The Parent Pivot Podcast
The Parent Pivot Podcast
Steve and Julia Cummings
The Buck Stops Here: Breaking Generational Cycles With Your Adult Kids
24 minutes Posted Aug 25, 2026 at 10:00 am.
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You probably inherited more from your parents than your eye color, your laugh, or your last name.
Some of us inherited patterns.
Control.Criticism.Shame.Fear.Ways of relating that we swore we'd never repeat.
And then one day, we hear ourselves doing the very thing our parents did.
In this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia talk about intergenerational trauma, the wounds we carry from childhood, and how those wounds can quietly shape the way we relate to our adult kids.
But here's the good news:
The pattern doesn't have to continue.
You can own your stuff.You can heal.You can choose relationship over being right.
And you can decide:
The buck stops here.
Resources mentioned on this podcast:
1.  The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery: Connecting Neuroscience and Faith to Radically Transform Your Life by W. Lee Warren, MD (Author), Daniel G. Amen, MD (Foreword) 
2.  "The Father Eclipse; How Your Earthly Father Shaped Your Identity and How to See God Clearly Again. by Steve Cummings
3.  Jazzed Podcast - Our Big Move