Anger is an intense flooding of emotion that can quickly over take any clarity we have worked so hard to create. pic_arinovick300 (1)Throw in the many emotional issues around divorce and you may have an expensive outburst! Join me with my guest Ari Novick to leaner more about anger, how it manifests and how to teach ourselves to tame it both through mental understanding/recognition and targeted behavior changes in our daily lives. Ari will share with us the importance of anger and its expression as well as its challenges within relationships. Getting to the root of this natural human emotion can be incredibly empowering on a very personal note as well as truly rewarding in bringing increased levels of joy to our relationships.

In this Episode, The Mother Rising is joined by Lisa Joyce Goes, co-founder of The Thinking Mom’s Revolution. photoLisa will describe how she found her very powerful and outspoken voice as an advocate for families and children challenged with iatrogenic autism and environmental illness in the face of harsh criticism and backlash from both her immediate and the medical communities. We will see the similarities in her transformative opportunity through becoming a Thinking Mom with going through divorce and also discuss the high divorce rate within the autism community and challenges of parenting when the children have health issues involving special care. Lisa is incredibly inspirational and her dedication and commitment to children and families dealing with iatrogenic autism and environmental illness is very empowering. She’s a wonderful representative of being an everyday super hero!

Last week’s show with author of "Emotional Vampires,” Al Bernstein was just the tip of the iceberg for mar-smallassisting those of us who have been hypnotized by vampires in creating an awareness of how they function. This show will be for everyone who wants to get into the nitty gritty everyday scenarios as to how they work especially in the arena of a dismantling relationship. Both understanding how they work and learning some strategies for keeping the vampires at bay will save you vast amounts of emotional drain. Margaret lays it out in direct, straight to the point format.  This is definitely a show not to miss!

In this episode, I will be joined by leading expert and author six times over, Albert Bernstein, PhD who will be al 033cidiscussing his upcoming book, “To Fight Vampires, You Need The Calm Of A Jedi Knight And The Chutzpah Of A Jewish Mother.” Dr. Bernstein is well known for teaching people to confront difficult and frightening situations with wit, wisdom, grace and liberal doses of humor. He is an expert in his field at detailing how to spot emotionally draining relationships and how to navigate them with clarity in ways that empower the person being “sucked dry” by those with vampire like tendencies. If you are dealing with an emotional vampire or someone with possibly narcissistic or psychopathic tendencies and you are getting bowled over, you need to listen to this episode!

Joseph Sorge, Director and Author of Divorce Corp. the Joseph Sorge book and documentary film! We will be discussing these very interesting and revealing works. So excited to do this interview as both the book and the film creates an alarming wake up call for America’s Family Courts, yet also inspires creative change and hope for alternatives!

https://www.divorcecorp.com/

This episode is for everyone no matter what stage of mar-smalldivorce or life crisis who feels alone and alienated. Feeling as if you are all by yourself and have been left out of the pack, like you simply can’t relate to anyone else. Others don’t understand you nor do they want to. When we are going through life crises such as divorce, one of the sure fire things that happens is this sense of feeling alone.  The feeling can in many ways stimulate a lot of introspection and growth; however, it can also become debilitating.  Listen in to discover how you can work with this sense of feeling isolated, create new community, work with your fears and worries by employing forgiveness and gratitude and get clarity on the dynamics of this state so that you can feel empowered to create a steady stream of successes that will build your self-esteem!

Yesterday, I interviewed the delightful Michelle Crosby of Wevorce. It was such an excellent time as we were almost like two peas in a pod.  We share very similar views of relationships and the possibility of transitioning out of a marriage.  I loved what she said about "divorce" being a relationship issue with legal implications...instead of the reverse that is our common way of thinking.  In any case, here's the original show description, Michelle's bio and a link to listen! Enjoy!

It’s so exciting that Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin have brought to the public’s attention an alternative way to divorce and they have termed it “conscious uncoupling”. In this episode, I am joined by Michelle Crosby founder of Wevorce where we will discuss how Wevorce can help people to divorce collaboratively. Though this type of collaborative divorce may not work for all couples, Michelle will help us understand who it is for, how the process works and what she thinks about Paltrow and Martin! Don’t miss this hot-topic episode that I know will stimulate a shift in our thinking regarding divorce as necessitating high conflict to one of simply moving out of a married relationship and into roles as supportive co-parents.

https://www.wevorce.com/

Join me with Dr. Charles Fay, globally sought after thought leader in parenting children with Love and Logic. Dr. Fay and I discussed how to provide the strong anchor of supportive discipline during major life changing events such as divorce.  We covered a variety of topics from what can you control and what you can and can't controll, being "different" in how we parent, the positive things children of divorce will learn from their situation, dating and divorce, and MORE. You won't want to miss this!

Tyler Perry’s new movie The Single Moms Club opened on March 14th.  I was curious what would the "Real Life Single Moms" think of the movie. I am joined in this episode by guest Emma Johnson blogger of www.wealthysinglemommy.com. Emma and I discussed the portrayal of the mothers, the fathers (ex’s), the children, the boyfriends, the parenting AND MORE.  It was a fantastic show!

Additionally, Emma and I both blogged about our experience watching the movie.  Be sure to check out both of our reviews...they are very different, but the show speaks for itself.  We both agree on many key factors that we would like to see portrayed about Single Moms in the media!  So much to discuss and so little time!

Click here for Emma's Blog on The Single Moms Club

Click here for My Blog on The Single Moms Club

Divorce can be a very BIG change for the children stuck in between their parents.  Not only can they be smack in the middle of fighting, but are challenged with learning to navigate the ins and outs of two households, two sets of rules, two sets of clothes, and new partners for their parents, to name just a few.  The movie Split documents both the hardships experienced by the children and their incredible resilience.  Join me with Director, Ellen Bruno in the discussion of her interest and motivation on this project, how she created it, what she learned from it and MORE.