{"podcast":{"title":"CALLING HOME with Whitney Goodman, LMFT","slug":"calling-home-with-whitney-goodman-lmft-6607974","podcast_index_feed_id":6607974,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/695f029d4c8cfced7fb3c21d","website_url":"https://callinghome.co/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/695f029d4c8cfced7fb3c21d/1787847816941-f4f0743b-1f2c-4376-ab97-1a0aa8ae9d75.jpeg","author":"Whitney Goodman, LMFT","episode_count":238,"summary":"Whitney Goodman is a licensed marriage and family therapist and author on a mission to help adult family members have better relationships. Each week, Whitney has conversations with influential guests and real people to help listeners find new ways of looking at old family problems.Calling Home is available every Tuesday and Thursday wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T02:23:26.652983+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/calling-home-with-whitney-goodman-lmft-6607974"},"episode":{"title":"My Sister Didn't Survive Our Family","slug":"my-sister-didn-t-survive-our-family","published_at":"2026-07-16T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/calling-home-with-whitney-goodman-lmft-6607974/my-sister-didn-t-survive-our-family","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/calling-home-with-whitney-goodman-lmft-6607974","url":"https://shows.acast.com/calling-home/episodes/my-sister-didnt-survive-our-family","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/695f029d4c8cfced7fb3c21d/e/6a580319cebd1afd4485cd3a/media.mp3","summary":"Content warning: This episode discusses childhood abuse, domestic violence, racial slurs, and the death of a sibling. In this Q&A episode, Whitney reads a single letter from a woman who survived a childhood of severe violence, lost her sister at 24, and is now permanently no contact with a family system that still minimizes what happened. Whitney takes the letter in pieces and answers all three of her questions. In this episode, you'll learn: How to grieve a sibling whose life was overshadowed by abuse, without reducing them to what was done to them Why thriving after you escape is not a betrayal of the people who didn't What it means when an entire family, including the abuser, admits the violence happened and still asks you to come back Why grief and boundary-holding almost always have to happen at the same time Whitney Goodman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Calling Home, a membership community that helps people navigate complex family dynamics and break harmful cycles. Have a question for Whitney? Send a voice memo or email to whitney@callinghome.co Join the Family Cyclebreakers Club: https://callinghome.co Follow Whitney on Instagram | sitwithwhit Follow Whitney on YouTube | @whitneygoodmanlmft Order Whitney's book, Toxic Positivity: https://sitwithwhit.com/toxic-positivity Sign up for updates on Whitney's new book: https://cmnyyv4kpyt.typeform.com/to/PHMzjy0o This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Content warning: This episode discusses childhood abuse, domestic violence, racial slurs, and the death of a sibling. In this Q&A episode, Whitney rea…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1699,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/calling-home-with-whitney-goodman-lmft-6607974/episodes/my-sister-didn-t-survive-our-family/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/calling-home-with-whitney-goodman-lmft-6607974/my-sister-didn-t-survive-our-family.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}