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JBD Team Talks: Divorce Restructures the Family - About Family Systems Aug 30, 2023
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If you are going through a divorce - or contemplating taking this step - and you have children, this podcast is for you.

There are many who hold the position that divorce harms children. There is also a lot of information out there that claims this is not necessarily true. Un...

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Divorce Trauma Recovery: A Fast and Effective Approach to Regulate Your Nervous System with Elisabeth Kristoff brain health brain wellness high conflict life trauma nervous system regulation somatic coaching Aug 24, 2023
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When living with and divorcing a dysfunctional high conflict personality is fraught with triggering experiences and reactive engagements.  And this dynamic didn’t start with your marriage, it began earlier in life with trauma that ‘set you up’ to be in a high conflict r

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All Things Parenting: Real Life Amicable and High Conflict CoParenting with Jessica and TH of the ExExperts Aug 06, 2023
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Today's conversation highlights both the unique differences one faces when coparenting with a high conflict ex and the common challenges that we all face coparenting no matter when level of conflict we've experienced with our ex.

Jess and TH are the founder of Exexperts.  The...

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Meet the Coaches: Founder, Karen McMahon's Story Aug 06, 2023

This episode is being shared from the Divorced People podcast which Karen McMahon was recently interviewed on.

Divorced People is a podcast about divorce, marriage, and relationships. The host, Nicole Quallen, a divorced person and collaborative divorce lawyer, speaks with story-tellers who have...

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All Things Parenting: Long Distant Parenting: The challenges, rewards and best practices with Carrie Norwood Aug 06, 2023

Distance parenting was a new term to me when I found today’s guest and given that I have been in the divorce field for over a dozen years, that surprised me.  So today we are discussing “Long Distance Parenting: The challenges, rewards and best practices.”

The term Distance Parenting refers to t...

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Voices of Celebration: My Unexpected Unbelievable Life After Divorce and Cancer with Guest, Clare health and wellness illness life after divorce voices of celebration Aug 06, 2023

Clare was beaming when we began talking, so excited about her new lease on life. She had a marriage that had been dead for a while, with little communication or emotional support. She found herself more anxious and depressed, even praying for a way out of life...until one day, she got really sick...

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All Things Parenting: Parallel Parenting: A Proven Approach to Successful High Conflict Co Parenting with Brook Olsen co-parenting high conflict divorce high conflict marriage high conflict personality parallel parenting Jun 16, 2023

Welcome to another episode of All Things Parenting.  You’re post divorce and survived the chaotic, complex, often times hostile and overwhelming divorce process. You thought you would be free, feel better, be less triggered and engaged with your ex. But you have kids together and somedays it feel...

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All Things Parenting: When Divorce Collides with Raising Complex Kids with Diane Dempster complex kids coparenting parenting after divorce raising kids May 30, 2023

Today we are discussing what happens when Divorce Collides with Raising Complex Kids. If you are raising a complex kid, you know the unique challenges you face. These difficulties may even have played a role in the dissolution of your marriage.  

Today we’re joined by my dear friend and colleagu...

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All Things Parenting: The Business Partnership Approach to Successful CoParenting with Janet Price all things parenting conscious coparenting conscious parenting coparenting mindful parenting parenting and divorce May 09, 2023

Welcome to The Business Partnership Approach to Successful CoParenting. Parenting is one of the most difficult jobs we are called to do. In healthy marriages, parents come from different parenting experiences and values and can be challenged to find common ground, how are you to co parent when di...

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All Things Parenting: The 3 A's to Conscious CoParenting with Mikki Gardner all things parenting conscious coparenting parenting after divorce Apr 17, 2023

I am so excited to chat with today’s guest about her 3 A’s to Conscious CoParenting.  How you VIEW your child and their behavior, your ability to self regulate amidst the storm and the skill of presence and responsiveness as you address your child’s behavior is a brilliantly powerful way to paren...

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All Things Parenting: 6 Steps to Successfully Negotiate CoParenting Conflicts w/Rick and Diane Dierks blended family coparenting coparents divorce journey parenting after divorce Apr 06, 2023

After your divorce is finalized,  it is so important when stepping off the divorce battlefield, to put down your weapons, take off your coat of armor and begin the process of navigating your post divorce life.  When co parenting is a part of that life, it is so easy to slip back into old patt

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Voices Of Celebration: How His Betrayal Led Me to Trust and Honor Myself divorcing a narcissist divorcing a  narcissist healing from infidelity high conflict divorce high conflict personality infidelity and divorce Mar 22, 2023

Trish reached out for coaching post divorce. She had already done so much work even prior to finding out about her spouse’s infidelity that became the beginning of the end of a 17 year marriage.  With three children ages 11-18, Trish faced a harsh wake up call.

She had been running on auto pilot, ...

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