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How a wealthy co-parent with narcissistic traits can turn minor disagreements into expensive legal battles - and how to protect your child, sanity, and finances Before we begin, a necessary clarification:

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The Silent Erosion: What High-Conflict Co-Parenting Does to You Over Time

The hardest thing about high-conflict co-parenting is not always the conflict itself. It is what the conflict gradually does to you. People often assume that divorce marks the end of a

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Co-parenting With a Controlling Ex After Divorce: Protecting Your Peace and Your Child

High-conflict co-parenting does not only affect the adults involved. Children absorb the emotional atmosphere around them, even when both parents insist they are keeping the conflict hidden. They notice which subjects

Pick Your Players Wisely: How Relationship Choices Shape Our Self-Esteem in the PTSD Journey

You ever find yourself in a relationship so mind-bending that you begin to question not just their sanity, but your own? Hey there, I'm the proud card-carrying member of the

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High Conflict Divorce and PTSD: This is My Story

[bctt tweet="Sometimes you have to stop fighting who you are and roll the ball of self-discovery, even if it’s paved with painful thorns." username="@DianaHelps"] I avoided mine for a long time,

High Conflict Co-parenting: When a Toxic Ex-Spouse Alienates Your Children

You would think that after spending months and thousands of dollars trying to divorce your spouse you will be able to move on with your life, right? Well, this is not

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Co-Parenting After Divorce: Raising Children Who Won’t Need Therapy

Deciding to divorce your partner does not make you a bad person, a villain, or a reject of society. If you have this belief, erase it from your system as

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Supportive Co-Parenting: How to be Your Child’s Hero

Give you children a real security blanket after divorce: be their superhero. There is ample research showing the benefits of a supportive co-parenting relationship for child development. Parents who manage to

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How to Boost Your Self-Esteem After Divorce

Aside from your finances, your self-esteem can take a real beating during the process of a divorce, especially if your ex was a narcissist. But as a divorced human, you

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Co-Parenting with a Narcissist: Time to Grow a Pair

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER WHEN CO-PARENTING IS THAT YOU MUST ALWAYS STRIVE TO SAFEGUARD YOUR CHILDREN FROM CONFLICT. Everyone who has been through it knows that co-parenting takes effort.

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Co-parenting: Learning to Tame the Beast

Co-parenting takes strength, courage, patience, and for some – lots of wine, praying, bag punching, drawing, journaling, or whatever your outlet is. If you don’t have one: find one. Co-parenting forms