The Parent Pivot Podcast

We long for relationships to be joyful and life-giving, right? So why do they often leave us wounded, broken and exhausted?
If you're looking to break the cycles that hurt your relationships with your adult kids and hold you back - you won't want to miss this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast. Steve and Julia sit down with Justin and Trisha Davis about their new book - "One Choice Away from Change."
Resources mentioned on this podcast:
1. "One Choice Away from Change" by Justin and Trisha Davis.
2. RefineUs Ministries

You pour your heart and soul into raising your family. You kids grow up and become responsible adults and often times find their mate and get married.
That's what we want, right partners of adult kids?
Something that can suddenly impact and throw off your "Disney fairy-tale ending" often begins at the wedding. TWO families coming together and dynamics enter and things can change abruptly! THEN - the grandkids come and grandparenthood can quickly get sideways.
How do we handle relationships with our adult kids and grandkids when in-law relationships make it messy? That's today's topic that Steve and Julia address on The Parent Pivot Podcast.

Pivoting to healthy relationships with our adult children requires:
                   1. Diving
                   2. Reflection
                   3. Processing
Picture an iceberg. That's ALL we see in a person is what's above the surface. Unbeknownst to us is the other 90% brewing beneath the surface that stirs up our emotions and thoughts as we try to make sense of ANY situation or conversation.
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Julia opens up about her core wound and openly shares how she recently was triggered by it and how she handled it.
It's an impacting conversation to help us interact with our adult children and forge more healthy relationships. Get your mirror ready, partners!

Dads: What if you were told that "doing" LESS as a father when your kids turn 20, would actually raise your stock (i.e. respect) i their eyes? Would you listen?
It certainly goes against the grain of what we have been taught, shown and modeled in our culture - even the traditional church.
On this special edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve talks to dads straight from the heart and shares his own pain, struggle and anxiety trying to be a good father to his adult children.
If you're a dad of adult children, you don't want to miss this authentic and vulnerable look at how we can actually become the hero in their lives.
Mentioned on this podcast:
"Guardian Angel" by Skip Moen
"I'm Going to the Sidelines" PPP Interview with Jackson Cummings
Bringing Kingdom - Steve's men's ministry
The One-Minute Pause App by Wild at Heart
"Heart of a Warrior" by Michael Thompson
"King Me" by Michael Thompson
For a FREE copy of either of Michael Thompson's books, email Steve at: parentpivotpodcast@gmail.com

Let's face it . . . not only is there NOT instructions handed to new parents by the doctor explaining "what to do" when you leave the hospital and take your baby home.
The same can also be said when your adult kids leave home. Where's the "partner manual"? Where do you go to find out how to make the pivot from parent to partner? We got you on this one!
On this edition of the Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia interview Gill Tillmann, author of the book, "Pour the Wine: We're Talking About Our Adult Children . . . Again".
Sit back, relax and pull up a chair and join us for this delightful conversation about "life after parenting."
Links:
https://www.instagram.com/fished.my.wish/?hl=en
Pour the Wine - book

We recently posted some TikTok short videos on a variety of subjects to see what would stick to the wall. One particular issue touched home with over 11,000 hits! (Huge for us!)
Adult children and parents all chimed in with their hurt and pain seeking healthy answers to this question: "What do you do when relationship between parent and adult child is cutoff?"
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia (Boomers), get some help from their Social Media Director (Millennial) and daughter, Jamilyn - and respond with Truth, love, compassion and tough love to each question.
Resources mentioned on this podcast:
1. "Unoffendable" by Brant Hansen
2. One-Minute Pause App by Wild at Heart

Your son or daughter is heading off to college - or currently in college - and you're finding it extremely hard to let go. It can be painful to not be needed as much as you used to. How do you make sense of this new season of life?
Steve and Julia have a few small steps you can begin to take down this new road and start to make "the pivot" from parent to partner.
Dads: This is for you, too! Join us for another edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast!

It's easy to keep the focus on "how" our adult children are doing and who they are becoming, right? This podcast is designed to come alongside you as make the pivot to partner and validate, encourage, bring awareness and equip with tools to have healthy Partner/Adult Child relationship.
But there is more to pivoting to partner than this. The sanctification journey for us as partners.
With a humble heart, you can step back and ask yourself, "God, what do you have for me to learn about MYSELF?"  The end result? Be transformed and find peace and freedom as you release your adult child(ren) to the Father.
That's the subject Steve and Julia will address on this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast.
Resources mentioned on this podcast:
"Prayers of Blessing Over My Adult Children" by Bruce Wilkinson and Heather Hair.
"Sacred Parenting" by Gary Thomas
Relationship Coaching with Steve or Julia: 3 sessions for $299. Actual value $600. Email us at: parentpivotpodcast@gmail.com to schedule your coaching sessions.

It's happening more and more these days to pivoting parents and we are hearing about it more and more.  When WE left the nest - breaking off relationship with parents really wasn't a thing.  Today?  Our adult kids have been swamped by an ideology that life is all about them.
What's a pivoting partner to do?  How can we re-establish relationship?
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia address this difficult subject and provide some hope to get through the silence.
Resources mentioned on today's podcast:
1. Relationship coaching for PPP listeners for 50% off.  Email us at:        parentpivotpodcast@gmail.com.
2. Grandparenting Summit 2025: 
3. The One-Minute Pause App

Remember the old adage, "How do you eat an elephant?"  One bite at a time?
Well, the same also holds true with improving our relationships with our adult child(ren).  There are so many things to remember it can be overwhelming.  But what if you just chose ONE to work on this year? 
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia share their list of 14 ways you can take a small step forward in improving your relationship with your adult children - and even take advantage of a special Parent Pivot Podcast offer for relationship coaching.
 
Mentioned on this podcast:
1.  Grandparenting Summit - February 21-22.  Details at: https://www.legacycoaltion.com/summit
2.  Relationship Coaching: Contact Julia at https://www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com/  or via email at parentpivotpodcast@gmail.com
3. Information on A Weekend to Remember: https://www.familylife.com/weekend-to-remember
4.  Marriage Intensive: https://hoperestored.focusonthefamily.com/save-my-marriage