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James Porfido: When Your Ex Weaponizes the Court System
Season 2026 Episode 353
James Porfido spent decades on both sides of a criminal courtroom, prosecuting cases and then defending them. What he saw over 35 years became a book…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Tosha Schore: When Your Child Comes Home From Your Ex's Enraged
Season 2026 Episode 352
The limbic system floods the cortex when a child goes into a rage, which is why talking them down does not work. Tosha Schore puts it plainly: you ca…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
How to Stop Being Terrified of Family Court with Dr. Ben Garber
Season 2026 Episode 351
🎯 "I don't know what to expect — and that terrifies me."
If that's where you are right now, this conversation was made for you.
Dr. Benjamin Garber is …
5 months ago
Dr. Andrea DePetris: Staying Regulated at Custody Exchanges
Season 2026 Episode 350
The word trigger gets used casually enough that it has stopped meaning one thing. Dr. Andrea DePetris separates two uses of it. In the trauma field i…
5 months ago
Monique: SB 1192, the Reclaim Act, and Litigation Abuse
Season 2026 Episode 349
Monique represented herself in her own California custody case, then went to law school. Along the way she became a trained domestic violence advocat…
5 months ago
Dr. Gloria Vanderhorst: Why 14 Is the Most Dangerous Age for Parental Alienation
Season 2026 Episode 348
Somewhere around the teen years, a lot of alienated parents hit the same wall: the child who used to run to them now refuses to come at all. In this …
5 months, 1 week ago
Sara Vandenberg: What a CPS Investigation Actually Involves
Season 2026 Episode 347
One assumption does real damage in a contested separation: that child protective services is a route to custody. Sara Vandenberg, who worked those ca…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Dr. Sylvia K: Breaking Intergenerational Trauma Patterns
Season 2026 Episode 346
Ninety seconds is what Dr. Sylvia Kalachinsky asks for. Breathe, observe, describe, yield. She walks Lisa through it live in this episode, and by the…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Dr. Jill Leibowitz: Code-Switching Kids and Co-Parenting Mistakes
Season 2026 Episode 345
Children handle a strict teacher and a lenient one in the same school day without much trouble. Dr. Jill Leibowitz applies that to co-parenting: what…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Kasia Bukowska: What a Horse Shows You About Your Own Patterns
Season 2026 Episode 344
Horses read your state, not your words. That is the whole premise of this conversation, and it is why Kasia Bukowska says a horse can find something …
5 months, 4 weeks ago