Strategies to Deal with Toxic Communication Cycles [258]
Flying Free
Natalie Hoffman
5.0 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
“Communication is key,” right? But healthy communication often isn’t possible with an emotionally abusive individual who twists your words and uses them against you.
Today’s conversation is with Mikki Gardner, Certified Life + Conscious Parenting Coach. Mikki’s expertise and knowledge will help propel you forward as you learn how to deal with toxic communication cycles in the context of co-parenting.
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Related Resources:
- Check out Mikki’s website and take advantage of her free Conscious Co-parenting Masterclass!
- Tune in to Mikki’s podcast, Co-Parenting with Confidence.
- Mikki has a new book called “The People Pleaser’s Guide to Co-Parenting Well.” If you liked this episode, you’ll love her book!
- If you are a Christian woman who thinks you may be in an emotionally destructive marriage, learn more at https://flyingfreenow.com
- I'll send you (free!) the first chapter of my book, Is It Me? Making Sense of Your Confusing Marriage, which has an assessment to help you figure out if your relationship is abusive or not. All you have to do is hop on my mailing list.
- You can also find out about our online education and support program for women of faith at https://joinflyingfree.com.
- And finally, if you are a divorced Christian woman who wants to take back her life and get healthy, lose weight, have amazing relationships, get things done, build a business or career, and even find a good man (if you want one) - check out Flying Higher.
Mikki Gardner is a Certified Life + Conscious Parenting Coach, the host of Co-Parenting With Confidence Podcast, and a mom to her son! After learning how to navigate life post-divorce & using it as a catalyst to her own transformation, Mikki now helps moms move past the divorce drama to become calm, confident co-parents, even without their ex’s participation. Mikki is on a mission to help women navigate the emotional and practical difficulties of divorce and co-parenting while creating an intentional, joy + ease-filled life after divorce.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Natalie Hoffman of Flying Free Now.com and you're listening to the |
| 0:09.3 | Flying Free Podcast, a support resource for Women of faith, looking for hope and healing from hidden |
| 0:16.4 | emotional and spiritual abuse. |
| 0:18.6 | Welcome to Flying Free Podcast. Today I have Mickey Gardner with me. She is a certified life and conscious parenting coach. |
| 0:31.0 | She's the host of co-parenting with Confidence Podcast. And today we are going to have a |
| 0:38.0 | discussion about how to break free from the toxic communication cycles that we find ourselves in with our husbands. |
| 0:46.3 | Welcome Mickey. |
| 0:48.5 | Hi, thank you. |
| 0:49.6 | I'm so excited to be here and talk about this. |
| 0:51.6 | This is such a good topic. So I'm excited to be here. |
| 0:54.6 | Yeah, it is a good topic. I'm really excited to hear what you have to share. I have lived more years of my life dealing with people |
| 1:02.2 | who communicate in toxic ways, then I have years of life living |
| 1:07.6 | with people who actually have healthy communication styles. |
| 1:10.6 | So I have experience dealing with people with both and it can feel pretty hopeless when you start going in these |
| 1:17.0 | communication circles with someone and you know they're not listening they're not willing to meet you halfway. You know that there's never |
| 1:24.7 | going to be this closure where you both feel heard and seen and validated and |
| 1:29.1 | respected and there's never going to be a meeting of the minds. |
| 1:33.0 | So that's why I'm excited about what we're going to learn from you today, |
| 1:36.8 | because I think this is a huge pain point for a lot of our listeners, |
| 1:40.6 | especially when it comes to communicating with this kind of co-parent about what is most |
| 1:46.0 | important to us, which is our kids. So to kick us off Mickey, can you tell us a little |
| 1:51.9 | bit more about yourself and your journey? |
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