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Advice column #21: Mixing family and money
This month, the advice columnist answers a question about housing, finances and sibling estrangement.
J. Hila Peterson
Sep 306 min read


Estrangement and Birthdays
I recently celebrated a birthday, and the experience was similar to every birthday I’ve had since establishing complete estrangement with...
Sheena Sharma
Sep 192 min read


Ripple Effects, Disenfranchised Grief and the Myth of Healing
An exploration of the ripple effects of estrangement and how disenfranchised grief compounds and impacts the experience
Jen Maher
Aug 286 min read


Estrangement and Friendship
I initially discovered Together Estranged when I was searching for an audience who would potentially benefit from a children’s book I...
Sheena Sharma
Aug 193 min read


The Value Of Anger
Anger is a vital and informative emotion, especially in healing, but it is often weaponized against the estranged and the estranged community
Jen Maher
Jul 247 min read


Estrangement and Identity
When you are estranged, your identity, how you explain your place in this world, becomes uncertain. As a child, you were most likely...
Sheena Sharma
Jul 192 min read


Estrangement and Discomfort
I have a problem with being uncomfortable. I don’t like ambiguity; everything has to be clearly spelled out in big, black, block...
Sheena Sharma
Jun 192 min read


What a penny can reveal
A vignette of pervasive family dysfunction illuminating the "death by a 1,000 cuts" experience that can lead to estrangement.
Jen Maher
Jun 158 min read


Advice column #20: How to keep showing up
This month, the advice columnist answers a question about loneliness and finding new connections.
J. Hila Peterson
May 299 min read


Estrangement and Validation
As challenging of a relationship I had with my family, praise for achievements was never withheld. I was a type-A, hardworking, and...
Sheena Sharma
May 192 min read
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