A podcast about navigating high-conflict narcissistic toxic co-parenting without losing your shit.
If co-parenting feels like a constant mind game, this is for you. Coaching Couch episodes give raw, off-the-cuff answers to real listener questions. Mini episodes drop straight-to-the-point strategies you can actually use. You don’t have to navigate this alone—Liv is here to help you take your power back and learn how to finally unfuck your coparenting.
10 Myths About Family Court (Part 1): What a Mediator Who Lived It Wants You to Know
Family court is not where you go to get justice, and the sooner you accept that, the better you can actually play the game.
This week on Unfuck Your Co-parenting, I sit down with Corrie Woods, a family law mediator, mediation prep coach, and someone who survived her own divorce and years of post-separation litigation abuse while raising five kids. She brings a perspective most people never get: what mediators actually see from both sides of the table.
In part one of this two-part conversation, we bust the first five myths that keep people stuck:
1. Family court exists to deliver justice and fairness.
2. Once a judge or mediator hears your story, they'll see you're right.
3. Being the better or default parent means you'll get more parenting time.
4. If you just stay reasonable, the system will reward you for it.
5. Your attorney is always right and always has your back.
Corrie breaks down why defending yourself in court can backfire, why resentment over unequal parenting labor has nothing to do with you, and the story of an attorney who talked his client out of a perfectly good agreement just to keep billing hours.
Come back next week for part two, where we get into mediation, post-separation abuse, and what winning in family court actually looks like.
This is not legal advice or a substitute for professional support from someone who knows the facts of your case. Remember, we are all in this together.
Connect with Corrie Woods on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @corriewoods. She offers affordable 30-minute mediation prep coaching calls to help you walk into mediation prepared and informed, you can find her booking link in her bio.
If this gave you some clarity, hit subscribe and share it with someone navigating high-conflict co-parenting right now. And if you're ready to talk through your own situation, you can book an intro call with me at unfuckyourcoparenting.com/book to see if coaching is right for you.
7 Sept 2026
Parallel Parenting in Blended Families: Why You Can’t Build Peace Around an Unregulated Ex
Cameron Normand built Stepfamily Solutions (https://stepfamilysolutions.com/) after becoming a stepmom of four in a high-conflict situation with zero blueprint to follow. She left a 23-year career in law and politics to fix that gap, and now she's one of the few voices in this space who gets that stepfamily fallout isn't just "blended family awkwardness."
In this episode, we flip the conversation from the one we just had on her show. Instead of talking about how high-conflict coparenting hits the couple relationship, we go deeper into the partner who has no legal standing, no decision-making power, and still absorbs all the emotional weight of somebody else's war.
We get into why she chose coaching over practicing law, how the BIFF method changes when the person using it has zero legal leverage, and when someone actually needs a stepmom coach versus someone in the thick of active legal conflict.
Cameron is also running the Stepmom Summit this year, "Out Loud," September 14-18, completely free and virtual with over 30 stepfamily experts. If you've been quietly white-knuckling your way through blended family life, that's your sign to grab a free ticket.
Register now for The Stepmom Summit: Out Loud (https://thestepmomsummit.com/registration?am_id=livinorth5299), happening live and virtually September 14th through 18th
5 Sept 2026
What High-Demand Religion Taught Me About High-Conflict Co-Parenting
You got out. You left the relationship, you survived the divorce, you're doing the work. So why does something still feel off?
You still check in with everyone else before you check in with yourself. You feel guilty when you set a boundary. You spiral when an email comes in from your ex -- even when you know exactly what they're doing.
That's not a co-parenting problem. That's an identity problem. And it started way before your ex.
Today I'm sitting down with Audra Phelps -- certified neuroscience-based coach, hypnotherapist, and creator of the Reclaimed program. She spent 35 years inside the Mormon Church and has spent the years since figuring out not just how to leave, but how to build what comes next.
In this episode we get into:
Why high-demand religion and high-conflict relationships run the same control playbook (the BITE model maps almost perfectly)
What it actually looks like when your identity was built by a system instead of by you
How to identify the beliefs that are still running your behavior even after you've left
What it means to move through anger without skipping steps -- and why toxic positivity isn't the answer
How to start trusting yourself as a parent when you were taught not to trust yourself at all
If you've ever gotten out of a toxic situation and still felt like something was wrong with you -- like you're still reacting, still shrinking, still not sure what you actually want -- this one is for you.
Find Audra at mamaaudra.com, including her free masterclass: The Five Shifts That Every Former Mormon Mom Needs to Make, and her eight-week Reclaimed program.
Audra is also offering podcast listeners 50% off their first individual coaching session. Learn about one-on-one coaching at https://mamaaudra.com/oneonone and book a free consult to see if it's a fit (mention PODCAST on the call for the discount). This is open to any woman navigating a faith transition after leaving a high control organization, not just Mormons.
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