Been There Got Out
Been There Got Out
Been There Got Out

High-Conflict Divorce, Custody, & Co-Parenting Strategists

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A loaded moving truck on a city road, illustrating relocation disputes in custody battles.

Relocations in Custody Battles and High-Conflict Divorce

Can your ex move away with the kids? Attorney Brian Pakpour on how relocation really works in high-conflict custody cases, and how to protect your time with your children....
A chalk-style icon of a figure tossing something into a bin, illustrating how a narcissist discards a partner after the breakup.

Breaking Up and the Discard: How a Narcissist Acts at the End of a Relationship

While you're at your lowest, they move on without a backward glance. Inside the narcissist's 'discard': why it's so cold, so calculated, and so hard to make sense of....
A shattered mirror with a hole punched through it, illustrating the fractured sense of reality created by common manipulation tactics.

Manipulative Tactics that Make You Stay

The reason you keep going back isn't weakness. It's design. The manipulation tactics a toxic partner uses to keep you hooked, and how to see through each one....
A red DANGER warning sign with a red flag against the sky, illustrating the continued warning signs in a toxic relationship.

Warning Signs with Natalie Hoffman (2 of 2)

Already in it? Natalie Hoffman's 'ladder out of the pit,' the ten painful rungs of leaving an abusive relationship, and what a genuinely healthy one looks like. Part two....
A red DANGER warning sign beside a red flag against a blue sky, illustrating the warning signs in a toxic relationship.

Warning Signs with Natalie Hoffman (1 of 2)

Abuse rarely announces itself at the start. Life coach Natalie Hoffman's ten early red flags of a destructive relationship, and the healthy behavior each one should look like. Part one....
A person hang-gliding high above the landscape, illustrating the courage of committing to take action.

Committing to Take Action

Realizing you're in a toxic relationship is hard. Deciding what to do about it, while you're still healing, is harder. On finding the resolve to finally get out....