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Why So Many Adult Children Feel "Not Good Enough"

Why So Many Adult Children Feel
01.11.2025 70

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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

I Won't Trade Peace For Your Approval

I Won't Trade Peace For Your Approval
19.10.2025 20

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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

How to Calm an Angry Adult Child

How to Calm an Angry Adult Child
17.10.2025 20

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5 Signs Your Adult Child Is Emotionally Hurting

07.10.2025 60

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The One Word to Help Struggling Adult Children Reclaim Hope

29.09.2025 10

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The 30-Day Boundary Reset With Struggling Adult Children

26.09.2025 40

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6 Proven Ways to Stop Overthinking in Under 60 Seconds

15.09.2025 40

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The 4 Top Irrational Beliefs of Struggling Adult Children

07.09.2025 40

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3 Ways to Stop Your Adult Child From Being Rude

04.09.2025 40

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The Cost of Nodding "You're Right" When You Don't Mean It

01.09.2025 30

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Breaking Your Child Free From the Overthinking Trap

20.08.2025 40

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The Hidden, Harmful Way Loving Parents Undermine Their Kids

13.08.2025 20

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When Your Adult Child Is Angry With You

06.08.2025 10

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The 2 "T"s That Instantly Make or Break Every Conversation

23.07.2025 50

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Are You Parenting an Adult or Still Raising a Child?

21.07.2025 50

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3 Alarming Reasons Many Kids Are Having Midlife Crises at 12

19.07.2025 50

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The 3 Reasons Adult Children Tell Me They Pull Away

12.07.2025 60

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3 Ways to Reconnect When Your Adult Child Pulls Away

09.07.2025 8

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When Silence Speaks: Why Your Adult Child Isn’t Texting Back

04.07.2025 10

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3 Reasons Why Your Adult Child Shuts Down On You

30.06.2025 40

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The 3 Thoughts That Hijack Your Sleep at 3 a.m.

28.06.2025 10

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3 Huge Mistakes Parents Make With Struggling Adult Children

22.06.2025 30

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Do You Hurt Your Partner in Any of These 3 Painful Ways?

15.06.2025 20

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The 3 Self-Defeating Thoughts of Struggling Adult Children

13.06.2025 10

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The Unexpected Answer That Creates True Healing in Therapy

08.06.2025 60

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The 4-Letter Word That Destroys Countless Relationships

08.06.2025 30

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Struggling to Cope? Try This 60-Second Fix

04.06.2025 60

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Overparenting: The Hidden Trap That Can Keep Kids from Thriving

03.06.2025 50

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AI Can’t Take This From You

31.05.2025 60

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The Elevator Trick: A Surprising Way to Fall Back Asleep

30.05.2025 30

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What if the Problem Isn’t Your Child but Your Expectations?

30.05.2025 80

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The #1 Relationship Skill No One Teaches You

27.05.2025 30

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The Ghost in Your Child’s Smile

27.05.2025 30

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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

When Your Child Screams “Leave Me Alone!” But Means “Don’t”

25.05.2025 30

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One Visualization. Ten Seconds. You’re Back in Control

23.05.2025 10

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Verbally Abused by Your Adult Child? Here’s What to Do

16.05.2025 10

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5 Words That Literally Rewire Anxious Young Minds

14.05.2025 30

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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

The Thought That Steals Your Sleep

13.05.2025 50

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3 Things to Say After a Blowup With Your Partner

11.05.2025 30

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Five Words That Bring Partners Closer

10.05.2025 20

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The Parenting Habit That Silently Damages Your Child

09.05.2025 30

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What Anxious Kids Wish You Knew

08.05.2025 10

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The 4-Word Sleep Trick That Stops 3 A.M. Overthinking

07.05.2025 80

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The Real Secret to Self-Control (It’s Not Willpower)

05.05.2025 40

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7 Phrases That Quietly Reveal Your Adult Child Is Hurting

03.05.2025 50

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The Four-Letter Word That Can Deepen Any Couple’s Love

30.04.2025 10

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The Hidden Faces of Child and Teen Anxiety

28.04.2025 30

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Stop Trying to Prove Your Worth to Your Adult Child

27.04.2025 10

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The Anxiety-Depression Link

26.04.2025 30

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Straight A’s Don’t Matter if Your Child Is Suffering

25.04.2025 40

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