Episodes

Today we talk about the COVID-19 Outbreak and the rise of anxiety and depression in young adults. We know we are all tired of hearing and reading about COVID-19. But this article in the New York Times caught our attention: Young Adults Report Rising Levels of Anxiety and Depression in Pandemic We reached out to the lead author of the study, Mark Czeisler, to talk more about it. Mark is actually younger than many of our adult children, but at 25 years old, he's an accomplished researcher and prov...

Today we speak with Kerrie Lee Brown, the author of the book My Heart, My Self: A Guide for Women Who Do Too Much. Are you a people pleaser? Do you do too much and neglect yourself? This episode is for you. Does it relate to building healthy relationships with your adult children? You bet it does. Taking care of yourself and your health and learning to say "no," are the exact things that make us good parents - for our children at any age, Kerrie's story spoke to us. We hope it speaks to you...

Happy Father's Day. We hope many father's (and even mother's) listen and take this episode to heart. It's a good one! Today, we welcome Dr. Deryl Goldenberg. We learned about him when we saw an article he wrote called: “The Psychology Behind Strained Father and Son Relationships.” With many years of working with men in therapy, the issues that come up with careers or relationships can often be traced back to their lack of a relationship with their fathers. Goldenberg is a licensed clinical psy...

We sharing our LGBTQ+ episode that we dropped in Season I for Pride Month. It remains one of our favorite episodes. We hope you will listen. Here are the episode notes from the earlier episode: Every time I listen to an episode, I think to myself, "everyone needs to listen to this. There are so many valuable nuggets of information for all of us in every episode." For this episode - I plead with everyone to listen and share it. Many of us think we are progressive and accepting, but to step i...

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of BITE YOUR TONGUE: The Podcast. You asked for it! This is another episode that answers a listener question! But before we start - think about supporting the podcast and buy us a coffee. That's all it takes. CLICK HERE TO BUY US A COFFEE. This is a quick a very quick refresher course on understanding the LGBTQ+ pronouns and language About a year ago we had of our most emotional episodes about understanding LGBTQ+ with Levi Teachey, President of ...

We are on it! Today we are talking about mothers and daughters! And it begins with the burnt hamburger. But more about that in today’s episode. You will have to listen. A listener wrote: Where have you been for the last 15 years? I have been searching for books, podcasts, and the internet for some real support on parenting adult children. Nothing.” The listener proceeded to ask if we might explore more about the mother/daughter relationship and expressed some of the struggles she was having w...

Today Denise and Ellen welcome Michelle Martinez, who is not only a Certified Wedding Consultant, with more than 20 years in the wedding and events industry, but also the creator and host of the world's mosts popular wedding podcast - The Big Wedding Planning Podcast. With 300 episodes under her belt and nearly three million downloads, she's been around the block a few times! Ellen's daughter is getting married so Ellen has some inside scoop on some of her issues. Michelle helps us see the whol...

Today Ellen and Denise welcome Tess Brigham, a licensed psychotherapist, life coach and former twenty-something. In a recent article from CNBC Tess says: “Over a decade ago, when I first became a therapist, I never expected that five years later, my practice would consist of nearly 90% millennials, with the rest of my patients being parents of millennials.” So she’s got both sides of the story for us. Tess has been featured in major media throughout the US - from the New York Times to O Magazin...

This is a fun episode. Today Denise interviews Stanford grads and Brooklyn comedians Carolyn Doyle and Emily Kop. Always wanting to understand and relate to the younger generation, we found these two 20-somethings by listening to their podcast called OKAY STUPID. While listening Denise found herself gasping as they spoke so personally about their lives - including their sex lives. We wanted to learn more - about them, their podcast, their relationship with their parents and of course, their ge...

Ellen joins Denise in today's episode as we chat with Julia Pimsluer. Denise actually met Julia in a coffee shop in New York and the two began to chat. Julia is a scaling couch, speaker and best-selling author. She is founder of Million Dollar Women, a New York-based social venture, which has helped thousands of women entrepreneurs scale their businesses. Prior to that, she founded and built Little Pim, a language learning program for young children, into a million-dollar company. GO Big Now, J...

Today Ellen and Denise interviewed Judith Smith, the author of a new book called: Difficult: Mothering Challenging Adult Children through Conflict and Change. Judith is a leader in gerontological research focusing on women’s experiences as they age. She is a senior clinical social worker, therapist, and professor at Fordham University. She lives in New York City. Difficult focuses on adult children and takes the unique perspective of the mother. I struggled reading this book and felt such compa...

This is one funny episode. Today we interview Susan Engel, a professor of psychology at Williams College and the author of the New York Times Article: When They're Grown, The Real Pain Begins. Joining Denise as co-host is a dear friend Val Haller. Val is the mother of four boys, very similar to the ages of Susan's boys when she wrote this article so she is our perfect co-host. (more about Val at the end) Susan tells us that this article still gets very much attention and you can see this by j...

WE ARE ON IT! Answering YOUR Questions! Today's Question: How do you handle a situation where your adult child is participating in what you believe is dangerous behavior? They are not getting the COVID Vaccine You suspect they are drinking too much You recognize an abusive relationship These are just a few of the topics we discuss with two experts. The first you may remember from a previous episode (TALK THE TALK) with Dr. Susan Heitler, a renowned relationship therapist. She is best known ...

The parent I hope to be. The Children I hope to raise. We believe that this episode will change everything you think ever thought about parenting. This is one of the most personal interviews we've done. Our vulnerability in raising our own adult children is challenged. On this week's episode we speak with Einat Nathan, parenting expert and best selling author. We talk to her about her recent book, My Everything, was released in Israel in 2018 and become a national bestseller. The book was tran...