Estranged & Rearranged

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His Father Betrayed His Family. Then His Own Son Walked Away.

His father betrayed his family. Years later, his own son walked away. How does one man survive estrangement from both sides?In this powerful episode of Estranged & Rearra

Oct 18
1 h 03 min

4 of Her 6 Children Cut Contact. Here's How She Found Hope Again.

What happens when your adult child walks away, and 23 years later, you're still waiting for them to come back?For more than two decades, Susan Metzger has lived with fami

Oct 10
42 min

What If Your Estranged Child Never Comes Back?

What if your estranged child never comes back? And what if they finally do… but you’re no longer sure you want the relationship back?Those are difficult questions, but th

Oct 3
21 min

1. What Will They Remember? Leaving Love Behind After Family Estrangement

When family estrangement happens, it’s easy to create a detailed record of the pain. The screenshots. The emails. The unanswered messages. The holidays that felt differen

Sep 26
23 min

One Relationship Ends... Then the Whole Family Changes

When a parent and adult child become estranged, the loss rarely stays between just two people.Siblings get caught in the middle. Grandparents can lose contact with grandc

Sep 19
23 min

New to Family Estrangement? Start With These Conversations

Find an episode:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWqJy3KEySePJaBd_zWYnvq8y2Z0dqvE8&si=hluXxduTPDmeRBTJIf you’re living through estrangement from an adult child, you pro

Sep 2
29 min

Your Adult Child Still Sees the Old You. But You Don’t Have to Stay There

What happens when you’ve admitted your mistakes, apologized, changed your behavior, and your adult child still sees you only as the parent you used to be?In this episode

Aug 26
27 min

When Your Estranged Child Controls the Family Story | Should You Defend Yourself?

What happens when your adult child goes no contact, but continues telling their version of the family story?For many estranged parents, losing the relationship is only th

Aug 19
42 min

You Lost Your Child... Don't Lose Yourself Too | Healing After Estrangement

🛍️ Family estrangement can feel like the end of your story. But what if it became the beginning of a completely different one?In this heartfelt episode of Estranged & Rea

Aug 12
46 min

The Estrangement Machine: How Social Media & Therapy Are Changing Families

Is family estrangement becoming a social media trend?In this episode, Candi Morris explores what she calls "The Estrangement Machine" and how social media, online communi

Aug 5
34 min

How Narcissists Destroy Families | Tracy Malone on Estrangement by Lies

Can a narcissistic partner slowly turn your child against you? In this powerful episode of Estranged & Rearranged, Candi Morris sits down with Tracy Malone, coach, educa

Jul 29
42 min

Is No Contact Becoming a Shortcut? | The Truth About Conflict, Boundaries & Family Estrangement

Is going no contact always the healthiest choice, or are we losing the ability to work through difficult relationships? In this episode of Estranged & Rearranged, Candi

Jul 22
20 min

Your Child Left... Your Life Didn't | A Message Every Estranged Parent Needs

What do you do when you've apologized, waited, prayed, written the letters... and nothing changes? In this deeply personal episode of Estranged & Rearranged, Candi Morri

Jul 15
52 min

Can Family Estrangement Be Repaired? Therapist Roberta Wasserman Explains

Can family estrangement be healed? And what should parents do when they've apologized, owned their mistakes, and still hear nothing? In this episode of Estranged & Rearr

Jul 8
53 min

How Do You Move Forward Without Closure? | Hope for Estranged Parents

How do you move forward when there's no ending... and no answers? For many estranged parents, the hardest part isn't just the silence. It's living with what Candi Morris

Jul 1
36 min

Are Therapists Fueling Family Estrangement? A Hard Look at No Contact Culture

Has therapy become a tool for healing... or a weapon in family relationships?In this thought-provoking episode of Estranged & Rearranged, Candi Morris explores the growin

Jun 24
36 min

History Made: Iowa Launches Its First Women Veterans Program

History was made in Iowa as veterans, community leaders, and supporters gathered for the inaugural Iowa Women Veterans Program event in honor of Women Veterans Recognitio

Jun 19
42 min

Why Family Estrangement Is Exploding | Kat Johnston Explains the Perfect Storm

Why does family estrangement seem to be happening everywhere? In this thought-provoking episode of Estranged & Rearranged, Candi Morris sits down with licensed social wo

Jun 17
41 min

What Happens After Estrangement? Lenora's Journey to Healing

What do you do when you've lost contact with your child... and your grandchildren? In this heartfelt episode of Estranged & Rearranged, Candi Morris sits down with autho

Jun 10
27 min

When Is No Contact Actually Necessary? Peter Anderson Answers the Hard Questions

Welcome back to Estranged & Rearranged with Candi Morris. In this powerful conversation, Candi sits down with licensed marriage and family therapist Peter Anderson to di

Jun 3
53 min

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What listeners say

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Candi is so REAL, so real. I will be listening, applying recommendations and getting my life back in positivity and peace. I cried relief tears after listening to my first episode 💔❤️💔 I am so so glad I found you Candi! I found the additional resource with your FB group.

AJsPeace · Jun 2026

What a fantastic podcast! The estrangement we’re enduring has hit my husband differently than it has me. He’s still in the process (after years of trying to save her) of trying to figure out what we did and why she, her ex husband, and current husband have texted horrific things to him. (And honestly, they blame him for not protecting our BD from me. The narcissist.) For me? The GRANDCHILDREN! This podcast spoke to me in all ways possible. I wrote this on your Facebook page, but I’ll put it here as well. I made a photo album for all 3 of our estranged grandchildren. They have pictures from birth up to the last photograph we have of them.

MomofHorseCrazyGal · May 2026

Thank you for the grandparent episode. It was very informative and has given me ideas for new ways to cope. Candi, I appreciate you so much. You make this awful situation just a little more bearable. I hope that some day my granddaughter does come looking for me. She will be 5 this coming October. I have never met her little brother. He will be 2 in October. You are right that we can’t keep holding on to the rage. I will never show that side to my granddaughter, but I will say that I don’t think I will ever forgive my daughter for what she has done. We should have gotten past our differences and had an adult conversation. Instead, she made a mountain out of a mole hill.

Missing Melody · May 2026

I first listened to this podcast because I’m estranged from my parents, and I was curious about what kind of content existed for parents in that situation. I think I was hoping to hear honest self-reflection, accountability, and conversations about finding peace by examining how they arrived at this point. More than anything, I think I was searching for hope—that my own parents might one day be willing to do that work so reconciliation could be possible. Unfortunately, this podcast was the exact opposite. Rather than encouraging introspection or personal growth, it reinforces the idea that estranged parents bear little responsibility for the breakdown in the relationship. If you’re looking for guidance on healing your relationship with your child, I would encourage you to look elsewhere. But if you’re looking for an echo chamber that allows you to avoid looking inward and instead place all the blame on your child, you’ve found it.

LeeInNC · Aug 2026

Yikes. No thank you. After listening, my impression is that this podcast comes from a place of entitlement rather than self-reflection. It feels like the host believes parents are owed a relationship with their adult children simply because they’re the parent, instead of recognizing that healthy relationships require mutual respect, accountability, and trust. Rather than encouraging parents to honestly examine their own role in an estrangement, the podcast seems to create an echo chamber where estranged parents are reassured that they’re the victims and their adult children are simply wrong. That’s disappointing, because genuine healing usually requires looking inward, even when it’s painful. Very few relationships break down with one person bearing all the responsibility. Yet I heard very little discussion about accountability or the possibility that a parent’s actions may have contributed to the estrangement. Instead, there seemed to be a consistent effort to invalidate the reasons adult children choose to go no contact. Going no contact with a parent is rarely an easy or impulsive decision. For many people, it comes after years of trying to communicate, set boundaries, and repair the relationship. A podcast that dismisses that reality isn’t helping estranged families heal—it’s reinforcing one side while discouraging the self-reflection that’s often necessary for reconciliation. If the goal is truly to help families, there needs to be empathy and accountability for everyone involved, not just validation for one side.

Nikki232!! · Jun 2026

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