Bite Your Tongue: The Podcast
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Prep for the Holidays: You Can Do it - with Grace, Boundaries -- and Self-Awareness

Send us a text The holidays are upon us. It's time to dig deep. Catherine Hickem, founder of Parenting Adult Children Today (PACT). Catherine shares a hopeful, practical roadmap for parents who want less tension and more trust—especially as the holidays bring everyone under one roof. We dig into why adult children often act different around their parents and how expectations, tone, and boundaries can either smother or strengthen the relationship. We discuss: • the hidden cost of...

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Nov. 14, 2025

Prep for the Holidays: You Can Do it - with Grace, Boundaries -- and…

Send us a text The holidays are upon us. It's time to dig deep. Catherine Hickem, founder of Parenting Adult Children Today (PACT). Catherine shares a hopeful, practical roadmap for parents who want less tension and more trust—especially as the holidays bring everyone under one roof. We dig into wh…

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Oct. 31, 2025

Episode Rewind: From Enabling To Empowering: Rethinking Parenting In …

Send us a text We sit down with "therapist to the millennials" Tess Brigham to unpack why the 20s feel overwhelming, how parents can ease anxiety without enabling, and what healthy support looks like in a world of constant comparison and blurred work boundaries. We also share a step‑by‑step plan fo…

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Oct. 17, 2025

Grandparenting Without Overstepping: Love, Boundaries, and Listening

Send us a text Please follow us on social media - FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM -- we are building our brand and need your support! On to today's episode: The first hug goes to your adult child. That simple shift sets the tone for everything that follows—and it’s the heartbeat of our conversation with Don…

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Oct. 3, 2025

When Love Feels Like Judgment: Navigating Connection with our Adult C…

Send us a text What if the words you use to show love are the very ones your adult child hears as judgment? That tension—care that lands as critique—drives so many family conflicts, and Deborah Tannen gives us the language map to change it. We sit down with the Georgetown linguist and bestselling a…

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Sept. 19, 2025

Vulnerability Without Judgment: Shifting Parent-Adult Child Dynamics

Send us a text Relationship and Friendship expert Shasta Nelson shares powerful insights on transforming parent-adult child relationships and building meaningful connections throughout life. Emphasizing her Friendship Triangle framework of positivity, consistency, and vulnerability. 1. The Triangle…

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Sept. 5, 2025

Your Adult Child's Boundaries are not a Rejection of You

Send us a text Have you ever sent an impulsive text when feeling rejected by your adult child? That desperate "What did I do wrong?" message that you later regretted? You're not alone. The relationship between parents and their adult children exists on a delicate continuum—from deep connection to p…

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