Episode 9: How to talk to your kids about an absent father

Someone submitted this anonymous question to my website: My son often asks for his daddy. I don’t know what to say to him. It breaks my heart because I’ve done everything I can to bridge the gap and encourage his father to be a part of his life. But he’s totally absent. Only visits maybe 20hrs a month sometimes less. Can you give me […]

Episode 8: Dating After Divorce: Shifting of Primary

In this episode I look at dating after divorce, and how hard it can sometimes be to be the new person coming in when the exes are “besties.” The new person can often wonder where they fit in, and if the ex is always their go-to, their first call, they can feel left out and as if they don’t have […]

Episode 7: Putting your kids at the center – not in the middle – of your divorce

Whether your split is amicable or not, if you’re separating from a mentally stable, otherwise reasonable person, there are steps you can take to keep it from going completely off the rails. Conversely, there are ways that the system is set up to be sure that it does… and all those ways benefit the system itself. When I first split […]

Episode 6: Surviving Abuse with Mickie Zada

Mickie Zada is a change-agent, a content creator and an advocate for women who have escaped domestic abuse.  Her passion is to inspire and empower survivors in their transition to safe, healthy lives. Mickie speaks openly and honestly about living in domestic abuse for 34 years (she says she stayed waaay tooo long at the dance!), the reality of her […]

Episode 5: Co-Parenting is Really Fucking Hard

I often talk about my co-parenting relationship with my ex, and how hard we’ve worked to make it good. But that’s not the whole story, and it’s not always possible for everyone. Reading an article in Time Magazine by Jessica Henriquez called Raising My Son With My Ex-Husband is the Hardest Thing I’ve Done made me want to come clean about […]

Episode 4: How I Married and Divorced the Same Man TWICE

My friend and colleague Sandi Herrera joined me to talk about how she married and divorced the same man twice, everything she learned in the process, and how understanding and honoring her core values has helped her evolve as a woman, mother, and business-owner. In this episode we talk about the true meaning of values (NOT what you’ve been taught!), […]

Episode 3: Are You Staying in Your Marriage For Your Kids?

Episode 2: What it really means to be a stay-at-home—if you get divorced

Episode 1: Should you tell if you cheated?