If you’re co-parenting with someone who seems to thrive on drama, you’ve probably discovered how exhausting it can be. The constant digs, the passive-aggressive texts, the last-minute changes… It’s like they always know how to push your buttons.
Enter the grey rock method – a simple, powerful strategy that can help you stop fueling the fire and protect your peace.Continue Reading →
Christmas can be one of the most magical times of the year. However, if you’re co-parenting, it can also be one of the most stressful experiences. Between navigating shared custody, organising holiday handovers, and managing your own emotions, it can feel like a pressure cooker waiting to explode.
If this is your first Christmas as a single mum, or even if you’ve been doing it for years, know this: you’re not alone. Many mums feel the weight of wanting to “make it perfect” for their kids while also dealing with the reality of negotiating with an ex who may not make things easy.
Here are six practical ways to cope and even find peace during the holiday season.Continue Reading →
There are few things more gut-wrenching than watching your ex be cruel, dismissive, or downright mean in front of your child. It’s one thing to deal with their behaviour privately, but when it happens in front of little eyes and ears? That hits differently.Continue Reading →
Let’s be honest – sometimes the word “co-parenting” feels a bit… optimistic. If your ex is charming one minute and infuriating the next, you might feel like you’re walking a tightrope just to keep things civil.
And while some people’s exes turn into respectful, supportive co-parents, for others? Well, let’s just say the “jerk” label feels more accurate 😐
So how do you keep your sanity, protect your kids, and maybe even get to a point where you can have a normal conversation without wanting to throw your phone across the room?
Here are 10 tips on how to get along with your jerk of an ex, without losing your sanity in the process.Continue Reading →
If I had a dollar for every time I heard a mum tell me their ex refers to looking after their children as “babysitting”… well, let’s just say I’d be writing this blog from a beach in Fiji. Here’s the thing: it’s not babysitting if it’s your child. Babysitting is when a neighbour’s teenager watches your kids while you go out. Babysitting is when Grandma offers to have them for the afternoon. Babysitting is a job you do for someone else. Parenting is what you do for your child.Continue Reading →