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How to Share Your Feelings Without Triggering Defensiveness
Have you ever tried to share something vulnerable with your partner… and somehow the conversation turned into an argument?Maybe you’ve said, “I didn’t tell you because I was afraid of your…
What Happens in Your Body During Hard Conversations
You can know exactly what you want to say, and still lose access to yourself the second the other person gets defensive, spirals, or turns it into guilt and self-flagellation. This episode is about…
“I’m Sorry, But…” Is Not an Apology
Couples often get stuck after conflict not because they don’t care, but because the repair never actually lands. Dr. Tracy dives into what she sees in her therapy room: partners getting trapped in…
How to Repair After Conflict: Even If You Never Learned How
Couples often get stuck after conflict not because they don’t care, but because the repair never actually lands. Dr. Tracy dives into what she sees in her therapy room: partners getting trapped in…
Differentiation in Parenting: Raising an Autonomous Child
Enmeshment doesn’t usually start with bad intentions, it starts when a parent’s emotional needs quietly get wrapped around their child’s development. Dr. Tracy breaks down what healthy…
Why You Keep Having the Same Fight
Most couples assume the goal is to “resolve” conflict, but Dr. Tracy and Greg pull the thread on a different truth: 69% of relationship conflict is perpetual. The fight keeps repeating not because…
The Communication Fix that Actually Works
A tiny language shift can change the entire temperature of a conversation, especially when you’re juggling parenting, partnership, and the logistics of real life. Dr. Tracy shares a communication…
The Unspoken Beliefs That Change a Relationship After Having a Baby
Becoming a parent doesn’t just add responsibilities, it can light up old protective parts you didn’t even know were running the show: perfectionism, hypervigilance, shame, and that wired feeling of…
Is It Normal to Prefer My Mom Over My Mother-in-Law Postpartum?
A follower asked a question that hits a very real postpartum pressure point: is it normal to feel more comfortable with your own mom than with your mother-in-law after having a baby? Dr. Tracy zooms…
How to Talk to a Defensive Partner Without Starting a Fight
A message from Dr. Tracy’s community landed hard: “I’ve stopped bringing things up. Every time I do, my husband gets defensive… and now I feel like a stranger in my own home.” This episode names what…
How to Prevent a Mother’s Day Fight in Your Relationship
Mother’s Day isn’t just about the day. It’s about what the day reveals: who gets prioritized, who gets protected, and who ends up feeling invisible. Dr. Tracy speaks to the painful pattern so many…
Why Play Works When Kids Won’t Listen with Dr. Kim Van Dusen
A long day, a bedtime standoff, and a split-second pivot into “spy crawl” mode becomes the doorway into a bigger truth: connection often returns the moment play enters the room. Dr. Tracy sits down…
How to Stop Taking In-Law Priorities Personally
A mother-in-law writes in with a hard, honest truth: she loves her daughter-in-law, she’s tried to be warm and welcoming, and she’s still grieving that her son’s wife’s family seems to get the “real”…
Why So Many People Feel Lonely in Their Marriage
Loneliness isn’t just a risk factor for people who live alone anymore. Dr. Tracy and Greg unpack the reality of relational loneliness, the experience of feeling alone inside a long-term partnership,…
Justin Bieber, Coachella, and the Power of Meeting Your Younger Self
Did you catch Justin Bieber at Coachella? When he sang alongside footage of his 13-year-old self, it wasn't just nostalgia — it was a public, vulnerable act of inner child healing. In this short…
How Couples Get Stuck in the Same Cycle
Some couples don’t get stuck because they don’t love each other, they get stuck because their nervous systems keep pulling them into the same protective dance. Dr. Tracy and Greg unpack their own…
Honest Motherhood with Libby Ward: Losing Yourself and Finding Your Way Back
Resentment doesn’t always show up as anger. Sometimes it shows up as a quiet question you can’t stop hearing: does anyone see how hard I’m trying? Dr. Tracy sits down with Libby Ward, creator and…
Repairing Trust After Half-Truths and Defensiveness
Trust doesn’t always break in one explosive moment. Sometimes it erodes through small lies, half-truths, and protective reflexes that made sense in childhood, but create distance in adult…
The Yes Starts Way Before the Bedroom
There was a time when sex felt easy, and then life happened. Kids, stress, mental load, exhaustion, being touched out… and suddenly both partners are wondering: is something wrong with me, with you,…
The 4 Steps to Setting a Boundary That Actually Sticks
If you’ve ever walked away from a conversation thinking, “I know I need a boundary… I just don’t know how to do it without making things worse,” this episode slows it all the way down. Boundaries…
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