186 Dr Joshua Coleman, Psychologist and Media Personality: Why Estrangement Happens - and How Repair Begins

About this episode

Dr Joshua Coleman discusses the reasons behind estrangement and offers a framework for repairing relationships.

What happens when a relationship doesn’t explode … it just disappears? In this episode of The Unlock Moment, I’m joined by high-profile US psychologist Dr Josh Coleman to unpack why estrangement happens - and what actually helps when you want to rebuild a relationship that’s been lost to distance, conflict, or silence. We explore the major pathways to estrangement (including cultural change, divorce, political differences, and therapy narratives), why the “old rules” of hierarchy and obligation no longer land the way they once did, and what repair really requires when guilt, logic, and authority fail. Josh shares a practical, compassionate framework for reconciliation: easing off the armour, learning a new language for hard conversations, and understanding a counterintuitive truth - the person who wants the relationship most often has to lead the repair. This is a conversation about humility without collapse, warmth with strength, and how trust is rebuilt one honest conversation at a time - in families, in teams, and in any relationship that matters. More from Dr Josh Coleman: Website: DrJoshuaColeman.com Substack: joshuacolemanphd.substack.com

People in this episode

Host: Dr Gary Crotaz PhD

Guest: Dr Joshua Coleman

Topics covered

• estrangement
• relationship repair
• psychology
• communication
• conflict resolution
• family dynamics

Keywords

• estrangement
• relationship repair
• psychology
• communication
• conflict
• trust
• humility

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DrJoshuaColeman.com, joshuacolemanphd.substack.com

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