Nobody prepares you for the first night your kids are not there. The house is quiet, their rooms are empty, and you are sitting with a grief that almost nobody warns you about.

In this episode of Divorce Discussions, host Angie Weber sits down with Nora Marcus, LMSW, a New York based licensed social worker, certified divorce mediator, and certified co-parenting specialist who builds child-first parenting plans and stays with families long after the decree is signed.

Nora starts where most conversations skip ahead: the loss itself. She explains why our brains fight this so hard, why the sadness of sharing your children is not a problem that needs solving, and why divorce is not one event you get through but something that keeps resurfacing at holidays, school conferences, and the first week of summer. Then she gets practical. What a developmentally appropriate parenting plan actually looks like and why a fill-in-the-blank form fails most families. How to handle a new partner entering the picture, including the one thing she asks parents never to say to their kids. What you can and cannot do when your co-parent breaks the agreement. And why the small wins you keep skipping past are the ones that matter most.

Whether you are handing off your kids for the very first time or you are years in and still bracing for the drop-off, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are.

Connect with Nora:
www.noramarcus.com
https://www.instagram.com/noramarcusconsulting

This is Episode 17 of the Divorce Discussions Podcast by the Divorce Support Collective, where we seek to reimagine the process of divorce through collaboration and support. New episodes drop every Wednesday.

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