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Gary Direnfeld

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
499 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

Their parents are big into the internet and how things are perceived and forever posting things and looking for product placement or whatever you call that stuff.

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

And so that was a large part of the meddling that the parents were concerned with how they would look throughout.

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

It was a narcissistic meddling.

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

I have separated.

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

I have individuated.

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

Yes, I love that word, individuated.

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

You've become an individual.

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

You have moved away from the family collective and you're setting out and setting the terms of your own life.

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

You're living you.

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

Yeah, and hey, I've got a son.

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

I've been through a wedding.

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

So let me first start about what Brooklyn is apparently doing or being accused of doing, and that is estrangement.

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

He's estranged from his parents.

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

You know, I've done so much work in the context of separated parents and family law.

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

And so sometimes we have situations where one blames the other of undermining the relationships to the kids.

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

That we refer to as alienation.

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

In this case, it's the actual behavior of that parent that

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

that is causing the kids to realistically and reasonably withdraw from the parents.

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

That is estrangement.

The Last Show with David Cooper
FULL EPISODE: Family Trouble - January 21, 2026

Now, it doesn't have to be all or none, David.