Whitney Goodman

I just really want them to work on us having a better relationship today.

I just really want them to work on us having a better relationship today.

Oh my gosh, that's like the biggest issue in this whole conversation. One of the biggest discrepancies that I find between these two groups is that the parents will say, I was blindsided. I have no idea why they became estranged. And the adult children are consistently saying, I told you a million times why I became estranged.

Oh my gosh, that's like the biggest issue in this whole conversation. One of the biggest discrepancies that I find between these two groups is that the parents will say, I was blindsided. I have no idea why they became estranged. And the adult children are consistently saying, I told you a million times why I became estranged.

Oh my gosh, that's like the biggest issue in this whole conversation. One of the biggest discrepancies that I find between these two groups is that the parents will say, I was blindsided. I have no idea why they became estranged. And the adult children are consistently saying, I told you a million times why I became estranged.

Whitney, I see you nodding. Yeah, I think you're so spot on, right, about some of these larger shifts. I think when you see like, oh, I can find other people that seem like they like me and they want to be around me, I might choose to spend more time with them. I also think that generationally, I have noticed a major shift in what people value in relationships.

Whitney, I see you nodding. Yeah, I think you're so spot on, right, about some of these larger shifts. I think when you see like, oh, I can find other people that seem like they like me and they want to be around me, I might choose to spend more time with them. I also think that generationally, I have noticed a major shift in what people value in relationships.

Whitney, I see you nodding. Yeah, I think you're so spot on, right, about some of these larger shifts. I think when you see like, oh, I can find other people that seem like they like me and they want to be around me, I might choose to spend more time with them. I also think that generationally, I have noticed a major shift in what people value in relationships.

So, you know, millennials that I work with definitely report wanting relationships with more emotional intimacy and authenticity. And when they cannot get that from their families, they might go elsewhere where we look at like some Gen X, I think Gen X is split, but like Boomer, Silent Gen was more like, you just push everything down to get along.

So, you know, millennials that I work with definitely report wanting relationships with more emotional intimacy and authenticity. And when they cannot get that from their families, they might go elsewhere where we look at like some Gen X, I think Gen X is split, but like Boomer, Silent Gen was more like, you just push everything down to get along.

So, you know, millennials that I work with definitely report wanting relationships with more emotional intimacy and authenticity. And when they cannot get that from their families, they might go elsewhere where we look at like some Gen X, I think Gen X is split, but like Boomer, Silent Gen was more like, you just push everything down to get along.

You know, that was like the name of the game, right? And there's a lot of generational, I think, kind of infighting over that because we have different ideas about what it means to be quote unquote family, right?

You know, that was like the name of the game, right? And there's a lot of generational, I think, kind of infighting over that because we have different ideas about what it means to be quote unquote family, right?

You know, that was like the name of the game, right? And there's a lot of generational, I think, kind of infighting over that because we have different ideas about what it means to be quote unquote family, right?

Yeah, I agree with you. I think when you talk about the rise of therapy culture, that I have, of course, actively participated in perpetuating online of teaching people a lot of these words that boundaries and emotional intelligence and all this stuff that, of course, people are now learning that and saying, wow, I don't know if I want to be in relationships where I'm treated poorly.

Yeah, I agree with you. I think when you talk about the rise of therapy culture, that I have, of course, actively participated in perpetuating online of teaching people a lot of these words that boundaries and emotional intelligence and all this stuff that, of course, people are now learning that and saying, wow, I don't know if I want to be in relationships where I'm treated poorly.

Yeah, I agree with you. I think when you talk about the rise of therapy culture, that I have, of course, actively participated in perpetuating online of teaching people a lot of these words that boundaries and emotional intelligence and all this stuff that, of course, people are now learning that and saying, wow, I don't know if I want to be in relationships where I'm treated poorly.

And this widening of the definition of trauma, that's something that's very, very difficult for parents, right? And I'm a parent. I want to empathize with any parents listening to this who are thinking like, oh my gosh, my child is coming to me and saying I hurt them. in XYZ way. And I didn't know that I was doing something wrong, or this is something we didn't learn about till later.

And this widening of the definition of trauma, that's something that's very, very difficult for parents, right? And I'm a parent. I want to empathize with any parents listening to this who are thinking like, oh my gosh, my child is coming to me and saying I hurt them. in XYZ way. And I didn't know that I was doing something wrong, or this is something we didn't learn about till later.

And this widening of the definition of trauma, that's something that's very, very difficult for parents, right? And I'm a parent. I want to empathize with any parents listening to this who are thinking like, oh my gosh, my child is coming to me and saying I hurt them. in XYZ way. And I didn't know that I was doing something wrong, or this is something we didn't learn about till later.