Signs You Were Raised by Emotionally Immature Parents—and How to Heal

If you ever leave a conversation with a parent feeling confused, guilty, or like you’ve somehow regressed into a younger version of yourself—you’re not imagining it. Many adults are still carrying wounds from childhoods spent trying to meet the emotional needs of a parent who couldn’t—or wouldn’t—meet theirs. These are ...

Holiday weeks always make me feel nostalgic, and that feeling tends to make me reflect on people who used to be in my life but no longer are… That’s why, this week, we’re re-releasing our most popular episode of all time—on family estrangement. Clearly, this topic resonates. So many of ...

On paper, you’ve got it together. You’re successful. Emotionally intelligent. Self-aware—or at least working on it. So why don’t your relationships reflect that? Why do you keep attracting emotionally unavailable partners? Why do they always seem like a match at first—only to reveal they aren’t? Why does connection turn into ...

Cannabis has come a long way since the War on Drugs. It’s no longer just the domain of college kids and Deadheads. Today’s weed users include professionals, CEOs, and moms who’d rather pop a low-dose edible than down a few glasses of wine. But is cannabis actually a mental health tool—or ...

Survivors of sexual assault are often asked, “Why didn’t you speak up sooner?” But the better question is: What happens when they do? All too often, they’re met with disbelief, character assassination, and retraumatization. They’re forced to relive their trauma in brutal detail, only to be told—explicitly or implicitly—that they’re ...

You made the decision to stay. You had the conversations.  Set the boundaries.  Said “I forgive you.” But what if the hardest part of healing isn’t any of that? What if the most difficult part is being intimate again? This week on We Need To Talk, I’m joined by sex ...