SpiritSong
High-Conflict Divorce and Co-Parent Coaching

If you've been in the narcissistic abuse world long enough, you know what a flying monkey is. It's the narcissist's circle of loyalists...

This is a tough one for me. I have spent the better part of the last eight years doing the heavy lifting of healing from cptsd and...

Sigh. I've had to do a lot of coaching myself in the last 48 hours--radical acceptance, circle of control, breathe in...healing means...

Dominance. That's their agenda. A quick Google for synonyms for the word dominant brings up ruling, governing, controlling, commanding, supr

Hindsight can be a real bitch. Looking back you can see so clearly how things played out. You can see the moments where you said "This...

Or is it sitting there in the recliner in the middle of the living room, barking orders at the kids, insulting you, and not participating...

2016 Almost broke me. It triggered wounds I thought I’d healed and moved on from and presented bountiful opportunities for those that...

I wasn't home when the debate started last Thursday, which was fine because I didn't want to watch it anyway. I knew what would happen. I...

If you knew that a particular rock formation along the river was called "Skull Crusher", would you willingly go over the falls without a...

These early days after you've filed are pivotal in setting the tone for how you will be perceived by the court...

I see you mama, sitting on those steps while your kids obliviously hang on the rails or sit there not even caring at all that they're...

If you're on TikTok, you've likely seen videos about the "man vs. bear" question. I'm not 100% on the origin, but the first video I saw...

I've been divorced from an abusive partner for sixteen years now and have been doing some serious unpacking of all that baggage for the...

We joke in our home that Shitty Kitty rules the roost--she's a little maybe 8- pound black cat with half a tail and a saucy attitude. She...

I was talking with a friend the other day who is the survivor of a trailer fire. I didn't know the details around it and asked him if he...

As a teenager in the 80's, I already had a pretty wide range of musical interests that included musicians and bands like Depeche Mode,...

If you haven't been keeping up with the news, E. Jean Carroll is a name you should know. She accused and successfully proved in a civil...

Until just the other day, I thought of the healing journey as something linear. It may be 3 steps forward, 12 steps back, a leap and jog,...

I've been pretty quiet in the blogspace lately. Life has been harder than usual lately. I saw a puppy running down the side of the...

With a fancy title like that, I bet you think I've got it all figured out and am about to enlighten you with some knowledge that will...