EP: 103 Tommy Maloney Connecting with Your Kids as a Divorced Dad Divorce is difficult enough, but it’s particularly tough when you feel like you’re losing your kids. How can you maintain the connection with your children when your time with them is limited? How do you make memories whether or not you live in […]
EP: 100 Julie Ross Co-Parenting to Protect Your Children During Divorce If your child comes home complaining about your ex-spouse, it can be incredibly difficult not to react. You want to intervene, to defend your child. And your instinct is to address the issue with the other parent right away. But what if that puts […]
EP: 093 Barbara Rothberg Helping Teens Cope with Divorce & Adapt to Blended Families Divorce is never easy on the kids involved, but the process can be particularly fraught for teenagers. How does divorce impact teens differently than younger children? What is the best way to customize a parenting plan for teens? And how can […]
EP: 085 Shara Goldfarb How Divorce Litigation Impacts Children Divorce litigation changes kids, and the attorney for the child witnesses this change firsthand. In contested custody matters, children watch the conflict between their parents play out in court—and no good comes from it. Some of these cases drag on for years, and the circumstances are […]
EP: 079 Linda Schoonover Carley Empowering Divorcing Couples to Communicate Through Mediation The heightened emotions that come with divorce often lead to impulsive action. The brain shuts down and couples jump into litigation without considering the consequences—or the alternatives. But the court system takes their power away and hands all of the decisions over to […]
EP: 078 Liza Caldwell Navigating the Four Stages of Divorce If you’re reading this, you are likely familiar with the first stage of the divorce process, the stage Liza Caldwell identifies as Something is Wrong. The problem with stage one is that you can get stuck there, lost in a vicious cycle with your own […]
EP: 076 Gloria DeGaetano A Strengths-Based Approach to Parenting Through Divorce How do you approach challenging situations? The coaching model popular in the business world takes a strengths-based approach, leveraging what employees are good at to tackle complex problems. What if we used a similar strategy as parents, leading with our strengths in difficult circumstances? […]
EP: 075 Susan Bernardo Using Creativity to Heal from Divorce Divorce is a painful process that comes with some very strong emotions. Yet in order to avoid a toxic situation that puts your kids in the middle, divorcing couples must find safe spaces to express their anger and grief. Susan Bernardo found healing in writing […]
EP: 074 Dr. Mark Banschick Protecting Your Kids with Intelligent Divorce Is there a way to protect your child’s innocence during the divorce process? What strategies can you use to parent well in the midst of such a difficult time? The Intelligent Divorce offers couples an approach to separation and divorce that prevents damage to […]
EP: 071 Dr. Jeremy Gaies The 6 Keys to Mindful Co-Parenting There is a lot of guilt and shame associated with divorce, especially when it comes to our kids. We worry about how the experience will impact our children long-term and wonder if it’s even possible to communicate effectively as co-parents—when a breakdown in communication […]