In this episode, Mikki Gardner shares her personal struggles with divorce and co-parenting, discussing the challenges she faced and offering insights on how to navigate them. She emphasizes the importance of overcoming hardships to establish a healthy co-parenting relationship. 

 

Mikki outlines three essential steps for conscious co-parenting and highlights the detrimental effects of toxic communication patterns. She also addresses the impact of co-parenting dynamics on children and provides advice on handling uncooperative co-parents. Additionally, Mikki offers practical tips for managing difficult moments that may arise during the co-parenting journey.

 

Mikki Gardner is a Certified Life + Conscious Parenting Coach, the host of the Co-Parenting With Confidence Podcast and a mom of 3 (her son and 2 bonus sons)! 

 

Driven by her own struggles of learning how to rise above the challenges of divorce, she now combines experience with her academic background & helps moms move past the divorce & co-parenting drama to become calm, confident co-parents, even without their ex's participation. Mikki is on a mission to help women navigate the emotional and practical difficulties of divorce and co-parenting, while creating an intentional, joy + ease-filled life after divorce.

 

Listen in as we talk about:

• [2:15] Mikki's own struggles with divorce and co-parenting

• [3:30] How to get through hardship to even begin co-parenting

• [6:25] Three steps of conscious co-parenting

• [10:00] The toxic cycle of communication

• [11:25] How kids fall into co-parenting

• [14:40] Handling a co-parent that doesn't pull their weight

• [18:05] Tips for moments that feel really difficult

 

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• Sign Up for Free Conscious Co-Parenting Masterclass:   https://mikkigardner.com/masterclass/   

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• Website: https://mikkigardner.com/ 

 

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