26: Cooperative Co-parenting in Separation and Divorce with Aurisha Smolarski and Stephanie Pinto.

If you're going through a separation or divorce, and experiencing co-parenting battles, this episode is right up your alley. The challenges are quite possibly one of the hardest thing you'll ever navigate, BUT there are solutions. We discuss cutting emotional cables, dealing with poor communication, competitive parenting, emotional transition days, triggers and more. Aurisha Smolarki, LMFT and certified co-parent coach is here to explain what's underneath the triggers, the anger, the battles and the heart-wrenching pull of being a loving parent to a child whose other parent you are no longer romantically connected to.Aurisha's book is Cooperative Coparenting: The Attachment Theory Guide to Raising Kids in Two Homes.Aurisha Smolarski is a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified co-parenting coach, certified mediator, and mother, with a clinical practice in Los Angeles, CA. She specializes in working with co-parents, couples, and individuals. As a co-parent herself, she is very familiar with the challenges faced by parents raising kids in two households. For fifteen years, she has drawn on attachment theory and other modalities to help clients move from conflict to cooperation, make child-centered agreements, and create a secure co-parenting two-home family system.Find more about Aurisha's work or get in touch with her here:Instagram: @cooperativecoparentingWebsite: www.aurishasmolarski.com***If this resonates with you, I'd love to hear from you. Email us at [email protected] and send me your thoughts, feedback or questions!Have you joined my Facebook Group for parents? There are 100,000+ parents in the community! 🎉➡️ www.facebook.com/groups/letsraiseemotionallyintelligentkidsHi! I am a certified Emotional Intelligence best-selling author, award-winning coach and international speaker. I'm also a paediatric anxiety therapist (and previous speech language pathologist!) and I love helping kids, parents and educators use emotional intelligence to become calmer, more connected and live happier lives!Book a consult with me to discuss coaching, support, collaborations or speaking engagements.💡 Head to www.stephaniepinto.comOr stalk me on the socials...Insta: www.instagram.com/emotionally.intelligent.parentFB: fb.com/stephpinto Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.