Want to know how to control your emotions better? How to get unstuck and gain peace and harmony in your co-parenting, parenting and other relationships? Then this episode is for you! We're talking about mindfulness in co-parenting and harnessing the power of awareness to help reach your ultimate goal... whatever that may be for you.

Guest Info:
Alisa Jaffe Holleron is a teacher, author, expert, and therapist. She has taught “in-person” divorced co-parenting classes for almost fifteen years.  Alisa developed a curriculum and book titled: An Unexpected Journey: The Road to Power and Wisdom in Divorced Co-Parenting.  Alisa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Illinois and California. She has a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Jane Addams School of Social Work, and a Bachelors degree from The University of Kansas. Alisa opened the Live Oak Center for Psychotherapy and Education in El Dorado Hills, California where she taught her classes and worked with divorced co-parenting couples, couples and individuals. She now lives in the Chicago area, where she offers therapy and classes at her office in Downtown Evanston.

Links:
Mindfulness in Co-Parenting Workshop - July 30th, 2022

Alisa's Book: An Unexpected Journey: The Road to Power and Wisdom in Divorced Co-Parenting

Podcast Info:
Peaceful Co-Parenting Podcast is hosted by Bianca Balogh: mother, co-parent, entrepreneur and former news anchor/reporter. Send Bianca a feedback message, ask a question, suggest a podcast topic or guest. She wants to hear from you! [email protected]

Download Peaceful CoParenting Messenger as a tool for better communication with your co-parent here: peacefulparentapp.com.

Stay Peaceful! 

Need more peace in your co-parent communication? Go to peacefulparentapp.com and start setting boundaries around the communication you have with your ex.

Do you find that you’re ever in need of someone to talk to like a counselor or therapist?  How about legal advice? The Equal Shared Parenting Program exists to help parents be their healthiest holistic selves. It’s a membership program that offers discounted and free services like behavioral health, free tax prep & advice, access to financial education and more! EqualSharedParentingBenefits.org

Learn proven strategies for winning child custody with The Child Custody Guy: Guy White. With over 30 years of experience guiding guardians through custody disputes, he'll share his insights and advice with you!

Guest Info:
Guy is an expert in Child Custody Cases. He is a former military man and spent some time serving in the Army. He has over 30 years of experience guiding parents through custody disputes. He used to have his own radio show and ran a Father’s Group in the mid 1990’s. He wrote a book called Child Custody A to Z, consults on child custody cases and guides parents to self-study with an online strategy for winning their case on his website.

Links:
The Child Custody Guy's website

Book: Child Custody A to Z

Podcast Info:
Peaceful Co-Parenting Podcast is hosted by Bianca Balogh: mother, co-parent, entrepreneur and former news anchor/reporter. Send Bianca a feedback message, ask a question, suggest a podcast topic or guest. She wants to hear from you! [email protected]

Download Peaceful CoParenting Messenger as a tool for better communication with your co-parent here: peacefulparentapp.com.

Stay Peaceful! 

Need more peace in your co-parent communication? Go to peacefulparentapp.com and start setting boundaries around the communication you have with your ex.

Do you find that you’re ever in need of someone to talk to like a counselor or therapist?  How about legal advice? The Equal Shared Parenting Program exists to help parents be their healthiest holistic selves. It’s a membership program that offers discounted and free services like behavioral health, free tax prep & advice, access to financial education and more! EqualSharedParentingBenefits.org

Want to know the perfect way to respond to a high conflict co-parent? Learn how to give a BIFF response to bring more harmony to your life! Plus, you'll hear other tips and strategies to deal with difficult texts, emails and social media posts.

Guest Info: Bill has worked as the senior family mediator at the National Conflict Resolution Center, a certified family law specialist representing clients in family court, and a licensed clinical social worker therapist. In 2021, he received the Lifetime Achievement award from the Academy of Professional Mediators.

He serves on the faculty of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law in California and is a conjoint associate professor with the University of Newcastle Law School in Australia. He has delivered talks and trainings in more than 30 U.S. states and ten countries and is the author or co-author of 20 books. His popular blog on the Psychology Today website has more than 5 million views.

Links:
High Conflict Institute

Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder

BIFF for Co-Parent Communication

New Ways for Families

Don't Alienate The Kids

Podcast Info:
Peaceful Co-Parenting Podcast is hosted by Bianca Balogh: mother, co-parent, entrepreneur and former news anchor/reporter. Send Bianca a feedback message, ask a question, suggest a podcast topic or guest. She wants to hear from you! [email protected]

Download Peaceful Co-Parenting Messenger as a tool for better communication with your co-parent here: www.peacefulparentapp.com. 

Stay Peaceful! 

Need more peace in your co-parent communication? Go to peacefulparentapp.com and start setting boundaries around the communication you have with your ex.

Do you find that you’re ever in need of someone to talk to like a counselor or therapist?  How about legal advice? The Equal Shared Parenting Program exists to help parents be their healthiest holistic selves. It’s a membership program that offers discounted and free services like behavioral health, free tax prep & advice, access to financial education and more! EqualSharedParentingBenefits.org

What is covert narcissism? Some people describe it as shy, introverted narcissism with the same entitlement and superiority of the overt version as well as a similar sense of confusion and chaos for anyone close to the covert narcissist. We dive in deeper to understand how this toxic personality trait can play a role in divorce and co-parenting.

Guest Info:
Renee Swanson is a certified life coach for abuse victims. Renee's focus is on victims of covert narcissistic abuse. She works to help victims get on a solid path of healing, to make sense out of the feelings and thoughts they have experienced through abuse, and to teach them how to take charge of their own life and happiness once again.

Links:
www.covertnarcissism.com

Book: Parenting with a Toxic Partner: Helping Our Kids Survive and Thrive Admits Emotional Abuse

Podcast Info:
Peaceful Co-Parenting Podcast is hosted by Bianca Balogh: mother, co-parent, entrepreneur and former news anchor/reporter. Send Bianca a feedback message, ask a question, suggest a podcast topic or guest. She wants to hear from you! [email protected]

Download Peaceful CoParenting Messenger as a tool for better communication with your co-parent here: peacefulparentapp.com.

Stay Peaceful! 

Need more peace in your co-parent communication? Go to peacefulparentapp.com and start setting boundaries around the communication you have with your ex.

Do you find that you’re ever in need of someone to talk to like a counselor or therapist?  How about legal advice? The Equal Shared Parenting Program exists to help parents be their healthiest holistic selves. It’s a membership program that offers discounted and free services like behavioral health, free tax prep & advice, access to financial education and more! EqualSharedParentingBenefits.org

Looking to turn your co-parenting relationship around? This week we're talking to author Teresa Harlow who wrote a book that focuses on how to turn a combative co-parenting relationship into a collaborative one. She's walking the walk and has researched the topic in depth to bring you actionable insights to try today!

Guest Info:
Teresa Harlow has spent more than 20 years co-parenting and another 30 years in corporate settings building a "can-do" philosophy. She's helped teams and individuals achieve feats they thought were impossible. She says she did this by provoking them to think differently and question limits they imposed on themselves and others. Teresa believes that once a person is liberated to think beyond their present state, I worked with them to define their path to recast the impossible as possible.

Links:
Book: Combative to Collaborative: The Co-Parenting Code

Book: Happily Divorced: A Journey Through Divorce & Co-Parenting by the Golden Rule

Teresa's Website

Podcast Info:
Peaceful Co-Parenting Podcast is hosted by Bianca Balogh: mother, co-parent, entrepreneur and former news anchor/reporter. Send Bianca a feedback message, ask a question, suggest a podcast topic or guest. She wants to hear from you! [email protected]

Download Peaceful CoParenting Messenger as a tool for better communication with your co-parent here: peacefulparentapp.com.

Stay Peaceful! 

Need more peace in your co-parent communication? Go to peacefulparentapp.com and start setting boundaries around the communication you have with your ex.

Do you find that you’re ever in need of someone to talk to like a counselor or therapist?  How about legal advice? The Equal Shared Parenting Program exists to help parents be their healthiest holistic selves. It’s a membership program that offers discounted and free services like behavioral health, free tax prep & advice, access to financial education and more! EqualSharedParentingBenefits.org

Looking for words of wisdom from someone who has been in the high-conflict co-parenting trenches for years? From someone who has been helping others cope with a narcissistic ex? Then this episode is for you!

Guest Info:
Duane Robert has built quite a following through his Dad Surviving Divorce brand on YouTube, a podcast and divorce/co-parenting coaching online. He's authentic, insightful and speaking from experience. Duane discusses common challenges many people face when dealing with high-conflict divorce and co-parenting and has developed some techniques and strategies to use to cope with common challenges.

Links:
Dad Surviving Divorce YouTube Page

YouTube Playlist: Mindset for Narcissistic Abuse Recovery

Video on Hybrid No Contact

Video on Blackhole Thinking

Podcast Info:
Peaceful Co-Parenting Podcast is hosted by Bianca Balogh: mother, co-parent, entrepreneur and former news anchor/reporter. Send Bianca a feedback message, ask a question, suggest a podcast topic or guest. She wants to hear from you! [email protected]

Download Peaceful CoParenting Messenger as a tool for better communication with your co-parent here: peacefulparentapp.com.

Stay Peaceful! 

Need more peace in your co-parent communication? Go to peacefulparentapp.com and start setting boundaries around the communication you have with your ex.

Do you find that you’re ever in need of someone to talk to like a counselor or therapist?  How about legal advice? The Equal Shared Parenting Program exists to help parents be their healthiest holistic selves. It’s a membership program that offers discounted and free services like behavioral health, free tax prep & advice, access to financial education and more! EqualSharedParentingBenefits.org

Changing the way we "see" people can shift the kind of relationship we have with them. In co-parenting, this comes into play because there's always something we can be doing better to improve the relationship even if you think your co-parent is the difficult, "high conflict" co-parent.

Guest Info:
Kimberly White is an author and public speaker who focuses on how we can improve our relationships by choosing what we focus on in others. In this episode, Kimberly dives in to her first book called The Shift to illustrate her point that when we "treat people like people" great things can happen inside ourselves and to the relationship dynamic. Kimberly spent nine months of research for The Shift included dozens of hours working alongside nursing home employees in offices, showers, vans, patient rooms, kitchens, and one very creepy basement.

Links:
The book: The Shift

Kimberly White's Instagram

Podcast Info:
Peaceful Co-Parenting Podcast is hosted by Bianca Balogh: mother, co-parent, entrepreneur and former news anchor/reporter. Send Bianca a feedback message, ask a question, suggest a podcast topic or guest. She wants to hear from you! [email protected]

Download Peaceful CoParenting Messenger as a tool for better communication with your co-parent here: peacefulparentapp.com.

Stay Peaceful! 

Need more peace in your co-parent communication? Go to peacefulparentapp.com and start setting boundaries around the communication you have with your ex.

Do you find that you’re ever in need of someone to talk to like a counselor or therapist?  How about legal advice? The Equal Shared Parenting Program exists to help parents be their healthiest holistic selves. It’s a membership program that offers discounted and free services like behavioral health, free tax prep & advice, access to financial education and more! EqualSharedParentingBenefits.org

Solo podcast featuring a few things I've learned along the way.

Podcast Info:
Peaceful Co-Parenting Podcast is hosted by Bianca Balogh: mother, co-parent, entrepreneur and former news anchor/reporter. Send Bianca a feedback message, ask a question, suggest a podcast topic or guest. She wants to hear from you! [email protected]

Download Peaceful CoParenting Messenger as a tool for better communication with your co-parent here: peacefulparentapp.com.

Stay Peaceful! 

Need more peace in your co-parent communication? Go to peacefulparentapp.com and start setting boundaries around the communication you have with your ex.

Do you find that you’re ever in need of someone to talk to like a counselor or therapist?  How about legal advice? The Equal Shared Parenting Program exists to help parents be their healthiest holistic selves. It’s a membership program that offers discounted and free services like behavioral health, free tax prep & advice, access to financial education and more! EqualSharedParentingBenefits.org

The best interests of the child factors come up in every single divorce case, according to our guest this week Wendy Hernandez of Command the Courtroom. Knowing these factors can make or break your case, prepare you to deliver solid evidence and keep your head in the co-parenting game. You don't want to miss Wendy's insight on this important issue that effects most co-parents!

Guest Info:
Wendy Hernandez is a Phoenix family law attorney, divorce coach, founder of the Hernandez Family Law Firm and creator of Command the Courtroom.

Having tried over 1,000 cases during her 25 years as a litigator, Wendy is a courtroom warrior who has tackled every type of family law matter — from divorce to child custody and everything in between.

In addition to providing full-service representation for Arizona clients, Wendy is passionate about coaching individuals representing themselves on how to navigate the family law courtroom on their own through her popular YouTube channel, Command the Courtroom.

Links:
The Best Interests of the Child Checklist

Command the Courtroom YouTube Page

Hernandez Family Law

Wendy's Command the Courtroom Facebook Page

Podcast Info:
Peaceful Co-Parenting Podcast is hosted by Bianca Balogh: mother, co-parent, entrepreneur and former news anchor/reporter. Send Bianca a feedback message, ask a question, suggest a podcast topic or guest. She wants to hear from you! [email protected]

Download Peaceful CoParenting Messenger as a tool for better communication with your co-parent here: peacefulparentapp.com.

Stay Peaceful! 

Need more peace in your co-parent communication? Go to peacefulparentapp.com and start setting boundaries around the communication you have with your ex.

Do you find that you’re ever in need of someone to talk to like a counselor or therapist?  How about legal advice? The Equal Shared Parenting Program exists to help parents be their healthiest holistic selves. It’s a membership program that offers discounted and free services like behavioral health, free tax prep & advice, access to financial education and more! EqualSharedParentingBenefits.org

Getting your finances in order can be a daunting task, especially after a separation or divorce. In this episode, you'll hear some advice about how to gain financial independence from a financial planner passionate about helping women in transition.

Guest Info:
Rachael Burns is a Certified Financial Planner and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst based in Folsom, California. She is the founder of True Worth Financial Planning, which helps newly single women achieve financial independence after the divorce or death of their partner.

Rachael spent 12 years in ‘traditional’ wealth management before a series of life events re-shaped her career path. Shortly before the birth of her twins, her husband was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a rare and aggressive brain cancer. With two babies on the way and her husband undergoing cancer treatment, the uncertainty was overwhelming. Planning for her family’s future was next to impossible, but she felt fortunate that her professional expertise allowed her to quickly adapt their financial plan.

Through her own personal experiences navigating grief and finances, she found her calling — to support and empower other women during the most challenging transitions of their lives. In 2020 mid-lockdown, she left the corporate wealth management world and launched her own fee-only firm, True Worth Financial Planning.

Links:
Rachel's website: trueworthfp.com

Podcast Info:
Peaceful Co-Parenting Podcast is hosted by Bianca Balogh: mother, co-parent, entrepreneur and former news anchor/reporter. Send Bianca a feedback message, ask a question, suggest a podcast topic or guest. She wants to hear from you! [email protected]

Download Peaceful CoParenting Messenger as a tool for better communication with your co-parent here: peacefulparentapp.com.

Stay Peaceful! 

Need more peace in your co-parent communication? Go to peacefulparentapp.com and start setting boundaries around the communication you have with your ex.

Do you find that you’re ever in need of someone to talk to like a counselor or therapist?  How about legal advice? The Equal Shared Parenting Program exists to help parents be their healthiest holistic selves. It’s a membership program that offers discounted and free services like behavioral health, free tax prep & advice, access to financial education and more! EqualSharedParentingBenefits.org