Respecting Differences, Staying Connected: Navigating Holidays Without Losing YourselfWith Dr. Kathleen Smith
- podcasts
- 03/12/2025
The holidays can bring out our best—and our most anxious—selves. Therapist and author Dr. Kathleen Smith (True to You; Everything Isn’t Terrible) will join Jenny Brown to discuss staying kind and self-defined when those predictable family tensions rise. How can parents handle sensing disapproval, differing values, and “helpful” relatives without losing themselves—or their sense of…
Grandparenting Without the Drama: How the generations can work together, not pull apart
- podcasts
- 03/11/2025
Grandparenting can be a gift—or a point of tension—depending on how generational differences are navigated. In this episode, Jenny Brown speaks with two special guests, Selden Illick and her daughter-in-law Alison Illick, about the subtle and powerful dynamics between grandparents, parents, and children. Drawing on Bowen family systems theory, they explore how patterns of anxiety,…