Navigating Parental Alienation

About Navigating Parental Alienation

You're not alone. And you're not powerless. "My podcast is the guidebook I was looking for two decades ago when I was alienated from my children and no one understood what was happening to my family. Through trial and error, I gradually learned what works, what doesn’t, and why." If you know or suspect that your children are being alienated from you, NAVIGATING PARENTAL ALIENATION is for you, and for anyone who is trying to help or support someone dealing with parental alienation. Jacqueline Rourke is a former targeted parent who is using her skills as an an award-winning broadcast journalist to help other targeted parents understand the nightmare they are in and help them find their way out. She shares everything she learned while suffering through alienation to be able to come out the other side and reconnect fully with her children. In this podcast, Jacqueline interviews parents who are alienated from their children, as well as mental health clinicians, legal professionals, researchers and other experts who have something helpful and meaningful to share. If you are alienated from your children, YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Hearing from other parents about their experience will help you understand what may be going on in your situation. And Jacqueline's insight into what works and what doesn't will empower you to act with confidence as you work to reconnect with your alienated children. Jacqueline is on a mission to raise public awareness about parental alienation, and to inform legal and mental health professionals about it — most of whom have no training and little awareness about this tragically common phenomenon. “It is time to eliminate parental alienation.”

Publisher

Jacqueline Rourke, Parental Alienation expert and former targeted parent

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Apr 2024

Latest episode

28 Jan 2025

Latest episodes

6 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Jan 2025

   How the family court system in Ontario failed a mother and her neurodivergent son

   What did you think about our podcast?Melissa has been alienated from her son for over a decade. She shares her frustration with a legal system that agreed with her that she had, in fact, been alienated from her son by the father, and yet was unable to do anything about it. ------------------Thank you for listening to the podcast Navigating Parental Alienation! Sign up for our newsletter in our Linktree account to receive announcements when a new podcast episode is released and details on...

2. 

   11 Oct 2024

   Episode 5 - What is Grandparent Alienation and why is it a growing problem?

   Canadian Difference Makers in Grandparent Alienation's Dr. Vivian Smith explores the growing phenomenon of grandparent alienation, a silent suffering that prevents meaningful relationships between grandparents and their grandchildren.

3. 

   16 Aug 2024

   Episode 4 - Meet Priya, a targeted parent for 10 years

   What did you think about our podcast?Priya has not had a relationship with her son for 10 years, despite being his primary and loving caregiver for all of his childhood. She describes how it happened, how the other parent went from not being overly interested in their child to alienating him from his mother while she was undergoing cancer treatment. She also describes the role the grandmother played in the alienation. Priya shares her understandings of this painful situation, how hard it is t...

4. 

   25 Apr 2024

   Episode 3 - How TRUST strengthens the parent-child bond & teaches honesty, with Prof Kang Lee

   What did you think about our podcast?How can a parent who is alienated from their children strengthen the BOND they have with those children? By letting the kids know they TRUST them. Kids want to be trusted. They are wired to respond to trust. Being trusted makes them feel good about themselves, and about the person who trusts them. Trust strengthens their BOND with the parent who trusts them. And -- children as young as 12 months start figuring out who they CAN and who they CAN'T TRUST...

5. 

   25 Apr 2024

   Episode 2 - Is the alienating parent a narcissist?

   What did you think about our podcast?Many Parental Alienation experts say that parents who alienate a child or children from their other parent often have a personality disorder, such as narcissistic personality disorder or NPD. In this episode, Jacqueline introduces us to Charlotte, a mother who was raised by a narcissistic parent and then found herself in a relationship with a narcissistic partner who tried to alienate her from their children. Jacqueline and Charlotte discuss th...

6. 

   23 Apr 2024

   Episode 1 - What is Parental Alienation?

   What did you think about our podcast?Jacqueline introduces us to the concept of Parental Alienation, when a child is influenced by the other parent or parental figure to reject their parent. We learn how Parental Alienation (PA) is different from estrangement, when a child has a justifiable reason to reject a parent. She reviews the Five Factors that define PA and help determine if a child’s rejection is justifiable (due to abuse or poor parenting), or whether it’s a case of alienation. ...

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

3.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 10 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

8

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

27

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