Oprah and Experts: Setting Boundaries with Toxic Family Members
February 17, 2026
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February 17, 2026
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Summary
The Oprah Podcast on estranged families going #NoContact reached more than five million viewers and listeners and sparked widespread conversation across social media and online opinion platforms. In this episode, Oprah addresses some of the alternative points of view raised on Social Media. She invites the experts back for a discussion exploring new questions and additional ways of coping with this painful and sensitive issue. After award winning journalist Jemele Hill saw the original episode, she was inspired to share with Oprah her own family estrangement story for the first time publicly. Oprah also speaks to a woman who cut off contact with her sister and a married couple seeking advice for repair with their estranged parents.
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'Rules of Estrangement' by Dr. Joshua Coleman:
'Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents' by Dr. Lindsay Gibson:
'The Balancing Act' by Nedra Glover Tawwab:
00:00:00 - Recap of No Contact
00:00:00 - Welcome Tania, critic of Oprah
00:08:20 - Oprah wants to know how to do better
00:12:30 - Welcome Dr. Joshua Coleman, Dr. Lindsay Gibson, Nedra Glover Tawwab
00:19:14 - Welcome Jemele Hill who is no contact with her father
00:28:18 - One-third of gen-z go to therapy
00:32:35 - How individualism relates to estrangement
00:39:50 - How to stop judging your own need for emotional safety
00:43:20 - Working towards reconciliation
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