Episode 41: Liz Merrill's Learned the Art of Separating Peacefully and Now Helps High-Conflict Couples in Her Role as Divorce Navigator/Mediator

When Liz Merrill's daughters approached her years ago to ask Liz to leave the marriage with their father, she was stunned. Like so many parents, she'd believed that it was best for kids to grow up with their original parents.  The process of leaving and pursuing co-parenting nudged Liz to help other parents dealing with high-conflict separations. Today, she is a mediator to support people needing help navigating divorce.You will learn:

There are many things people can do to soften the typically contentious divorce or custody process.

 Children are impacted by toxicity in the home and harmful separations, and can be positively impacted when their parents learn to peacefully co-parent-together or apart.

Mediation can be dangerous for persons in a coercive controlling or abusive relationship, but mediators can help coordinate needed services to support the person being controlled.

Show notes HERE
Lizbeth’s links Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HEREOR
Buy Lizbeth a Coffee
Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold!
Interested in seeing if you and Lizbeth would partner well for 1:1 coaching? Sign up for one free session to see.
Need a motivational speaker? Sign up HERE to talk with Lizbeth about your needs.
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When Liz Merrill's daughters approached her years ago to ask Liz to leave the marriage with their father, she was stunned. Like so many parents, she'd believed that it was best for kids to grow up with their original parents.  The process of leaving and pursuing co-parenting nudged Liz to help other parents dealing with high-conflict separations. Today, she is a mediator to support people needing help navigating divorce.

You will learn:

There are many things people can do to soften the typically contentious divorce or custody process.
 Children are impacted by toxicity in the home and harmful separations, and can be positively impacted when their parents learn to peacefully co-parent-together or apart.
Mediation can be dangerous for persons in a coercive controlling or abusive relationship, but mediators can help coordinate needed services to support the person being controlled.

Show notes HERE

Lizbeth’s links

Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HERE

OR

Buy Lizbeth a Coffee

Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.

Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold!

Interested in seeing if you and Lizbeth would partner well for 1:1 coaching? Sign up for one free session to see.

Need a motivational speaker? Sign up HERE to talk with Lizbeth about your needs.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices