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Back to SearchWhy Does My Toxic Ex Get Worse After the Divorce Is Final?
Season 2026 Episode 373
Most people believe that once the divorce is final, the chaos finally ends. With a high-conflict, narcissistic, or unpredictable co-parent, the oppos…
1 month, 1 week ago
Why 50/50 Custody Can Backfire Badly in a High-Conflict Divorce
Season 2026 Episode 372
Everyone walks into family court assuming the “fair” answer is to split the kids right down the middle. Fifty-fifty. Equal time, equal say, problem s…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
A DV Nonprofit CEO on What Family Court Gets Wrong About Abuse Survivors
Season 2026 Episode 371
If you have already left an abusive relationship and you're now staring down the family court system, this conversation was made for you. Lisa Johnso…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Nilaja Ford: The Voice of the Child in New Jersey Custody
Season 2026 Episode 370
New Jersey judges are now hearing from children directly in custody matters, and parents whose exes have spent years working on those children are al…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Anne P. Mitchell: Spotting a False Allegation Before It Lands
Season 2026 Episode 369
Anne P. Mitchell coined the term "co-parenting." Decades before that, she was one of the first two attorneys in the country to argue that children ha…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Ashish Joshi: Parental Alienation Cases That Hold Up in Court
Season 2026 Episode 368
Two labels get used for very different situations in family court, and mixing them up changes who the judge thinks is to blame. A "high conflict" cas…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Religious Abuse & Parental Alienation: How Faith Gets Weaponized in a High-Conflict Divorce
Season 2026 Episode 367
What happens when your ex doesn’t just badmouth you to the kids, but tells them God is on their side? In this episode, Lisa talks with interfaith min…
2 months ago
The Science of Self-Medication: Trauma, PTSD & Substance Use After Abuse
Season 2026 Episode 366
If you've been living in a high-conflict divorce or custody battle, you probably know that feeling all too well — the exhaustion that never quite lea…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
How to Stop Your Brain from Panicking at Every Text from Your Toxic Ex
Season 2026 Episode 365
You know that feeling. Your phone buzzes. You see their name. And before you can even read the message, your heart is racing, your chest tightens, an…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Ian Steinberg: Making Mediation Work With a High-Conflict Ex
Season 2026 Episode 364
Two parents cannot sit across a table without it turning into a fight, so the mediation moves onto Zoom. Each one waits in a separate breakout room w…
2 months, 4 weeks ago