The Rising Beyond Podcast

Bonus Coaching Session: When Your Parenting Plan Needs More Specificity (and Your Attorney Pushes Back)

What do you do when you know vague parenting plan language will create problems, but your attorney says you’re asking for too much detail?In this Bonus Coaching episode, we look at a common situation many protective parents face: trying to create clear agreements around things like extracurricular activities, schedule changes, and communication expectations after experiencing patterns of manipulation or conflict.When you’ve lived through chaos, wanting clarity isn’t about control. It’s often about trying to protect peace for you and your children.In this episode, we discuss:How to tell the difference between healthy specificity and fear-based overplanningHow to advocate for clearer language when your attorney doesn’t fully understand coercive control dynamicsCommon vague areas in parenting plans that often create problems laterIf you’ve ever been told you’re being too detailed when you’re really just trying to prevent future conflict, this episode is for you.Please leave us a review or rating and follow/subscribe to the show. This helps the show get out to more people.If you want to chat more about this topic I would love to continue our conversation over on Instagram! @risingbeyondpcIf you want to support the show you may do so here at, Buy Me A Coffee. Thank you! We love being able to make this information accessible to you and your community.If you've been looking for a supportive community of women going through the topics we cover, head over to our website to learn more about the Rising Beyond Community. - https://www.risingbeyondpc.com/Where to find more from Rising Beyond:Rising Beyond FacebookRising Beyond LinkedInRising Beyond Pinterest If you're interested in guesting on the show please fill out this form - https://forms.gle/CSvLWWyZxmJ8GGQu7Enjoy some of our freebies!Choosing Your Battles FreebieCanned Responses FreebieMic Drop Moments Freebie...

Ep 196: Hope After 12 Years of Post-Separation Abuse: Jennifer’s Story

There is something many survivors quietly wonder but don’t always say out loud:Will this ever end?Will my kids be okay?Will I ever feel like myself again?In this episode, I sit down with Jennifer, who spent over a decade navigating post-separation abuse and repeated family court litigation. Her story isn’t shared to scare you. It’s shared because so many survivors are living this reality and need to know they are not alone and that hope is still possible.We talk about what it actually looks like to survive years of legal conflict while still showing up for your children, managing fear about what could happen next, and holding onto small pieces of hope along the way.Jennifer shares honestly about:The emotional toll of repeated court motions and legal uncertaintyThe exhaustion of constant documentation and preparing for the unknownThe fear of lies being told in court that you cannot fully prepare forBut this conversation is also about what survivors rarely get to hear:What happens when you start to see the light at the end of the tunnel.One of the biggest takeaways from this conversation:Healing isn’t just about surviving the legal process.It’s about eventually finding yourself again.If you are in the middle of this right now and feel exhausted, discouraged, or unsure if things will ever get better, this episode is meant to remind you:You can make it through this. Your kids can be okay. And there is life after survival mode.Connect with Jennifer: https://open.substack.com/pub/jenniferpeyton356426Please leave us a review or rating and follow/subscribe to the show. This helps the show get out to more people.If you want to chat more about this topic I would love to continue our conversation over on Instagram! @risingbeyondpcIf you want to support the show you may do so here at, Buy Me A Coffee. Thank you! We love being able to make this information accessible to you and your community.If you've been looking for a supportive community of women going through the topics we cover, head over to our website to learn more about the Rising Beyond Community. - https://www.risingbeyondpc.com/Where to find more from Rising Beyond:Rising Beyond FacebookRising Beyond LinkedInRising Beyond Pinterest If you're interested in guesting on the show please fill out this form - https://forms.gle/CSvLWWyZxmJ8GGQu7Enjoy some of our freebies!Choosing Your Battles FreebieCanned Responses FreebieMic Drop Moments Freebie...

Ep 195: Why Emotional Intelligence Matters More Than Ever After Coercive Control

Have you ever walked out of a court hearing, a meeting with a professional, or even a hard parenting moment and thought, “Well, that didn’t come out the way I meant it?”Maybe your anxiety came out sharp.  Maybe your urgency sounded like anger.Or maybe you were doing everything you knew of to protect your child but feel like you showed up as “mentally unstable.”When you have lived through coercive control and continued post separation abuse, your nervous system will continually scan for danger and has been conditioned to suppress specific emotions like anger.  This can be a huge obstacle as you heal and try to get decision makers to understand the truth about what is going on.In this episode, we dive into why emotional intelligence is one of the biggest healing and protective strategies for you and your children.  Emotional intelligence is about noticing what is happening inside you so that you can show up in ways you feel good about.Please leave us a review or rating and follow/subscribe to the show. This helps the show get out to more people.If you want to chat more about this topic I would love to continue our conversation over on Instagram! @risingbeyondpcIf you want to support the show you may do so here at, Buy Me A Coffee. Thank you! We love being able to make this information accessible to you and your community.If you've been looking for a supportive community of women going through the topics we cover, head over to our website to learn more about the Rising Beyond Community. - https://www.risingbeyondpc.com/Where to find more from Rising Beyond:Rising Beyond FacebookRising Beyond LinkedInRising Beyond Pinterest If you're interested in guesting on the show please fill out this form - https://forms.gle/CSvLWWyZxmJ8GGQu7Enjoy some of our freebies!Choosing Your Battles FreebieCanned Responses FreebieMic Drop Moments Freebie...

Ep 194: Why the Jeffrey Epstein Coverage Is So Triggering for Survivors

How are you, really? With the Jeffrey Epstein coverage everywhere, many survivors are feeling triggered, angry, betrayed, and exhausted. The language in the media. The redactions. The victim blaming. The protection of powerful people. It is a reminder of the same power and control dynamics many of you are living through in family court and post separation abuse.In this episode, I am not breaking down the files or diving into case details. Instead, I am talking about the impact.Why this coverage hits so hard.Why systemic betrayal feels personal.Why it is exhausting to watch people in power protect each other.And what you can do if you find yourself doomscrolling, dysregulated, or unable to turn it off.We talk about:The harm of language that minimizes abuseHow power structures silence victimsWhy betrayal from trusted public figures feels destabilizingWhen to limit exposure to mediaHow to protect your nervous systemThe two steps that actually matter if we want changeIf you are overwhelmed, you are not weak.If you are angry, it makes sense.If you need to turn it off, you are allowed.Believe survivors.Hold people accountable.That is where it starts.Please leave us a review or rating and follow/subscribe to the show. This helps the show get out to more people.If you want to chat more about this topic I would love to continue our conversation over on Instagram! @risingbeyondpcIf you want to support the show you may do so here at, Buy Me A Coffee. Thank you! We love being able to make this information accessible to you and your community.If you've been looking for a supportive community of women going through the topics we cover, head over to our website to learn more about the Rising Beyond Community. - https://www.risingbeyondpc.com/Where to find more from Rising Beyond:Rising Beyond FacebookRising Beyond LinkedInRising Beyond Pinterest If you're interested in guesting on the show please fill out this form - https://forms.gle/CSvLWWyZxmJ8GGQu7Enjoy some of our freebies!Choosing Your Battles FreebieCanned Responses FreebieMic Drop Moments Freebie...

Ep 193: Trust Your Gut: Reclaiming Safety After Coercive Control

We have been conditioned to be polite over safe. To make others comfortable even when our bodies are signaling danger. To be small, sweet, accommodating.That conditioning increases risk for women, especially survivors of coercive control. What kept you safer inside an abusive relationship can make you more vulnerable outside of it.I unpack why love bombing is better understood as grooming. It is not just gifts or grand gestures. It is learning your values and vulnerabilities so they can be used later.We also talk about:Trusting your body’s warning signalsSeeing trauma responses as dataPracticing strategic rudeness when something feels offUsing the broken record approach in communicationNaming patterns clearly with an ex or even professionalsTeaching your children discernment instead of forced politenessYour discomfort matters.Your instincts matter.And awareness is the first step in breaking this conditioning for you and your kids.If this episode brings something up for you, I would love to hear from you.BOOK: The Gift of Fear: https://a.co/d/0gxTtekZPlease leave us a review or rating and follow/subscribe to the show. This helps the show get out to more people.If you want to chat more about this topic I would love to continue our conversation over on Instagram! @risingbeyondpcIf you want to support the show you may do so here at, Buy Me A Coffee. Thank you! We love being able to make this information accessible to you and your community.If you've been looking for a supportive community of women going through the topics we cover, head over to our website to learn more about the Rising Beyond Community. - https://www.risingbeyondpc.com/Where to find more from Rising Beyond:Rising Beyond FacebookRising Beyond LinkedInRising Beyond Pinterest If you're interested in guesting on the show please fill out this form - https://forms.gle/CSvLWWyZxmJ8GGQu7Enjoy some of our freebies!Choosing Your Battles FreebieCanned Responses FreebieMic Drop Moments Freebie...