articles about personal development, trauma informed leadership, and how to create a better world through better workplaces.

growth

leadership

awareness

Co-Parenting with a Narcissist with Wendy Behary

Back on One Broken Mom is a listener favorite, Wendy Behary. Wendy is the founder and director of The Cognitive Therapy Center of New Jersey and The Schema Therapy Institutes of NJ-NYC and DC. She is also the author of “Disarming the Narcissist…Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed” (New Harbinger Publications). Now translated in 15 languages. Wendy has a specialty in treating narcissists and the people who live with and deal with them. Based on a listener question,

Parent-Child Enmeshment with Dr. Margaret Rutherford

In the season finale, Ameé welcomes to the show Dr. Margaret Rutherford. She has been a psychologist in private practice for over twenty-five years. She hosts a podcast called SelfWork with Dr. Margaret Rutherford and in November of 2019, published her book Perfectly Hidden Depression: How to Break Free from the Perfectionism that Masks Your Depression. Due to messages from many listeners as well as having a front row seat to the dynamic of enmeshment, Ameé is tackling the to

How to Avoid Emotional Takeovers with Dr. Lindsay Gibson

Many people out there listening who have identified with the realization that they grew up in a household with emotionally immature parents And growing up in a household of emotionally immature family members – maybe not even just your parents – doesn’t impact us the same way. Our own inner workings and the unique array of experiences – from our DNA to other people who we did or didn’t have in our lives at certain poignant periods – all come together and form the memories tha

How Our Children Help Us Heal with Robin Grille

This week, Ameé speaks to Robin Grille, a psychotherapist, author and parent coach based out of Australia who has a new book called Inner Child Journeys: How our Children Grow Us Up and he’s hear to talk about this strategy and guidebook for understanding our own childhood so that we can understand our own children and how to parent OR teach them. "In simple layman's terms, 'Inner Child Journeys' explains a safe, step-by-step method for understanding the emotional reactions t

Talking to Teens About Drugs & Alcohol with Geffen Liberman

This week Ameé speaks with Geffen Liberman about the somewhat normal rite of passage for teenagers with drug and/or alcohol use and experimentation. Geffen has been in the field for over 20 years, and has worked in every facet of substance abuse treatment. Using his own personal experience in recovery and the education he has learned while in the field, Geffen connects with clients in a way that promotes recovery, self love and the desire for clients to achieve the best for t

Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids with Dr. Laura Markham

So, if you’ve been listening and wondering “Okay how do I do this? What are concrete examples of the parenting modes that don’t work that I thought were okay. And what do I do if I want a child with the healthy emotional development that may spare them from therapy at 40 and multiple failed relationships under their belt.” On this episode, Ameé brings on an expert in parenting without the impacts and exposures to the traumas we’ve been talking about on this show. Dr. Laura Ma

How To Cut Ties With Toxic Family with Dr. Elizabeth Cohen

Many of you are here to listen to One Broken Mom because you identify with the fact that you may have a complicated childhood and family of origin history. And what you are presently addressing in your life can be just your own healing and self-development or it can be in combination with parenting you own children if you have them. Some of us in life, despite the challenges or adversities we’ve experienced, are able to maintain some degree of connection with our family and s

Broken Mom: Mom of 18

Jenn Taylor is a motivational speaker, parenting coach, author, and podcaster. who lives in Reno, Nevada with her husband and 18 children. That is not a typo. Eighteen children. Jenn has gone through a period of infertility and then seven pregnancies, a miscarriage that nearly killed her, and has 12 years of foster parenting under her belt. She's been divorced, a single mom and experienced life with a blended family. In this episode, you will hear Jenn share amazing story o

Bouncing Back From Abuse As A Single Mom

Today's episode features Kelly Lynch, a domestic violence survivor. After being trapped in her home at knife-point for two and a half hours by her husband, Kelly was able to remove herself from an abusive marriage and start over with an 18-month-old child. But Kelly is also therapist with practice out in Connecticut called Turning Point Wellness who recognized that her own story and experiences as well as being a mental health professional gave her some valuable insights for

The Mama's Boy Myth: Unraveling the Big Lie with Kate Stone Lombardi

Kate Stone Lombardi has been a journalist for more than 25 years. She was a frequent contributor to The New York Times, and for seven years wrote a popular regional column that focused on family issues. Her work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Time, Ladies Home Journal, Parenting Magazine including a recent article published on GoodHousekeeping.com, which is where Ameé discovered her. Lombardi is the author of The Mama’s Boy Myth: Why Keeping Our Sons Close Make

What To Do When Your Teen is Acting Like an A-Hole with Jax Anderson

For parents with teens, tweens or kids that will be at some point, this episode is a great one to listen to. Ameé speaks with a favorite repeat guest, Jax Anderson - a Wisconsin-based family therapist that specializes in teenagers. Together, they have a frank (meaning adult words) and super helpful conversation about how to parent teenagers when they are acting their worst. As Ameé mentions in the episode, it's always really easy to parent when things are good and pat yoursel

Becoming a Trauma-Informed Parent: Suzy DeYoung

Suzy is a parenting coach as well as a community outreach specialist who delivers content about being a trauma-informed parent..

The Naked Podcaster: Ameé Quiriconi

"This is one of the most raw, honest, incredibly vulnerable interviews I’ve ever done. Being a Mom isn’t always a happy thing and Ameé tells us why she felt that way, how she really felt, what she did about it and how she moves forward within it. Her goal is to spread awareness through honest & accessible conversations with experts as well as share stories from other Broken Moms. The evidence is in the science (real biology & neuroscience) that our childhood experiences are

Our Sons, Our Men, Our Relationships

This episode was inspired by a question from a listener who was feeling a bit paralyzed by what is “okay” in terms of teaching her son about boundaries, consent, flirting, etc. in the wake of #MeToo. So, through a series of events, and referrals, it was suggested Mark Greene was THE GUY. Mark is a Senior Editor with The Good Men Project and the author of “The Little #MeToo Book for Men”. Dr. Saliha Bava, a researcher and therapist, co-authored another book with Mark called "

Understanding Childhood Emotional Neglect

This week's episode features Dr. Jonice Webb. She is the author of the best-selling book Running on Empty: Overcome your Childhood Emotional Neglect. And has just published a follow-up to the book Running on Empty No More: Transform Your Relationships With Your Partner, Your Parents and Your Children. Because like many people out there – when you use words like trauma and neglect – they feel too strong to describe what was, yes, a challenging childhood, and so it is easy to

1.33 Narcissistic Mother: The Scapegoat Child

Back on One Broken Mom is Michelle Piper. Michelle is a Marriage and Family Therapist based out of San Diego. She has both a personal and professional interest in the adult children of narcissistic mothers. And has a website www.narcissisticmother.com where she provides valuable resources for survivors of narcissistic abuse. We’ve talked about the Narcissistic Mother as a type of Broken Mom and then drilled down into the different family roles the children end up being forced

Self Sabotage, Emotional Immaturity and Self Awareness with Ameé Quiriconi

"Ameé Quiriconi from the Podcast One Broken Mom joins us today on The Flourish Podcast. Ameé is a force to reckond with, a single mum of two she’s a business consultant who’s side hustle examines; parenting, mental health and self improvement through her podcast. Together we discuss the ins and outs of self sabotage; why we do it, how to stop it and are we to blame? This was so enlightening to record and I’m so blessed to have such an Inspirational Women on my show!" In this

Bold Moves Podcast | Ameé Quiriconi

"This week’s guest, for Bold Moves Podcast Episode 221 Ameé Quiriconi has made some bold moves! After a rough breakup, Ameé let herself fall to rock bottom so she could figure out what the eff was really going on in her head. Ameé found her mission, to walk along a road of recovery, a few steps ahead of other people, and shine a light ahead of everyone so that we can all have a better life, and help a few parents recognize their own deficiencies that they are passing d

1.26 Adult Children of Emotionally-Immature Parents

Noted author of the book the best selling book Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents," Dr. Lindsay Gibson, is back to talk with Ameé about life as an adult who had emotionally-immature parents. When a child is in an environment that is leaving them starved of the emotional connections they need to develop properly, they find ways to survive. However, these survival mechanisms or adaptions to the environ

1.21 Narcissim: The Life of The Lost Child

Family therapist and coach, Michelle Piper is back to continue to discuss the narcissistic family and the roles children and adults take on for survival. In this episode, Michelle explains the role of the Lost Child to Amee and how a person may have been in this role on a long-term or even temporary basis from time to time. This is a great episode for developing some self-awareness around your own family, especially if there was any form of addiction involved or your family e

articles about personal development, trauma informed leadership, and how to create a better world through better workplaces.

growth

leadership

awareness

LET'S

connect

SEND A MESSAGE

get

updates