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Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

YAP Media Network | Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

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

4.7 • 890 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Your relationship with your parents is one of the most formative — and sometimes most complicated — relationships of your adult life. Even if you're well into your 30s or 40s, the dynamics you grew up with don't just disappear. And whether your parents are critical and hurtful, overly involved, struggling with their own issues, or simply not the people you wish they had been — navigating all of that as an adult takes real work. In this episode of the Love, Happiness and Success Podcast, I'm walking through the most common parent-related challenges I hear about from clients and listeners, and what you can actually do about them. We'll cover: The natural developmental arc of the parent-child relationship and what it looks like when it gets stuck What to do when your parents are critical, hurtful, or emotionally unsafe — and how to stop personalizing their behavior How to handle parents who are loving but overly involved, and what to do when that dynamic is straining your relationship with your partner What it means when your parent has become emotionally or financially dependent on you, and how to begin shifting that dynamic How to work through resentment, grief, and unfinished business from your childhood Why family therapy with a parent as an adult can be surprisingly powerful How setting healthier boundaries with your parents can actually help them grow too This one is for anyone who has ever loved their parents and also found them incredibly hard to deal with. With love, Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby www.GrowingSelf.com

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0:00.0	This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby and you're listening to the Love, Happiness, and Success Podcast.
0:07.0	Nothing is ever as good as it was.
0:15.0	And what's good for your soul be bad on your nerves if you reverse it.
0:24.6	It's bound to melt your heart one way or another.
0:30.6	It's bound to melt your heart for good or for bad.
0:35.6	It's like a fun time. From your mother, it's bound to That's Jenny Lewis and the Watson twins.
0:42.0	That's Jenny Lewis and the Watson twins with Melt Your Heart.
0:47.8	I think that song so beautifully captures just the bitter sweetness of some relationships. And I thought it was appropriate
0:57.7	for us today because we are going to be tackling something pretty big on the show today.
1:04.6	We are going to be talking about some of the sometimes most complicated relationships in our adult lives, which is the relationships
1:14.9	that we have with our parents as adults. And I wanted to talk about this today, as I mentioned
1:21.9	in previous podcasts, because I have been getting so many questions from my listeners of the podcast.
1:30.5	And thank you so much for getting in touch and letting me know what's going on in your life.
1:34.7	But also, you know, my clients that I see in my practice for counseling and coaching here at Growing Self.
1:41.5	So I figured I would devote an episode of the podcast today to
1:46.7	talk about this subject and answer some of your questions and talk about some different
1:51.4	situations to just kind of give you some guidance about what to do if your relationship with your parents is also complicated like they are for so many people.
2:06.3	So before we jump in, I should probably introduce myself.
2:10.7	I'm feeling like I haven't formally done that in a while.
2:13.5	If this is your first time listening to this show, hi, welcome.
2:17.9	I'm so glad that you found this.
2:19.8	I'm Dr. Lisa Marie-Bobby.
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