Hey guys, it's Jamie Scrimter here, second wife, stepmom of three and mum of one.

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Hey guys, welcome back to the podcast. So on this week's episode, we are talking to Ashley from Our Splendid Life. So I have been following Ashley on Instagram for a while now, and she has a very admirable perspective on co-parenting and an even more unique story. So Ashley is currently co-parenting with her ex-husband from different states.

And when I say co-parenting, I actually mean parallel parenting. After a long custody battle

experiences with parental alienation and some unexpected decisions from a judge, Ashley made

the heart-wrenching decision to give up primary residency of her daughter and send her to go live with her dad and stepmom.

In this episode, we talk about what happened, why she made this decision, what life looks like for her and her daughter now, and the current dynamic of her co-parenting relationship.

I'll give you a teaser. I believe she hasn't actually spoken to her ex in a couple of years.

All right, guys, let's dive in.

Hey, guys, so I am here with Ashley from Our Splendid Life. So welcome, Ashley.

Hi, thanks for having me.

I'm so excited that you're here. As I said, I have been

following Ashley on Instagram for, I don't know, about a year and a half now. And your posts and

your pictures and everything that you say, literally, I love the raw and realness of it,

while still maintaining that positive attitude, which, as you know, is kind of what I'm all about. So, you know, I definitely resonate with everything that you say. So thank you so much for just keeping that raw and real feed. The internet needs it. Oh, thank you so much. I love it. I love that connection that we have over social media. So it's been great. I know. I'm sitting here talking to you and I just realized I'm like, oh, no, this is the first time we're actually meeting, but I feel like because we've been following each other for so long. Right. Awesome. Okay. So Ashley, for those who are following who aren't familiar with you, can you just kind of give us, who are you? Who is

Ashley and give us a little lowdown on what Our Splendid Life is all about? So yeah, like you said,

I have a blog called Our Splendid Life and it actually started when I was going through the hardest

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