How to Stop Resenting Your Parents

This week, Alex discusses the complicated reality of resenting your parents while still wanting a close relationship with them. She dives into how childhood wounds can continue to shape us as adults, why we keep hoping our parents will change, and how disappointment can pull us right back into old dynamics. She also shares advice on lowering expectations, setting boundaries, practicing radical acceptance, and protecting your peace without excusing the ways your parents may have hurt you. Enjoy! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Join Alex in the studio for an interview with Alanis Morissette. Alanis reflects on starting her career at a young age and finding her voice in a male-dominated music industry. She opens up about pushing against the expectations placed on women, being labeled “too much,” and how the anger and honesty of her music made her a defining voice of the ’90s. Alanis also discusses navigating love and breaking patterns of codependency, her experience with postpartum depression, and the freedom and complete metamorphosis that comes with getting older. Enjoy! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Morgan Stewart McGraw joins Call Her Daddy to give us the advice we all need to hear. Morgan hits us with some hard fashion truths … say goodbye to your cut-out dresses, wedges, and even your beloved ankle boots. She opens up about her marriage to musician Jordan McGraw, and discusses how the two found their way back to each other after almost ten years apart. Morgan shares what it’s like to have Dr. Phil as a father-in-law and whether or not it’s too much living in the same city as your parents and in-laws. The pair discuss everything from weddings and the end of bridesmaids as we know it, to celebrity hall passes, to befriending strangers when drunk, and more Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Join Alex in the studio for an interview with Erin Andrews. Erin opens up about building her career in the male-dominated world of sports and the lessons she's learned along the way. She also reflects on the devastating violation of privacy she experienced, her long journey with IVF and surrogacy, and becoming a mom. Enjoy! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week, Alex continues her attachment style series and dives into fearful, or disorganized, attachment. She discusses why people with this attachment style can crave intimacy while simultaneously fearing it, how childhood instability can shape adult relationships, and why chaos can sometimes feel safer than healthy love. Enjoy! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Join Alex in the studio for an interview with Tay Lautner. Tay opens up about the highs and lows of sharing her pregnancy journey, navigating a changing body and the commentary that comes with it, and learning to quiet the negative self-talk. She also shares how she and Taylor are preparing for their biggest chapter yet. Enjoy! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week, Alex continues breaking down attachment styles and dives into avoidant attachment. She discusses why getting close can feel so uncomfortable, the instinct to shut down or pull away, and why you might suddenly get the “ick” when things get serious. She also shares how to recognize when fear is driving your feelings, know when a relationship isn’t giving you room to heal, and communicate when your instinct is to shut down. Enjoy! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Join Alex in the studio for an interview with Harry Jowsey. Harry opens up about his Let’s Marry Harry experience AKA being engaged to 20 women at the same time. He and Alex unpack the drama, the red flags, putting his heart on the line and what he learned along the way. Enjoy! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This episode, Devon and Sydney Carlson join Father Cooper. They’re sisters, best friends and business partners. Devon and Sydney recount how a bathroom run-in with Miley Cyrus led to the overnight development of their company, Wildflower. The sisters spill all of their secrets while playing a game of “Who is More Likely to ...” Which Carlson sister is more likely to get kicked out of the club and who will be texting their ex once they get drunk? Which sister gives better head? Devon and Sydney do not hold back while discussing their dating lives. Devon reveals the extreme lengths she went to in order to stalk her ex on social media and how she struggled being single after a long term relationship ended. Sydney opens up about her ex’s drug addiction, the effect it had on her mentally and physically, and how it ultimately led her to push away from family and friends. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Join Alex in the studio for an interview with Paris Jackson. Paris gets real with Alex about growing up quickly with the entire world watching. She opens up about her journey with sobriety, the relationships that have shaped her, ending her engagement and expressing herself through music. Enjoy! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.