Introduction to “Failure to Launch”, and to the Embodied Bicycle Podcast.
This first podcast episode introduces the listener to the Embodied Bicycle podcast, a source of support and information for parents of “Failure-to-Launch” young adults and for the struggling young adults themselves. Your hosts Dr. Silver and Dr. Mulloy explore what Failure-to-Launch is, and how it might more accurately be described as failure-to-form the psychological and behavioral foundations of independent adulthood. We also explore its developmental roots in genetic vulnerabilities and environmental stressors, and what being “stuck” feels like from the perspectives of young adults. Finally, we begin to describe the process of moving young adults from this stuck place of learned helplessness to more intrinsically motivated growth, in which they can rediscover their authentic selves and long-hidden strengths and gifts and move forward in more hopeful, motivated, and resilient ways.
