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Dr. Kurt Waples: What Chronic Stress Does to Your Body
Season 2024 Episode 84
There is a moment people in long custody cases describe almost identically. The case finally slows down, and instead of feeling better they fall apar…
2 years, 8 months ago
Stephanie: The Truth About Domestic Violence and Child Custody
Season 2024 Episode 83
A lot of what people "know" about family court turns out to be wrong, and believing the myths can cost you your case before it starts. In this episod…
2 years, 8 months ago
Raiford Palmer: The Hidden Costs of Fighting a Narcissist in Divorce
Season 2024 Episode 82
When you're divorcing someone who fights dirty, every instinct says dig in and go to war. In this episode, veteran divorce attorney Raiford Palmer, a…
2 years, 8 months ago
Stephanie: Why 'My Day in Court' Is a Myth
Season 2024 Episode 81
Almost no state requires a family court judge to be trained in domestic violence, even though it walks through their courtroom every day. Stephanie, …
2 years, 8 months ago
Dennis Vetrano: Protecting Your Children in a High-Conflict Divorce
Season 2024 Episode 80
Kids rarely walk up and say "the fighting is hurting me." They show it in quieter ways, and if you know your child, you can catch it early. In this e…
2 years, 8 months ago
Lacey Hull: Bringing a Coercive Control Law to Texas
Season 2022 Episode 79
Connecticut wrote coercive control into its domestic violence statute in 2021. A state representative in Houston read about it and started working ou…
2 years, 8 months ago
Steve Dana: Risk Assessment and Real Safety Planning
Season 2022 Episode 78
Lisa asked a retired police officer whether she should be worried that her ex had been seen parked in her neighborhood, nearly two years after he mov…
2 years, 8 months ago
Dennis Vetrano: The Custody Fight Isn't About the Kids
Season 2023 Episode 77
Attorney Dennis Vetrano rejects a premise most divorcing parents have absorbed: that a cooperative co-parent is the default, and a hostile one means …
2 years, 8 months ago
Micki McWade: Collaborative Divorce as a High-Conflict Strategy
Season 2023 Episode 76
It sounds impossible to collaborate with a controlling ex. Micki McWade's answer is counterintuitive: a controlling person often agrees to collaborat…
2 years, 8 months ago
Dr. Jill Leibowitz: Protecting Your Kids' Mental Health Through a High-Conflict Divorce
Season 2023 Episode 75
Every parent in a high-conflict divorce is quietly asking the same question: is this hurting my kids, and what can I do about it? Child psychologist …
2 years, 8 months ago