Prep for the Holidays: You Can Do it - with Grace, Boundaries -- and Self-Awareness

Podcast: Bite Your Tongue: The Podcast · Bite Your Tongue

Opublikowano: 2025-11-14

The holidays are upon us. It's time to dig deep. Catherine Hickem, founder of Parenting Adult Children Today (PACT). Catherine shares a hopeful, practical roadmap for parents who want less tension and more trust—especially as the holidays bring everyone under one roof. We dig into why adult children often act different around their parents and how expectations, tone, and boundaries can either smother or strengthen the relationship. We discuss: • the hidden cost of parental expectations on adult children • why rescues undermine confidence and fuel estrangement • shifting from advice to curiosity with pract...