Momentum Podcast with Erica Wiggenhorn

When Every Conversation Turns Into a Fight

Good Life Originals Season 1 Episode 1

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If every conversation with your teen ends in a slammed door or dead silence, you've probably told yourself the same thing: Tomorrow will be better. And then tomorrow isn't.

You weren't trying to start a fight. You asked a simple question. And somehow you're standing in the hallway wondering how you became the person you swore you wouldn't be.

Erica names the four reactions most moms default to when conflict takes over — isolate, fixate, manipulate, vacate — and why every one of them makes things worse. Then she walks through what actually helps: a conversation technique that lowers defenses and keeps connection alive, even when your kid is acting like a stranger.

You'll learn why silence isn't the peacekeeper you think it is, why lectures only deepen the wall, and what to say when your child shares something that makes your brain short-circuit.

The friction in your house isn't failure. It's a season. But you don't have to white-knuckle your way through it alone.

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