectations, communication habits, nervous system responses, and family dynamics that influence how everyone shows up.


Each episode brings family science out of the textbook and into real life, helping parents understand not only what is happening in their relationships, but why it is happening and what they can do differently.


Whether your adult child has become distant, set boundaries you don’t understand, stopped communicating, or your relationship simply isn’t what you hoped it would be, this podcast will help you look at the entire relationship differently.


Because changing a family relationship doesn’t always require everyone to change. Sometimes, changing the way you participate in the relationship can change the entire system.


Episode Date
My Adult Child Keeps Bringing Up the Past. What Should I Do?
Sep 29, 2026
Why So Many Families Are Falling Apart Right Now
Sep 22, 2026
Failure to Launch: How to Help Your Young Adult Move Forward, with Colin and Hayley from Not Therapy
Sep 15, 2026
How to Repair Your Relationship with Your Adult Child After Hurt or Conflict: Helpful Therapy Words, part 3
Sep 08, 2026
How to Help Your Adult Child Feel Heard and Emotionally Safe: Helpful Therapy Words, part 2
Sep 01, 2026
How to Let Go of Control Without Losing Connection: Helpful Therapy Words, Part 1
Aug 25, 2026
Your Adult Child Calls You a Narcissist: What Are They Really Trying to Say?
Aug 18, 2026
My Adult Child Says I Trigger Them: What Should I Do?
Aug 11, 2026
My Adult Child Says I Traumatized Them: What Should I Do?
Aug 04, 2026
My Adult Child Says I'm Gaslighting Them. What Do I Do?
Jul 28, 2026
My Adult Child Said I was Toxic. What Do I Do With That?
Jul 21, 2026
What Does It Mean When Your Adult Child Says You Don’t Respect Their Boundaries?
Jul 14, 2026
Why Adult Children Go No Contact: Understanding Family Estrangement, with Dr. Rin Reczek
Jul 07, 2026
When Someone You Love Hurts You: How to Regain Emotional Stability
Jun 30, 2026
When Love Feels Like Pressure: The Hidden Conflict in Helping Too Much
Jun 23, 2026
Hidden Conflict: Why Your Family Feels Tense Even When No One Is Fighting
Jun 16, 2026
Grandfatherhood and Legacy: How to Be Involved Without Interfering
Jun 09, 2026
Fatherhood After Your Kids Grow Up: Who Are You to Them Now?
Jun 02, 2026
How to Focus on What You Can Control When Family Relationships Are Hard
May 25, 2026
Lazy or Stuck? Why Your Adult Child Avoids Life and How to Respond
May 19, 2026
Boundaries with Your Adult Child: Stepping Back When You're Used to Being Needed
May 12, 2026
When Mother's Day Isn't Happy: Naming the Grief No One Sees
May 05, 2026
When Your Adult Child Chooses Their Spouse Over You: How to Stay Grounded
Apr 28, 2026
You Can't Fix Your Adult Child's Marriage: When You Feel Powerless, part 4
Apr 21, 2026
When Your Adult Child's Spouse is Controlling, Critical, or Cold — This Is What's Actually Happening
Apr 14, 2026
When Your Adult Child’s Spouse Misunderstands You: Stop Defending Yourself and Stay Calm (Part 3)
Apr 07, 2026
Stop Blaming Yourself: When Your Adult Child’s Spouse is Anxious or Difficult, part 2
Mar 31, 2026
How to Deal with Your Adult Child’s Difficult Spouse, part 1
Mar 24, 2026
When “Good Behavior” Comes at a Cost: How Behavior-Focused Parenting Disconnects Families
Mar 03, 2026
Family Reactivity and Anxiety: Why Your Relationship Feels Stuck
Feb 10, 2026
Parenting Adult Children Today with Catherine Hickem
Feb 03, 2026
How to Reconnect with an Estranged Adult Child by Calming Your Righting Reflex
Jan 27, 2026
"Why Won't My Adult Child Talk to Me?" An Unhelpful Question
Jan 20, 2026
"Why Won’t My Adult Child Talk to Me?" The False Comfort of AI Answers
Jan 13, 2026
Don't Wait Until They're Gone: Seeing the Sacred in the People Right in Front of You
Dec 23, 2025
Powerful Lessons to Carry Into the New Year - Listener Favorites from 2025
Dec 19, 2025
Why Gratitude Changes Everything: Abundance, Joy, and Healing in Family Life
Nov 25, 2025
Two Communication Habits that Hurt Your Family Relationships
Nov 18, 2025
Why Needing to Be Right and Staying in Control Are Hurting Your Relationship with Your Adult Child
Nov 11, 2025
Raising Confident Kids Without Hovering, with Kepler Knott
Oct 28, 2025
The Emotionally Immature Things We Say (And Why They Don’t Work)
Oct 21, 2025
3 Shifts to Begin Solving Family Conflict – Even if You’re the Only One Trying
Oct 14, 2025
Do I Have to Choose Between Peace and Honesty in My Family?
Oct 07, 2025
From Victim to Empowered — How to Reclaim Agency and Accountability in Family Relationships
Oct 02, 2025
From Triggered to Centered: Tools to Rewire Your Reactions and Restore Family Peace
Sep 30, 2025
When Conflict or Silence Feels Like Love: What Fighting and Avoidance Say About Your Family
Sep 23, 2025
Why Taking Care of Yourself Isn’t Selfish: How Wise Selfishness Strengthens Family Relationships
Sep 16, 2025
Why Strategies Aren’t Enough to Heal Family Disconnection (And What Actually Works)
Sep 09, 2025
Creating Connection in Families Facing Suicide and Addiction
Sep 02, 2025
Stress: What Happens to Your Brain and Body (And How to Stay Grounded)
Aug 26, 2025
How to Rebuild Emotional Connection in Marriage with EFT Attachment Questions
Aug 19, 2025
How to Set Boundaries without Damaging the Relationship
Aug 12, 2025
How Attachment Styles Affect Your Partner Relationship and Your Whole Family
Aug 05, 2025
When It Comes Out of Nowhere: The Emotional Gut Punch
Jul 29, 2025
When Family Hurts: Why Pulling Back Isn’t Selfish—It’s Part of Healing
Jul 22, 2025
When Love Becomes Control: How Enmeshment Keeps Mothers Stuck
Jul 15, 2025
How Your Nervous System Shapes Reactions, Relationships, and Resilience with Leah Davidson
Jul 08, 2025
Break the Cycle and Lead Your Family with Calm, Loving Energy and Personal Integrity
Jul 01, 2025
You’re Not Broken—You’re Becoming: What to Expect This Season
Jun 26, 2025
What Your Young Adult Child Wants You to Know
Apr 08, 2025
Break Free from Perfectionism: Overcome Shame, Embrace Imperfection and Boost Self-Esteem
Apr 01, 2025
The Truth About Mom Guilt: Why You Feel It and How to Let It Go
Mar 25, 2025
Communicate While Minimizing Conflict - 7 Keys to Staying Grounded
Mar 18, 2025
How to Stop Walking on Eggshells and Create a Healthier Relationship
Mar 11, 2025
How to Rebuild a Relationship with Your Adult Child - 5 Essential Steps
Mar 04, 2025
The Power of Courage: Transforming Your Family Relationships
Feb 25, 2025
Mother/Daughter Estrangement with Jodi Larae Cunningham
Feb 11, 2025
Navigating Estrangement: How to Reconnect with Your Adult Child
Feb 04, 2025
Why Family Drama Keeps Repeating - and How to Break the Cycle
Jan 28, 2025
The Most Common Ways Families Handle Stress
Jan 21, 2025
**Bonus Episode - Get to Know Your Host, Tina Gosney, Family Conflict Coach
Jan 20, 2025
Moving Through Family Conflict - Most Popular Episode of 2024
Dec 30, 2024
What's In Your Control and What Isn't - Most Popular Episodes of 2024
Dec 26, 2024
Being Defensive is a Losing Strategy - Most Popular Episodes of 2024
Dec 19, 2024
The Unseen Mental Load of the Holidays
Dec 04, 2024
Moving Through Family Conflict part 2
Nov 19, 2024
Moving Through Family Conflict
Nov 14, 2024
Break Free from Negativity
Nov 06, 2024
How to Ride the Waves of Life Without Drowning
Oct 30, 2024
What is in Your Control. What is Not in Your Control
Oct 08, 2024
Giving Your Full Focus and Attention to Create Connection
Oct 01, 2024
How to Take a Time Out That Really Works
Sep 24, 2024
Respond to Your Family Members Intentionally, Don’t React from Automatic Programming
Sep 17, 2024
The One Decision that will Change Everything
Sep 10, 2024
The Benefits of Going Beyond a Surface Level Relationship
Sep 03, 2024
Be an Agent in Your Family
Aug 27, 2024
Your Relationships are Your Response-ability
Aug 20, 2024
Questions from Listeners about Establishing Healthy Boundaries
Aug 13, 2024
The One Virtue You Can Cultivate That Will Change the Foundation of Your Relationships
Aug 06, 2024
Perfectionism is Damaging Our Self-esteem and Cripples Our Growth
Jul 30, 2024
Why Your Self-esteem Has Such a Big Impact on Your Relationships
Jul 23, 2024
How to Connect in a Healthier Way with Your Family Through Proper Boundaries
Jul 16, 2024
Moving Out of Co-dependency and into a More Mature Relationship
Jul 09, 2024
Navigating Conflict within Marriage - Listeners' Questions Answered
Jul 02, 2024
Dealing with Uncertainty and the Anxiety it Creates
Jun 25, 2024
How to Stop Polluting the Ecosystem of Your Relationship
Jun 20, 2024
The Best Way to Share Your Self-development Journey with Others
Jun 12, 2024
Ask Me Anything - Listeners' Questions Answered
Jun 04, 2024
7 Common Emotional Mistakes
May 30, 2024
What's the Difference between Coaching and Therapy?
May 21, 2024
Having a Difficult Conversation without Your Emotions Taking Over
May 14, 2024
A Different View on Forgiveness
May 07, 2024
Developing Differentiation with Gina - Client Spotlight
Apr 23, 2024
How to Not Take Your Hard Week Out on Your Family
Apr 16, 2024
Is it Conflict or Contention?
Apr 09, 2024
Defensiveness - Losing Strategy #7
Mar 18, 2024
Resentful and Costly Accommodation - Losing Strategy #6
Mar 15, 2024
Withdrawing from a Relationship - Losing Strategy #5
Mar 12, 2024
Punishment and Retaliation - Losing Relationship Strategy #4
Mar 05, 2024
Unbridled Self-expression, Losing Strategy #3
Feb 27, 2024
The Sneaky Ways You are Trying to Control Other People, Losing Strategy #2
Feb 20, 2024
Needing to Be Right - Losing Strategy #1
Feb 13, 2024
Finding Progress in Your Life
Jan 30, 2024
The What, How, and Why of Setting a Relationship Goal
Jan 23, 2024
Who You Think You Are Determines What You Do
Jan 16, 2024
Setting a Relationship Goal with a Healthy Mindset
Jan 11, 2024
Finding Joy Through Generosity - Most popular episodes of 2023
Dec 28, 2023
Finding Joy Through Compassion - Most popular episodes of 2023
Dec 27, 2023
Know Your Young Adult, with Caleb Price and Clarice Paulson - most popular episodes 2023
Dec 21, 2023
Managing Expectations of Family Members, most popular episodes of 2023
Dec 19, 2023
Finding Love For Who You Are, with Aimee Gianni, (most popular episodes of 2023
Dec 14, 2023
How to stop yelling; When other people are offended; My mother is mean – Ask me anything series
Nov 30, 2023
Improving Your Relationship with Your Spouse, Being Afraid for Your Kids - Ask Me Anything Series
Nov 22, 2023
Parenting Problems and Cleaning Up Your Own Side of the Street, Ask Me Anything Series
Nov 16, 2023
Expectation Frustration and Processing Emotions - Ask Me Anything series
Nov 02, 2023
Boundaries - When, What, How?
Oct 26, 2023
Five Things to Focus on When Your Child Leaves your Faith
Oct 11, 2023
Focus on Planting Relationship Seeds that Give You Good Fruit
Oct 05, 2023
Fear of Your Child Leaving Your Faith
Sep 28, 2023
The Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto by Brene Brown
Sep 21, 2023
Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife - Differentiating Yourself from Your Adult Child When They Leave your Faith
Sep 14, 2023
Why It's Important to Work on Your Relationship with Yourself First
Sep 07, 2023
A Good Question Leads to a Quality Answer
Aug 31, 2023
How to Help Your Single Young Adult Child, an Interview with Julie Balkman
Aug 24, 2023
Stinkin Thinkin and Metacognition
Aug 17, 2023
Take Radical Responsibility for Your Relationships
Aug 10, 2023
Finding Joy part 8 - Generosity
May 30, 2023
Finding Joy part 7 - Compassion
May 18, 2023
Finding Joy part 6 - Gratitude
May 11, 2023
Finding Joy part 5 - Forgiveness
May 04, 2023
Finding Joy part 4 - Acceptance
Apr 27, 2023
Finding Joy part 3 - Humor
Apr 20, 2023
Finding Joy, part 2 - Humility
Apr 13, 2023
Finding Joy, part 1 - Perspective
Apr 07, 2023
Your Journey through the Know, Love, Grow Model
Mar 31, 2023
GROW recap
Mar 30, 2023
Growth Through Developing Emotional Maturity, GROW part 4
Mar 23, 2023
Growing Through Conflict, with Crystal Hansen, GROW part 3
Mar 16, 2023
Growing from Scarcity or Growing from Abundance, GROW part 2
Mar 09, 2023
Personal and Relational Growth, with Aimee Gianni, GROW part 1
Mar 02, 2023
LOVE Recap
Mar 01, 2023
Developing Love and Acceptance through Self-Compassion and Curiosity, LOVE part 4
Feb 23, 2023
Loving Yourself Takes Courage, LOVE part 3
Feb 16, 2023
Acceptance, Rejection, Resignation - LOVE part 2
Feb 09, 2023
Finding Love For Who You Are, with Aimee Gianni (LOVE part 1)
Feb 03, 2023
KNOW recap
Jan 31, 2023
KNOW part 4, Knowing Yourself Through Self-Confrontation
Jan 26, 2023
KNOW part 3, How Parents are Making Their Young Adults' Lives Harder, with Clarice Paulson and Caleb Price
Jan 19, 2023
KNOW part 2 - Expectations and Your Family Members, with Leah Davidson
Jan 12, 2023
Coming to KNOW Who You Are, with Aimee Gianni
Jan 05, 2023
Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2022, with Micah Gosney
Dec 30, 2022
Let's talk about "Original Grace" by Adam Miller, with Micah Gosney
Dec 22, 2022
Strengthening Your Marriage in Times of Stress, with Aimee Gianni
Dec 15, 2022
The Pyramid of Influence, What Other People Hear, with Brent Bartel - part 5 of 5
Dec 08, 2022
Being an LGBTQ+ Family at Church with Allison Dayton from Lift + Love
Dec 01, 2022
Giving and Receiving Gratitute
Nov 24, 2022
Navigating the Holidays with a Mixed-Faith Family, with Jennifer Barnhart
Nov 17, 2022
The Pyramid of Influence - What Other People Feel, part 4 of 5
Nov 15, 2022
The Pyramid of Influence - What Other People Feel, part 3 of 5
Nov 10, 2022
Mastering the Pause Button
Nov 03, 2022
Learning from Failure
Oct 27, 2022
The Pyramid of Influence with Brent Bartel, part 1 of 5
Oct 13, 2022
The Pyramid of Influence with Brent Bartel, part 2 of 5
Oct 13, 2022
The Way Other People Treat You Gives You Information
Sep 29, 2022
Processing Emotions
Sep 15, 2022
Let People Tell You Things You Don't Want to Hear
Sep 08, 2022
Slow Down and Stop Being So Reactionary
Sep 01, 2022
Stop Beating Yourself Up for Not Being Better in the Past
Aug 18, 2022
Family Vacations and Reunions: Wanting Everyone to Get Along and Have a Good Time
Aug 11, 2022
Four Relationship Killers and What to Do With Them
Aug 04, 2022
W.A.I.T. Before You Talk
Jul 28, 2022
Creating the Relationship You Want to Have
Jul 21, 2022
Forgiveness as a Path to Personal Healing
Jul 14, 2022
Bonus episode - the "How to Have a Hard Family Conversation without the Overwhelm" workshop
Jul 13, 2022
Apologizing Will Help Repair and Strengthen a Relationship
Jun 30, 2022
"Do I Like the Person I'm Being in This Relationship?" A question to ask yourself.
Jun 23, 2022
When Life's Storms Hit, What Are You Going to Do?
Jun 16, 2022
Is My Child Identifying as LGBTQ a Phase? A Conversation with Heather Frazier
Jun 02, 2022
Doing Hard Things Makes Life Easier
May 26, 2022
Recognizing Grief and How it Shows Up, with Stephanie Pickle
May 19, 2022
Conditional vs Unconditional Love
May 12, 2022
Mothers - Stop Setting Yourself Up for Failure
May 05, 2022
Investing in the Mother is Vital to the Health of the Family
Apr 28, 2022
3 Reasons You Are Struggling Because of Unmet Expectations
Apr 21, 2022
Let's Talk About "All Things New" by Fiona and Terryl Givens
Apr 14, 2022
Stop Reacting and Start Responding
Apr 07, 2022
The Power of Curiosity
Mar 31, 2022
What the Heck is Trauma at Church?! A conversation with Lindsay Poelman
Mar 24, 2022
Exhausting Yourself with Worry About Your Child
Mar 17, 2022
Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Kids
Mar 10, 2022
Saying Things You Wish You Never Would Have Said
Mar 03, 2022
Love and Peace with Your LGBTQ+ Child, with Meagan Skidmore
Feb 24, 2022
Barriers That Get in the Way of Us Loving Others
Feb 17, 2022
Finding Unconditional Love No Matter What
Feb 10, 2022
When Parenting Brings up Shame
Jan 27, 2022
Sara Brewer and Overcoming Pornography
Jan 20, 2022
What Being Emotionally Mature Looks Like in Your Life
Jan 13, 2022
The Most Efficient and Effective Way to Help Your Family in 2022
Jan 06, 2022
What to Do When You and Your Spouse Disagree About Your Child
Dec 30, 2021
Finding Joy in the Middle of Really Difficult Circumstances
Dec 23, 2021
How Parenting Detours Affect Your Marriage, with Aimee Gianni
Dec 16, 2021
When you say, "It's all my fault"
Dec 09, 2021
Comparing Yourself to Others and Coming Up Short
Dec 02, 2021
The Importance of Gratitude
Nov 25, 2021
Allowing Your Child to Write Their Own Story
Nov 18, 2021
Show Up as Your Best Self During the Holidays
Nov 11, 2021
Expecting Other People to Be Different Than They Are
Nov 04, 2021
How to Have a Hard Conversation
Oct 28, 2021
Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife and Parents' Hardest Questions Answered
Oct 14, 2021
Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife and Bridging the LGBTQ Gap in the LDS Church
Oct 07, 2021
Why Your Thoughts are So Important
Sep 30, 2021
Showing Unconditional Love to Your Child
Sep 23, 2021
Crystal Hansen - Helping Your Family Member with Addiction
Sep 16, 2021
When You Tell Yourself You Don't Know What to Do
Sep 09, 2021
Viewing Your Parenting Role with a Stewardship Lens
Sep 02, 2021
Dealing with Difficult People Part 2
Aug 19, 2021
Dealing with Difficult People, part 1
Aug 12, 2021
The Importance of Allowing Yourself to Grieve
Aug 06, 2021
How to Stop Feeling Like a Failure
Jul 29, 2021
What to Do When You're Offended
Jul 22, 2021
How to Find Emotional Resilience
Jul 15, 2021
Tom Christofferson - Finding Connection and Understanding with your LGBTQ Child
Jul 06, 2021
The Most Important Relationship in Your Life
Jul 06, 2021