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The Rising Beyond Podcast
Are you ready to thrive as you are coming out of a toxic or abusive relationship? Join Sybil Cummin, a licensed professional counselor who has specialized in working with victims and survivors of domestic violence and narcissistic abuse for over a decade and runs a membership community for women on their healing journey. On this podcast you will finally feel understood and your experience will be validated as you learn tangible strategies to handle family court, coparent with your abuser, improve your connection with your children, and heal from the trauma of narcissistic abuse and domestic violence.
The Rising Beyond Podcast
Bonus Coaching Session: How to Support Your Child’s Relationship with an Abusive Co-Parent (Without Gaslighting Them)
In this week’s Friday Coaching Corner, I respond to a mom’s heartfelt question that so many survivors share:
“How do I support my children’s relationship with their dad—because the court says I have to—while knowing he is emotionally and psychologically abusing them every week?”
This episode dives deep into one of the hardest balancing acts for protective parents: offering emotional honesty and safety without crossing into parental alienation.
You’ll hear strategies and validation around:
- How to build felt safety for your children when the other home is unsafe.
- Why it’s vital not to gaslight your kids—and what to say instead.
- How to reflect what you see (“Your body looks like it needs to move after visits”) instead of judging or rescuing.
- Using simple rituals and routines to help kids regulate after contact with the abusive parent.
- How to teach emotional intelligence and discernment so your kids can identify safe people and unsafe behaviors.
- Ways to contrast your safe home environment with the other parent’s behavior—without speaking negatively about them.
- The truth that children need one consistent, unconditional, loving caregiver to build resilience—and that person can be you.
This episode is a compassionate guide for every survivor-parent navigating the impossible tension between protecting your children and being forced to “support” a relationship that hurts them.
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