FAMILY
How to Support Your Partner Through Toxic Co-parenting Without Burning Out
4 November 2025
Another text comes through from the high conflict ex. Your partner spirals. And suddenly you're the one drafting responses at 2am, researching parental alienation strategies. Managing his emotions. You're disappearing under the weight of it all – and then you feel guilty for even thinking "I can't do this anymore."
You love him, so you stepped in and somehow became his crisis manager. But now you're exhausted and resentful.
This episode is about breaking that cycle.
I'll show you why you keep absorbing his crisis and what it's actually costing you and your relationship.
You'll learn how to step back without the guilt, stay grounded when he's falling apart, and how to support him without sacrificing yourself or your relatonship.
Because loving him doesn't mean losing yourself to her drama. You can be there for him and protect yourself at the same time.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
The three reasons you keep taking over his co-parenting problems (and why they're keeping you stuck)
How to step back without feeling like you're abandoning him
What to do when his crisis starts becoming yours – and how to stay calm when he can't
Why your calm matters more than having all the answers
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Hi, I'm Kellie
I'm a stepmum of two, a high conflict survivor and a certified coach. My mission is to help stepmums (and stepmoms) like you handle the ex, with no-BS strategies that actually work (I know because I've used them myself).