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The Parent Pivot Podcast
We are Steve and Julia Cummings and we are empty nesters who desire to maintain healthy relationship with our adult children. We have found that something needs to change in us, the parent, when our child becomes an adult. 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 host more in a real, raw an vulnerable way in real time. Tune in each week as we help you become…
Episodes
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The Importance Grieving Plays as You Pivot from Parent to Partner
The 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…
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Keep 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…
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Enforcing 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…
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Communicating Boundaries to Your Adult Child
Pivoting 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…
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”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…
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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 episode of "The Parent Pivot…
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Your 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…
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Navigating the Season of Being Empty Nesters
Ecclesiastes 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…
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It’s Never Too Late: Interview with Wes Cummings
Baby Boomer parents listen up! Having heart-to-heart conversations, even after 10 years, can bring healing and strength to your relationship with your adult…
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Let Them Fail
Conventional 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…
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You’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…
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Let Them Vent
When 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…
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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…
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Parent Pivot Podcast Trailer
What 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…