The Estranged Heart

Kreed, I want to thank you for airing this episode about the trauma to parents from estrangement! You helped me immensely when we met and your words of wisdom have been a real resource for me. It has been 4 years and still estranged but I look, feel and act so much different now that I have worked through the grieving process. I do wish more people would talk about the trauma it causes on your own identity. You said it well and you continue to help all of us moms and dads who need to work through the process before we can begin to reconcile. Hope life is treating you well! With much thanks, Stacy

The content is good but I am annoyed by the looping guitar music. I don’t find it therapeutic, it’s distracting and unserious. I have never heard a podcast do something like this, even amateur podcasts. I am sure there has been ample feedback about this, but the host is apparently uninterested.

I wholeheartedly adore this podcast. This podcast is beautiful and really helps with healing, acceptance, clarity, and to know that we are not alone.

While this podcast often speaks to the estranged parent, please know that it also helps speak to us as estranged children, and in some way helps to heal us even if we know our parent isn’t listening and isn’t doing the work. The episode on Divorce & Estrangement spoke to me so loudly. As a parent myself, I do question how my mother could have allowed her child to feel the way I did and how she still lacks the ability to self reflect or understand. Sometimes it’s the parent who abandons and estranges from the adult child as well and we are left wondering why we just don’t matter enough and maybe never did. Thank you Kreed for this work and these messages.