Summer Essentials: How to Cope When There’s No “Co” in Your Co-Parenting with Christina McGhee #429

Summer Essentials: How to Cope When There’s No “Co” in Your Co-Parenting with Christina McGhee #429

From The Divorce and Beyond® Podcast with Susan Guthrie, Esq. by Susan Guthrie

August 10, 2026 · 46 min · Episode 468

About this episode

Susan Guthrie and Christina McGhee discuss the challenges of co-parenting when one parent is uncooperative and share strategies for managing emotions and setting boundaries.

Co-parenting takes two people willing to show up. Susan Guthrie says that when only one parent is willing, it is one of the most common and most exhausting struggles she sees, and it is exactly the situation divorce parenting expert Christina McGhee helps families navigate. Parenting even under the best of circumstances is challenging. Add in a co-parent who is uncooperative or high-conflict, and it becomes downright exhausting, leaving you feeling like you are constantly trying to protect your kids while managing someone who is not making it easy. Christina tackles one of the toughest situations of all, co-parenting when there is no real co-parent on the other side, and shares her top tips for working through the feelings of hopelessness and exhaustion that come with it. Together, she and Susan talk through how to get to a place of being in control of yourself and your emotions, so you can stay grounded, set boundaries, keep your children out of the middle, and show up as an empowered, consistent, engaging, and confident parent no matter what your co-parent is doing. What You'll Learn What Christina means when she says “When there’s no “Co” in Co-parenting…” Instead of staying…

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