Episode Details

When a child is turned against a loving parent, it can feel permanent, especially once that child is grown. Filmmaker Ginger Gentile, who exposed this in her documentary Erasing Family, joins Lisa with a message a lot of alienated parents have stopped letting themselves believe: it is not too late.

After making the film, Ginger started helping families reunite directly. What she's learned is often the opposite of what the court fight teaches you. The instinct is to prove your case and win the big victory. The thing that works is quieter: keep the door open, keep encouraging your child, and stop making reconnection about who was right. She and Lisa talk through what reunification actually looks like, why it happens fast for some and slowly for others, and how to stay steady in the waiting.

✅ WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
✅ Why reconnection is possible even after years of estrangement
✅ What the parents who actually reunited did differently
✅ Why "winning the argument" tends to push an alienated child further away
✅ How to keep the door open without pressuring your child
✅ What real reunification looks like, start to finish
✅ Why some families reconnect fast and others take much longer
✅ The "one big victory" trap, and what to aim for instead
✅ How to stay steady while you wait for a child to come back

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS (+1:00 for the bumper)
0:00 Intro
1:00 From "Erasing Family" to reversing alienation
6:28 What the film taught her about reunification
11:30 The first alienation cases she worked
16:30 Blessing your child instead of fighting
21:30 What reunification actually looks like
26:31 Why some kids come back fast, others slowly
36:34 The "one big victory" trap
41:36 Where to find Ginger

CTA (spoken): Trying to reconnect with a child who's been turned against you? Book a free discovery call at beentheregotout.com.
Books: When Your Ex Turns the Kids Against You — https://www.amazon.com/Been-There-Got-Out-Against/dp/1967674183 · Been There Got Out — https://www.amazon.com/Been-There-Got-Relationships-Circumstances/dp/194627495X/
Tags: parental alienation, reversing parental alienation, ginger gentile, erasing family, reunification, estrangement, alienated parent, high conflict divorce