Top 10 episodes this year! Navigating Divorce with Children

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Nobody plans to get divorced, especially when you choose to have kids. But, it happens. Today’s guest, Alicia Robertson, is on a mission to change the narrative around divorce, with the ultimate goal of helping as many women as possible. Join us today as she shares some pearls of wisdom that her clients benefit from, how to reframe the old idea of ‘staying together for the kids’, how to approach divorce, and how to navigate the conversation with your kids about the relationship ending. Reminding listeners that it’s still possible to achieve everything you want to as a family after a divorce, today’s guest shares her own story of liberation and joy following her marriage coming to an end. We explore finding the right emotional support for your family, what it means to ‘accelerate empty nesting’, and much more during today’s conversation. Alicia believes that if you have the courage to go after what you want, anything is possible, and delivers a message of hope to listeners today.

Key Points From This Episode:

• Meet today’s guest, a life coach on a mission to reframe the narrative around divorce.
• Alicia shares why she has such a positive relationship with the idea of divorce.
• The top two concerns that folks come to Alicia with.
• What children actually need and why they don’t need two married parents to get it.
• Why children can be a motivation to work on your problems, but not the only reason to stay together.
• The positive modeling that you can offer your children when you end a loveless relationship.
• How shame and the narratives you grow up with create your relationship to divorce.
• What it was like for Alicia to be the first person in her family to get divorced.
• The liberation she felt when she first got divorced.
• Viewing divorce as a project to undertake as you create a new relationship with your former partner.
• Navigating the conversation with your kids in a stable and secure environment.
• Practicing independent single parenting within and outside of the family home.
• Aligning with values and goals between parents and children.
• Why every plan needs to be child-specific.
• The role of external professional support and why it is important.
• Why it is so important to validate and lean in to hold your children emotionally.
• Accelerated empty nesting through allowing our family to work through a separation.
• Understanding that life is always changing and evolving and why it is important to navigate that together.
• The right time to introduce new partners and friends to your children.
• Alicia’s belief that if you have the courage to go after what you want, anything is possible.

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