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Estrangement Ideology – Part 30. Got Any Flying Monkeys?
How pop-psychology constructs a villainous support network to justify "no contact."
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 29. What Role Neurodiversity?
What role does neurodiversity play in Estrangement Ideology and family breakdown?
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 28. Cleaning Home: A Multi-Dimensional Exploration
The one-dimensional image Estranged Adult Children have of their parents is a lie—parents are much more than they see or acknowledge.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 27. The Cultural Revolution and the Modern Denouncement of Parents
A salutary warming on how ideological conformity can lead to dire consequences.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 26. Stepping into Logan’s Run
How Estrangement Ideology and the rejection of family takes us one step further along the path to a dystopian future.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 25. The Therapist as a Business Model
The business of therapy: Where do clients come from and is your therapist really there to fix you?
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 24. Estrangement Narratives as Propaganda
Analysing two estrangement focused articles as propaganda: How does it work and who gains?
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 23. Resistance and Change: Why Won’t They "Do the Work"?
Estranged Adult Children often seem mystified by their parents' apparent unwillingness to "do the work"—it's about power and the right not to be changed.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 22. Facing Old Age with Confidence
A corollary to Part 21. Can We Trust Them As We Age?
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 21. Can We Trust Them As We Age?
A new era of uncertainty for aging parents: Loss of trust, aging, health and end-of-life concerns.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 20. The "No Contact" Double Bind
The tenets and methods of Estrangement Ideology create a lose-lose scenario for parents.
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Estrangement Ideology – Part 19. How Estrangement Has Changed
Modern Estrangement Ideology vs estrangement in past generations: What’s changed?