Lisa had been divorced for three years when she turned 45. She had a son who had just turned 18. She also had an older daughter who had recently moved back in after a falling out with her fiancé. Their four-year relationship had ended abruptly, and since then, the girl had been miserable. Lisa believed her daughter needed to find a job and move in with a roommate, but instead, the twenty-three year old girl remained stuck in her comfort zone--unemployed, withdrawn, and still arguing regularly with her younger brother.

"If you keep on eating like that, you'll put on weight," she picked on Adrian.

"None of your business," her...