Healing Family Estrangement: What To Say, And What Never to Say.

In this episode, psychologist Dr. Joshua Coleman discusses the alarming rates of family estrangement and offers practical guidance for parents hoping to reconnect. Drawing on decades of clinical experience and his own estrangement from his daughter, he explains the cultural forces driving estrangement, the five instinctual reactions that worsen it, and the elements of a genuine healing apology. He also explores how to hold radical acceptance alongside hope and how repair principles apply to siblings and grandparents.