Been There Got Out Podcast
Been There Got Out Podcast
Latest Episodes
Is Your Co-Parenting Conflict Fueling Teen Addiction Risk?
"A toxic environment is a toxic environment, whether the parents are together or they're separate." That's not a divorce coach talking. That's Dave Kopeny — a former probation officer, school counselor, and sheriff's department investigator who...
Why Men Don't Talk About Divorce Pain with Garth Haslem
"Force demands fairness. Power prepares for reality. Force chases. Power disengages when engagement is useless." That's the framework Manalizing founder Garth Haslem uses to explain why so many marriages, divorces, and co-parenting relationship...
Why Rage Is a Sane Response to Legal Abuse, Not a Character Flaw
"I would wake up every single morning, there'd be a moment when I'd forget who I was, and then I would just be furious. And it wasn't even at my ex — it was at the system allowing this to go on and on and on." If that sounds famili...
The Step-Parent's Side of Parental Alienation: a Therapist/Former GAL Speaks Out
"One hundred percent of what was reported back to me was untrue." That's what it's like to be the step-parent inside a parental alienation campaign — standing in the middle of a custody war that started long before you arrived.In this c...
Is Your Ex Gaslighting Your Kids? A Therapist Explains What It Really Looks Like
"That is gaslighting — because the parent isn't thinking about what the child is going through. They're just making the child question their own reality."That's how licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Pinkal Panchal describes one of ...
