PRE ORDER 'YOU'RE NOT THE PROBLEM' HERE! AMAZON UK, AMAZON US (affiliate links) For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon This week our listener describes a relationship with her mother where she's completely invisible. After numerous slights, and outrageous behaviour around her father's death, she hasn't seen her mother for 8 months and doesn't know how to move forward. Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and...

PRE ORDER 'YOU'RE NOT THE PROBLEM' HERE! AMAZON UK, AMAZON US (affiliate links) For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon After a lifetime of control and manipulation at the hands of her mother, our listener asks why her grandparents are seemingly blind to the abuse she's suffered. Is it possible to keep her family together, and how can she protect her own child from the fallout? Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all...

PRE ORDER 'YOU'RE NOT THE PROBLEM' HERE! AMAZON UK, AMAZON US (affiliate links) For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon Why won't this listener's parents stop sending cards, despite the boundaries set. The intrusion and insistence is causing our listener to hide in fear of seeing her father hand deliver the card. Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight into what's going on.  In Sight is...

PRE ORDER 'YOU'RE NOT THE PROBLEM' HERE! AMAZON UK, AMAZON US For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon After years of working on herself through therapy and learning healthy communication, our listener notices a disconnect in her marriage and finds herself walking on eggshells. Is she really triggering her husband, or is there something deeper going on? Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight...

PRE ORDER 'YOU'RE NOT THE PROBLEM' HERE! AMAZON UK, AMAZON US For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon This week our listener asks how to date after years of being alone, and an abusive childhood. How do you let someone in when your guard is so up? Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight into what's going on.  In Sight is sponsored by Pinch of Nom! Buy their amazing new cookbook Enjoy here...

PRE ORDER 'YOU'RE NOT THE PROBLEM' HERE! AMAZON UK, AMAZON US For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon This week our listener asks 'they all get along fine, am I missing out?'. After a horrible childhood, with her mother exhibiting a lot of narcissistic traits, her sister seems to have forgiven all and is now controlling the narrative. Our listener is desperate to belong to a family, but at what cost? Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult...

For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon After suffering years of emotional abuse, and torment by her parents, our listener went no contact. But as her life flourishes she wonders how she will explain to her children about their grandparents and the reason they don't know them.  Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight into what's going on.  In Sight is sponsored by Pinch of Nom! Buy their...

For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon What do you do when your narcissistic mother is showing signs of dementia but your enabling father refuses to take her to the doctor? Should you step in and give up your boundaries and potentially suffer the wrath of a parent who has always been quick to find an excuse to attack? Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight into what's going on.  In Sight is...

For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon This week our listener was abused by her mother, and now realises her mother is abusing her son. She asks how to go no contact? Should she explain or should she just ghost her? Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight into what's going on.  In Sight is sponsored by Pinch of Nom! Buy their amazing new cookbook Enjoy here now! In Sight's Amazon Store! ...

For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon This week our listener tells the story of her mother stalking her son, her brother and father enabling it and asks 'is there any hope of a relationship with my brother or son?', and how to help her golden grandchild son grieve the loss of his still living grandmother due to her behaviour. Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight into what's going on.  In...

For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon This week our listener asks us how to accept and spot genuine friendship after years of toxic friendships. Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight into what's going on.  Counselling For Toads Listen to Helen on Woman's Hour here. Join us on facebook! - A private group for support and community In Sight is sponsored by Pinch of Nom! Buy their amazing...

For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon This week our listener's mother seems to be changing. Taking responsibility, apologising, and listening to all the listener's complaints. So was she ever toxic, or has our listener been wrong about her all along? Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight into what's going on.  "Healing The Shame That Binds You" - John Bradshaw Listen to Helen on Woman's...

For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon This week our listener asks 'how can I be closer with my sisters?'. After years of triangulation, and with mum still playing favourites, can they ever be close? Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight into what's going on.  "Healing The Shame That Binds You" - John Bradshaw Listen to Helen on Woman's Hour here. Join us on facebook! - A private group...

For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon This week Helen & Katie are on holiday so over the next two weeks are sharing their favourite episodes. This week it's Katie's turn, episode 25 - Poisonous Breadcrumbs This week Katie and Helen look at the difference between a narcissistic (not diagnostic) father at home and in public, and the impact that has on a child growing up. And they ask Who is Mum protecting? Listen to Katie and Helen look at this...

For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon This week Helen & Katie are on holiday so over the next two weeks are sharing their favourite episodes. This week it's Helen's turn, episode 4 -  Autism or Narcissism Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight into what's going on.  "Healing The Shame That Binds You" - John Bradshaw Listen to Helen on Woman's Hour here. Join us on facebook! - A...

For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon This week Helen & Katie help a listener understand how she can help her Golden Child brother and if it is even possible? Is there hope and how can our scapegoat listener protect herself? Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight into what's going on.  "Healing The Shame That Binds You" - John Bradshaw Listen to Helen on Woman's Hour here. Join us on...

For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon This week Katie & Helen hear from a listener who feels as though she is betraying her parents by writing to into the podcast, but desperately wants to know to know how to keep herself as the adult in the presence of her parents? Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight into what's going on.  Listen to Helen on Woman's Hour here. Join us on facebook!...

For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon This week our listener asks whether she won't be free of her parents until they die. Struggling with that feeling, and worried it makes her seem that she wants them to die, she asks for help understanding the relationships, and what sort of person she could be for feeling this way.  Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight into what's going on.  Listen...

For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon This week our listener tries to understand her colleague's behaviour and what she can do to manage the situation.  Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight into what's going on.  Join us on facebook! - A private group for support and community In Sight is sponsored by Pinch of Nom! Buy their amazing new cookbook Enjoy here now! Helen's Amazon Store -...

For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon This week our listener wants to know how to hold boundaries around money with her mum, without getting discarded. Is it even possible?   Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight into what's going on.  Join us on facebook! - A private group for support and community In Sight is sponsored by Pinch of Nom! Buy their amazing new cookbook Enjoy here now! ...

For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon This week our listener asks if she should go no contact with her enabling mum. But is mum an enabler, or is something else going on? Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight into what's going on.  Join us on facebook! - A private group for support and community In Sight is sponsored by Pinch of Nom! Buy their amazing new cookbook Enjoy here now! ...

For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon This week we are releasing an episode of the Freudian Slip our Patreon show because we are on holiday! Have a listen and if you want to here more and belong to our patreon, please click here. Join us on facebook! - A private group for support and community In Sight is sponsored by Pinch of Nom! Buy their amazing new cookbook Enjoy here now! Helen's Amazon Store - for book recommendations and mindful...

For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon This week our listener struggles to know if she's being two faced for taking financial support from her mum despite having strong feelings about the way her mum has treated her.  Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight into what's going on.  Join us on facebook! - A private group for support and community In Sight is sponsored by Pinch of Nom! Buy...

For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon This week our listener wants to try and keep a relationship with her mum and grandma, but after a life of boundaries being broken, emotional abuse, a sister who has gone no contact, is it possible to do so without jeopardising her own mental health? Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight into what's going on.  Join us on facebook! - A private group for...

For our bonus show The Freudian Slip and to support us please go to our Patreon Our listener this week asks if after a lifetime of being ignored, rejected, left alone with her dying father - is she justified in ghosting her mother? Listen to Katie and Helen look at this difficult situation from all angles and offer their insight into what's going on.  Join us on facebook! - A private group for support and community In Sight is sponsored by Pinch of Nom! Buy their amazing new cookbook...