How to Listen More & Foster a Healthy Relationship with Your Adult-Child

If you're feeling a deep sense of frustration and sadness because your attempts to connect with your adult child are met with resistance or distance, then you are not alone!  Join our guest, Carol Mishkin, as she shares her strategies for improving communication and fostering healthier relationships with adult children.

In this episode, you will be able to:

• Understand how aging can become an avenue for personal evolution.

• Recognize the impact language has on constructing our world views.

• Get acquainted with navigating the dynamic relationships of parents with their grown children.

• Develop a guide to evolution from parental roles to fostering adult-to-adult relationships with your children.

• Decode the challenges of adult children returning home or mend estranged parent-child relationships.

My special guest is Carol Mishkin, a woman who brings a fresh perspective to the table in terms of parent and grown-up child relationships. Emigrating from Venezuela, Carol carries a rich blend of cultural experiences that shape her understanding of life’s chapters. When her children grew up and moved away from home, Carol realized that she had an opportunity to explore a new realm as an un-mother, forming a mutual respect and communication with her adult-children. 

Carol transforms challenges into growth points with her mantra of shifting narrative through thoughtful use of language. Through the power of words, she believes we can co-create our realities. Her wisdom, deeply rooted in her personal journey, will inspire you to embrace and initiate change in your relationships.

The resources mentioned in this episode are:

• Consider shifting your language and thoughts to create a more positive and empowering mindset. Replace negative phrases like can't wait with more positive alternatives such as excited to or looking forward to.

• Reflect on your relationship with your adult children and consider the need for a shift in dynamics. Develop a new relationship as adults, based on respect and open communication.

• Listen more than you talk when communicating with your adult children, allowing for a meaningful interchange of ideas and perspectives.

• Embrace the changing culture and generational factors, understanding that the parenting landscape has evolved. Adapt to the changing times and let your adult children live their own lives.

• Release expectations that may lead to disappointment and instead focus on finding joy and fulfillment in new ways, even if they differ from what you originally envisioned.

• Take the time to learn and grow, recognizing that life is a continuous journey of self-discovery and personal development.

Every breath we take, every day counts, and every day we don't live fully is a day we lost. - Carol Mishkin

Nothing exists besides the thoughts we have in our head. - Carol Mishkin

Our words and our thoughts have power. Every time we think a thought and every time we speak a word, we are co-creating with the universe. - Carol Mishkin

Choose better words to describe our realities. Building words like 'I'm excited to meet you' instead of 'I can't wait' can make a difference in our lives. - Carol Mishkin

We have the power to change our beliefs and ways of thinking to adapt to the changing world. Flexibility is key to aging gracefully. - Carol Mishkin

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