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Healthy Romantic Relationships: Getting The Love You Want after divorce creating healthy relationships dating dating after divorce finding love new beginnings new relationship safe space Jul 08, 2022


As we continue our conversation around Healthy Romantic Relationships, I am beyond excited to introduce today’s guests, Harville Hendrix and Helen Hunt.  They are authors of one of my favorite books, Getting the Love You Want.  Their book is so powerful because it’s like therapy and coaching in a
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High Conflict: How and When Mediation is a Viable Option after divorce before divorce best divorce tips divorce litigation mediation Jul 04, 2022

I used to believe that high conflict divorce and mediation were mutually exclusive, that only amicable couples can mediate their divorce. I was wrong!

Listen as Susan Guthrie, Esq. shares how mediation can and does work in high conflict situations.  We talk about what you need to know, how to ch...

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JBD Team Talks: Meet our Coach, KP after divorce coach coaching divorce coach divorce help magic of coaching Jul 01, 2022

Tune in as KP shares her life as a southern girl growing up in Louisiana and Alabama, her experience in leadership that began as a child and her intuitive sense that coaching was the right fit for her.

KP shares how her coach training opened her eyes to the possibility that her challenging marri...

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High Conflict Divorce: Should I Stay or Should I Go? before divorce best divorce tips considering divorce divorce divorce advice Jun 27, 2022

 

While all decision during divorce are challenging, deciding whether to stay and mend your marriage or to divorce is one of the most stressful and emotionally charged.  It is often drenched in judgement, shame, guilt, fear and uncertainty.

Today we help you to unweave your fears and limiting b...

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Healthy Romantic Relationships: 4 Pillars of Successful Romantic Relationships creating healthy relationships dating dating after divorce divorce healthy relationships new relationship Jun 24, 2022

Welcome back to our Series on Healthy Romantic Relationships. Today we are chatting with Emmy Hernandez about the “4 Pillars to a Romantic Relationship’.  Emmy shares her FORMULA for engaging in and enjoying an “Epic Relationship.”  We talk about playfulness, sexiness, nurturing and your ‘boss ba...

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JBD Team Talks: Letting Go Part II: But HOW do I Let Go? after divorce beyond divorce letting go Jun 17, 2022

So much of our suffering is due to the voices in our head...the stories of how we have been wronged, or what is happening is bad or the certainty of why s/he did that thing...the 'why' placing us squarely in the victim seat.

Divorce is painful, when we suffer, it is our own doing as a result of ...

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High Conflict: The Vital Role Forgiveness Plays in Healing after divorce forgive forgiveness high conflict divorce high conflict marriage Jun 13, 2022

The psychological impact of living with a HCP crushes your self esteem often leaving you, the spouse insecure, reactive and bitter.  Dr. Gayle Reed shares how forgiveness is a healing balm for the spouse of the HCP.  She explains the traumatic impact of verbal and emotional abuse and the psycholo...

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JBD Team Talks: Divorce Grief: How to Honor, Process and Grow Through Grief best divorce tips divorce grief grief Jun 10, 2022

 

When we are faced with divorce, we go through a grief process. The death of our marriage brings the loss of the hopes and dreams we had as a couple, the loss of our normal family life, friends, community, etc. Grief is the normal reaction to loss. And, no two people will grieve their losses in...

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High Conflict: How to Communicate To Get What You Want from a Narcissist creating healthy relationships divorce coach high conflict divorce high conflict marriage high personality Jun 10, 2022

 As we began discussing in our last episode, communicating with a high conflict personality (HCP) is often frustrating and fruitless, and leaves us feeling angry, exhausted and unheard.

Today’s episode offers a unique and powerful approach to communicating with a narcissist that enables you to pro...

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High Conflict: How to Remain Peaceful, Productive and Professional after divorce best divorce tips beyond divorce high conflict divorce high conflict marriage Jun 10, 2022


Today’s powerful episode gives you the strategies and tools needed to communicate more effectively with your spouse’s high conflict personality.  You have been struggling with criticism, deflection, blaming and black and white thinking.  You have doubted your own version of reality, lost your sel...

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Healthy Romantic Relationships: Know Your Personal Operating Style creating healthy relationships dating dating after divorce healthy relationships romantic relationships Jun 10, 2022



Welcome to Today’s Episode: Know Your Personal Operating ‘Style’ and That of Your Partner’s.  

We have a great conversation for you today with Sandy Weiner who brilliantly highlights how important the little things are.  She shares the value of a ‘Personal Operating Manual’ which she developed for h...

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Voices of Celebration: I Found Myself, He Got Sober and Everyone's Better! after divorce before divorce emotional growth life after divorce sobriety Jun 08, 2022

Molly knew early on in her marriage that things were not good. She experienced emotional abuse and walked on eggshells to 'keep the peace' with her new spouse. When their child arrived, things got worse as she needed to focus more on the baby than on dad.

Once she decided to divorce, she began s...

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