<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Dr. Joshua Coleman]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Joshua Coleman]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 03:58:49 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Shift in American Family Values Is Fueling Estrangement:  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Both parents and adult children often fail to recognize how profoundly the rules of family life have changed over the past half century......]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/post/a-shift-in-american-family-values-is-fueling-estrangement</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ffb6d84e4868e0017049b68</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2021 21:22:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/be28cb_62e82c1cdd25492eacc04f77a2e3a260~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_682,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Joshua Coleman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ESTRANGED: When feeling good about ourselves matters more than filial duty...]]></title><description><![CDATA[‘We haven’t heard from our son in five years. We thought, with the pandemic and all, that he’d finally reach out with just a “Hey, wanted...]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/post/estranged-when-feeling-good-about-ourselves-matters-more-than-filial-duty</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fdb8ff8ad52e4002d372ed4</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 17:20:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/be28cb_ca354fff078e44f6bca14febf63fdd73~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_802,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Joshua Coleman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Atlantic: What Parents of Boys Should Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[Daughters tend to receive higher levels of affection and patience at home than sons. But the sons might need it more. Read the full...]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/post/the-atlantic-what-parents-of-boys-should-know</link><guid isPermaLink="false">682a2f3cf7793539fe608147</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 19:05:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/47ed64_b01153d0edfa4ec88ecf81e652c4a25f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Joshua Coleman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Washington Post: My adult children just can't get along. What should I do?]]></title><description><![CDATA[While you can't necessarily fix things -- they're adults after all -- here are a few things to try if your grown kids can't get along. ]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/post/the-washington-post-my-adult-children-just-can-t-get-along-what-should-i-do</link><guid isPermaLink="false">682a2dc00b7f5042f1deb65c</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 19:03:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ad04_733805cc06e74a98b71b51357c3738ad~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_660,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Joshua Coleman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Washington Post: A parent’s affair can be hurtful. Here’s how to move past disappointments.]]></title><description><![CDATA["Ask a Therapist" Column
This kind of disillusionment can be painful, but there are ways to manage the feelings of betrayal and anguish.]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/post/the-washington-post-a-parent-s-affair-can-be-hurtful-here-s-how-to-move-past-disappointments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67ddc04d523d1543c9b3876f</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 19:40:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ad04_733805cc06e74a98b71b51357c3738ad~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_660,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Joshua Coleman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Washington Post: How to complain better and strengthen relationships, according to experts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here are some guidelines that I suggested to my patient, which may also help others:]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/post/the-washington-post-how-to-complain-better-and-strengthen-relationships-according-to-experts</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67b4f2029b8bbafdf767c011</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:51:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ad04_733805cc06e74a98b71b51357c3738ad~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_660,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Joshua Coleman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culture Apothecary - Why Family Estrangement Happens &#38; How To Fix It]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why Family Estrangement Happens &#38; How To Fix It | Dr. Joshua Coleman, PhD Culture Apothecary Podcast on YouTube:...]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/post/culture-apothecary-why-family-estrangement-happens-how-to-fix-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">678931dc8b40164dc470f1e0</guid><category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:23:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ad04_ae76ea81399647dca3488da49f8fe532~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_660,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Joshua Coleman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[CNN: How Political Divides Are Destroying Families]]></title><description><![CDATA[Listen to Dr. Joshua Coleman on CNN's The Assignment with Audie Cornish]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/post/cnn-how-political-divides-are-destroying-families</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67892fc8204ef538823a5a00</guid><category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:12:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ad04_8df1fb5c60fb4bd79fd3fd6f2e0d532e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_660,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Joshua Coleman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Washington Post: Radical Acceptance Can Help Build Emotional Resiliency]]></title><description><![CDATA[Read the full article here.]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/post/the-washington-post-radical-acceptance-can-help-build-emotional-resiliency</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67892f58d4c58384cbf348df</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:10:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ad04_733805cc06e74a98b71b51357c3738ad~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_660,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Joshua Coleman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[NPR Here and Now: Why More Children are Ending Relationships With Their Parents]]></title><description><![CDATA[Joshua Coleman, a clinical psychologist based in the Bay Area and author of the book, "Rules of Estrangement: Why Adult Children Cut Ties...]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/post/npr-here-and-now-why-more-children-are-ending-relationships-with-their-parents</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67892ec50dbe4b5ee3ee696e</guid><category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:09:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ad04_6ba990356e144271b07667db81f24c09~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_660,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Joshua Coleman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[TIME: How Estrangement Has Become an Epidemic in America]]></title><description><![CDATA[An op-ed by Joshua Coleman and Will Johnson, published December 13, 2024. Read the full article here.]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/post/time-how-estrangement-has-become-an-epidemic-in-america</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67618e87d2057084f309873c</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 14:47:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ad04_e9a295357f6b41c992f30052d442c8df~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_372,h_135,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Joshua Coleman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[USA Today: Politics and family feel more fraught this Thanksgiving. Data shows they are. | Opinion]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year's election split voters down the middle. Now, as the nation sets the table for the winter holidays, it's doing the same thing...]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/post/usa-today-politics-and-family-feel-more-fraught-this-thanksgiving-data-shows-they-are-opinion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">674dc2bf15c769c5f567f166</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 14:27:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ad04_1279b7d8aed14ce4be0de17dc61f2115~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_660,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Joshua Coleman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vox: Family estrangement doesn’t have to be forever]]></title><description><![CDATA[Getty Images/fStop Kerry Rego, 47, always had a rocky relationship with her dad. His drinking and passive-aggressive behavior eventually...]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/post/family-estrangement-doesn-t-have-to-be-forever</link><guid isPermaLink="false">673cc3228780457e2ebc0ba7</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:56:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ad04_70b9551b276d4d978c2d3a450d1ab02d~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_798,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Joshua Coleman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian: ‘I never want you around your grandchild’: the families torn apart when adult children decide to go ‘no contact’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Illustration: Anna Parini/The Guardian ‘I never want you around your grandchild’: the families torn apart when adult children decide to...]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/post/i-never-want-you-around-your-grandchild-the-families-torn-apart-when-adult-children-decide-to-go</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ad04_85d04a16e0dc4aedac0aebf24a121e97~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_916,h_611,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Joshua Coleman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Washington Post: A psychologist explains how a new in-law can tear a family apart]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a psychologist, I often hear about how a once-close son or daughter became distant from or even ceased contact with their family after...]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/post/the-washington-post-a-psychologist-explains-how-a-new-in-law-can-tear-a-family-apart</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66f167c91fadd1f9214f6205</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 13:07:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ad04_3a7b1fd668fa41f2beb9743d2a3b5c55~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_914,h_610,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Joshua Coleman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guest Post: Top Ten Steps to Prevent Political Differences from Ruining Your Family Relationships]]></title><description><![CDATA[“If you vote for Trump in the upcoming election, we are through.” Thus began a letter from a son to his Boomer parents. “I was somewhat...]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/post/guest-post-top-ten-steps-to-prevent-political-differences-from-ruining-your-family-relationships</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66e31c6295625951db6c8883</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:57:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ad04_b8323930ffa74a82a2fb208f348098f9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_660,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Joshua Coleman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Washington Post: The heartbreak of parent-child estrangement and how to cope]]></title><description><![CDATA[When one of my patients thinks about her daughter, she remembers sitting with her in the neonatal intensive care unit for five weeks...]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/post/the-washington-post-the-heartbreak-of-parent-child-estrangement-and-how-to-cope</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66d72910b7072eacca8614bd</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:25:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6ad04_a238325291e0499d920af0a0f4b297c2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_916,h_611,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Joshua Coleman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Parents Can Heal Rifts with Their Adult Children]]></title><description><![CDATA[APRIL 15, 2024, Scientific American, Dr. Joshua Coleman Repairing a broken parent-adult child relationship is possible if both sides...]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/post/how-parents-can-heal-rifts-with-their-adult-children</link><guid 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HOW TO REPAIR A BROKEN RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER... Episode 83: The Mel Robbins Podcast With Dr....]]></description><link>https://blog.drjoshuacoleman.com/post/josh-in-conversation-with-mel-robbins</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64bb05c5e72e3a4ce9c3be2c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2023 22:29:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/be28cb_6f5a86e6021e46979c3ab796602379b0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joshua Coleman</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>