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The Parent Pivot Podcast

Steve and Julia Cummings

We are Steve and Julia Cummings and we are empty nesters who desire to maintain healthy relationship with our adult children. We have found that something needs to change in us, the parent, when our child becomes an adult. We need to ”pivot” from parenting, to partnering. What does that look like? When do I say something and when do I not? Why won’t they listen to me? We address these questions and host more in a real, raw an vulnerable way in real time. Tune in each week as we help you become a

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17:38

Best of The Parent Pivot Podcast: Pivoting to Being a...

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2025/08/12

The kids are gone and a new season has arrived. You and your spouse suddenly have all this time on your hands. Now what? On this "Best of" episode of "The Parent Pivot Podcast," Steve and Julia open up about ways they have been able to pivot and share them with you as you enter this next season of life with your adult children. Contact Steve & Julia at: parentpivotpodcast@gmail.com www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com www.bringingkingdom.org

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21:28

Be a Disrupter!

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2025/08/05

The Cambridge Dictionary defines the word "disrupter" as: "A person or thing that prevents something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected." Buckle up, Parent Pivoters! On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia Cummings show us how we can be that "disrupter" with our adult kids - in a non-aggressive way, of course! Resources mentioned on this podcast: 1. "The Parent Pivot: 13 Principles for Building Healthy Relationships with Your

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26:00

Best of The Parent Pivot Podcast - "The Secret to a...

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2025/07/29

We all do it. We mask up to protect our hearts from shame, judgment and criticism and it's all based on fear. The Enemy wins because we don't want anyone to know the real me. Guess what? That one dynamic prevents us from having a deeper relationship with our adult children. On this "Best of The Parent Pivot Podcast," Steve and Julia openly share how being authentic about our lives with our adult kids builds a stronger, deeper tie that will last a lifetime. Trust us - it's worth the 26min length

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19:35

Best of The Parent Pivot Podcast: "When Your Adult...

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2025/07/22

Football season is in full swing and you've likely seen a runner get stopped at the line of scrimmage and gang tackled to the ground. Five or six guys against one all piling on.What does that have to do with pivoting from a parent to a partner, you ask? On today's edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, we are re-airing this subject as Steve and Julia bring us some sound counsel on what to do when we find our adult child - no matter the age - is struggling with life. What's a PARTNER to do? Find

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54:56

"Broken to Blessed" - Interview with Dr. John Trent...

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2025/07/15

If you have a prodigal son or daughter who is not talking to you and you're wondering, "God, where are You?" . . . there is hope. On today's Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia interview Kari Trent Stageberg and her dad, Dr. John Trent, author of the book, "The Blessing." "Broken to be Blessed" is the story of a prodigal daughter and her redemptive story - and pivoting parents who spoke truth and blessing into her life. Resources mentioned on this podcast: 1. "The Blessing" by Dr. Gary Smalley,

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22:44

How Do We Get Through a Holiday Without Our Kids?

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2025/07/08

Whether it's Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas or the 4th of July - pivoting parents can be left alone on the holiday. How do we navigate that when we yearn to be with our kids and grandkids? On today's Parent Pivot Podcast - Julia openly walks through her recent 4th of July weekend and how she and Steve were able to manage the loneliness of being away from their kids with authenticity and vulnerability. Resources mentioned on this podcast: 1. "13 Principles for Building Healthy Relationships with

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35:34

Pivoting Well Requires Short Memories, Giving Grace &...

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2025/07/01

Doing life with your adult children can bring up issues from the past that now affect your relationship as a pivoting parent to partner. Left unaware of how to take the necessary steps toward healthy relationships will make life with your adult kids more difficult. On today's Parent Pivot Podcast, Julia and Steve openly share their own struggles they experienced and how they used those mistakes to move to a place of healthy relationship with their four adult kids. Technical note: We apologize

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23:31

"Therefore . . . "

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2025/06/24

According to AI: "'Therefore'" is an adverb that means 'for that reason' or 'consequently.' It indicates a logical conclusion based on a preceding statement or situation. In essence, it signals a cause-and-effect relationship."Parents of adult children: There is a "cause-and-effect relationship you have with your adult kids. On today's Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia provide the biggest "Therefore" there is to pivot well to becoming a loving "Partner" to your adult children. WARNING: It

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32:29

Best of The Parent Pivot Podcast - "Pivoting with...

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2025/06/17

Your son or daughter has just gotten married, or is about to. What does it look like to pivot from parent to partner with your new in-law kids?On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia sit down with their daughter-in-law, Ashleigh Cummings, for a transparent and insightful interview from her perspective on marrying into a different family than the one she was raised in. You'll hear from her heart as she shares about what she needs from her in-laws, especially around having

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20:45

What a Week with Our Kids and Grandkids Taught Us

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2025/06/10

Summer is here and family vacations are in full swing! On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia reflect on their week hosting their oldest son and his family of 3 kids and what they learned about themselves during those 7 days. Resources mentioned on this podcast: 1. Practicing the Way with John Mark Comer. 2. The One Minute Pause App 3. "13 Principles for Building Healthy Relationships with Your Adult Children" by Steve and Julia Cummings

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33:18

Best of The Parent Pivot Podcast: "Having Hard...

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2025/06/03

The pivot from Parent to Partner goes more smoothly when we "keep our mouths shut and the welcome mat out" - the main theme of Jim Burns' book and The Parent Pivot Podcast. Okay - but what is the balance between keeping our mouths shut - and dealing with our own emotions and resentment that pops up with our adult kids? On this "Best of" podcast, Steve and Julia Cummings help you navigate what this looks like to help strengthen your communication and ultimately your relationship(s) with your adult

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30:08

"Generosity and Our Adult Kids"

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2025/05/27

Helping our adult kids out when they are struggling financially "can" bring up additional issues, especially with their siblings. What is fair when maybe not all of your adult kids have the same struggles? What can you do if your generosity is being taken advantaged of? On today's Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia reflect on this and what they went through as kids, how they managed it when raising their own family, and how they practice generosity in their family as one way to get the

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22:38

"Me? Offensive? Are You Joking?"

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2025/05/20

We all love family get-togethers where there is laughter and everyone is having a good time remembering stories from the past, right? Nothing wrong with that . . . or is there? On today's Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia use their EQ to let us in on something we may be missing that can be a downer with our adult kids. It's an "awareness check" that we all need to file away and remember to pull it out and use it when the family jokes start flying around. Resources mentioned of this podcast:

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30:10

How Birthday Celebrations "Can" Impact Your Pivot to...

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2025/05/13

As we grew up as kids ourselves, we may or may not have good memories of how we were celebrated on our birthday. Then we get married and our spouse's experience plays into how we choose to celebrate our own kids birthday.Now they are adults. Whether you realize it or not, there "could be" some underlying issues your adult child is facing that aren't known when it comes to their birthday. On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia look at their own upbringing - how they did

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26:34

Best of the Parent Pivot Podcast: Navigating This New...

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2025/05/06

Ecclesiastes 3:1 says "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens." Often the season of the empty nest can leave us dealing with a number of issues. How can you make sense of it all?On this re-air episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia share some raw and vulnerable feelings about their relatively new journey as empty nesters and provide some hope for you to navigate this new season you're facing.

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25:33

One Symptom of How a Parent Gets Stuck Making the...

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2025/04/29

There are instances where parents can get stuck making the pivot from raising a child as a parent - to releasing them into the world as an adult and becoming a partner.Today on The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia - after getting distracted again by the wildlife in their backyard - deliver a major symptom that prevents parents from pivoting well. Using some current sporting news and T.V. shows to make their point, you will be able to get a clear picture to enable you to overcome getting

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35:01

"Mammas, Don't Let Your Sons Grow Up . . . NOT!"

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2025/04/22

Pivoting from "Mamma parent" to "Mamma partner" can be one of the toughest things you'll ever have to do - especially if you have an adult son. On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia discuss the unique dynamics of the Mother/Son relationship and what you want that to look like as they start their own life without you as the #1 woman in their life. It's not a sad story and doesn't have to be. Find out how to see the joy in this next season. Resources mentioned on this

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53:44

"Messy Journey: How Grace and Truth Offer the...

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2025/04/15

Ever feel like you're walking a difficult road with a wayward adult child? On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia sit down with author and licensed parent-family educator, Lori Wildenberg, as she offers practical grace- and truth-filled ways of navigating your relationship with a detoured child—whether they are rejecting faith, dabbling in sin, or wholeheartedly embracing sinful behavior. Steve, Julia and Lori want you to know, there IS hope. After all, their struggle isn’t

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30:10

My Adult Child's Marriage is in Trouble: Now What?

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2025/04/01

Probably THE hardest thing a partner of an adult child faces is when their child goes through some sort of suffering. It never changes because we never stop being Mom and Dad. We all feel deeply it and our knee-jerk reaction is to:Step in and fix it Make the pain go away And in the process - we make it worse. SO - what are we supposed to do? What is the healthy way to deal with our adult child who is struggling in their marriage? On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia

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22:45

Eggshells and Confidence: When the Ground is Shaky...

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2025/03/25

Does it seem like your adult child ignores you, talks down to you, or treats you in a negative way somehow? Maybe it even feels like you're walking on eggshells?On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia provide some insightful wisdom on how we can navigate that path with confidence toward a healthier relationship with our adult kids.

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