Estrangement: Turning Pain into Peace

Becky Kolb, Certified Life Coach specializing in family estrangement
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Estrangement: Turning Pain into Peace Podcast is hosted by me, Becky Kolb, Certified Life Coach specializing in family estrangement. This podcast is for women who are estranged from a family member or close loved one and who long for answers and peace. Your relationship may not be resolved, but your life doesn't have to remain on hold. When someone you love walks away it can you leave with questions:             What happened?       Should I reach out or step back?       Will we ever reconcile?       What could I have said or done differently?       How do I navigate holidays and family gatherings? This work is personal to me because I've also walked the journey of family estrangement. I've wrestled with these same questions and know the emotional heartbreak, pain, guilt & shame. And I learned through years of struggle and the professional coaching training that a relationship doesn't have to heal for you to be whole and move on with your life. You may not be able to change the relationship right now but you can change how you live with its uncertainty and I can help you through a coaching program designed to help you find peace, wholeness and start living again. As your coach, I will help you:      Heal from the crippling effects of guilt & shame.      Determine when to reach out and when to stay silent.      Learn the process of forgiveness - what it is and isn’t.      Build a meaningful life amid the estrangement.      Navigate difficult holidays.      Identify triggers and establish healthy boundaries.      Discover lasting peace. Start the process toward healing now. 📲DOWNLOAD my FREE guide - 5 Things to Do When Your Loved One Walks Away at: 📲www.beckykolb.com/guide  This guide will  help your thought process as you wrestle with those questions and bring perspectives that will help you decide what to do next.If estrangement is keeping you stuck and unable to enjoy life, coaching may be for you. I've discovered women either don't talk about it at all or they talk with friends or other family. Those people may not tell you what you need to hear for fear of damaging the relationship. I'll be honest with you, probe and help you get to the bottom of what's keeping you stuck. I offer a free no pressure, no obligation 30-minute conversation to see if coaching is right for you. It's not a sales pitch. If that's something you seek, navigate to www.beckykolb.com/consultation and let’s have a conversation.📲CONNECT with me at www.beckykolb.com 📲Facebook: Facebook.com/Estrangement: Turning Pain into Peace 📲Instagram: Instagram.com/estrangedrelationships 🎧Subscribe to my podcast on your favorite platform. www.beckykolb.com/podcast📲DOWNLOAD my FREE guide - 5 Things to Do When your Loved One Walks Away at 📲www.beckykolb.com/guide

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    Estrangement: Turning Pain into Peace

    Becky Kolb is a Certified Life Coach specializing in Family Estrangement. Although you can't control another person's choices about reconciliation, you can control you so that it doesn't define your whole life. You can leave the door open without standing in the doorway and discover peace to live joyfully - even amid estrangement. Download the free guide to "Things to Do When A Loved One Walks Away" at www.beckykolb.com/guide I offer a 30 minute free conversation to answer your questions about coaching, explain how I can help you discover wholeness and peace with coaching. It's a no-pressure and no-obligation conversation. www.beckykolb.com/consultation What do you struggle with most in family estrangement? What topic would you like to hear? Send me a text. Becky Kolb is a Certified Life Coach specializing in Family Estrangement. Although you can't control another person's choices about reconciliation, you can control you so that it doesn't define your whole life. You can leave the door open without standing in the doorway and discover peace to live joyfully - even amid estrangement. Download the free guide to "Things to Do When A Loved One Walks Away" at www.beckykolb.com/guide I offer a 30 minute free conversation to answer your questions about coaching, explain how I can help you discover wholeness and peace with coaching. It's a no-pressure and no-obligation conversation. www.beckykolb.com/consultation

  2. 4d ago

    85: Waiting for Your Estranged Loved One to Change

    Waiting for your estranged one to change is often postponing your own life. When someone you love walks away, waiting can become a way of life. You wait for the phone to ring. You check your texts. You wonder if today might be the day you hear from them. A birthday comes around and you wonder if they'll reach out. Then a holiday. Then another birthday. And somewhere along the way, without even realizing it, you can begin putting your own life on hold. I understand why. When a relationship is important to us, we want to fix it. We think if we can just find the right words, give it enough time, apologize one more time, explain ourselves better or reach out at just the right moment, maybe things will change. Hope isn't a bad thing. I don't believe you have to give up hope for reconciliation. But there is a difference between having hope and living in waiting.  And sometimes that difference is hard to see. Find the full transcript for this episode and resources for women navigating family estrangement at beckykolb.com/85 What do you struggle with most in family estrangement? What topic would you like to hear? Send me a text. Becky Kolb is a Certified Life Coach specializing in Family Estrangement. Although you can't control another person's choices about reconciliation, you can control you so that it doesn't define your whole life. You can leave the door open without standing in the doorway and discover peace to live joyfully - even amid estrangement. Download the free guide to "Things to Do When A Loved One Walks Away" at www.beckykolb.com/guide I offer a 30 minute free conversation to answer your questions about coaching, explain how I can help you discover wholeness and peace with coaching. It's a no-pressure and no-obligation conversation. www.beckykolb.com/consultation

    85: Waiting for Your Estranged Loved One to Change

  3. Sep 19

    Family Estrangement Support

    It's been a while since I've published a podcast, but don't give up. I am in the process of revamping my website beckykolb.com Expanding into family estrangement aligns with my own experience as well as what women are telling me they face. My podcast has been geared toward women with estranged adult children, but what I'm finding is more and more women are dealing with other estrangement too. Adult children have walked away. But so have daughters-in-law or sons-in-law. Grandchildren are estranged. Siblings, parents and other loved ones are part of the equation. So, stick with me and you'll find a newly revamped website and podcast right here on this channel coming soon. And I'm offering a new value item free to those who are signed up on my website. It's called What to Do When Your Adult Child Pulls Away. And you can get it free of charge by going to beckykolb.com/guide and enter your email address. When it is finished in a few weeks, I'll send it to you free of charge. Stay strong my friend and know that more support is coming soon. What do you struggle with most in family estrangement? What topic would you like to hear? Send me a text. Becky Kolb is a Certified Life Coach specializing in Family Estrangement. Although you can't control another person's choices about reconciliation, you can control you so that it doesn't define your whole life. You can leave the door open without standing in the doorway and discover peace to live joyfully - even amid estrangement. Download the free guide to "Things to Do When A Loved One Walks Away" at www.beckykolb.com/guide I offer a 30 minute free conversation to answer your questions about coaching, explain how I can help you discover wholeness and peace with coaching. It's a no-pressure and no-obligation conversation. www.beckykolb.com/consultation

  4. Aug 29

    84: 5 Steps to Let Go in Estrangement

    You’ve heard it before – just let go in estrangement. Let it go. Surrender and you’ll feel better. Well, I surrendered and decided to let go and guess what? I didn’t feel better. I still obsessed and grieved, and my broken heart didn’t heal.  This episode is a short but concise 5 steps to let go in estrangement. It’s an uncomplicated process but it requires your commitment and I promise you’ll find the peace you seek. Ready? Let’s roll today’s episode.  Find the full transcript for this episode plus resources for women at Estrangement: Turning Pain into Peace at beckykolb.com/84. What do you struggle with most in family estrangement? What topic would you like to hear? Send me a text. Becky Kolb is a Certified Life Coach specializing in Family Estrangement. Although you can't control another person's choices about reconciliation, you can control you so that it doesn't define your whole life. You can leave the door open without standing in the doorway and discover peace to live joyfully - even amid estrangement. Download the free guide to "Things to Do When A Loved One Walks Away" at www.beckykolb.com/guide I offer a 30 minute free conversation to answer your questions about coaching, explain how I can help you discover wholeness and peace with coaching. It's a no-pressure and no-obligation conversation. www.beckykolb.com/consultation

    84: 5 Steps to Let Go in Estrangement

  5. Aug 19

    83: How to Avoid Cynical Thinking in Estrangement

    Cynical thinking in estrangement is more common than you may realize. What exactly is cynicism? Do you have unrealistic or inappropriate expectations of others? Let me ask another way.  Are you hardened, bitter and jaded when you think of your estranged loved one? That’s a question that I would ask you to ponder in prayer before God. I would have said no to that question, but the reality is that cynical thinking was embedded deep within and I couldn’t see it.  Estrangement hurts deeply. The tendency to lash out, defend and even engage in cynical thinking is an outcome. The good news is there is a way to counter it – once it’s recognized. Let’s take a look.  Find the full transcript for this episode plus resources for women at Estrangement: Turning Pain into Peace at beckykolb.com/83.  What do you struggle with most in family estrangement? What topic would you like to hear? Send me a text. Becky Kolb is a Certified Life Coach specializing in Family Estrangement. Although you can't control another person's choices about reconciliation, you can control you so that it doesn't define your whole life. You can leave the door open without standing in the doorway and discover peace to live joyfully - even amid estrangement. Download the free guide to "Things to Do When A Loved One Walks Away" at www.beckykolb.com/guide I offer a 30 minute free conversation to answer your questions about coaching, explain how I can help you discover wholeness and peace with coaching. It's a no-pressure and no-obligation conversation. www.beckykolb.com/consultation

    83: How to Avoid Cynical Thinking in Estrangement

  6. Aug 12

    82: What Healthy Boundaries Look Like

    What are healthy boundaries? After all, you hear this phrase quite often these days. Especially between estranged parents and their kids. But what does the term mean?  They are healthy limits you set to protect your emotional, physical, and spiritual wellbeing as well as your time. It’s not about controlling others, which if you’ve listened to me long enough, you’ve heard me say a hundred times you cannot control anyone but you.  It is about deciding what you will accept in a relationship and choosing how you will respond to protect your peace, mental wellbeing, and your precious time. Today I’ll share some tips on establishing what healthy boundaries look like.  Find the full transcript for this episode plus resources for women at Estrangement: Turning Pain into Peace at beckykolb.com/82. What do you struggle with most in family estrangement? What topic would you like to hear? Send me a text. Becky Kolb is a Certified Life Coach specializing in Family Estrangement. Although you can't control another person's choices about reconciliation, you can control you so that it doesn't define your whole life. You can leave the door open without standing in the doorway and discover peace to live joyfully - even amid estrangement. Download the free guide to "Things to Do When A Loved One Walks Away" at www.beckykolb.com/guide I offer a 30 minute free conversation to answer your questions about coaching, explain how I can help you discover wholeness and peace with coaching. It's a no-pressure and no-obligation conversation. www.beckykolb.com/consultation

    82: What Healthy Boundaries Look Like

  7. Aug 5

    81: Estrangement: Living Well in the unfinished years

    Living well in the unfinished years is a topic to help you navigate how to live amid estrangement. Because let’s face it, when you are estranged from a loved one, living well isn’t something you do naturally. That was certainly the case with me.  Other podcasts focus on how to fix the relationship. My focus is helping you live from a position of wholeness whether or not the relationship reconciles. Consequently, it’s about building a meaningful life while estrangement exists. Reclaiming joy, discovering passion and purpose and shedding guilt and shame that weigh you down. Ready to jump in? Let’s roll today’s episode.  Find the full transcript for this episode plus resources for women at Estrangement: Turning Pain into Peace at beckykolb.com/81. What do you struggle with most in family estrangement? What topic would you like to hear? Send me a text. Becky Kolb is a Certified Life Coach specializing in Family Estrangement. Although you can't control another person's choices about reconciliation, you can control you so that it doesn't define your whole life. You can leave the door open without standing in the doorway and discover peace to live joyfully - even amid estrangement. Download the free guide to "Things to Do When A Loved One Walks Away" at www.beckykolb.com/guide I offer a 30 minute free conversation to answer your questions about coaching, explain how I can help you discover wholeness and peace with coaching. It's a no-pressure and no-obligation conversation. www.beckykolb.com/consultation

    81: Estrangement: Living Well in the unfinished years

  8. Jul 29

    80: How to Grieve Someone Who is Alive

    If someone had told me I would be asking how to grieve someone who is alive, I would have thought them to be crazy. Yet, that’s exactly the question I had when estranged from my kids.  Grieving was for the dead, wasn’t it? Grief is one of the deepest stages of emotional pain in any estrangement. In reality, although they are alive, you have lost someone you love dearly. Further, it may even include others such as your grandkids.  The hardest part is that when someone dies, others grieve with you and bring comfort. In estrangement, many people do not even know you are grieving, much less come alongside and comfort you.  Let’s sit together briefly and I’ll share some important aspects of grieving a loved one who is alive. My hope is it will bring comfort to you that you are not alone in your emotionally raw season.  Find the full transcript for this episode plus resources for women at Estrangement: Turning Pain into Peace at beckykolb.com/80. What do you struggle with most in family estrangement? What topic would you like to hear? Send me a text. Becky Kolb is a Certified Life Coach specializing in Family Estrangement. Although you can't control another person's choices about reconciliation, you can control you so that it doesn't define your whole life. You can leave the door open without standing in the doorway and discover peace to live joyfully - even amid estrangement. Download the free guide to "Things to Do When A Loved One Walks Away" at www.beckykolb.com/guide I offer a 30 minute free conversation to answer your questions about coaching, explain how I can help you discover wholeness and peace with coaching. It's a no-pressure and no-obligation conversation. www.beckykolb.com/consultation

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Estrangement: Turning Pain into Peace Podcast is hosted by me, Becky Kolb, Certified Life Coach specializing in family estrangement. This podcast is for women who are estranged from a family member or close loved one and who long for answers and peace. Your relationship may not be resolved, but your life doesn't have to remain on hold. When someone you love walks away it can you leave with questions:             What happened?       Should I reach out or step back?       Will we ever reconcile?       What could I have said or done differently?       How do I navigate holidays and family gatherings? This work is personal to me because I've also walked the journey of family estrangement. I've wrestled with these same questions and know the emotional heartbreak, pain, guilt & shame. And I learned through years of struggle and the professional coaching training that a relationship doesn't have to heal for you to be whole and move on with your life. You may not be able to change the relationship right now but you can change how you live with its uncertainty and I can help you through a coaching program designed to help you find peace, wholeness and start living again. As your coach, I will help you:      Heal from the crippling effects of guilt & shame.      Determine when to reach out and when to stay silent.      Learn the process of forgiveness - what it is and isn’t.      Build a meaningful life amid the estrangement.      Navigate difficult holidays.      Identify triggers and establish healthy boundaries.      Discover lasting peace. Start the process toward healing now. 📲DOWNLOAD my FREE guide - 5 Things to Do When Your Loved One Walks Away at: 📲www.beckykolb.com/guide  This guide will  help your thought process as you wrestle with those questions and bring perspectives that will help you decide what to do next.If estrangement is keeping you stuck and unable to enjoy life, coaching may be for you. I've discovered women either don't talk about it at all or they talk with friends or other family. Those people may not tell you what you need to hear for fear of damaging the relationship. I'll be honest with you, probe and help you get to the bottom of what's keeping you stuck. I offer a free no pressure, no obligation 30-minute conversation to see if coaching is right for you. It's not a sales pitch. If that's something you seek, navigate to www.beckykolb.com/consultation and let’s have a conversation.📲CONNECT with me at www.beckykolb.com 📲Facebook: Facebook.com/Estrangement: Turning Pain into Peace 📲Instagram: Instagram.com/estrangedrelationships 🎧Subscribe to my podcast on your favorite platform. www.beckykolb.com/podcast📲DOWNLOAD my FREE guide - 5 Things to Do When your Loved One Walks Away at 📲www.beckykolb.com/guide

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  • Creator
    Becky Kolb, Certified Life Coach specializing in family estrangement
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    87
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