Co-Parenting Tips For Dealing With A High-Conflict Ex
Are you having trouble communicating with your ex when it comes to your shared children? When I work with parents, the goal is always for the parent to understand they can’t control the other parent. Understanding and respecting the fact that you don’t have any...
9 Ideas For Entertaining Your Children During The Summer Post Divorce
The summer goal for stepfamilies and single parents is to enjoy time with their kids. It’s easy to get bogged down in all the things your kids want to do. And you can’t always afford every single activity. So you need to come up with something both memorable and cost...
To Be The Center Or Be Centered As A Stepmother?
The greatest attributes about women make it hard for them in families, particularly stepfamily life. The way we think about our role as the stepmother and family member can greatly affect our happiness and satisfaction with our own life. Being aware of your...
The 3 Keys To Being A Successful Stepfather
Integrating the stepparent into the family is one of the most important tasks you will face as a stepfamily. Your ability to do this successfully is about taking some time and not rushing it. If you are willing to take the time, this one area of patience from you will...
How To Identify & Deal With High Conflict People In Your Workplace
Is there a high conflict person in your life that seems to flip pleasant moments or situations into turmoil and drama consistently? Constant disruptive behavior from people in your workplace or family can really feel disheartening when it happens often. Maybe it’s...
How To Navigate Co-Parenting Without Feeding Into Parental Alienation
Relationship struggles occur all around the world. Parental alienation is no different. Parental alienation happens when one parent uses their relationship with their child to reject the other parent. There are other names for alienation including pathogenic...
The Real Secret to Making Relationships Work
Several years ago, I had the pleasure and privilege of training with Michele Weiner-Davis. We both have a solution focused approach. In my work, I help couples to stop being problem saturated and start being solution focused. While there are many areas and ways to...
March Madness and Summer Parenting Time Designations
While it is great to enjoy March Madness with the ultimate in collegiate basketball, I've learned that March Madness is very real. And I'm not talking basketball. For many families that I work with, this time can be very stressful. The deadline for summer...
Part 2: Navigating the College Planning Process
Last week, I highlighted some useful advice from a podcast I did with Bright Futures Consulting. This week, I am back to offer some more valuable insights. Use flexible thinking When we work with a student from a blended family, there are usually a lot of moving...
Navigating College Planning
My friend and colleague, Dr. Beth Dennard, and I recently sat down and talked about navigating college planning for high school students in blended families or who have parents who do not live together. Since this is the time of year when many high school seniors are...
