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Jan. 19, 2025

S5.E19. Plan B Challenges! When Plan A is Not an Option

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 Texas listener, Christa, answers a challenge Diane made in a previous epis...

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Jan. 12, 2025

S5.E18. “My Feelings Matter!”: Does Every Feeling Need Validation?

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 Todd asks if he should validate his child’s feelings, even when s...

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Jan. 5, 2025

REBROADCAST: Do I Give In to My Child’s Request to Stay Away?

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 This is a REPLAY of one of the show’s most popular episodes (S4.E17.). We...

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Dec. 29, 2024

S5.E17. Reunited after Alienation: Non-traditional Parenting is Key

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 Ben has been awarded custody of his daughter after the court dete...

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Dec. 22, 2024

S5.E16. Commit or Don’t Reconnect: Kids Need Consistency and Dependability

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 Kristen asks advice about her 9-year-old reengaging with his dad,...

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Dec. 15, 2024

S5.E15. Who is Served by the Right of First Refusal?

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 respond to recent social media posts about first right of ref...

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Dec. 8, 2024

S5.E14. Grieving the Holiday Split

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 Kyle asks what the best holiday split is for teens. Diane & Rick ...

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Dec. 1, 2024

S5.E13. Donor Family Drama

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 address listener Laura’s dilemma with her ex-wife, who decide...

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Nov. 24, 2024

S5.E12. CRITICAL SKILLS: Pt. 3 - Why Using a Plan B Works

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 In this third of a three-part series of why critical co-parenting skills w...

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Nov. 17, 2024

S5.E11. CRITICAL SKILLS: Pt. 2 - Why Using a Structured Email Protocol Works

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 address Emily’s email about her know-it-all co-parent. They d...

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Nov. 10, 2024

S5.E10. CRITICAL SKILLS: Pt. 1 - Why Validating Your Kids’ Feelings Works

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 Trenton wants advice on how to respond to his 10-year-old daughte...

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Nov. 3, 2024

S5.E9. Is It “Wrong” to Move Out of State?

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 Georgina asks about the consequences of moving her 12-year-old da...

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Oct. 27, 2024

S5.E8. What Medical Professionals Need to Understand about Impossibles

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 At the prompting of a loyal listener, who is also a pediatrician, Diane & ...

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Oct. 20, 2024

S5.E7. The Nuts and Bolts of Parenting Coordination

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 what parenting coordination is, how it differs from c...

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Oct. 13, 2024

S5.E6. The Teen 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 Listener Heather wonders how she should respond to her 14-year-old son who...

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Oct. 6, 2024

S5.E5. The Alienated Step-Parent

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 Duane & Rick explore the not often talked about subject of the pain of the...

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Sept. 29, 2024

S5.E4. Is the Medical Tug of War Worth It?

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 address listener Mindy’s dilemma around the struggle between ...

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Sept. 22, 2024

S5.E3. The Pitfalls of Mediation

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 mediation and some of the issues that can interfere w...

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Sept. 15, 2024

S5.E2. The Newbie’s Guide to Going to Court

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 Terry asks for advice on how to approach filing a contempt action...

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Sept. 8, 2024

S5.E1. Is He a Narcissit or Just Immature?

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 Frannie emails Diane & Rick to ask why her co-parent doesn’t want...

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Sept. 1, 2024

S4.E54. Interview with the Journey Beyond Divorce Podcast

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 are taking a short break. To round out season four, they are ...

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Aug. 25, 2024

S4.E53. Interview with the Mom’s Moving On Podcast

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 are taking a short break. To round out season four, they are ...

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Aug. 18, 2024

S4.E52. Interview with the How to Split a Toaster Podcast

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 join Seth and Pete of How to Split a Toaster for an engaging ...

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Aug. 11, 2024

S4.E51. Interview with the A Little Bit Culty Podcast

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 are taking a short break. To round out season four, they are ...

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