We're coming to the end of year and focused on adjusting our budgets. On this episode we talk about our best being our child's starting point in life and what to consider prioritizing in our budget. I share my experience with identifying the right school for my daughter, making it work for her, and how to organize one's finances to be more impactful. 

What's been my journey to Co-Parenting Money? Why have I decided to start this community? I've realized that you all don't really know my story. Here it is. 

I'd love to hear your stories. What's keeping you motivated? 

It's time to get ready for the new year!

What's the damage? Go 'head and look. Yes, it's painful, but necessary. Let's go through your budget, do some revamps, find new solutions and start getting ready for 2025. This is suge a huge part of making your life easy. 

Lets talk budgets, annual credit card statements, credit score review, and structure. One of the best ways to get more stability and control of your finances is to review and make adjustments.

The holidays can be rough for ex-partners and children. 

It's not easy to balance the holiday season while coparenting and the feeling of missing your kids never truly goes away. 

This week's episode will focus on different ways to get through the holidays, whether figuring out different schedules, appreciating the alone time or being thankful for a good support system. We're talking about it!  

There are so many benefits to raising your kids in a divorced household. For starters, they will be able to see what a healthy and loving household can be. This week's episodes explores some of the most notable attributes of children from divorced households with Jenine Powell a certified Divorce Counselor and owner of SOS Divorce. 

By far, this is one of the toughest challenges of being a divorced mom, speaking with your kids. There's are different ways of talking to children about divorce. The most valuable one is going about it with respect, using age appropriate language, and not projecting your feelings unto them. 

This is an every day uphill battle. Your approach has lasting effects. What's been your approach?

Listen to this week's episode and get ideas on how best to talk to kids about divorce with causing minimal emotional distress. 

What should be one of the most straight forward parts of the divorce process is at the crux of the emotional toll that divorce takes. The Child Support Process is messy. Each year there are millions of dollars paid out via a formal, court ordered agreement or informal arrangements.

What's been your approach towards receiving the support? 

On this episode we go through the challenges of going through the child support process and what works best for you. 

Boundaries are one of the toughest obstacles to make and keep when coparenting. 

This week we'll talk about the importance of setting boundaries and keeping ones' peace. Setting boundaries takes trial and error, but over time once implemented properly, they're the real MVP. Let's talk about how to think about boundary setting, the marathon, not the race and nurturing the actions to create and maintain your peace. 

“Boundaries define our limits and protect our inner peace.” – Brené Brown

This week's episode explores different ways of finding outlets to invest in yourself. It's about finding the small moments and creating the greatest impact. This can be done by using the pockets of decreased mental load and physical presence to integrate it into your day.