The Other Parent is Not the Enemy: Reclaiming Your Power, Presence, and Purpose After a High-Conflict Divorce

There s a silent epidemic unfolding in family courtrooms and living rooms alike: parents caught in the wreckage of high-conflict divorce parenting, expected to co-parent with someone who may have betrayed, manipulated, or emotionally wounded them. This book is a lifeline for those navigating that impossible space the ones expected to keep the peace when peace feels like a lie. It doesn t offer surface-level strategies or hollow calls for civility. Instead, it dives deep into the emotional trenches of co-parenting with a toxic ex, giving readers the tools to break free from power struggles, guilt, and psychological traps. Drawing from trauma-informed frameworks and real-world stories, it guides parents toward clarity, stability, and self-respect no matter how the other parent behaves. If you re parenting through grief, rage, or disillusionment, this book offers more than advice it offers transformation. Inside, you ll learn how to: - Set parenting boundaries with an ex firmly and ethically - Disengage from destructive patterns without abandoning your child s needs - Use co-parenting communication strategies that de-escalate conflict - Parent from a place of purpose, not pain even in the aftermath of betrayal - Heal yourself so you don t pass the emotional fallout onto your child For anyone trying to parent through a storm of post-divorce family dynamics, this book speaks with the clarity of experience and the compassion of someone who s walked the path. Whether you re dealing with how to co-parent with a narcissist, craving emotionally intelligent co-parenting, or looking to practice trauma-informed parenting divorce, you ll find a way forward here. This is not a manual for fixing your ex. It s a map for reclaiming yourself.