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I often call parenting “a territorial sport,” since parents tend to be protective of a right to raise their children as they see fit and to enjoy special moments with them. From kids’ first steps and birthdays to graduations and weddings, parents love to celebrate their child’s accomplishments. Where does this leave stepparents and, in particular, stepmoms?

Talk about Communicating with Impact, what could be more impactful than divorced parents learning to communicate better to raise their children collaboratively following a divorce?

Certified Speaking Professional, Patrick Donadio and Teresa talk about the challenges co-parents face when communicating with one another, what they can do about it, and when they can't fix it themselves, where to get help.

Teresa sat down with Fractional Sales Manager, Rachel Jones to share how her unique approach helps businesses accelerate results while fostering team collaboration.

With decades of experience leading corporate teams and a passion for transforming teamwork, Teresa’s TOP strategies are designed to optimize every step of project management and product development.

If you’re curious about elevating your team’s performance and achieving faster business outcomes, this session is for you. 

Successfully co-parenting with a former intimate partner can be challenging. But it isn't impossible. Teresa recently chatted with Melissa Farag, ESQ., host of the High Vibe Divorce podcast to talk about co-parenting struggles and what you can do to overcome them, even if your co-parent is uncooperative. Listen to the podcast here. And be sure to rate the episode if you found it valuable.

Long before Covid and Zoom came along, Teresa was leading global teams. Listen now to Teresa when she's interviewed by Amy Vaughan, Owner of Together Digital and Host of the Together Digital Power Lounge Podcast. We're talking about Remote Team Leadership. Learn how to instill accountability, provide recognition, and create a strong team culture when leading a remote team. CLICK HERE to listen now.

Does your company offer support or benefits for those going through divorce or continuing to co-parent with an ex-partner after a split? Teresa speaks with Vicky Townsend of Divorce Right Inc about what employers can do to support divorced, separated, solo, and stepparents.

Divorce Right Inc provides HR solutions for divorce in the workplace. Watch he replay of our LinkedIn Live Broadcast here.

Lisa Decker is the founder of DivorceTownUSA and a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst . On her first show of 2023, Teresa joined Lisa to talk about introducing new partners to your children and the ex after a divorce. Are you the new partner? Are you blending families? We have help for you too!

Recently, Teresa sat down in studio with her long-time friend, Mr. Biz^®, aka Ken Wentworth to talk about how to move that PITA (Google it if your unfamiliar) work relationship from combative to collaborative. Teresa shares some tough lessons she had to learn along the way which prompted her to put a great deal more emphasis on developing caring relationships with business colleagues. 

Rosalind and Teresa cover a lot of ground during this discussion including combative behaviors that parents exhibit which they may not think are destructive, stepparenting challenges, and some alternatives to the courts when getting a divorce. These include mediation, a service Teresa has recently begun offering.

Gina and Don of Focused Healthy Family had Teresa on to weigh in on stepparenting and the unique challenges of co-parenting during the holidays. Listen to this episode and others available now.

Catch my short podcast interview with Carol Ann from Women's Wealth: The Middle Way. In 12:38 flat, we cover my 4 Steps from Combative to Collaborative, applying it to co-parenting, and the unique dynamics of stepparenting.

Teresa recently joined Mandy Walker for her podcast “Divorce and Other Things You Can Handle” to talk about introducing new partners to you former partner and kids. If you are co-parenting or are in a relationship with someone who has kids, click below to listen and get tips on when and how to get this right.

As Teresa has met new people in the co-parenting community, she came across a fantastic group working at Our Family Wizard, an app which provides divorced and separated parents with many tools to reduce conflict and increase collaboration. As such, she offered to write an article for their blog and they took her up on it. Read Teresa's article 5 Tips for Correcting Course When Co-Parenting Feels More Combative Than Collaborative available now on the OFW blog. 

Teresa Harlow, best-selling author, speaker, and coach, talks with Linda and Ron from Coparent Academy about her techniques for transforming combative relationships into collaborative partnerships. Listen at the link provided or search for the Coparent Academy Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

Looking to turn your co-parenting relationship around? This week we're talking to author Teresa Harlow who wrote a book that focuses on how to turn a combative co-parenting relationship into a collaborative one. She's walking the walk and has researched the topic in depth to bring you actionable insights to try today! ~Bianca Balogh, creator of Peaceful Parent co-parent messaging app. Learn more about Peaceful Parent at peacefulparentapp.com.

Author and collaboration expert, Teresa Harlow shares with National Parents Organization the basic components of a co-parenting plan along with guiding principles to ensure buy-in of and implementation by both parents.

When parents move on after divorce and begin dating, it can be a very difficult period to maneuver as co-parents and for the kids. When is a good time to tell the other parent you are dating? How do you properly introduce them to your child? Get great advice, tips and from the author of Combative to Collaborative: The Co-parenting Code, Teresa Harlow.

The Mediate.com Podcast, hosted by mediator Veronica Cravener, covers everything in the world of mediation. In Episode 16, Teresa Harlow--author, speaker, and collaboration coach--discusses the importance of mindset when moving from "combative to collaborative.".

Listen to this episode to learn: the "Lessons from Mom" that mediators can use to help parties prepare for a productive mediation, Teresa's four-step process to move from "combative to collaborative," and Teresa's personal experience in applying her principles with her co-parent.

Teresa's Opinion piece on Ohio's current and proposed Shared Parenting Laws is reviewed in this article picked up in the opinion sections of both the Columbus Dispatch and the Akron Beacon Journal.

Read the full article here.

Support equal parenting in Ohio and other states. Learn more on National Parents Organization's website

Tom Hanks of Columbus Monthly Magazine recently interviewed Teresa on her new book and how she hopes it will help other parents in their co-parenting journey.

In this interview, Rob did a great job getting at the core of the challenges parents face when co-parenting together. Fast forward to about 7 minutes in and we talk about how to overcome the hurt of the failed marriage so that you can move forward and succesfully co-parent together.

Teresa shares her tips for communication when it comes to co-parenting with morning news anchors Amanda VanAllen and Kelsey Fabian.

In this article, Teresa shares how they used humor and empathy to transform their relationship.

School boards and parents are fighting over in-school mask mandates. In this video, Teresa Harlow shares her tips to improve communication and cooperation strategies between parents and communities that educate children.

Put your differences aside to work together for the best interest of the children. Teresa sits down with Joe to discuss some of the ways each has worked to ensure their co-parenting relationships are collaborative and serve their purpose.

Teresa Harlow jokes how her book, Happily Divorced, was meant to be “a journey through our happy life of divorce with a child,” but turned out to be a story of a co-parenting journey.