This holiday season, give yourself a real gift: Ignore the influencers and politicians who want you to go ‘no contact’ with family |
It’s the holiday season, which — in hyper-polarized 2025 — means familial estrangement is in the air.
Or, as the kids raised in therapized society call it, “going no contact.”
Such splits have become so commonplace that Oprah Winfrey recently hosted an entire episode of her podcast to the trend.
In “The Oprah Podcast” episode, therapist Dr. Joshua Coleman explained that “there’s been a radical change in the way we think about family.” Cutting them off, he lamented, is now seen as “a virtuous act of protecting your mental health.”
So, of course, it’s being exploited on social media.
Look no further than insufferable Arielle Fodor, aka Mrs. Frazzled, a lefty influencer who “gentle parents” adults through life situations. Her shtick is to have conversations with an imaginary person, and she plays the part of a condescending kindergarten teacher.
We know her from the infamous “