Is My Child A Monster? A Parenting Therapy Podcast · Leslie Cohen-Rubury
How To Use Validation To Prioritize Family Relationships With Special Guest Dale Rubury
September 9, 2025·42 min·1 clip
As heard by us
A mother and daughter revisit misophonia, missed understanding, and the validating turn that helped family life.
Mealtimes become the entry point for a careful look at validation, as Dale Rubury recalls how slurping and other eating sounds left her overwhelmed, othered, and misunderstood.
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You get a mother-daughter conversation about how naming a sensitivity to eating sounds can change the temperature around family meals.
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