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.”
Episodes
6 episodes
How the family court system in Ontario failed a mother and her neurodivergent son
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.
Episode 5 - What is Grandparent Alienation and why is it a growing problem?
There is another group of people suffering in silence from alienation. More and more grandparents say they are being alienated from their grandchildren — prevented from seeing or having a meaningful relationship with their grandchil...
Episode 4 - Meet Priya, a targeted parent for 10 years
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 ali...
Episode 3 - How TRUST strengthens the parent-child bond & teaches honesty, with Prof Kang Lee
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 the...
Episode 2 - Is the alienating parent a narcissist?
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 Char...
Episode 1 - What is Parental Alienation?
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 j...