552: Reconnect or Say Goodbye?

Ghost of a Podcast: Astrology & Advice with Jessica Lanyadoo

Jessica Lanyadoo

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Is it possible to repair a relationship with a family member who lives in a totaly different reality? "Brandi" is a lesbian with a queer kid, and their mom is Christian and homophobic. Their mom wants back into their life, but Brandi isn't sure how or if this can work in a healthy way. Jessica explores the nuances of a complicated family dynamic and unconscious family patterns in this tender reading. 📍 Find loads of extras + a monthly bonus episode of Ghost only on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JessicaLanyadoo 🔮 Learn with Jessica, get her astrology book, and find your free weekly horoscope at https://www.lovelanyadoo.com/ 🧘‍♂️ Get Jessica's new audiobook, Meditations for Your Sign, here: https://tiny.cc/0sywzz 👀 Track transits like a pro! Astrology for Days is available at astrologyfordays.com 🇵🇸 Dahnoun Mutual Aid here: https://chuffed.org/project/115245-dahnoun-mutual-aid ☎️ Reach out your members of Congress and make your voice heard with https://5calls.org/ 🇵🇸♥️ Help to get a family get food and flour in Gaza: https://gofund.me/9e6a8643 🇵🇸♥️ Help provide emergency assistance to displaced Palestinians in Cairo with the Sanad Initiative: https://gofund.me/5b5c8cf1 🦿Learn about the several ways to get involved with Prosthetics for Palestine at https://www.prostheticsforpalestine.org/

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ghost of a Podcast. I'm your host, Jessica Lignato. I'm an astrologer, psychic medium,
0:06.6	and animal communicator. And I'm going to give you your weekly horoscope and no bullshit,
0:11.2	mystical advice for living your very best life. Brandy, welcome to the podcast. What would you like a reading about? Oh my gosh. Thank you so much, Jessica. Here's my question. After three years of mostly silence, I got a letter for my mom today asking why I've stayed away so long. We had a falling out back in January of 2022, but the letter didn't mention it, only
0:39.2	apologized for things they were sorry for in my childhood.
0:43.5	My mom is Christian and homophobic and has struggled with mental health over the years.
0:49.3	Is it possible to try to repair a relationship with someone living in a different reality. I am 45 and a lesbian,
0:57.7	and also the mom to a 12-year-old kid who is gay and non-binary. The stakes feel really high in
1:04.1	opening up more contact, but is that just my past wounded self-reacting? How do I know what's real versus the story I'm telling myself?
1:13.9	Would love your triple Capricorn Insight. Love you and your show X-O. Thank you very much. Okay.
1:20.4	Okay. I have follow-up questions. We're going to share your birth information and pull up your chart in a second.
1:25.6	Okay. So a couple follow-up questions.
1:30.0	So you reference your mom, not your dad.
1:31.1	Correct.
1:32.7	Is your dad not in the picture?
1:37.1	No, my dad, my parents are divorced, and my dad and I do have a relationship.
1:37.7	Okay.
1:38.8	So this is just about your mom?
1:40.0	Just my mom, yeah.
1:43.0	You had a falling out three years ago.
1:43.8	Mm-hmm.
1:47.0	Briefly, what are the broad strokes?
1:50.9	So we've had a difficult relationship my whole life, you know.
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