Co-parents in Conflict, A Country Divided, Thoughts on Healing
When COVID hit, I was overcome with anxiety. I realized quickly that it wasn’t just the pandemic that was upsetting me. It was also the state of our country. So much division and so much conflict. So much hatred and demonizing of other. In my work with...
Co-Parenting Communication: Listening is Key
Co-parenting communication is extremely challenging. Often co-parents feel powerless to change it. Is it reasonable to think communication between highly conflicted co-parents can improve? Yes, co-parents can and do improve their communication. It is amazing how much...
“My Co-Parent Badmouths Me to My Children!” What Should I Do?
Is your co-parent badmouthing you to the children? Knowing that your co-parent is badmouthing you is terrible! It is deeply distressing, anger provoking and just plain scary to feel like your co-parent is trying to turn your children against you. Co-parents can get...
Supporting Divorced Co-Parents with Holiday Grief
One of the most difficult realities of divorced co-parenting is dividing up holidays. Being away from children on a holiday can feel intensely empty and debilitatingly sad. Many of us have divorced families in our extended families. Supporting divorced co-parents with...
“My Co-Parent Doesn’t Respect Me!” Should You Care?
It is very common for co-parents to feel disrespected by their co-parents. Co-parents complain that their disrespectful co-parent thinks they’re too strict, too lenient, too cheap, too extravagant, too nurturing or not nurturing enough. Their co-parents don’t like...
Video: How Co-Parents Lose Power, and How to Get it Back!
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Divorced Co-Parents Need Mindfulness
Mindfulness is an amazing tool that can be extraordinarily helpful in co-parenting. Here are just a couple of the many ways divorced co-parents need mindfulness. Mindfulness helps co-parents stay in control of emotions that unchecked can cause a lot of trouble! When...
Answering Children’s Questions about Divorce: Seven Guidelines
It is not unusual for divorced co-parents to feel confused about how to answer children’s questions about divorce? Here are important guidelines. 1. Focus on emotion, not content. Children of divorce often feel as though the ground under their feet is shaky....
The Irony of Fighting Over “Children’s Best Interests”
Co-parents often fight over what is in the children’s best interest. People throw around the phrase “in the best interest of the child” as if it an absolute, concrete, set in stone thing. It usually isn’t. Co-parents think that their idea of what is in the best...Life-Changing Co-Parenting Book
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I am Alisa Jaffe Holleron, the creator/author of An Unexpected Journey book, classes and professional workshops. I hope you will explore my material, purchase a book, come to a class, or if you are a professional, come to a workshop, and learn about the work that I am proud to say has helped many many divorced co-parents find power and wisdom in very difficult circumstances. I look forward to serving you!