A Fine Time for Healing

Every day all around the world a child and parent are alienated from one another. When this happens, lives are devastated, bonds between a normally loving parent and child are made to be apart, and hearts are broken. Parental alienation is something that has always been in our lives, but until it touches us, we always believe it only happens to other people. Sadly, it is our children who will suffer the most because, they will lose half of who they are, half of who they can become, and half of the heritage they should be able to know. International parental abduction is a growing area of concern as relationships are constantly being born between people from different countries and cultures. In the US alone, it is estimated that over 800 children will be abducted by one of their parents and spirited away to a foreign country. This only accounts for the ones who are reported missing. There are some people who feel that the child can't be abducted because they are with one of the parents.This is untrue. Positive changes must be made in individual state's legislation as well as in the family court systems. There must be a legal reckoning for these parents who use their children as pawns in this war. Parental alienation is a form of emotional abuse on both, the targeted parent and victim children alike. David R Shubert is a left behind and alienated parent who has been fighting to be in his daughter and stepson's lives for over fifteen years now. He understands the dynamics involved in the mental and emotional aspects that all alienated parents are forced to endure. After becoming disillusioned with the family courts, he decided to take matters into own hands to promote awareness on the various social media outlets. He felt that he needed to write about what millions of other parents go through when their child has been parentally abducted or alienated from the other parent.

Millennials are opting for prenups in record numbers compared to previous generations. They are also more likely to simultaneously plan for divorce while preparing for their wedding, essentially assuming that it won't last. This isn't surprising when almost half of all marriages in America end in divorce. But what if you could take preemptive action to have one of the marriages that last? Most people are aware of the financial investment involved in marriage, which is why many people try to protect themselves with a prenuptial agreement. However, the often-unnoticed emotional investment is the key to a successful marriage! An emotional prenup can help engaged couples navigate difficult topics before marriage and offer a blueprint to avoid conflict and divorce. Today's special guest, Frieda Birnbaum, PhD, is a research psychologist and psychoanalytic therapist in Saddle River, New Jersey and the award-winning author of Life Begins at 60: A New View of Motherhood, Marriage, and Reinventing Ourselves and What Price Power: An In-Depth Study of the Professional Woman in a Relationship. An expert on topics such as family dynamics, parenthood, relationships, addiction, anxiety and depression, Dr. Frieda is a seasoned media personality and commentator who is adept at discerning the psychological underpinnings of current issues and parsing the psychological profiles of various newsmakers- politicians, celebrities, criminals, etc. Notably, Dr Frieda is the oldest woman in America to give birth to twins. The mother of five, her youngest sons were born when she was 60, lending her a unique perspective on issues related to parenting and the empowerment of women at any age.

Today's special guest, Christina Woods helps high functioning women crush self-doubt and become unstoppable! She empowers women to put themselves first, find absolute clarity, listen, and trust their intuition. To stop looking outside for what they need and want so they can step into their true authentic self, free of self-sabotaging behavior, and a life full of deep meaning, and potential. Christina provides deep hypnotherapy, with personalized coaching. As an Empowerment Coach, she combines her qualifications as a RTT Therapist®, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Theta Healer, Reiki Master, corporate leadership, and life experiences in dealing with trauma, abandonment, setting boundaries and how to love oneself. She guides you through the process of identifying why you have the self-sabotaging behaviors in the first place, so you can release them and start owning who you are, and what you are meant to do. Once you believe in yourself, you do so much more than survive, you thrive in your life. Christina Woods is a licensed Rapid Transformational Therapist, clinical Hypnotherapist, Empowerment Coach, and Reiki Master, has extensive experience working on complex challenges and pulling potential out of others so that they can become self-reliant individuals. She is the CEO and Founder of Wise Woods Hypnotherapy.