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Co-Parent Dilemmas

Co-Parent Dilemmas

There are at least two sides to every conflict, and when it's between divorced or separated parents, sparks can fly. In each episode, co-parenting experts Diane Dierks and Rick Voyles answer listener questions and talk about the benefits and risks of Letting Go vs. Holding On to the conflict in a variety of complex topics facing co-parents today. Episodes are released every Sunday at noon. Listeners can email their dilemmas or questions to Diane@CPDilemmas.com to have them addressed on an upcoming episode. Learn how to be a NON-Impossible co-parent by listening each week!

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DO PARENT ALIENATORS RESEMBLE CULT LEADERS?
You’ll be shocked at the answer  

 

 LISTEN NOW TO OUR EPISODE WITH A LITTLE BIT CULTY


ALBC podcasters, Sarah Edmondson & Nippy Ames, escaped the cult NXIVM and were major whistleblowers who played a large part in the making of the popular HBO series, The Vow (now in its second season). Co-Parent Dilemmas podcast co-hosts, Diane Dierks and Rick Voyles, joined ALBC recently to talk about the similarities between cult leaders and parental alienators. If you’ve experienced either of these devastating situations, you don’t want to miss this collaborative look at the masters of coercive control.

 

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Recent Episodes

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S5.E24. The Dangers of Secret-Keeping
March 2, 2025

S5.E24. The Dangers of Secret-Keeping

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick answer listener Rachel’s question about how to respond to her...
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S5.E23. “Is There A Case Worse Than Mine?”: Cringeworthy Co-Parents
Feb. 23, 2025

S5.E23. “Is There A Case Worse Than Mine?”: Cringeworthy Co-Parents

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick discuss some of their most difficult co-parent cases after li...
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S5.E22. When Children Parrot the Other Parent’s Extreme Opinions
Feb. 16, 2025

S5.E22. When Children Parrot the Other Parent’s Extreme Opinions

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Listener Thomas asks how to respond to his 13-year-old son, who declares e...
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REBROADCAST: The Impossible Dilemma
Feb. 9, 2025

REBROADCAST: The Impossible Dilemma

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Bethany calls in with a frustrating dilemma, and Jeff emails about a simil...
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S5.E21. Parent/Pediatrician Meet-Up: Brainstorming ideas to assist non-impossible co-parents
Feb. 2, 2025

S5.E21. Parent/Pediatrician Meet-Up: Brainstorming ideas to assist non-impossible co-parents

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick bring together a group of pediatricians and moms who have dif...
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S5.E20. When Dad and Teen Explode: Who’s Hurt & Who’s at Fault?
Jan. 26, 2025

S5.E20. When Dad and Teen Explode: Who’s Hurt & Who’s at Fault?

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Utah listener Heather wonders what more she can do to protect her two sons...
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Recent Blog Posts

Jan. 18, 2024

GASLIGHTED. "WHAT THE...?!"

It’s been a while since I divorced my children’s father – 34 years, to be exact. Since that time, I have made a career out of helping co-parents strive for peace. But when that kind of time goes by, you can lose sight of how it f…

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Aug. 14, 2023

UNPACKING PARENTAL ALIENATION WITH CHILDREN IN MIND

For the purpose of clarity, I have used the term Parent A to describe the parent the children primarily live with and who is being accused of undermining the other parent’s relationship. Parent B is the parent who believes he/she is being un…

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Oct. 30, 2022

SEASON TWO: THE CASE FROM HELL – DREAM TEAM CASE STUDY NOTES

To access the podcast episodes corresponding to these notes, visit www.CPDilemmas.com. There you can access Season Two, Episodes 1-6. (NOTE FROM DIANE:  Names of the parties have been changed to protect the information, but all facts of the ca…

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About the Hosts

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Diane Dierks

Non-profit director, licensed therapist, author, and podcast co-host

DIANE DIERKS is a licensed marriage and family therapist and retired executive director of the Center for Navigating Family Change (www.CNFC.org), a non-profit that provides court-ordered parenting education and co-parenting services to the state of Georgia. She has been a parenting coordinator and reunification therapist for many years, and provides consultation and expert witness services in high conflict custody matters. She resides in St. Simons Island, Georgia, with her husband and their three-legged Lab mix and one-eyed Yorkie. She has two grown children and two grandchildren.

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Dr. RIck Voyles

Business owner, mediator, parent coordinator, author, and podcast co-host

RICK VOYLES is CEO of the Center for Dispute Solutions, as well as a certified business coach, an anger management specialist and a professional mediator. Rick travels internationally, training and developing federal mediators in their agency ADR programs. He is a published author, business coach and entrepreneur. He has developed an online Mediation Training including over 17 video presentations. He has also produced a TV program, “Conflict, Mediation and You” where he discusses topics in conflict management, as well as mediation techniques. Rick is a subject matter expert in the areas of Divorce, Co-parenting, Negotiation, Cross-cultural Communication and Conflict Resolution. He frequently teaches court-ordered co-parenting seminars and is a trained parenting coordinator. He lives in Atlanta with his wife, Janet.

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