Episodes

Ellen joins Denise in today's episode as we chat with Julia Pimsluer . Denise actually met Julia in a coffee shop in New York and the two began to chat. Julia is a scaling couch, speaker and best-selling author. She is foun...

Today Ellen and Denise interviewed Judith Smith, the author of a new book called: Difficult: Mothering Challenging Adult Children through Conflict and Change. Judith is a leader in gerontological research focusing on women’s ...

This is one funny episode. Today we interview Susan Engel, a professor of psychology at Williams College and the author of the New York Times Article: When They're Grown, The Real Pain Begins. Joining Denise as co-host is a ...

WE ARE ON IT! Answering YOUR Questions! Today's Question: How do you handle a situation where your adult child is participating in what you believe is dangerous behavior? They are not getting the COVID Vaccine You suspect th...

The parent I hope to be. The Children I hope to raise. We believe that this episode will change everything you think ever thought about parenting. This is one of the most personal interviews we've done. Our vulnerability in...

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 ...

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...

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...

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, Navigating the Delicate R...

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 books...

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...

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 ...

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 he...

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 ...

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...

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 disclosur...

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...

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 - I plea...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 a...

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...

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 ...