#12642 How Can I Heal My Relationship With My Son and Forgive? - Gregory Popcak
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🗓️ 24 March 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“How can I heal my relationship with my son and forgive?” This episode addresses the complexities of forgiveness in parent-child dynamics, including what true forgiveness looks like and how to navigate growing apart in faith within a marriage. Other questions tackle concerns about rekindling friendships after returning to the Church and the challenges of maintaining relationships with family.
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Questions Covered:
- 13:50 – I grew up Catholic and went away from the Church for over a decade and am now coming back. My friend is a devout Catholic and I’m worried I’ll sabotage our relationship by putting him on a pedestal.
- 18:27 – What exactly is forgiveness, and what does that look like in a parent-child relationship?
- 31:35 – What if my wife and I are growing apart because I am growing in my faith and she is not? Is that repairable?
- 40:00 – I call to wish my grandchildren a happy birthday but my son just hangs up on me. How can I heal the relationship with my son?
- 43:14 – How do I know if I have really forgiven someone?
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| 0:31.4 | I'm Sykelet, your host. |
| 0:33.4 | It's nice to have Dr. Stacey back again. |
| 0:35.4 | And Dr. Greg, this hour, Dr. Greg Popcheck, is our guest. |
| 0:40.2 | And you are welcome to call with your questions. |
| 0:42.7 | I think you're starting. |
| 0:43.6 | We've been having them on more regularly. |
| 0:45.5 | And so you know what to call about. |
| 0:47.5 | 8883-187-884. |
| 0:50.0 | He's the founder of the Pastoral Solutions Institute, Catholic counselors.com. |
| 0:56.5 | It's a pastoral counseling outfit, or not just pastoral counseling, but an institution to help you with your whatever relationship difficulties, |
| 1:10.0 | maybe spiritual difficulties, emotional difficulties, |
| 1:13.6 | whatever you're struggling with. They're there to help with the faith and with the science. |
| 1:18.5 | He's the author of more than 20 books. He doesn't even know. I bet if we ask him, he doesn't even |
| 1:21.8 | know how many books he's the author of. And really, he's become one of the leading Catholic |
| 1:25.3 | voices on marriage, family life, and making it all work with daily discipleship. |
| 1:31.2 | I should mention that in the mornings, he and his wife Lisa hosts more to life with Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcheck on the EW10 Global Catholic Radio Network. |
| 1:40.1 | Dr. Greg Popchak, thank you for being here with us. |
| 1:43.4 | Oh, thank you for having me, Psy. I am thrilled to be here. It's hard to get through your resume. It's hard. I know. I've done a lot of stuff. Are you tired from all that? I'm very tired. Do you know how many books you wrote? Do you know? No. I mean, I always wonder with these people where it says more than 20. |
| 2:02.2 | It's like, does he even know anymore? |
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