Peaceful Co-Parent

Stop electronic harassment and abuse in its tracks from the inside out using a service called ProperComm! ProperComm works with judges and courts to stop nasty communication between co-parents by channeling messages through a live "auditor" to be edited before it gets sent to you. The co-parent who gets their message edited also gets a lesson on how to write texts more appropriately. Beautiful!

Guest Info: Launi Sheldon is the founder of ProperComm, a court-ordered communication tool that started in 2014. She is an attorney who primarily practiced family law for 18 years. She is the author if Custody Evaluation Preparation and Controlling Your Own Divorce for Self Represented Litigants.

Links:

Website: ProperComm

Book: Custody Evaluation Preparation

Book: Controlling Your Own Divorce for Self Represented Litigants

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.

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

Learn about the only co-parenting app on the market that can help you curb unproductive communication by your co-parent. This is a game-changer for one reason: it gives the victim the control. That's right! You don't have to put up with nasty messages anymore!

Peaceful CoParenting Messenger is a tool for co-parents created by mother and entrepreneur Bianca Balogh. She speaks about what inspired her to create the app and the features inside that may help you create a more productive, kind communication with your co-parent.


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

Ever feel stuck in your communication with your co-parent? Don't distress! Just listen to this episode with conflict expert Megan Hunter. She gives you strategies and techniques to use when your co-parent is hostile in text, email and social media posts.

Guest Info: Megan Hunter is the CEO of the High Conflict Institute, which specializes in helping divorced and separated couples reduce conflict and improve their relationship. She is the co-author of The High-Conflict Co-Parenting Survival Guide among other books and has trained professionals and delivered keynotes to large groups on high conflict behaviors since 2008 in the U.S. and in 7 countries. Megan has strong leadership, policy and training experience during her eight years at the Arizona Supreme Court, Administrative Office of the Courts as Family Law Specialist.

Links:
The High Conflict Institute Website

Book: BIFF for Co-Parents: Your Guide to Texts, Emails and Social Media Posts

Book: High Conflict Co-Parenting Survival Guide

Conflict Playbook Website

New Ways For Families

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

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.

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This week we're talking about creating structure to reduce anxiety. Structure can help in all facets of our lives from co-parenting to our personal routine to reduce anxiety which can lead to less conflict. Dr. Ben Garber talks about specific and easy things you can do to bring more structure to your life and your children's lives to help create more peace and harmony!

Guest Info:
Dr. Ben Garber has advanced degrees in child and family development, clinical psychology, and psycholinguistics from the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Michigan. He consults and testifies in courts around the world in matters concerned with the dynamics of the conflicted family system. He is an internationally renowned speaker and an award winning freelance journalist, writing in the areas of child and family development for popular press publications appearing around the world and in juried professional publications in both law and psychology.

Links:
Book: Holding Tight, Letting Go: Raising Healthy Kids in Anxious Times

Book: The Roadmap to the Parenting Plan Worksheet

Dr. Ben Garber'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.

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Dealing with divorce can be extremely difficult for children. A program called Banana Splits helps children process all the changes and supports them through the ups and downs. It creates a community of adults and children they can talk to; other kids going through the same challenges. Hear more from a psychologist who has been involved in the program for 25 years!

Guest Info:
Dr. Valerie Raymond is a retired psychologist in New York City. She ran Banana Splits groups and adoption groups in schools from 1991-2015. In her private practice, she specialized in learning  disabilities and attention disorders.

Dr. Raymond provides an annual one-day training in New York City for prospective Banana Splits group leaders. She also trains school personnel and college/graduate students at their sites.

Links:
Banana Splits website

[email protected]

Materials for Counselors, Teachers & Parents

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.

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Learn how to take your ego out of co-parenting to keep the peace. In this episode, we discuss the definition of ego, how fear factors in and how to stay focused on the children.

Guest Info:
Jenny Ward is a co-parenting consultant, author, mediator, child educator and the creator of the Peace and Play method. Her specialities include: high conflict divorce, children play coaching, kid transitions coach (divorce), anger, grief, mindfulness and yoga.

Links:

Jenny Ward'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! 

Are you dealing with Family Court? Want to know more about how to be successful in the court room, whether you're representing yourself or have an attorney? In this episode, you'll hear from one amazing woman who has been more than successful in her quest to obtain 100% custody of her children and also works hard to bring awareness to what she calls "the broken family court system."

Guest Info:
Tina Swithin, creator of One Mom's Battle, embarked on a category five divorce hurricane while acting as her own attorney over a decade ago.

During her 10 year battle, Tina successful terminated her ex-husband's parenting rights.

Currently, Tina works tirelessly to raise awareness of the issues in the Family Court System and to educate the court system on Narcissistic Personality Disorder and other personality disorders such as Borderline Personality Disorder and Antisocial Personality Disorder.

Links:

Find a High Conflict Divorce Coach

One Mom's Battle

Become a High Conflict Divorce Coach

Center for Judicial Excellence

National Family Violence Law Center with Joan Meier

Kyra's Law - Jaqueline Franchetti

Kaden's Law - Kathy Sherlock

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! 

Ever wonder how to respond to your co-parent? At a loss for what to do? How to react? What to say? No longer. Listen to this episode with co-parent expert, author and instructor Kari Clemmer for the four easy steps to your best path to peaceful co-parenting.

Guest Info:
Kari Clemmer has been there, done that when it comes to co-parenting. She has walked the walk and figured out what works to do co-parenting well. She has shared her insight as an instructor, an author, a coach, a certified family mediator and created the Co-Parenting Workshop, a court-approved class. In The Mediation Room she helps couples and individuals co-parent well.

Links:

Kari's Facebook Page - Co-Parenting Basics

The Four Formula Parts

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! 

A certified Child Mental Health Specialist joins us this week to discuss your children, babies all the way up to teens, and what to look for during and after divorce to see if they're coping well. You'll hear what is normal adjustment and also what could be concerning. Learn how to handle the challenges and how to work with your co-parent to identify these issues and possibly get help from a professional.

Guest Info:
Kristin Little is a certified Mental Health Specialist, author, and counselor. She has specific training and experience working with child and adolescent mental health including emotional, behavioral, educational and parting issues. Kristin is also training in collaborative divorce and mediation.

Kristin wrote the book: "No More Us: Navigating a Divorce or Separation You Didn't Want."

Links:
www.kristinlittlecounseling.com

International Association of Collaborative Divorce Professionals

The Stepfamily Handbook: From Dating, to Getting Serious, to forming a "Blended Family."

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! 

Learn how to set up a good parenting plan with your co-parent, what to focus on, what to include and how to keep the peace in this important process that needs to flex with you and your children until they are adults!

Guest Info:
Karen Bonnell has over thirty years of experience working with individuals, couples, and teams. She is a divorce and co-parent coach and family mediator. Karen dedicates her work to resolving conflicts thoughtfully--one person, one parenting pair, or one family at a time. She is an author, a former clinical nurse specialist and now trains attorneys and mediators to help parents develop parenting plans and prepare for two-home family life.

Links:
Learn more about Karen at www.coachmediateconsult.com and email her at [email protected].

You can view Karen's videos at youtube.com/user/karenbonnell

The Co-parenting Handbook: Raising Well-Adjusted Resilient Kids From Little Ones to Young Adults through Separation or Divorce

The StepFamily Handbook: From Dating to Getting Serious to Forming a "Blended Family"

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!