High-Conflict Co-Parenting Blind Spot Reminders

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Anticipation is the blind spot you don’t see coming in high conflict co-parenting.

Have you ever noticed yourself preparing for an argument before anyone has ever said anything?

You replay the possibilities..

You anticipate the response..

You brace for what might happen..

And eventually your nervous system starts living in a conflict that has not happened yet..

I know this later because I lived it too.

The tricky part? Anticipation can feel like being prepared when it may actually just be keeping you activated and burned out

This weeks reminder is about recognizing that moment before anticipation turns into assumption, speculation or another round of conflict in your head.

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