Keeping conflict away from your kids when you’re separating is so important, but it can be really hard to do- especially at the beginning when emotions are raw from a breakup. How do you protect your kids from that conflict and separate in a healthy way? That’s exactly what my guest Sheila and I discuss in this episode.

Sheila is the founder of Cooperative Strategies. She’s also an attorney, mediator and author, who began her legal career practicing personal injury and medical malpractice law in Texas and Washington, DC. She was inspired to create CSFL after several years working with parents through her company, Gardener Parenting Consultants. In that work, Sheila coached parents struggling to co-parent- to create peaceful, two-household families that supported their children.

Having grown up in a cooperative, two-household family, Sheila became passionate about helping parents make conscious decisions to protect and provide for their children into adulthood. Trained in Mediation, Collaborative Practice, and Parenting Coordination, Sheila guides clients toward mutually-acceptable resolutions that reflect their highest priorities.

You can connect with Sheila on her Instagram @twohousesonefamily and website thecooperativestrategy.com. You can find her books “Two Houses One Family” and “Made of Love” on Amazon.

You can also find more divorce assistance on my Instagram and Facebook, Linz Writes Life, and on my website, linzwriteslife.com.