How to respond to tactless questions from relatives? We discuss in the podcast "Who would say"

Miscellaneous / by admin / April 06, 2023

Relatives are often sure that their comments and advice make life easier for us, although in reality this is not the case.

In each episode of the new season of the Who Would Talk podcast, hosts Mikhail Volnykh and Daria Bakina read out real stories and questions from the audience about what worries them, and together with experts they discuss how to overcome difficulties and get out of the current situations.

This time, the presenters, together with psychologist Elena Kotova, will figure out how to respond to unceremonious remarks and questions from family members. Arrange a family therapy session? Choose a strategy of benevolent (or not so) ignoring? Why do relatives strive to find out everything about us and our plans for life? How not to become a tactless relative in the future? Click on play to hear the answers and find out which of the trio of Lena, Dasha and Misha regularly fights off questions from relatives, and who is deprived of this "pleasure".

01:23 - the presenters read the listener's letter and talk about their attitude to the topic of the release.

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06:02 Why do parents ask tactless questions?

13:17 - stop communicating with relatives - a good way to avoid uncomfortable questions?

14:35 - how to competently and environmentally build personal boundaries in communication with parents.

21:20 - can it be that older relatives bother with questions not on purpose, but simply because they do not know what to talk about with the younger generation?

26:31 - if it is obvious that relatives consider their advice and questions to be help, is it worth saying openly that they do not help, but only annoy?

If something is bothering you, you do not know what to do, and you cannot cope with the problem on your own, send your stories to telegram bot Lifehacker podcasts - we will look for a solution together.

More interesting topics - in previous issues «Look who's Talking». Subscribe to the podcast and listen to it wherever it is convenient: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, YouTube, «Yandex Music», «In contact with», «Sound», cast box And sound stream.