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The Terri Cole Show

824 Boundaries for Family Drama with Ashley Oerman

The Terri Cole Show

Terri Cole

Relationships, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Is it possible to heal when the person who raised you continues to cause chaos?

In this episode, Terri sits down with journalist and editor Ashley Oerman to dismantle the stigma surrounding toxic family dynamics. Following the viral conversation sparked by recent national debates on family estrangement, they dive into the heart of a question many struggle with: Do you have to go "No Contact," or is "Low Contact" a viable path to peace?

From her "origin story" in therapy to the realization that her social anxiety was a symptom of a deeper family wound, Ashley offers a roadmap for anyone grieving the relationship they never had.

Read the show notes for today's episode at terricole.com/824

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey there, it's me, Terry, and I have a question for you. Have you ever tried to share something real

0:05.4

about your mother? And someone immediately says, but she did her best, or you only get one mother.

0:12.2

And suddenly your experience becomes the problem. That's exactly why I'm doing this free live

0:17.4

workshop. Let's talk about mother wounds. This is a judgment-free space. No minimizing what you

0:24.1

experience, no defending her or anyone else, just honest conversation about how your early

0:29.2

relationship may still be impacting your self-worth, your boundaries, and your relationships

0:34.3

today. You don't have to know if you have a mother wound. Come and find out.

0:39.0

Save your spot at terry cole.com forward slash mother talk.

0:44.1

Well, hello there.

0:45.7

Welcome to this episode of the Terry Cole Show.

0:48.3

I am talking to a woman who is a reporter.

0:52.3

So her name is Ashley Orman.

0:53.6

She's a reporter, a writer, and she's an editor with a focus on health, wellness, and

0:57.7

lifestyle content.

0:59.3

And she'd interviewed me for different articles.

1:01.2

She'd written for Cosmo.

1:04.0

And recently, she's also the deputy editor at Wondermind, which is a mental health-centered media company

1:13.9

founded by Selena Gomez and Mandy Teefe. And I think she's interviewed me twice for different

1:20.0

articles on mental health that she's doing there. And she got in touch and let me know that

1:24.5

she wrote a book. So I have her on and we're talking

1:28.3

about how she went low contact with her mother the book is called mother fucked how to stop your

1:35.1

mother's toxic drama from ruining your life and i feel like it's a timely um it's a timely book

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