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The Parent Pivot Podcast"My Adult Child Won't Speak to Me!" - Interview with Dr. Ken Canfield and Dr. Michelle Watson-CanfieldOne of the pains of our hearts is when we hear from our listeners that their is a broken relationship with an adult child. Maybe they have cut-off all communication and Mom & Dad are left wondering, "What can we do?"
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia welcome Dr. Ken Canfield and his wife Dr. Michelle Watson-Canfield to the podcast to dive deeper into this subject and bring hope to hurting pivoting partners.
If you have an adult child who is not speaking to you, or know someone who is going t...
2026-01-201h 00The Parent Pivot Podcast"Best of The Parent Pivot Podcast" - Being Generous to Our Adult Children: How Much is Too Much?One dynamic that comes into play as we pivot from being a parent to a partner is: What is the balance between financially helping our adult child(ren) - and enabling them?
Whether it's paying for college, a car, a down payment on a new home, or childcare for the grand babies, how much is too much? Especially when you aren't seeing any grateful hearts and expectations begin to take over because, "Mom and Dad will cover it."
Can you relate?
On this "Best of" editon of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Jul...
2025-12-1630 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastBest of The Parent Pivot Podcast: 31 Words That Will Change Your Family Trajectory for Generations“The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace.”
Numbers 6:24-26
These verses from the Old Testament are known as "The Blessing" and are the focal point of this "Best of" edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast. Steve and Julia share how it's not to late to change generational "stuff" and see what God does in the lives of your adult children, and their children's children. Don't miss it!
Listen to...
2025-12-0213 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastGratitude, Connection, and the Power of Choosing Peace.This Thanksgiving, families gather, memories surface, and… so do the opinions.
On this week’s episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, we’re leaning into the heart of the holiday—gratitude, connection, and the power of choosing peace.
Join us as we share fun family memories, talk about how to stay unoffended around the dinner table, and give you practical ways to steer conversations away from hostility and toward harmony.
Whether your family is calm, chaotic, or somewhere in between, this episode will help you navigate Thanksgiving with grace, humor, and a whole lot of l...
2025-11-2513 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastBest of The Parent Pivot Podcast - Hot Tip #44 to a Deeper Relationship with Your Adult Child: Speak LifePivoting from parent to partner isn't easy. It's a road of what seems like constant change. But! . . . the intentional effort you put in, will reap a stronger, deeper and more healthy relationship with your adult children.
On this "Best of" episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia show us how we can have a lasting legacy that will strengthen your relationships with your adult children for a lifetime.
Need someone to talk to about your adult child relationship?
Call or text Julia at 714-392-2060 for a FREE consultation. Or email he...
2025-11-1818 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastBeware of the Caution Flag!Whether it’s hours of Fox News, CNN, or scrolling through heated headlines, constant news consumption can shape our attitudes, heighten emotions, and unintentionally create relational distance with our adult kids.
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia tackle a challenge many pivoting partners may be facing today—navigating the tension that can arise when our over indulgence of media habits can alienate our adult children.
Resources mentioned on this podcast:
1. "The Parent Pivot: 13 Principles for Building Stronger Relationships With Your Adult Children" by Steve and Julia Cummings. Available on A...
2025-11-0421 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastWhen Celebrating An Adult Child Goes SidewaysIt’s easy to brag about one of your adult kids — especially when you’re proud of who they’ve become. But what happens when your other kids feel overlooked or compared?
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia unpack why bragging (even the innocent kind) can damage family relationships and how humility, gratitude, and biblical wisdom can keep everyone feeling valued.
Learn how to celebrate each child’s story without creating competition — and how to keep your family connected for the long haul.
Resources mentioned on this podcast:
Need so...
2025-10-2817 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastBest of The Parent Pivot Podcast - Holidays, Traditions and Change: How Do We Navigate This Season?The holidays are here and can be a LOT of stress as we try to negotiate the plans to be made when our adult kids are married. What do you do when you have traditions that have been going on for decades and now you have a new member of the family?
How do we navigate this season when there are so many emotions pulling us in different directions?
On this "Best of" episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia share some of their own experiences and help us use the holidays as a...
2025-10-2130 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastThe Silent Treatment Isn’t a StrategyAre you sighing instead of speaking? Dropping “harmless” hints instead of having the hard conversations?
This week on The Parent Pivot Podcast we're unpacking the oh-so-common (but rarely productive) dance of passive-aggressive behavior with our adult children. Why do we do it? What’s it costing us? And how can we pivot to healthier, more honest communication?
Tune in if you’ve ever said “I’m fine” when you definitely weren’t — and wished your adult child could just read your mind.
Real talk. No judgment. Just tools, insight, and maybe a little humor to help you...
2025-10-1423 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastFinding Joy in Your Adult KidsRaising kids was one adventure — but parenting adult children brings a whole new set of challenges… and blessings. In this week’s episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia Cummings dive into “Finding Joy in Your Adult Kids.”
Discover how to celebrate who your grown children are becoming, find contentment even when life doesn’t go as planned, and rekindle joy in your relationship with them. Whether your adult kids are thriving, struggling, or somewhere in between, this conversation will encourage your heart and remind you that God’s not done writing their story—or yours.
L...
2025-10-0719 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastBest of The Parent Pivot Podcast: Let Them VentWhen communication and conversations with your adult child keep ending up in arguments and you feel like you're just spinning your wheels, how do we pivot from parent to partner?
On this "Best of the Parent Pivot Podcast", Steve and Julia discuss Parent Pivot Principle #1: Let them vent, as they provide 4 practical ways to do that to grow a healthier relationship.
Contact Steve & Julia at:
parentpivotpodcast@gmail.com
www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com
www.bringingkingdom.org
Check out their new book, "The Parent Pivot: 13 Principles for Building Stronger Relationships wi...
2025-08-2619 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastBest of The Parent Pivot Podcast: Hit the Pause Button!As parents of 4 married children, Steve and Julia Cummings bring their educational and counseling backgrounds along with their own life experiences as parents, to help others navigate The Parent Pivot: From Parenting to Partnering.
On this replay of their inaugural podcast, it's time to hit the pause button and pivot as you shift how you relate to your adult children.
Contact Steve & Julia at:
parentpivotpodcast@gmail.com
www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com
www.bringingkingdom.org
Check out their new book, "The Parent Pivot: 13 Principles for Building Stronger Relationships with Y...
2025-08-1917 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastBest of The Parent Pivot Podcast: Pivoting to Being a Partner Means - Get a Life!The kids are gone and a new season has arrived. You and your spouse suddenly have all this time on your hands. Now what?
On this "Best of" episode of "The Parent Pivot Podcast," Steve and Julia open up about ways they have been able to pivot and share them with you as you enter this next season of life with your adult children.
Contact Steve & Julia at:
parentpivotpodcast@gmail.com
www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com
www.bringingkingdom.org
2025-08-1217 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastBest of The Parent Pivot Podcast - "The Secret to a Deeper Relationship with Your Adult Child"We all do it. We mask up to protect our hearts from shame, judgment and criticism and it's all based on fear. The Enemy wins because we don't want anyone to know the real me.
Guess what? That one dynamic prevents us from having a deeper relationship with our adult children.
On this "Best of The Parent Pivot Podcast," Steve and Julia openly share how being authentic about our lives with our adult kids builds a stronger, deeper tie that will last a lifetime. Trust us - it's worth the 26min length of this podcast to l...
2025-07-2926 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastBest of The Parent Pivot Podcast: "When Your Adult Child is Hurting: What NOT to Do"Football season is in full swing and you've likely seen a runner get stopped at the line of scrimmage and gang tackled to the ground. Five or six guys against one all piling on.
What does that have to do with pivoting from a parent to a partner, you ask?
On today's edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, we are re-airing this subject as Steve and Julia bring us some sound counsel on what to do when we find our adult child - no matter the age - is struggling with life.
What's a P...
2025-07-2219 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastBest of The Parent Pivot Podcast: "Having Hard Conversations with Your Adult Child"The pivot from Parent to Partner goes more smoothly when we "keep our mouths shut and the welcome mat out" - the main theme of Jim Burns' book and The Parent Pivot Podcast.
Okay - but what is the balance between keeping our mouths shut - and dealing with our own emotions and resentment that pops up with our adult kids?
On this "Best of" podcast, Steve and Julia Cummings help you navigate what this looks like to help strengthen your communication and ultimately your relationship(s) with your adult child(ren).
R...
2025-06-0333 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastFor Dads Only: How We Can Become the Hero with Our Adult KidsDads: What if you were told that "doing" LESS as a father when your kids turn 20, would actually raise your stock (i.e. respect) i their eyes? Would you listen?
It certainly goes against the grain of what we have been taught, shown and modeled in our culture - even the traditional church.
On this special edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve talks to dads straight from the heart and shares his own pain, struggle and anxiety trying to be a good father to his adult children.
If you're a dad of...
2025-02-1822 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastSacred Partnering: Pivoting Includes Your Own SanctificationIt's easy to keep the focus on "how" our adult children are doing and who they are becoming, right? This podcast is designed to come alongside you as make the pivot to partner and validate, encourage, bring awareness and equip with tools to have healthy Partner/Adult Child relationship.
But there is more to pivoting to partner than this. The sanctification journey for us as partners.
With a humble heart, you can step back and ask yourself, "God, what do you have for me to learn about MYSELF?" The end result? Be transformed and find p...
2025-01-2123 minThe Parent Pivot Podcast"I Miss Talking to My Adult Child"It's happening more and more these days to pivoting parents and we are hearing about it more and more. When WE left the nest - breaking off relationship with parents really wasn't a thing. Today? Our adult kids have been swamped by an ideology that life is all about them.
What's a pivoting partner to do? How can we re-establish relationship?
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia address this difficult subject and provide some hope to get through the silence.
Resources mentioned on today's podcast:
1. Relationship coac...
2025-01-1424 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastMoving the Needle in 2025: 14 Ways to Improve Your Relationship with Your Adult Child(ren)Remember the old adage, "How do you eat an elephant?" One bite at a time?
Well, the same also holds true with improving our relationships with our adult child(ren). There are so many things to remember it can be overwhelming. But what if you just chose ONE to work on this year?
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia share their list of 14 ways you can take a small step forward in improving your relationship with your adult children - and even take advantage of a special Parent Pivot Podcast offe...
2025-01-0746 minThe Parent Pivot Podcast"My Relationship Has Been Cutoff with My Parent (or Adult Child)! Now What?"When we've been hurt by a parent or by our adult child, the natural reaction is to protect our heart. We will either withdraw, fight, freeze for flee. We only have control over our own response. So when a family relationship is fractured, repairing it can be difficult.
On this edition of the Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia bring their years of combined wisdom, counsel, empathy and words from Scripture to help you begin your journey of repairing the relationship.
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As mentioned in today's broadcast - to book time with Julia to dis...
2024-10-1529 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastBest of the Parent Pivot Podcast - Being Generous to Our Adult Children: How Much is Too Much?One dynamic that comes into play as we pivot from being a parent to a partner is: What is the balance between financially helping our adult child(ren) - and enabling them?
Whether it's paying for college, a car, a down payment on a new home, or childcare for the grand babies, how much is too much? Especially when you aren't seeing any grateful hearts and expectations begin to take over because, "Mom and Dad will cover it."
Can you relate?
On this re-air of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia sort tha...
2024-07-2330 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastBest of the Parent Pivot Podcast: ”I’m Going to the Sidelines” - When It’s Time to Take a Step Back: Interview with Jackson CummingsYou have a college student who is an adult. You have pressed hard into this young man/woman and now things are fracturing and getting worse. What's a mother or father of an adult child to do?
On this re-air episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast you will hear a very touching and transformative father/son story of healing for both of them - with the son being the teacher to Dad's own relationship with his father. It's a 3-generation story of God's goodness and redeeming work.
Contact Steve & Julia at:
parentpivotpodcast@gmail.com...
2024-07-0945 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastBest of the Parent Pivot Podcast: Having Hard Conversations with Your Adult ChildThe pivot from Parent to Partner goes more smoothly when we "keep our mouths shut and the welcome mat out" - the main theme of Jim Burns' book and The Parent Pivot Podcast.
Okay - but what is the balance between keeping our mouths shut - and dealing with our own emotions and resentment that pops up with our adult kids?
On today's podcast, Steve and Julia help you navigate what this looks like to help strengthen your communication and ultimately your relationship(s) with your adult child(ren).
Resources mentioned in...
2024-07-0233 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastHaving Hard Conversations with Your Adult ChildThe pivot from Parent to Partner goes more smoothly when we "keep our mouths shut and the welcome mat out" - the main theme of Jim Burns' book and The Parent Pivot Podcast.
Okay - but what is the balance between keeping our mouths shut - and dealing with our own emotions and resentment that pops up with our adult kids?
On today's podcast, Steve and Julia Cummings help you navigate what this looks like to help strengthen your communication and ultimately your relationship(s) with your adult child(ren).
Resources men...
2024-01-2333 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastBeing Generous to Our Adult Children: How Much is Too Much?One dynamic that comes into play as we pivot from being a parent to a partner is: What is the balance between financially helping our adult child(ren) - and enabling them?
Whether it's paying for college, a car, a down payment on a new home, or childcare for the grand babies, how much is too much? Especially when you aren't seeing any grateful hearts and expectations begin to take over because, "Mom and Dad will cover it."
Can you relate?
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia sort tha...
2024-01-1630 minThe Parent Pivot Podcast31 Words That Will Change Your Family Trajectory for Generations“The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace.”
Numbers 6:24-26
These verses from the Old Testament are known as "The Blessing" and are the focal point of this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast. Steve and Julia share how it's not to late to change generational "stuff" and see what God does in the lives of your adult children, and their children's children. Don't miss it!
Listen to "The B...
2023-12-1213 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastWhat’s in a Name?: When Your Kids Have KidsSo your kids are having a baby! You're going to be a grandparent! Whether it's your first or another in a long line, the baby showers, pregnancy checkups, and gender reveals dominate your days. All of it these events are memory makers that last a lifetime.
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia zero in on one aspect of your grandchild's birth that could upset the apple cart for years to come with your adult child: The naming of your grand baby. Be sure to listen!
Contact Steve and Julia on Faceb...
2023-12-0514 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastHot Tip #45 for Growing Your Relationship with Your Adult ChildPivoting from Parent to Partner can be fun, impact others and develop a deeper connection with your adult child. It doesn't always have to be confrontational or stressful. There are some things you can do that will have a life long impact.
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia show us how serving together with your adult child(ren) can end up blessing the recipient of your generosity, your adult kids, and you. And in the long run - you leave some lasting memories and closer connection.
Contact Steve and Julia on F...
2023-11-2816 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastHot Tip #44 to a Deeper Relationship with Your Adult Child: Speak LifePivoting from parent to partner isn't easy. It's a road of what seems like constant change. But! . . . the intentional effort you put in, will reap a stronger, deeper and more healthy relationship with your adult children.
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia show us how we can have a lasting legacy that will strengthen your relationships with your adult children for a lifetime.
Contact Steve and Julia on Facebook at The Parent Pivot Podcast, or via email at: parentpivotpodcast@gmail.com
For speaking engagements on marriage, pare...
2023-11-2118 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastHolidays, Traditions and Change: How Do We Navigate This Season?The holidays are here and can be a LOT of stress as we try to negotiate the plans to be made when our adult kids are married. What do you do when you have traditions that have been going on for decades and now you have a new member of the family?
How do we navigate this season when there are so many emotions pulling us in different directions?
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia share some of their own experiences and help us use the holidays as a turning p...
2023-11-1430 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastHow Addiction Can Bring You Closer to Your Adult KidsIn every family tree, addiction can wreak havoc destroying family relationships for generations to come. The mere mention of the word, addiction, often strikes fear in our hearts.
But, it doesn't have to be that way.
On the this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia will show us how you can actually grow closer to your adult kids and bring a halt to addiction in your family, while deepening your relationship with your adult child.
Contact Steve and Julia on Facebook at The Parent Pivot Podcast, or via em...
2023-11-0726 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastTribe vs. Tribalism: What is the Difference and How Does That Help Us Pivot?Pivoting from being a parent to a partner requires an awareness of the difference between our tribes, and tribalism.
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia show us what it means to care for our tribes as a partner, while pointing our the dangers of tribalism and how that impacts our relationships with our adult children.
Contact Steve and Julia on Facebook at The Parent Pivot Podcast, or via email at: parentpivotpodcast@gmail.com
For speaking engagements on marriage, parenting, men's and women's identity issues, contact Julia at...
2023-10-3120 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastFight the Lies: You Are Not Responsible!When our kids were little our #1 goal as parents was to raise responsible adults. Responsibility is a core value in raising kids, Amen?!
When they become adults, one of the hardest things to do to pivot from a parent to a partner is to release responsibility. It's not easy. We want our kids to succeed in every sense of the word in life and when they don't, we can often blame ourselves.
Listen up Partners! That's a lie that Steve and Julia want you to be aware of on this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcas...
2023-10-2420 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastAchieving a Healthier Balance: Cultivating Emotional MaturityPivoting is not easy. It never is. You have to be intentional to change your trajectory. When it comes to pivoting from being a parent to a partner, we need to start with us - Mom and Dad.
What's the key to pivoting and becoming the healthy partner to your adult child?
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia walk us through ways we can achieve a healthier balance in life which in turn will create deeper relationship with your adult child. Don't miss this one! (I know, we say that all t...
2023-10-1732 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastWhen Your Adult Child is Hurting: What NOT to DoFootball season is in full swing and you've likely seen a runner get stopped at the line of scrimmage and gang tackled to the ground. Five or six guys against one all piling on.
What does that have to do with pivoting from a parent to a partner, you ask?
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia bring us some sound counsel on what to do when we find our adult child - no matter the age - is struggling with life. What's a PARTNER to do? Find out on today's pod...
2023-10-1019 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastThe Secret to a Deeper Relationship with Your Adult ChildWe all do it. We mask up to protect our hearts from shame, judgment and criticism and it's all based on fear. The Enemy wins because we don't want anyone to know the real me.
Guess what? That one dynamic prevents us from having a deeper relationship with our adult children.
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia openly share how being authentic about our lives with our adult kids builds a stronger, deeper tie that will last a lifetime. Trust us - it's worth the 26min length of this podcast to l...
2023-10-0326 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastMulti-Generational Family Living Part 2: Interview with Jon & Cheri TalbertThe "American Dream" our culture has sold us for generations is changing. Watching our adult children struggle to get sustaining jobs and buy a home is becoming increasingly harder to attain, multiple studies have shown. Aging parents to care for are also on the rise.
Is there another option for families to survive in this world today?
Steve and Julia believe there is, and there is hope for families! Be sure to listen to today's Parent Pivot Podcast for Part 2 of "Multi-Generational Family Living," with their friends, Jon and Cheri Talbert.
Find ou...
2023-09-2633 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastMulti-Generational Family Living Part 1: Interview with Jon & Cheri TalbertThe American dream and landscape isn't what it used to be when Boomers got married. Multiple studies are now showing that our adult children are struggling with being able to buy a home. On the other end of the generational pendulum, elderly parents need a safe place to live when other options aren't viable.
Maybe you find yourself in a similar life situation and you're wondering: Is there another option?
Join Steve and Julia on today's Parent Pivot Podcast as they reunite with their friends, Jon and Cheri Talbert, to talk about "Multi-Generational Family Living" an...
2023-09-1935 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastGive Them Room to Grow!Have you ever noticed there's one essential ingredient missing in most of our relationships? And, Steve and Julia believe it's the single most important factor in order to pursue healthy relationships with our adult children.
What is this powerful catalyst?
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia remind us as parent what life was like when we were young adults. It's a podcast you won't want to miss!
Download The Pause app here: https://www.pauseapp.com/
Contact Steve & Julia on Facebook at The Parent Pivo...
2023-09-1221 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastWhen Your Adult Child Cuts Off RelationshipIf your adult child has cut you out of his or her life—whether for a long or short time—it is a gut-wrenching experience. It often provokes deep feelings of shame, guilt, bewilderment, and hurt, all of which can easily turn to anger. On top of that, it can also arouse people’s worst suspicions ("Surely, the Smiths must be terrible parents for their daughter to cut them off like that!") and leave you feeling judged, even by friends and family.
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia help you navigate how to rec...
2023-09-0521 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastLooking Deeper Inside Ourselves to Becoming a Great Partner to Our Adult KidsWhether we realize it or not, or even BELIEVE it, shame can affect our relationships with our adult children. It seeks to destroy our identity as a parent and replace it with a damaged version of ourselves. The good news is: we don't have to continue to live this way.
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia unpack how shame can be overcome and you can begin to have that healthy relationship with your adult children you've always desired and didn't know how to get there.
Contact Steve & Julia on Facebook at...
2023-08-2919 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastPay It Forward If You Can: Creating a Legacy of GenerosityEvery day it seems it's getting harder and harder to make it in this world. If you have hard-working adult kids struggling to get sustainable jobs and housing, you're not alone. What can we do as partners to help them?
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia Cummings share their own story of being struggling newlyweds and having kids and how they were able to survive only to now watch their own adult kids struggle. Be listening as they share some trends they are seeing that will provoke your thinking and bring hope.
2023-08-2221 minThe Parent Pivot Podcast”Why is This Taking SO Long?” - The Emerging AdultMany young adults today are in no hurry to grow up. They are meandering toward responsibility and life's most important decisions, while wearing t-shirts jokingly complaining about "adulting."
Does that sound like your adult child?
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia shed some light on how you can come alongside your "emerging adult" with curiosity and how creating a safe space for them with you will strengthen your relationship.
Contact Steve & Julia on Facebook at The Parent Pivot Podcast, or via email at:
parentpivotpodcast@gmail.com
2023-08-0819 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastTheir Perception is Their Reality:It's bound to happen. Your adult child is hurt by something they see their grandparents do for their sibling and not for them. Do you get involved? Ignore it? Take sides? Explain it away?
In yet another "real time" episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia walk through a situation that just happened that involved their adult child and their grandparent. How do you navigate this one when there's so many paths to take? Be listening for some practical, loving counsel that will strengthen your relationship with your adult child.
Contact Steve & Julia on...
2023-08-0113 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastYou’re Not Responsible for Your Spouse’s RelationshipsYour husband's relationship with your adult child is heading south fast and causing tension in the family. Or maybe it's your wife's relationship. Your adult child comes to you because you're safe and now you're in the middle. Now what?
If this resonates with you, you'll want to be sure to listen to this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast. Steve and Julia Cummings provide some helpful counsel and wisdom to navigate this scenario as you pivot from parent to partner with your adult children.
Contact Steve & Julia at:
parentpivotpodcast@gmail.com
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2023-07-2522 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastPartnering As GrandparentsAn estimated 2.7 million grandparents in the United States are taking the lead in raising their grandchildren. More than 6.1 million children under 18 live in their grandparents' households.
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia bring some helpful insights and counsel to help you have healthy partner relationships with your adult children as grandparents.
Contact Steve & Julia at:
parentpivotpodcast@gmail.com
www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com
www.bringingkingdom.org
2023-07-1829 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastRelationships 201: The Three B’sPivoting from parent to partner requires intentional action. If you're reacting to your adult child all the time, chances are your relationship is struggling. It's only a matter of time before it completely fractures.
What can we do in the moment when our heart is racing, our gut is tense and worry, anxiety and fear are overwhelming us?
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia have just the thing you need: The Three B's to healthy communication.
Contact Steve & Julia at:
parentpivotpodcast@gmail.com
www.mead...
2023-07-1114 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastWe See You, Sandwich Generation!Pivoting from parent to partner is hard enough on its own. But what happens if you have an adult child away at college, a high schooler at home, AND your elderly parent living with you? That a LOT to handle day in and day out. How do you navigate all of that when it can be so overwhelming?
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia recount a recent situation and with grace and wisdom walk you through some ways to get the help you need.
Contact Steve & Julia at:
pa...
2023-07-0417 minThe Parent Pivot Podcast”I’m Going to the Sidelines” - When It’s Time to Take a Step Back: Interview with Jackson CummingsYou have a college student who is an adult. You have pressed hard into this young man/woman and now things are fracturing and getting worse. What's a mother or father of an adult child to do?
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast you will hear a very touching and transformative father/son story of healing for both of them - with the son being the teacher to Dad's own relationship with his father. It's a 3-generation story of God's goodness and redeeming work.
Contact Steve & Julia at:
parentpivotpodcast@gmail.com
...
2023-06-2745 minThe Parent Pivot Podcast”I Feel Helpless. What Do I Do?”Your adult child is spiraling, going through a difficult time, or maybe he/she can't seem to get their head above water and it's hard to watch. What is a PARTNER of an adult child to do?
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, you'll hear Steve and Julia talk about a fresh experience in real time of feeling helpless, and through their journey provide a path for us to maintain healthy relationships with our adult children.
Contact Steve & Julia at:
parentpivotpodcast@gmail.com
www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com
www.br...
2023-06-1321 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastThe Swivel Pivot: Being a Parent AND a Partner SimultaneouslyParenting can be hard enough when you have a large family, and often times your oldest kids are off to college while you still have ones at home.
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia provide some helpful insights to help you navigate being a Parent one minute and a Partner the next - all at the same time. Sound crazy? Listen in today for some practical tips to stay sane.
Contact Steve & Julia at:
parentpivotpodcast@gmail.com
www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com
www.bringingkingdom.org
2023-06-0622 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastBeing a Good In-LawYour adult child is getting married soon. Maybe it's your first, or maybe you're well into being an in-law. Life is about to change dramatically. It can be full of tension and stress, or freedom and peace. You hold the key.
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia provide three guiding principles you can put into practice today to maintain a healthy relationship with your adult child and spouse.
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2023-05-3020 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastMolds Were Made to Be Broken: Interview with G. Campbell CummingsAll of us have a story. As parents of adult children, no two kids will have exactly the same story. Recognizing this sooner than later will go a long way to breaking those "molds" we can create for our kids.
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia welcome their second oldest adult child, Campbell, as he shares his journey to find himself and a life partner. It's a unique story you won't want to miss.
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2023-05-2347 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastThe Gold Standard for Pivoting from Parent to PartnerDeath, cancer, infidelity, infertility, alcoholism and more would cause anyone to be bitter, angry and not someone you'd want to be around. But when you "choose" to see life as a glass that is half full, your life will be richer and more meaningful. Not only that, you are creating a solid legacy for generations to come.
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia share what they see is the "gold standard" for what it looks like to pivot from parent to partner. This is a podcast you won't want to miss!
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2023-05-1617 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastWe See You, Single Parents!Parenting is hard enough when you're married, and for single mom's and dad's it can be an uphill road. Then the kids grow older and leave the nest and now you find you need to pivot to being a partner, but what does that look like for you?
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia bring their wisdom and love to come alongside single parents of adult children with some helpful tips to bring you life for this season of your journey.
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2023-05-0934 minThe Parent Pivot Podcast”Doing Life with Your Adult Children” - Interview with author Dr. Jim BurnsOn this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia sit down for a much anticipated interview with Dr. Jim Burns, President of HomeWord and author of the book, "Doing Life with Your Adult Children."
Be listening to today's podcast for how you can get a free copy of Jim's book from Steve and Julia.
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2023-05-0251 minThe Parent Pivot Podcast”Don’t Poke the Bear”When your adult child has a different viewpoint than you, the pivot from Parent to Partner just got a whole lot harder, didn't it? Especially in this day when identity is being defined by our sexuality and it's constantly in our faces and on our screens! What's a Partner of an adult child to do?
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia admonish us to avoid "poking the bear" and provide practical wisdom and insight for navigating this potentially tumultuous issue. Don't miss it!
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2023-04-2522 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastThe Importance Grieving Plays as You Pivot from Parent to PartnerThe house is quiet. The life that was once there is gone. It's changed dramatically and will never be the same again. Pivoting from being a parent to a partner is hard, no doubt.
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia walk us through the importance of grieving this season of life that we are moving out of. It’s a healthy, very needed process in order to pivot well into the role of being a partner to your adult children. Grieving isn’t always about tears. Moments of joy also provide healing in this tr...
2023-04-1828 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastKeep the Main Thing the ”Main Thing”Pivoting from being a parent to a partner when you have adult children can be overwhelming at times. There are so many issues hitting you from all sides it can be hard to process and make sense of it all.
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia want to make sure we don't miss "the main thing." If this is in place and thriving, partnering with your adult child becomes healthier and more rich as you come alongside them.
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2023-04-1119 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastEnforcing Boundaries: What’s the Right Decision?Your adult child is not following through on the boundaries you've set up. How do you pivot from being a loving Parent to a Partner that launches them well to be a responsible adult in society?
On Part 3 of their Boundaries series, Steve and Julia will help you navigate that tension between love and grace on the next episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast.
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2023-04-0426 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastCommunicating Boundaries to Your Adult ChildPivoting from Parent to Partner has it's challenges especially when it comes time to set some boundaries for your adult child. How do you balance love with responsibility?
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia walk through one scenario with principles that will guide you through that process for any situation.
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2023-03-2828 minThe Parent Pivot Podcast”Not My Pig, Not My Farm!”Your anxiety is up as you watch your adult child make poor choices, or maybe he/she is too slow to see what the "right" decision is. How do I pivot from being a parent to becoming a partner?
Steve and Julia have been down this road many times, and still struggle with this. On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast they provide us with the #1 principle for navigating this new season with your adult child.
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2023-03-2122 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastPivoting to Being a Partner Means - Get a Life!The kids are gone and a new season has arrived. You and your spouse suddenly have all this time on your hands. Now what?
On this episode of "The Parent Pivot Podcast," Steve and Julia open up about ways they have been able to pivot and share them with you as you enter this next season of life with your adult children.
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2023-03-1417 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastYour Adult Child is Watching You Pivot!How do you know if you're pivoting from parent to partner? On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia interview their Meadowbrook House Church of 20 and 30-somethings about how they have viewed their parents as they moved into adulthood.
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2023-03-0739 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastNavigating the Season of Being Empty NestersEcclesiastes 3:1 says "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens." Often the season of the empty nest can leave us dealing with a number of issues. How can you make sense of it all?
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia share some raw and vulnerable feelings about their relatively new journey as empty nesters and provide some hope for you to navigate this new season you're facing.
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2023-02-2826 min
Women of Wild PodcastParenting with Love - Special Guests Steve and Julia CummingsSteve and Julia have been in ministry together since the day they first met back in 1986. They got married in 1988 and have four married children and two grandchildren . . . so far!
They have served together in high school ministry, pre-marital counseling, have launched a newlywed fellowship group, counseled believers struggling with anxiety and identity, as well as marriages, and currently have been hosting a house church of 15 young adults for the past 3 years.
Julia is a therapist and has her own practice called, Meadowbrook Counseling in Suwanee, GA and can be reached at her website: www.me...
2023-02-281h 00Women of Wild PodcastParenting with Love - Special Guests Steve and Julia CummingsSteve and Julia have been in ministry together since the day they first met back in 1986. They got married in 1988 and have four married children and two grandchildren . . . so far!
They have served together in high school ministry, pre-marital counseling, have launched a newlywed fellowship group, counseled believers struggling with anxiety and identity, as well as marriages, and currently have been hosting a house church of 15 young adults for the past 3 years.
Julia is a therapist and has her own practice called, Meadowbrook Counseling in Suwanee, GA and can be reached at her website: www.me...
2023-02-281h 00The Parent Pivot PodcastIt’s Never Too Late: Interview with Wes CummingsBaby Boomer parents listen up! Having heart-to-heart conversations, even after 10 years, can bring healing and strength to your relationship with your adult child.
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia interview their oldest son, Wes, and what that looked like for them recently, and walk you through the steps.
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2023-02-2133 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastLet Them FailConventional parenting wisdom says, "Do everything you can to make SURE your child succeeds in everything in life."
On today's podcast, Steve and Julia urge you to not buy into that lie. In fact, they will help you navigate how, as parents of adult children, we should actually let them fail and surrender them to the Father. It's not easy to do as a "parent," but it is the right path for a "partner" to love their adult child well and have a healthy relationship.
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2023-02-1415 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastYou’re Still the Parent.How do you navigate tough conversations where emotion is flying and it seems you're getting nowhere with your adult child?
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia provide a practical key to remember and help you rise above it.
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2023-02-0712 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastLet Them VentWhen communication and conversations with your adult child keep ending up in arguments and you feel like you're just spinning your wheels, how do we pivot from parent to partner?
On today's podcast, Steve and Julia discuss Parent Pivot Principle #1: Let them vent, as they provide 4 practical ways to do that to grow a healthier relationship.
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2023-01-3119 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastHit the Pause ButtonAs parents of 4 married children, Steve and Julia Cummings bring their educational and counseling backgrounds along with their own life experiences as parents, to help others navigate The Parent Pivot: From Parenting to Partnering.
On this inaugural podcast, it's time to hit the pause button and pivot as you shift how you relate to your adult children.
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2023-01-2417 minThe Parent Pivot PodcastParent Pivot Podcast TrailerWhat is this Parent Pivot Podcast all about? If you are the parent of an adult child you may be experiencing:
1. A loss of purpose
2. Are you missing your kids?
3. Frustration over a lack of control
4. Finding it hard to shift from being a parent to being a partner?
As parents of adult children, we need to "pivot" from parenting, to partnering. What does that look like? When do I say something and when do I not? Why won't they listen to me? We address these questions and more in a rea...
2023-01-1716 min