In this eye-opening conversation, I sit down with Dr. Brie Turns-Coe, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Arizona Christian University, and Director of their Masters of MFT program. With a career spent helping hundreds of parents break generational patterns and repair their relationships with their children, Dr. Brie brings both clinical expertise and genuine compassion to one of the most important conversations a parent can have.

What Dr. Brie sees time and again in her practice might surprise you: parents who are unknowingly making parenting decisions not for their child but to heal their own childhood wounds. Are you parenting to be liked? Are you struggling with feelings of not being good enough or worthy enough, and looking to your adult child to fill that void? If any of that lands close to home, this episode is for you.

We dig into how to shift from parenting out of your past to truly showing up for the young adult who needs you right now. We also cover different attachment styles, why boundaries are a necessity, and even estrangement.

Dr. Brie is also the author of Parent the Child You Have, Not the Child You Were and by the end of this conversation, you'll understand exactly what that means.

I have no doubt you'll walk away from today's conversation a little wiser, and a whole lot more confident in the parent you're becoming.

How to contact Dr. Brie: https://www.drbrieturns.com/

DrBrie@TheFamilyTherapist.org

The book that Dr. Brie mentioned: Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend

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