Jay has a pastoral background of over twenty years and a personal encounter with life-altering grief, having lost his first wife in a sudden accident leaving him as a widower and solo father for over three years. He is now remarried and raising a blended family of four children, three dogs and is a proud grandfather.

He is a member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. A sought-after speaker and co-founder of the Center for Modern Family Dynamics as well as co-produced the national curriculum, "One Heart, Two Homes: Co-parenting Kids of Divorce to a Positive Future."

Today Jay explores his own days as a solo widowed parent and discusses issues like:

*What kept you going through that season?

*What is one thing you would want to make sure someone in your shoes heard you say to them - from your personal perspective?

*Tell us about some of the common challenges in co-parenting that you encounter in your practice and how to deal with them.