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The Rising Beyond Podcast
If you're trying to protect your children while navigating an abusive ex, this podcast is for you. Because leaving the relationship didn't end the abuse, and no one prepared you for what came next.
The Rising Beyond Podcast is for protective mothers navigating the overwhelming reality of sharing children with someone who continues patterns of manipulation, coercive control, or emotional abuse after separation. Join Sybil Cummin, licensed professional counselor, who has spent the last decade helping survivors and their children navigate this incredibly difficult chapter. Every week, we share trauma-informed education, nervous system insights, protective parenting strategies, and honest conversations about family court, post-separation abuse, and healing, so you can feel more confident, more grounded, and better equipped to protect both your children and yourself.
Whether you're in the middle of family court, struggling with parenting alongside someone who continues patterns of control, or simply trying to become the parent you want to be after everything you've survived, you'll find validation, practical guidance, and hope here.
The Rising Beyond Podcast
Bonus Coaching: Afraid CPS Will Believe Your Ex? What Protective Parents Need to Know
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When child protection gets involved, it can feel like everything your ex threatened is starting to happen.
Many survivors were told: “If you leave, I’ll make sure everyone thinks you’re unstable—and I’ll take the kids.”
So when CPS opens an investigation, the fear isn’t just about the process.
It’s about the possibility that the narrative could be turned against you.
In this Friday Coaching Corner episode, we’re talking about how to navigate a CPS investigation when there is a history of coercive control—and when you’re worried your ex will present well while you feel anxious, overwhelmed, or misunderstood.
We’ll walk through:
- How to gauge whether a caseworker understands coercive control and domestic violence
- How to present in a way that is grounded, credible, and child-focused (without overexplaining)
- What CPS is often paying attention to beyond first impressions
- How to prepare your children in a supportive way without coaching or adding pressure
This episode also focuses on something that often gets missed:
You don’t need to outperform your ex.
You need to stay steady, consistent, and anchored in what your children need.
If you’re in the middle of an investigation—or fear this could happen—this conversation will help you move from panic to strategy.
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