Bite Your Tongue: The Podcast

Want a Better Relationship With Your Adult Kids? Start With Yourself—and Your Friends

If you've listened to Bite Your Tongue for a while, you may remember this conversation with friendship expert Shasta Nelson. I'm bringing it back because when I

What to Do When Your Adult Child Doesn't Reach Out

If you've ever stared at your phone wondering whether to send that text, this episode is for you.  Sometimes the silence lasts longer than you want.  Sometimes you f

Parenting 2.0: The Work Begins With Us | Dr. Francine Toder

This is an episode re-run and one that is still so relevant and needs a re-listen. It seems actually that it is even more relevant today.  Parent's are still asking

Helping or Enabling? When Adult Children Return Home

When an adult child moves back home once, many parents see it as temporary. But what happens when it becomes a pattern? In this episode of Straight from the Listener Lin

Do We Really Know Our Adult Children? A Shift to Curiosity

Some conversations are worth revisiting. As we prepared to re-release this conversation with therapist Rachel Haack, I listened to it again for the first time in several

The Grandparent No-Win Situation -- Real Questions, Real Answers

This is our first in a series of our new shorter segments called:  Straight from the Listener Line – Real Questions. Real Answers. In this new series, we take one real

Episode Rerun: The Long Game with Adult Children: A Conversation with Dr. Lindsay Gibson

This week we're revisiting one of our  most talked-about episodes.  Clinical psychologist and bestselling author of the book Adult Children of Emotionally Immature P

Parenting Adult Children: When Anxiety Disguises Itself as Love Learning the difference between loving and chasing

In our first short form episode --  Straight From the Listener Line episode -- we welcome back psychologist Dr. Jeffrey Bernstein to answer a heartfelt listener question.

Ira Glass Made me Question Everything: You Might Too

For this episode of Bite Your Tongue, we’re doing something quite a bit different. This is the last episode of Season 7, and today it’s just me. Me — and excerpts from

Weddings, Etiquette and Listener Questions

Weddings, Family Tension, and Modern Etiquette  Episode Description: If there is one life event that can bring together love, joy, tradition, money, and family tension a

The Bank of Mom and Dad -- When Helping Hurts

Are you helping your adult child… or accidentally holding them back? Many parents quietly support their adult children financially — paying rent, helping with debt, or c

Doormat Mom No More: When Parents Say “Enough”

Family estrangement is one of the most painful and least discussed challenges parents face today. In this deeply personal and controversial episode, Denise speaks with j

When Overthinking can make our Adult Children Feel Evaluated

Do you lie awake at night running through every possible “what if” about your adult child? What if they make the wrong choice? What if they don’t land on their feet? Sho

Modern Grand Parenting, Boundaries and In-Law Dynamics

Are you a grandparent?  If so, listen to this episode.  Boundaries, burnout, and big feelings—grand parenting can be a joy and a minefield at the same time. We invited D

UPDATED! The Mother–Daughter Relationship Makeover (And What It Really Takes)

This episode is for mothers walking on eggshells. For daughters who feel judged. For families who love each other deeply but don’t know how to stop hurting each other. I

Forget Them Kids — Challenging the One-Sided Narrative of Family Estrangement

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Just Do Nothing: Parenting Better by Doing Less

Send us your feedback here:  biteyourtonguepodcast@gmail.com or give us a ring at 719-347-1106. Tell us what is on your mind.   Now on to today's episode: What if

Best Guests. Best Advice. From 2025.

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Ways We Sabotage Connection with our Adult Children

Ready to upgrade your relationship with your grown kids without losing yourself in the process?  We sit down with clinical psychologist and author Dr. Francine Toder aut

Tell Your Kids The Truth: A Dad, Three Sons and What he Wished he Knew

We know this isn’t our usual topic about building healthy relationships with adult children—but when we met Joe Dooley, we knew we had to share his story.  Even if this e