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219. Why ROGD Teens Tune Out Parents' Warnings — and the Alter-Casting Fix
Why does your teen tune you out? It might have to do with the role your message unconsciously casts her in. "Alter-casting" refers to the way every message you send im...
218. Why Your Teen Thinks in Extremes — And What You Can Do About It
In this solo episode, I'm diving into one of the most pervasive and underappreciated cognitive patterns I see across ROGD families: black-and-white thinking. It's the ...
217. "Gender Identity" as a Shell: What the Alter Ego Does for Your Child & How to Help Them Desist
In this solo episode, I share one of my favorite metaphors for understanding how desistance actually unfolds in practice — because it rarely looks the way most parents...
216. Creating Conditions for Desistance: A Parent's Guide to ROGD Recovery
In this solo episode, I pull back the curtain on the work I do the rest of the week as an ROGD parent coach. Most parents arrive with one goal in mind: convince their ...
215. Disenfranchised Dad, ROGD Kid: When Fathers Get Sidelined in Their Own Family
In this short solo episode, I introduce you to a figure who shows up again and again in my ROGD parent coaching work: the disenfranchised dad. He's usually a decent ma...
214. Too Buddhist, Not Self-Hating Enough: Counseling Whistleblower Suzannah Alexander
In this episode, I sit down with Suzannah Alexander — counseling-education whistleblower, writer of the Substack Diogenes in Exile, and now organizer with the National...
212. The Most Dangerous Moment: The 30 Seconds That Determine Whether Your Child Opens Up Again
Instead of a long-form interview, this week I'm reading you an essay I wrote called The Most Dangerous Moment in the Conversation: What To Do and What Not To Do When Y...
211. Mia Hughes: Trans as an Extreme Overvalued Belief — Cracking the Code
In this episode, I welcome back Mia Hughes — director of Genspect Canada, senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and one of the sharpest writers on the gend...
210. Why Gender-Referred Youth Went From Bad to Worse: A Psychological Lens on the Finnish Study
In this solo episode, I'm bringing you something a little different. I've been wanting to talk about the recent Finnish register study on gender-referred youth since i...
209. When Schools Keep Secrets: Parental Rights, Teachers & the Supreme Court | Dean Broyles
Constitutional attorney Dean Broyles, president of the National Center for Law and Policy, joins me to continue untangling the legal battles reshaping how public schoo...
208. How Sweet, Sensitive Boys Enter the Porn-Addiction-to-Transgender Pipeline | Shane Cole
If you have a son, this conversation is essential listening. I'm welcoming back Shane Cole, breathwork practitioner and men's coach, who first appeared in episode 149,...
207. Parents' Rights vs. School Secrecy: Laura Powell on Mirabelli v. Bonta at the Supreme Court
Joining me today is Laura Powell, an attorney and founder of Californians for Good Governance, to break down one of the most important parents' rights cases in recent ...
206. The Intersex Lie: Róisín Michaux on How Queer Theory Hijacked a Rare Medical Condition
Writer Róisín Michaux investigates women's rights and free speech in the context of the transgender movement. Róisín brings a uniquely European lens to her research, e...
205. The Trifecta of Social Contagion: What Every Parent Needs to Know | my conversation with Dennison Joyce
Today I'm sharing a conversation I had with Dennison Joyce on his show Through the Looking Glass, originally aired on WIOX Radio last year (episode #228). Dennison ask...
204. Why Young Men Are Struggling and What Therapists Are Getting Wrong with Ryan Malphrus
In this episode, I sit down with Ryan Malphrus, a licensed clinical social worker and therapist in private practice who works with adolescents and adults — particularl...
203. Rumination vs. Healthy Introspection: The Case for Moral Formation in Therapy with Dean Abbott
Chaplain, coach, and author Dean Abbott joins me for a thought-provoking conversation about the difference between healthy introspection and unhealthy rumination. Dean...
202. Label Mania: How Diagnosing Every Kid Is Backfiring on a Generation with Will Dobud
Today I'm joined by Dr. Will Dobud, a social worker, researcher, and educator who has worked with adolescents and families across the United States, Australia, and Nor...
201. Sacrificial Lambs: How Queer Theory Infiltrated K-12 Public Schools with Anita Bartholomew
Today I sit down with my friend Anita Bartholomew, a magazine journalist and author, to discuss her new book Sacrificial Lambs: Liberal Reporter Exposes How the Progre...
200. First Detransition Lawsuit Victory: Inside the Varian v. Einhorn Trial with Benjamin Ryan
Today I sit down with investigative reporter Benjamin Ryan, who was the only journalist present for the entirety of the historic Varian v. Einhorn trial — the first de...
199. A Psychiatrist's Guide to Political Anxiety and Medication Myths with Dr. Michael Ziffra
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Michael Ziffra, a psychiatrist and associate professor at Northwestern University who specializes in anxiety disorders. Dr. Ziffra...