Positive Discipline Parenting Blog

Protecting & Supporting Your Child Through Divorce

Divorce can feel like the ground is shifting beneath you. It’s emotional, exhausting, and full of unknowns. And if you’re a parent, you’re not just navigating your own storm—you’re trying to protect your kids from being swept up in it, too. Supporting your children through divorce is incredibly hard.  You’re not alone. This is hard—I’m […]

What Your Nervous System is Trying to Tell You

When you are going through divorce or co-parenting struggles with your ex, it’s exhausting. Your nervous system may be stuck in survival mode. Here are tools to calm your nervous system from this panic state. Let me guess… You open an email from your co-parent, and before you’ve even finished the first sentence, your heart is […]

Healing Happens in Community: Why Group Support Actually Works

There’s something a lot of people don’t realize until they’re in the middle of a divorce or trying to co-parent with someone difficult: it’s weirdly lonely. Even if you’ve got friends or family around, it’s hard to talk about what’s really going on. People either don’t get it, try to fix it, or maybe even […]

Shielding Your Children: Navigating High-Conflict Co-Parenting

Parenting is full of surprises—some that make your heart swell, others that test your patience in ways you never imagined. Co-parenting with a high-conflict ex can amplify those challenges, turning everyday situations into hurdles that feel overwhelming. The tension, disagreements, and constant back-and-forth can drain you. Yet, through it all, one thing remains clear: your […]