Bite Your Tongue: The Podcast

Season 1

April 15, 2022

Season 2, Episode 27: Reluctantly-Related: Sagas of the Mother-in-Law…

You asked for it! This episode is dedicated to the often-complicated relationship with mothers-in-laws and their daughter-in-laws. If you’ve ever felt slighted or wanted more connection than the other is willing to give - th...

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Dec. 24, 2021

Season I Episode 19 Finale: A Surprise Compilation of the Season

Listeners, Enjoy these pearls of wisdom garnered by our amazing guests this year. Thank you to our audio engineer Connie Fisher who brilliantly put this together. We hope you will go to our website biteyourtonguepodcast.com ...

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Dec. 10, 2021

Season I Episode 18: What Legal Documents Your Adult Children Need No…

Today we speak with the amazing Sarah Morris, a legacy and estate planning attorney in Denver, Colorado. Sarah specializing in wills, trusts, and philanthropy. She was recommended to us by a very trusted friend and listener...

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Nov. 26, 2021

Season I Episode 17 Part II: Holidays - and your Adult Children - Gin…

Welcome to another episode of BITE YOUR TONGUE. The is part 2 of "Holidays and your Adult Children." Connie Fisher, our audio engineer co-hosted this episode with Denise. They are sisters and figured that they had spent a l...

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Nov. 24, 2021

Season I Episode 17 Part I: Holidays - and your Adult Children - Jan…

This is part I of our double whammy holiday episodes. Part 2 will drop on Friday - that's only two days from now. Today we speak with Jane Isay . She is the author of the book Walking on Eggshells, …

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Nov. 12, 2021

Season I: Episode 16 When Grown Kids Disappoint Us

Today we speak with Jane Adams, PhD and author of the book, When Our Grown Kids Disappoint Us, Letting Go of Their Problems, Loving them Anyways and Getting on with Our Lives." In addition to being an author (of several …

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Oct. 29, 2021

Season I Episode 15: Mental Health Matters - Understanding and Suppor…

For parents of adult children, mental health disease is one of our most frightening thoughts. We are hoping this episode will help us understand, support and accept this disease. This is a fabulous episode. Today we speak w...

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Oct. 8, 2021

Season I: Episode 14: Empty Nest? Empty Marriage? Spice it Up!

Special episode with new guest host: Connie Fisher. Connie is usually behind the scenes doing our tech work, but today she joined Denise to talk to Tony and Alisa DiLorenzo. They are the hosts of the #1 marriage podcasts on …

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Oct. 1, 2021

Season I Episode 13: Hey Adult Kids We Need to Talk: Financial Plan…

Today we talk to Cameron Huddleston , an award-winning journalist who has been writing for over 20 years on personal finance. US News and World Report named her one of the top finance experts to follow on Twitter. Link to …

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Sept. 12, 2021

Season I: Episode 12 ADULT-ISH: What it Means to Be a Young Adult

EPISODE NOTES Joining us today are Nyge Turner and Merk Nguyen , the hosts of the wildly popular podcast - Adult ISH. Produced by YR Media and Radiotopia from PRX, these two young adults have become prominent voices of their …

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Sept. 3, 2021

Season I: Episode 11 -- Grandparenting: The one thing you need to k…

Grandparenting. This episode is for anyone who is a grandparent, has a grandparent in their life - or might soon become a grandparent. Or you just love an exceptional interview with a fabulous guest! We welcome Julie Dolan S...

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Aug. 20, 2021

Season I: Episode 10 - The Voices of the Young Adults

In this episode, we speak to two young adults -- Sarah and Dan. Both of them are in their early 30s. We work to uncover their thoughts about young adulthood and the role their parents played in their journey. Full …

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Aug. 6, 2021

Season I: Episode 9 - Dr. Larry Nelson and Why Emerging Adults are a …

The emerging adult - now recognized as “the third stage of life.” Our guest today says that studying the emerging adult years (about age 19-29) is much like studying the preschool years — the preschool years set the stage for...

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July 23, 2021

Season I: Episode 8 - Exploring and Understanding Gender Identity LG…

Welcome to our 8th episode! Every time I listen to an episode, I think to myself, "everyone needs to listen to this. There are so many valuable nuggets of information for all of us in every episode." For this episode …

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July 8, 2021

Season I: Episode 7 - Talk the Talk: A Conversation with Relationshi…

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Susan Heitler , a renowned relationship therapist. She is best known for clarifying the basics of collaborative dialogue and provides wonderful techniques to use - not only with your adult...

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June 24, 2021

Season I: Episode 6 - Whose God is it Anyway? Let's talk Spiritualit…

Have you ever worried that your adult children have no spiritual foundation -- or maybe that their connection to God or a higher power is different from yours? How do you handle and respect your adult child's choices, if you …

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June 10, 2021

Season I: Episode 5 - Parenting Adult Children with Special Needs

This is a wonderful episode with lots of advice and suggestions from Kris Burbank, a coach for parents of people with disabilities. She is the proud mother of three grown children, including a son born four months premature ...

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May 21, 2021

Season I: Episode 4 - Whose Wedding is it, Anyway?

We are kicking off summer with an episode we are calling “Whose Wedding is it Anyway!” "It's in our DNA to want our parents to approve of us!" Listen to the great advice and suggestions from Aleigh Huston-Lyons, a therapist …

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May 6, 2021

Season I: Episode 3 - Mother's Day! An episode to share and love - …

Happy Mother’s Day! Today we are joined by two amazing moms with great advice for keeping our relationships with our adult children healthy, fun and spirited. Also listen for some special Mother’s Day messages of support and...

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April 30, 2021

Season I: Episode 2 - MONEY...and your Adult Children!

Former Wall Street Journal columnist and finance reporter Jeff Opdyke joins us for a discussion on our adult kids and money. He gives us some advice on “just say no,” to saying point blank, “Boomers are the most financially ...

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April 17, 2021

Season I: Episode 1 - Adulting Made Easy with Guest, Author Amanda M…

Date: Recorded on Sunday, April 4 - Dropped on April 17 Name of Show: Adulting Made Easy - Author Amanda Morin Episode Title and #: Adulting Made Easy - #01 Summary: Show hosts: Denise Gorant and Dr. Ellen Braaten Guest: …

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March 25, 2021

Trailer

A one minute intro to the exciting new podcast BITE YOUR TONGUE, building healthy relationships with your adult kids. We will explore that next chapter in parenting that no one thinks about. I hope you will join us! Watch for...

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