Lovers to Co-Parents: The Breakup Nobody Talks About

In 2019, right before COVID, my son's father and I called it quits. We had been together five years and built a whole life we thought would last forever. Then one day, it was over.Nobody really talks about that part. We announce the relationship on Facebook, but we never announce the breakup. The breakup is silent. But there is so much in there, and that is where the real work happens.In this episode, I get honest about transitioning out of a relationship: grieving the future I had planned, doing the work on myself, and learning how to coparent my son with the same man I was heartbroken over. This one is personal.In this episode, you'll learn:Why the breakup itself is not the hard part, the transition after is, and how to actually do that workHow I used affirmations to climb out of the dark place where I felt like a failureThe one mindset shift that turned my ex into my coparenting partner, and made the whole thing easierChapters:00:00 This Is Episode Two: Transitioning Relationships00:46 Calling It Quits After Five Years03:10 Waking Up Alone and Doing the Reflection05:15 The Question I Ask Before Dating Again07:17 Grieving the Future You Planned09:17 When a Breakup Shakes Your Identity09:56 Affirmations to Climb Out of the Dark Place12:02 Learning the Coparenting Thing14:26 From Screaming Matches to Real Communication17:12 This Breakup Is Not My Identity19:37 A Single Mom, But Not a Single Parent21:59 Seeing Him as Prince's Father, Not My Ex25:46 Trusting the Process