The Family Dropouts

Our families called us crazy, so we started a podcast. We didn’t leave our families. We left the dysfunction. Welcome to The Family Dropouts — the podcast for adult children who’ve walked away from painful family dynamics and are now reclaiming their identity, their boundaries, and their birthright to peace. Hosted by Dorcy Pruter, reunification coach and founder of the Conscious Co-Parenting Institute, and Madi Welborne, founder of the Anti-Alienation Project, The Family Dropouts brings real talk, raw healing, and radical reclamation to the conversation around estrangement, parental alienation, narcissistic family systems, and spiritual identity recovery. This is not a podcast about blame. It’s a podcast about truth, repair, and sovereignty with a splash of dark humor. We speak to: The adult child who blocked a parent and is still grieving The one who was scapegoated, silenced, or erased The ones who tried everything and still felt like it was never enough And the ones brave enough to ask, “Who am I without this pain?” Every episode unpacks the reality of walking away — emotionally, psychologically, legally, spiritually — and offers a pathway back to yourself. Whether you were estranged, alienated, enmeshed, or just done playing a role in your own family’s dysfunction, this space was built for you. We bring: 🔥 Unfiltered stories of leaving and returning (or not) 💡 Teachings on identity reclamation, nervous system healing, and high-conflict recovery ✨ Invitations to rewire your internal dialogue and reclaim your soul-level truth Topics we explore include: Parental alienation and adult child awakening What it means to “drop out” of the family system Differentiating trauma bonds from real connection True vs. false allegations of abuse Sacred grief and the spiritual weight of family roles How to reclaim identity when you were cast as the problem We’re here to disrupt the cultural scripts that say you owe your loyalty to people who hurt you, and to offer a new one: You’re not too much. You’re not broken. You’re not the villain. You’re the one brave enough to go first. Whether you’re deep in the no-contact wilderness, newly questioning your childhood narrative, or trying to make peace with your past without betraying yourself, you belong here. New episodes drop weekly. Come for the raw conversations. Stay for the sacred return. Access free resources at dorcypruter.com Join the Sovereign Soul Collective or take the Identity Quiz Share with a fellow Family Dropout — and reclaim your place in the world.