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The Key to Surviving Co-Parenting: How to Manage Your Expectations to Thrive in Co-Parenting; with guest Elisha Alcantara Jan 16, 2023

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"How will I survive co-parenting? "One of the most common questions when transitioning into your life post-divorce. This week Elisha Alcantara from Hello Divorce joins Michelle Dempsey-Multack to discuss managing your expectations as you navigate divorce and co-parenting. Michelle and Elisha will educate listeners on:

Talking about divorce in a destigmatized light
Making decisions based upon the needs of your children vs your ex-partner
Understanding that your co-parent will rise higher than before to take care of your children
Managing your emotions and working through triggers as they arise
AND MUCH MORE

Elisha is an entrepreneur who has started real estate companies, a construction firm, a non-profit focused on housing homeless families, and most recently has been writing about life during and after divorce with Hello Divorce.

After 15 years with her spouse, she went through a divorce that she thought would gut her and ruin life as she knew it. But that wasn't at all what happened. While she did lose everything that was in her former life...it turned out it was for the betterment of her future life.

Through her failures in business and life, she has learned how to live from the inside out instead of from the outside in. She understands the life-altering difference this makes and is passionate to share this with others in the hopes they will live a calmer, more fulfilled life. She lives in Portland, OR with her two bright and beautiful kiddos Grace and Bradley, and she’s the kind of mom who’ll hold a tarantula just to make her kids happy.

Whatever you’re secretly feeling or going through, you can live a happier, more connected, more confident life by looking inside and living from there. She's a "come as you are" kind of gal and believes anyone can start living the life they imagine once they take responsibility for their choices, actions, and responses.

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Divorce and Children: Is it Really Better to Stay Together for the Kids? with Dr. Malissa Tigges Jan 09, 2023

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The most common question we hear is "Is it better to stay together for the kids?" This week licensed clinical and forensic psychologist, Dr Malissa Tigges joins Michelle Dempsey-Multack to discuss what is best for children when it comes to divorce. Dr Malissa explains that it is proven that children thrive in a household where they receive love and support from both parents, but when there is constant tension and no model of love it can have negative impacts on them. Michelle and Melissa touch on:

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)
How being in a verbally abusive household can cause long term relationship problems
That children only need one stable parent to thrive
AND MUCH MORE

Dr. Malissa Tigges is a forensic and clinical psychologist recognized for her work on a number of high-profile and high-conflict cases. She provides consultation services and clinical evaluations for the family, dependency, and criminal Courts, as well as private law offices. Dr. Tigges is an experienced expert witness in the areas of child abuse and neglect, custody disputes, estrangement and parental alienation, risk assessments, and sentence mitigation. She is also a skilled psychotherapist, Guardian ad Litem, and Parent Coordinator.

Today, Dr. Tigges owns and operates multiple private mental health practices in Florida, where she supervises doctoral level psychology trainees who provide critical therapeutic services to children and families referred by the Family Court. In her spare time, she enjoys going on adventures with her family and serving on the Advisory Board of KidSide, Miami.

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Is it Time for Divorce? How to Know if You've Already Become a Part of the "Silent Divorce" Population Without Even Realizing it: with guest; Dr Josh Mirmelli Jan 02, 2023

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More people will be considering divorce this month than any other time of the year. Some have held it together through the holidays for the kids, others have made a resolution to choose their happiness over pain this new year. Others may have been part of the "silent divorce" population, and they may not even know it. This week, Dr. Josh Mirmelli sits down with Michelle Dempsey-Multack to discuss what silence divorce is and what you can do if you are experiencing it.

Dr Josh. Mirmelli is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and has

been working in the field of mental health and addiction for fifteen years. Highly sought

after for his “tell it like it is” no-nonsense approach, Dr. Josh knows how to balance

evidence-based interventions with practical tools to foster liberation from unfulfilling

patterns of coping and living. He frequently treats people with symptom constellations

that are complex, as well as those with prior treatment failures. At the heart of his clinical

practice lies a compelling commitment to advocate on behalf of those who are seeking a

life worth living. He is intent on exhuming a “whole self” for those who seek respite from

the human cutouts they feel they have become, and who are driven to lead more

purposeful lives.

Dr. Josh casts a wide lens in his clinical practice, which focuses on Depressive and

Anxiety Disorders, Trauma (single-incident and complex), Grief, as well as Couples and

Family Therapy. He has received specialized training in Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT),

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Insight-Oriented Psychotherapy. Dr. Josh has a

gripping affinity for working with members of the LGBTQIA+ community as well as

individuals with diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. This, in essence, is what

underlies his commitment to integrating cutting-edge research and professional

collaboration to foster therapeutic engagement by populations who have formerly been

marginalized by the mental health profession.

Dr. Josh has led over one-hundred psycho-educational workshops tailored around the

needs of individuals in early recovery and their family members. He has been invited to

offer expert commentary on various mental health and mainstream podcasts and internet

radio shows. He continues to forge an online and media presence, where he aspires to

captivate widespread consciousness around modern mental health issues. Dr. Josh is

based in Los Angeles, where he shares a home with his husband and son. His practice is

on the west side of the city.

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Children and Divorce: Helping Your Children Adjust to Living in Two Homes; with Guest Fiona Kong Dec 19, 2022

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Are you just starting out on your co-parenting journey and trying to help your children navigate spending time in two homes? This week, Michelle Dempsey-Multack is joined by Fiona Kong founder of the Home Sweet Homes Journal. Fiona shares how her personal co-parenting experience led her to create a journal to help connect to children as they share time between homes. Michelle and Fiona also touch on:

How their personal childhood experience with divorce has helped them in their co-parenting relationships
Working hard to break the cycle
Communicating openly with your children about how they're feeling
Understanding the importance of your children having a healthy relationship with their other parent
AND MUCH MORE

Fiona Kong is a former corporate analyst turned founder of the Home Sweet Homes Journal. After becoming a single mom in 2019, she created this tool in pursuit of helping co-parenting families stay connected, specifically focused on the needs of the child. Home Sweet Homes is a one-of-a-kind journal that empowers kids to process big feelings, better navigate and share their two home experiences in a safe and loving way. She lives in Los Angeles with her 6 year-old son, Emile.

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Protecting Your Children: How to Make High-Conflict Co-Parenting Work Best for You and Your Children; with guests Diane Dierks and Rick Voyles Dec 12, 2022

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We know that co-parenting in and of itself is challenging, but what about co-parenting with someone who is high conflict? This week we have two incredibly knowledgeable guests in all things co-parenting. Diane Dierks and Rick Voyles join Michelle Dempsey-Multack to educate listeners on what they can do when they find themselves co-parenting with someone who is high conflict. They dig deep into:

The top co-parenting dilemmas
Protecting your children
Their feelings on "grey rocking" a high-conflict co-parent
Having flexible communication to better help your children
AND MUCH MORE

Diane Dierks is a licensed marriage and family therapist, as well as the executive director of the Center for Navigating Family Change (www.CNFC.org), a non-profit that provides court-ordered parenting education and co-parenting services to the state of Georgia. She has been a parenting coordinator and reunification therapist for many years and provides consultation and expert witness services in high-conflict custody matters. She resides in St. Simons Island, Georgia with her husband and their three-legged Lab mix and one-eyed Yorkie. She has two grown children and two grandchildren.

Rick Voyles is CEO of the Center for Dispute Solutions, as well as a certified business coach, an anger management specialist, and a professional mediator. Rick travels internationally, training and developing federal mediators in their agency ADR programs. He is a published author, business coach and entrepreneur.

He has developed online Mediation Training including over 17 video presentations. He has also produced a TV program, “Conflict Mediation and You” where he discusses topics in conflict management, as well as mediation techniques. Rick is a subject matter expert in the area of Divorce, Co-Parenting, Negotiation, Cross-cultural Communication and Conflict Resolution. He frequently teaches court-ordered co-parenting seminars and is a trained parenting coordinator. He lives in Atlanta with his wife, Janet.

What do you do when the other parent won't be flexible with the parenting schedule? How do you respond to a co-parent who is constantly blowing up your phone with texts? Is it important to talk to your children when they are at the other parent's house? And what about the parent who won't share important information with you about the children? Do you give in to the other parents’ antics or should you hold your ground? Get answers to these questions and more on Co-Parent Dilemmas wherever you get your podcasts. Rick and Diane release new episodes of their podcast every Sunday at noon and it can be accessed on their website at https://www.cpdilemmas.com or wherever you listen. They have also published a follow-along journal that listeners can purchase that is acompanion to the podcast. It is called I AmNon-Impossible: A 12-Week Journey to Co-Parenting Peace. Amazonlink is: https://www.amazon.com/Am-NON-Impossible-12-week-journey-co-parenting-ebook/dp/B0BGJYRF3X

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Making Single Motherhood Your Victory: Meet Michelle's Cousin-Proud Single Mama by Choice; With Guest Sharon Minski Dec 05, 2022

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Most of us enter motherhood thinking we won't have to co-parent as a single mom. What about moms who choose single motherhood? This week on Moms Moving On, Michelle has a very special guest, her cousin Sharon Minski who is a single mom superhero-by choice. Sharon opens up about her beautiful non-traditional way of becoming a mother via IVF. Michelle and Sharon take a deep dive into:

The stigma around single motherhood
The positive support Sharon received from family and friends
Finding balance when parenting solo 24/7
Explaining her family dynamic to her twin girls
AND MUCH MORE!

Sharon Minski is a single mother by choice. Finding herself single at 35, she made the decision to pursue motherhood on her own. Raising her now six year old twin girls is by far the most challenging, yet most fulfilling “job” she could ever have. To read more about her decision and the process of conceiving go to www.adultgrowthspurt.com (relevant post start 12/2014).

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Divorce and Friendships: How to Handle Your Changing Friendships After Divorce; with Kate Anthony Nov 25, 2022

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There's no denying it - divorce will change just about every part of your life, including your friendships. But, as any seasoned divorced woman will come to find, in most cases - these changes are for the best.

Losing friends after divorce hurts, but when you begin to understand the "why" behind these fizzled out friendships, you can embrace all of the space you're clearing out in your life for new ones.

On this episode of Moms Moving On, our guest Kate Anthony shares her own personal friendship story that she experienced after her own divorce, and how she moved forward into her new life.

Kate Anthony is the host of the New York Times recommended podcast, The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast, and a certified divorce coach who helps women (with children, especially) decide if they should stay in or leave their marriages – and then either helps them heal their relationships, or exit with grace.

You can find Kate here, and be sure to check out her amazing new course "The Divorce Survival Program."

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