Your child walks through the front door after time at their other home, talking a mile a minute about everything you missed. What your face does next matters more than any custody schedule.

In this episode of the Divorce Discussions Podcast, host Angie Weber sits down with Lyerly Spongberg, founder of Step Up With Lyerly and a Certified ADR Divorce Coach, High Conflict Coach, and Co-Parenting Specialist. Lyerly brings more than 20 years of personal experience to this conversation, from her own high-conflict divorce to raising a blended family of six now-grown children.

Lyerly explains why a parenting plan is really about your child's time with you, not your time with your child, and why planning ahead for cell phones, driving, college, and who pays for what can head off years of conflict. She breaks down when parallel parenting makes more sense than traditional co-parenting, shares her three-zone chaos filter for letting go of what you can't control, and opens up about the grief that still catches her when her kids come home from trips she wasn't on.

Whether you're just starting out or years into a co-parenting relationship that isn't working, this conversation will help you take a step back and keep your kids at the center.

Connect with Lyerly:
Step Up With Lyerly: https://stepupwithlyerly.com
Lyerly on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stepup_withlyerly/
Lyerly on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyerly-spongberg-2968483/
Lyerly on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StepUpWithLyerly