Whether you’re married, divorced, separated, or parenting in the same home, many parents are quietly carrying the emotional and mental load alone.

In this episode, Shey talks about what it really means to parent when your partner is emotionally unavailable, inconsistent, or simply not showing up the way your child needs. This is not about blaming. This is about emotional maturity, protecting your child’s nervous system, and learning how to separate partner problems from parenting responsibility.

We talk about why your child should never carry adult disappointment, how to stop poisoning your child’s view of the other parent, and how one regulated parent can raise a secure child even in a dysfunctional dynamic.

This episode is for every mother who feels invisible, overwhelmed, and alone in parenting — and every parent who wants to break generational cycles and raise emotionally healthy children.

Because your child is not here to heal your relationship.

They’re here to have a childhood.