When Your Ex Won't Stop Creating Chaos: High Conflict Co-Parenting | Livi North

High-conflict co-parenting has a way of making it feel like someone who doesn't even live in your house somehow has way too much control over what happens inside it. The texts, the emails, the constant curveballs, the tension with your partner... it can start to feel like your entire relationship is being shaped around someone else's chaos. In this episode, I'm talking with Livi North, founder of Unfuck Your Co-Parenting, where she helps parents and stepparents navigate high-conflict co-parenting, parallel parenting, and difficult exes without letting the chaos take over their lives. ### In This Episode, You'll Learn: - How to tell the difference between normal post-divorce conflict and a truly high conflict dynamic - Why strong boundaries matter more than trying to change a high conflict ex - How getting angry for your partner can accidentally create even more stress - Why parallel parenting, intentional couple time, and limits around venting can help keep the conflict from consuming your relationship Because the truth is, you may never be able to control what a high-conflict ex does. But you can decide how much space their behavior gets to take up in your home, your relationship, and your life. ### Resources Mentioned: **→** Connect with Livi North: Visit unfuckyourcoparenting.com for resources and coaching, including a $189 one-hour intro call; follow @unfuckyourcoparenting on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook; and listen to the Unfuck Your Coparenting podcast. **→ Upgrade your bedtime with Cozy Earth's temperature-regulating bamboo sheets and pajamas, and use code STEPMOMDIARIES at CozyEarth.com for up to 20% off.** **→ Unfuck Your Co-Parenting: The Coaching Couch Podcast** (Available wherever you listen to podcasts) **→ Connect with Livi** on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Facebook: search the handle @UnfuckYourCoparenting **→ Free High Conflict Ex Guide:** Get our FREE 10 Quick Tips To Dealing With Your Spouse's Ex, and stop letting your partner's high-conflict ex take over your life at stepfamilycircle.com/high-conflict-ex-tips. ### Love The Stepmom Diaries? Please consider rating and reviewing The Stepmom Diaries on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Your feedback helps the show grow and reach more blended families who need honest conversations like this one.