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HC Divorce Demystified: Diffuse Tension and Resolve Conflict During High Conflict Divorce with Hesha Abrams hc divorce demystified high conflict divorce high conflict marriage minimize conflict Mar 22, 2024

I am thrilled about today’s conversation with Hesha Abrams, a brilliant mediator, negotiator and author of Holding The Calm, a book jam packed with strategies to minimize conflict, settle disputes and create a safe space for the most thorniest of individuals to feel heard and seen so they can fin...

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HC Divorce Demystified: Navigating the Storm: The Psychological Battlefield of Divorcing a Sociopath or Narcissist with Kerrie Droban-Zhivago divorcing a  narcissist high conflict demystified high conflict divorce high conflict marriage narcissism Mar 18, 2024

I’m excited to share today’s conversation with you as my guest, Kerrie Droban-Zhivago, offers profound insights into the minds of sociopaths, psychopaths, and narcissists. For those of you undergoing high-conflict divorces, understanding these characteristics is crucial. As you know, these person...

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JBD Team Talks: How to Tell The Kids in High Conflict Divorce high conflict divorce high conflict marriage how to tell the kids jbd team talks Feb 18, 2024

Telling the children about your impending divorce is always a fragile, emotional conversation. The general rule is both parents tell the children together, refer to the decision as mutual and assure them that they are loved and their lives with continue with limited change.

However, when facing ...

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Special Guest: Breaking the Barriers of Parental Alienation - Strategies for Recognizing Signs and Restoring Connections with Charlie McCready divorce and co-parenting high conflict high conflict divorce parentalalienation Jan 25, 2024

Parental alienation is a deeply complex and emotionally charged issue, where one parent, influences the child to reject or fear the other parent. This process distresses the alienated parent, who experiences profound loss and heartache. It also inflicts psychological harm on the child. The child,...

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Special Guest: The Financial ABCs When Entering a High Conflict Divorce with Amy Irvine divorce and finances financial advice financial tips high conflict divorce Jan 11, 2024

Regardless of whether you are the monied or non-monied spouse, when facing high conflict divorce, it is vitally important that you get your financial ducks in a row. Divorce is largely about shared parenting and money…today’s guest helps set you up for success on the financial front.

Your high c...

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Special Guest: How to Recognize and Exit an Oppressive Marriage and Thrive Post Divorce with Kate Walker compromise post divorce dysfunctional marriage high conflict divorce Jan 09, 2024

Most men and women who live in dysfunctional marriages are challenged to find the strength and courage to leave, navigate what may very well be a high conflict divorce and figure out how to reinvent themselves post divorce. Today's guest walks us through her journey of using the pain of childhood...

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Special Guests: Shielding Kids from the Traumatic Impact of High-Conflict Divorce: Point C with Lawrence & Joni Jones co-parenting high conflict co-parenting high conflict divorce Dec 12, 2023
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Custody battles are typical in high conflict divorce.  The problem is the fight is often between two disregulated parents who love their kids but put them in the middle, causing unnecessary pain and suffering.  Today's episode is meant to spotlight the confusion, suffering

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Special Guest: Kate Anthony - Should You Stay or Go: How to make the most difficult decision of your life divorce journey high conflict divorce should i stay or go Dec 08, 2023
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I have a very special guest today. She is a deeply respected colleague of mine, a fervent advocate for women and has dedicated her life to helping them get clear on who they are, what they want and if their marriage is enhancing or diminishing them and the life they desire.

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JBD Team Talks: Change the High Conflict Deflect, Defend and Apologize Dynamic with Lisa Brick high conflict divorce high conflict marriage Oct 25, 2023
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If you've found yourself avoiding conversations with your spouse after being blamed or attacked for insignificant events, accused of things you haven't even thought of doing, ignored, or had the topic changed before anything you said/asked was addressed, you are living with so...

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Divorce Trauma Recovery: How to Experience Peace and Calm Amidst a Divorce Tornado with Lynne Goldberg anxiety high conflict divorce meditation spiritual practice stress relief Oct 20, 2023
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Whatever else life promises, it pretty much guarantees that we will face stormy times. The question is not IF, but HOW you traverse them and what your toolbox of skills and strategies includes. Even High Conflict Divorce - which is more like a tsunami - can be experienced...
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Special Guest: Lesa Koski - High Conflict Coparenting: Tips and Tools for Staying Kid-Centric coparenting high conflict coparenting high conflict divorce high conflict marriage high conflict mediation successful divorce Oct 06, 2023
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Co-parenting in after the standard, ‘garden variety' divorce can be difficult. When you add high conflict divorce where communicating, collaborating, showing respect, kindness and grace is often absent, co-parenting takes on a new level of complexity. Today my friend, Lesa Kos...

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Special Guest: Stacy Francis - When Wealth and High Conflict Divorce Intersect, the Financial Essentials high conflict divorce high conflict marriage high conflict relationship high networth marriage finances Sep 14, 2023
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With High Conflict Divorce comes significant challenges; legally, emotionally and financially.  When wealth is added to this mix, the complexities can feel astronomical.  These complexities can come in the form of financial control and withholding, complicated high risk or int...

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