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5 days ago
5 days ago
On this episode of THE Amicable Divorce Expert Elaine will share her tips on getting parents to be able to communicate with their children in a way that takes the stress out of the parent-child relationship.
Here is what you will learn:
- How to deal with your children while you, the parents, are wildly emotional in your divorce process
- What is Neurodiversity in children?
- How to stop the blame and resentment cycle that parents may be in
- Why the divorce rate is higher when parents have a neuro-diverse child
- How the values that brought you into your current relationship with your partner can be used to reconnect in a co-parenting relationship
- Coach approach to parenting instead of an authoritative approach
- How to work with and communicate with a child who has lots of meltdowns and tantrums
- When the parenting approach changes from giving their children a sense of agency to expecting them to accept an authoritative parenting approach
- Children understand the coach approach to parenting vs the authoritative approach to parenting
- How to get on the same of parenting with your co-parent
- Parenting is an exercise of letting go
- If parents have neuro-diverse children, the parents may also be neuro-diverse
- What to do if both parents aren’t on the same page
#parenting #co-parenting #coaching #authoritative #communication #neurodiversity #communication #children #parentingquiz #coachapproach #divorce #family #families #blame #esentment #sanity #complexkids #ImpactParents #TheAmicableDivorceExpert #podcast #divorcepodcast #control #acceptance #collaborativeco-parenting #metacognition #meltdowns #sanityschool @ElaineTaylorKlaus @JudithWeigle
Biography
Elaine Taylor-Klaus, MCC, is first and foremost the mom in an ADHD ++ family of six, and her complex kids are now successful young adults. Professionally, she is a Master Certified Coach – bringing a coach-approach to her work as an internationally recognized speaker, author and educator. The co-founder of the first global coaching organization for parents and professionals of neurodiverse kids, ImpactParents.com, she is a trusted advisor to parents, executives, health care and education professionals. She is also the co-founder of Sanity School®, a neurodiversity-informed behavior training program for parents.
In addition to providing training for parents, ImpactParents has trained and certified hundreds of professionals around the world in neurodiversity-informed coaching skills. Elaine co-authored Parenting ADHD Now! in 2016 and published The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids with ADHD, Anxiety and More, in 2020. The Essential Guide will be released in Spanish on Valentine's Day 2023.
Elaine Taylor-Klaus, MCC, CPCC
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ImpactAnxiety & ImpactComplexKids
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Author: Parenting ADHD Now! &
The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids with ADHD, anxiety, and more
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Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
In this episode of THE Amicable Divorce Expert podcast, Patty McGuire will teach us the following:
- What a Worthiness Coach is and how Self-Worth is lost when going through divorce.
- How Self-Worth affects everything in a person’s life and how to recreate who you are now.
- How to step back from the negativity that divorce showers on you
- Steps to Empowerment.
- The key to self-empowerment
- The power of forgiveness in divorce and self-worth
- How to change the energy in communication
- How to keep your power in threatening messages
- Emotional Divorce
- How to remain positive
- How to define your identity
#self-empowerment #self-worth #divorce #TheAmicableDivorceExpert #PattyMcGuire #JudithWeigle #podcast #divorcepodcast #forgiveness #narcissist #communication #worthinesscoach #emotionalenergy #mediation
Biography
Patty McGuire
Founder, Positivity Influencer Coaching
Patty@thepositivityinfluencer.com
Patty McGuire is a self-worth coach who teaches her clients how to create more love and happiness in their lives - one step at a time. Specializing in emotional wellness, divorce recovery and saving marriages, her unique method guides people from fear and pain back to love.
#selfworthcoach #divorcerecovery #savingmarriages

Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
Benefits of Mediation During Emotional Divorce
Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
In episode 207 of THE Amicable Divorce Expert Judith shares an article from Diane Neumann, a divorce mediator, titled “The Psychological Stages of Divorce”. Diane takes the five emotional stages of divorce and demonstrates how mediation can be used during this time.
You will learn the following:
Stage One: Blaming the Spouse
- a) Mediation fosters a sense of control
- b) Mediation defuses fear of the divorce process
- c) Mediation structures information gathering
- d) Mediation organizes basic living expenses
- e) Mediation contributes to better parenting skills
- f) Mediation works out physical separation details
Stage Two: Mourning the Loss
- a) Mediation refocuses the “poor me” attitude
- b) Mediation helps acknowledge the grief
- c) Mediation acknowledges the reality of the divorce
- d) Mediation structures necessary information gathering
Stage Three: Anger
- a) Mediation defuses anger
- b) Mediation directs the anger energy to focus on specific tasks
- c) Mediation enhances decision-making abilities
- d) Mediation focuses on long-term goals
Stage Four: Being Single
- a) Mediation heightens communication between spouses
- b) Mediation facilitates co-parenting cooperation
- c) Mediation improves relationship interaction
Stage Five: Re-Entry
- a) Mediation provides closure
- b) Mediation emphasizes the future
- c) Mediation is efficient and painless compared to court procedures
#TheAmicableDivorceExpert #mediation #co-parenting #anger #grief #blame #settlementdecisions #fear #loss #ElizabethKublerRoss #JudithWeigle #podcast #divorcepodcast #separationanxiety #decision-making #divorce #amicabledivorce #divorcecourt #psychological #parentingskills #communication #livingexpenses

Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
The Emotional Divorce Precedes the Legal Divorce
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
There are two divorces, the Emotional Divorce and the Legal Divorce. The Emotional Divorce comes first, and needs to be settled before the filing in Court begins.
Here's how this works…
Divorce is Emotional, during the lead-up to filing and throughout the filing. Throughout the filing there are so many decisions to make that are extremely important to get right: Custody and Co-Parenting, Child & Spousal Support, Division of Assets & Debts. These decisions cannot be made well while emotional. The question becomes, “Can the emotion be diminished or controlled that become the backdrop to decision-making, and that can be the reason for bad decision-making?” The answer is, “Yes!”
In this episode you will learn more about the Emotional Divorce and its significance in your divorce experience if you would like the best outcome possible for your entire family. Judith will give you real life examples of what to do and what not to do in a variety of situations from making a mutual decision to divorce, to being surprised by being served with divorce papers, to having lawyers involved in representation.
#emotions #grieving #co-parenting #court #griefprocess #mediation #podcast #divorcepodcast #amicabledivorce #personalitydisorders #divorcinganarcissist #GoodKarmaDivorce #JudgeMicheleLowrance #therapy #alimony #spousalsupport #childsupport #detachment #settlement

Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
2023 Preview for the Most Revolutionary Divorce Possible
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Thank you for joining me in this weekly podcast. The goal is to enable all of you to make changes in the trajectory of your divorce from acrimonious to amicable with my revolutionary approach to divorce: The Recipe for a Heart-Healthy Divorce™.
The four ingredients to this approach are:
- Settle the Emotional Divorce before Settling the Legal Divorce
- Compartmentalize Time
- Communication for Conflict
- A Self-Care Program with Laughter
I give a brief explanation of each ingredient in this episode. If just one of these ingredients is successfully accomplished by only one spouse, the trajectory of your divorce will change from seriously acrimonious to better. And sometimes, better is the best it can be.
Thank you for listening all year so that you can learn how to use divorce to grow as an individual and as a parent.
Happy New Year!
#divorce #podcast #divorcepodcast #amicabledivorce #selfcare #laughter #communication #conflict #narcissism #emotionaldivorce #legaldivorce #divorcefiling #coparenting #highconflictpersonalities #BIFF

Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
In this episode you will learn the following:
- Skills to deal with divorce
- Skills to prevent parental alienation
- Generational trauma and the impact on your children
- Divorce abuse and its impact on the children
- Communication strategies for conflict
- How a woman’s life changes when going from working outside the home to being a stay-at-home mom
- Support for the children
- Aspects of being a good parent and co-parenting
- What working in the ‘best interest of the child’ mean
- What children go through while their parents are divorcing
- Support groups for children in a divorce
- Another way of looking at co-parenting that could change co-parenting challenges
#divorce #coparenting #children #divorceabuse #grief cycles #divorcecoach #bestinterestofthechild #generationaltrauma #parentalalienation #communicationstrategies #conflict #amicabledivorce #podcast #JanetPrice #conflictcommunication #stayathomemoms
Biography of Janet Price
Janet Price is the CEO of JP Coaching & Consulting, Inc and Founder of Divorce & Thriving Beyond. Janet is a Certified Divorce Specialist and Conscious Co-Parenting Coach who empowers loving parents to rise above the ‘crazy making’ by keeping their kids out of the middle and moving from surviving to thriving!
Janet is passionate about supporting parents divorcing & beyond, transition from the ‘intimate partner relationship’ to their ‘Business Partner Relationship called: The Kids’ so that the children are free to: love both of their parents and be loved by both of their parents.
Janet knows the dynamics of divorcing and co-parenting in a high-conflict environment personally - As a child product of high-conflict divorce and a mother involved in a high conflict coparenting relationship, Janet has first-hand experience on the negative impact & trauma the kids experience when parents unconsciously co-parent and stay stuck in the intimate partner relationship communication loop.
Janet’s Divorce & Thriving Beyond programs provide parents with the tools, skills, strategies, and support to co-parent effectively & transition to their Business Partner Relationship called: The Kids, so that the children experience their birth right, to love and be loved by both parents!
To Learn More about Janet’s Practice go to her website: https://jpcoachingandconsulting.com/divorce-beyond/
To begin getting the support today, join Janet’s private facebook community: Divorce & Beyond: It's Time to Rise, so our Families Thrive!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/divorceandbeyondtimetorise
- Website: https://jpcoachingandconsulting.com/divorce-beyond/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jp-coaching-and-consulting-inc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MakingYourDreamsComeAlive/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jpcoachingandconsulting/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/JPCoaching2
- Alignable: https://www.alignable.com/malibu-ca/jp-coaching-and-consulting-inc

Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
On episode 203 of THE Amicable Divorce Expert podcast, you will learn the following:
- When and why people go from behaving respectfully towards one another to criticizing each other and speaking disrespectfully to each other once married.
- How to define a healthy love relationship.
- The essential need of people when they get into relationships and marriage.
- What things changed for you in your understanding of what a good love life was after you left home and engaged in romantic relationships.
- Why the divorce rate is 50% first marriages, 60% second marriages, and 70% third marriages end in divorce.
- Why someone is reluctant to make a commitment, and what you should do if that’s you.
- What makes love mysterious, hard to recognize, and difficult to get back on track.
- What “love at first sight” is.
- Question to ask if in a divorce: What did I contribute to the divorce?
- The importance of grieving a marriage before entering another relationship.
- The importance of understanding your family history and what you learned from your parents’ relationship.
#divorce #relationships #lovelife #divorcerate #familyhistory #commitment #communication #acceptance #behavioralpatterns #lovelifelearningcenter #DrThomasJordan #grief
Dr. Thomas Jordan is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. He is on the faculty of NYU’s Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis, author of Learn to Love: Guide to Healing Your Disappointing Love Life and founder of LoveLifeLearningCenter.com. Dr. Jordan specializes in the treatment of unhealthy love lives and has been studying them for over 30 years.
Links:
Business Name: Love Life Learning Center
Email: drtmjordan@gmail.com
Website: https://lovelifelearningcenter.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dr.ThomasJordan/?ref=tn_tnmn
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LLLearningCtr
IG: https://www.instagram.com/lovelifelearningcenter/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drthomasjordan

Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
In this episode of THE Amicable Divorce Expert, you will learn the following:
- What Marital Mediation is
- When divorce is the result of Marital Management
- Communication Skills and Conflict Management Strategies are keys in divorce
- Where lawyers fit in the divorce process
- The players in the management of the divorce process
- The three important elements of communication: Tone of Words, Body Language, Words
- The most common mistakes to avoid in divorce
- E + R = O (Event + Respond = Outcome)
- Where the need for control comes from
- Where does resolving the issues for divorce fit into the emotional and business sides of divorce and settlement discussions
- When in the divorce process is a Divorce Coach hired
- How to avoid post-divorce regrets
- You are not alone in how you feel during divorce
- How the challenges in divorce can make you stronger
- Most common mistakes to avoid in divorce
#JenniferWarrenMedwin #DivorceCoach #Author #Divorce #DivorceMediation #Communication #Conflict #DivorceMistakes #SettlementRegrets #Challenges #Podcast #AmicableDivorce #Post-DivorceRegrets #BodyLanguage #BillEddy #BIFF #EmotionalDivorce #Control #FlexibleThinking
About the Author:
Jennifer Warren Medwin, MS is a CDC Certified Divorce Coach, Supreme Court of Florida Family Mediator, and a Certified Marital Mediator. Her private practice in Pinecrest, Miami is called Seeking Empowerment: Clarity through Partnership. Jennifer specializes in working alongside individuals and couples who are contemplating divorce and are fearful of high conflict and with those who hope to save their marriages. She partners with clients to develop the clarity, confidence, courage, conflict management strategies, and communication skills they need to move through the process. Jennifer uses her knowledge of coaching and mediation to help her clients emotionally prepare for the dissolution of their marriages or the reconciliation of their relationships in the most organized, time efficient, and productive manner. Additionally, Jennifer is Collaboratively trained, a member of the National Association of Divorce Professionals (NADP), a participant on the SupportPay Advisory Council, a member of the Amicable Divorce Network, an instructor at Family and Co-parenting Enrichment Services (F.A.C.E.S.), a committee member of KidSide, and a contributing writer for Your Tango, Thrive Global, and OurFamilyWizard. She is also the author of Strategies & Tips from a Divorce Coach: A Roadmap to Move Forward. Jennifer's approach to divorce coaching and mediation is one that provides clients with guidance and compassion through a difficult time in their lives.
Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn: @jenseekingempowerment
https://www.amazon.com/Strategies-Tips-Divorce-Coach-Roadmap/dp/1736854410/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1996RCJKQ4YMR

Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
Really Long Celebrity Divorces and How to Shorten Yours
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
The celebrity divorces under the microscope are Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger (10 ½ years/Emotional Divorce was important); Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy (8 years/Conflict Communication skills were needed); Brad Pitt and Angeline Jolie (4-5 years/Was it custody or ego prolonging the divorce settlement).
In this episode of THE Amicable Divorce Expert podcast, you will learn the following:
- Divorces can take even longer than the Shriver/Schwarzenegger 10-year divorce
- Budgets need to change to accommodate the divorce
- Compromise as a key to settling the divorce
- The word “fair” will get you nowhere
- That there are two divorces, the Emotional Divorce and the Legal Divorce
- Why the Emotional Divorce has to run its course
- What a “Status Only” divorce means
- No one knows how long a divorce will take, but the ones in control are the spouses, not the court and not the lawyers
- Conflict Communication skills are vital to dealing with an acrimonious spouse
#celebritydivorces #angelinajolie #bradpitt #bethennyfrankel #jasonhoppy #mariashriver #arnoldschwarzenegger #childcustody #emotionaldivorce #legaldivorce #attorneys #communication #conflict #divorcesettlement #amicable #acrimonious #compromise #statusonlydivorce #fair #spouse #BIFF #BillEddy #JudithWeigle #personalitydisorders

Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Workplace Burnout and Divorce w/Dr. Jacqueline Kerr and Kristi Rible
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
This episode of THE Amicable Divorce Expert podcast is about workplace burnout for women and men who are also going through divorce.
This is what you will learn:
- Burnout can lead to thoughts of suicide.
- What leads to burnout? How does this specifically address working mothers?
- The conditions in the workplace and the personal lives of people going through divorce both factor into overall burnout.
- What is Parental Burnout?
- How responsible is the employer in creating burnout?
- What is proximity bias?
- The Huuman Group™ is about humanizing the workplace. How?
- What are the leadership skills necessary to address and prevent burnout?
- Preventing burnout must be modeled by the leadership of an organization, along with middle management who can be the most burned out. How is this done?
- Productively suffers when workers come to work under stress and emotional pain.
- Children are even affected at school when their parents are in burnout. How can this change at home and at school?
- How did Covid affect burnout by working from home?
- Empathy, Emotional Intelligence, Social Skills in the ability to connect with the team to humanize the health and welfare of their workers.
- What is Psychological Safety?
- How does self-awareness influence leaders, and biases of leaders?
- The importance of coaching in the study of behavior science to mitigate unconscious and conscious bias.
- How does the feeling of failure due to divorce impact work productivity?
#burnout #workplaceburnout #divorce #empathy #emotionalintelligence #leadership #parentalburnout #leadershipskills #podcast #psychologicalsafety #suicideideation #diversity #loyalty #trust #safety #groupcoaching #vulnerability #coaching #mentalhealthcrises #TheHuumanGroup #Dr.JacquelineKerr #KristieRible #TheAmicableDivorceExpertpodcast #community #corporateleaders #courage #listeningskills #behaviorchange #unconsciousbias #biastraining #brainfog #workplacegenderbalance #performanceindicators #advocacy #businessadvocacy
Biographies of Dr. Jacqueline Kerr and Kristi Rible
Dr Jacqueline Kerr is a mom, behavior change scientist and burnout survivor. She hosts the podcast Overcoming working mom burnout. Her TEDx talk is How to stop burnout before it starts. She is the Head of Behavior Science at The Huuman Group and provides support to companies on having impact through evidence-based behavior change, understanding and solving multi-level public health problems such as burnout, and using implementation science to improve program effectiveness.
Dr Kerr is in the top 1% of most cited scientists worldwide. She was a public health professor until 2018 when she burned out. Dr Kerr’s work is included in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Community Health Guide and she has received over $56 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association working on interventions in community settings such as neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, and retirement communities. She also received over $10 million in funding focusing on women’s health. She has been passionate about age friendly cities and was a consultant to both the AARP and SANDAG.
You can connect with Dr Kerr through her:
Website: www.DrJacquelineKerr.com
Podcast: Overcoming working mom burnout
TEDx talk: https://youtu.be/9YY0gVnVPoQ
Stand up comedy: https://youtu.be/Ulx5VNK4E08
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jacqueline-kerr-a62581173/
As founder and CEO of The Huuman Group™ (a leadership, coaching, and culture consultancy), Kristi is dedicated to humanizing the workplace by building caring leaders for thriving cultures. Caring leaders understand that the future of work demands flexibility for successful work+life integration, psychological safety, and full a representation of our collective humanity: diverse, equitable, and inclusive.
Her international leadership experience spans more than twenty years of working across technology and consumer products for both public and startup ventures throughout the US, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. To every consulting, teaching, or coaching engagement, she brings an intercultural and multidisciplinary perspective.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristirible/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/the-huuman-group™/
Instagram: @kristirible and @thehuumangroup
Twitter: @kristirible