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Episode 41: High-Conflict Divorce — Protecting Your Sanity in Legal Chaos with Lisa Johnson

For many women, divorce isn’t just the end of a marriage, it becomes a long, exhausting battle they never saw coming.

Instead of closure, they’re met with manipulation, intimidation, endless court filings, and an ex who refuses to let go. The emotional toll is heavy. The financial cost can be devastating. And the question so many moms quietly ask is:
How do I survive this without losing myself or my kids?

In this episode of Let’s Get Real, I sit down with Lisa Johnson, a high-conflict divorce strategist and certified domestic violence advocate who knows the family court system from the inside out, not just professionally, but personally.

Lisa spent nearly 10 years navigating post-separation legal abuse, represented herself through over 100 court appearances, and ultimately won a precedent-setting case now published in state law. Today, she helps parents around the world navigate high-conflict divorce, custody battles, coercive control, and post-separation abuse.

This conversation is honest, grounding, and deeply validating for anyone who feels trapped in legal chaos.

When Divorce Becomes Legal Abuse

Lisa explains that high-conflict divorce is not the same as a difficult divorce.
In many cases, emotions run high at first but eventually settle down. In high-conflict situations, that never happens. Instead, the legal system itself becomes a weapon.

Legal abuse (also called litigation abuse or paper abuse) happens when an ex uses the courts to:

• Drain you financially
• Force constant court appearances
• Control your time, energy, and emotional bandwidth

Maintain power long after the relationship ends
The goal isn’t resolution — it’s punishment.

Why Smart, Capable Women Get Stuck

One of the most important truths Lisa shares is this:
Abuse doesn’t happen because someone is weak.

Many of her clients are highly educated, successful professionals — even attorneys and therapists. Abuse unfolds slowly through coercive control, gaslighting, and manipulation. By the time it’s visible, the person is already deeply entangled.

Shame keeps people silent. Confusion keeps them stuck.
Naming what’s happening is often the first step toward clarity.

Why This Conversation Matters

If you’re in the middle of a high-conflict divorce and questioning your sanity, hear this:
You are not crazy.
You are not weak.
And you are not alone.

There are ways to protect your peace, your children, and your future — even when it feels overwhelming.

If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. Sometimes, clarity is the most powerful form of hope.

CONNECT WITH Lisa Johnson

Facebook: https://facebook.com/beentheregotout
Instagram: https://instagram.com/been_there_got_out
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BeenThereGotOut

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Ep. 40 Breaking Free from Caregiver Burnout with Lynette Weldon

Motherhood stretches us in more ways than we ever imagined—but caregiving asks even more of the heart. When you're caring for a child with special needs or ongoing medical concerns, the emotional, physical, and mental load multiplies. You love fiercely, but you’re also human. And too often, that humanity—your exhaustion, grief, resentment, guilt, and deep longing to feel like yourself again—goes unseen.

This week’s episode of Let’s Get Real is one so many moms have been waiting for. I sit down with Lynette Weldon—a longtime caregiver, practitioner, and mom who has walked through medical trauma, emotional collapse, and the quiet unraveling that happens when you disappear inside the needs of everyone else.

This conversation is raw, honest, and deeply validating. If you’ve ever thought:

• “I should be able to handle this…”
• “Everyone needs me—I’ll take care of myself later…”
• “I feel guilty for wanting a break…”
• “I don’t even recognize myself anymore…”

You are not alone. And you are not failing.

Why Caregiving Burnout Doesn’t Happen Overnight

Lynette shares how burnout begins slowly—long before we name it:

• You start putting yourself last “just for now.”
• Survival mode becomes normal.
• Your identity shrinks to appointments, advocacy, and medical paperwork.
• You swallow guilt, resentment, loneliness, and grief because you don’t want anyone to misunderstand your love.

Over time, it wears down your patience, your body, your joy, and your sense of self.

And the hardest part?
Moms often feel like they aren’t allowed to talk about it.

Because if they do… they fear being judged. Misunderstood. Seen as ungrateful or selfish.

But caregiving brings its own grief. Its own losses. Its own invisible wounds. Naming them is not selfish—it’s sacred.

If You’re Feeling Burned Out… You’re Not Failing. You’re Tired. And You Deserve Support.

This episode is a reminder that you don’t have to hold it all together.
You don’t have to be the strong one all the time.
You don’t have to bury your exhaustion and pretend you’re fine.

You matter too.

And healing doesn’t mean abandoning your child—it means keeping yourself whole so you can keep showing up with love without losing yourself in the process.

If this episode encouraged you, please share it with another mom who needs the reminder that she doesn’t have to do this alone.

You aren’t failing.
You aren’t selfish.
You aren’t invisible.

You’re human—and you deserve support, rest, and room to breathe again.

Connect with Lynette Weldon

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095075297153

Instagram: http://instagram.com/lynetteweldon3

P.S. If this episode resonates with you, please reach out. I truly want to hear your story. You can DM me on Instagram @jenaburris or email me at jena@jenaburris.com. Your voice matters — and I’m here for you.

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Feeling overwhelmed and like you’ve lost yourself in the chaos of motherhood?
You’re not alone. And you don’t have to keep feeling this way.

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Simple, realistic shifts you can start making today without adding more to your plate.

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Ep. 39 When Motherhood Feels “Too Much”: Understanding the Highly Sensitive Mom with Elizabeth Cush

Have you ever wondered why motherhood feels louder, heavier, or more overwhelming for you than it seems to for everyone else?

Why the school pickup line makes your chest tighten, why constant noise feels like too much, or why you need just five minutes alone before you can even think straight again?

If you’ve ever whispered to yourself, “What is wrong with me? Why can’t I handle this like other moms?”
I want you to hear this clearly:

Nothing is wrong with you. You might just be a highly sensitive woman trying to survive modern motherhood.

In this week’s episode of Let’s Get Real, I sat down with therapist and podcast host Elizabeth Cush, who has spent nearly two decades supporting highly sensitive women through overwhelm, deep processing, and the emotional intensity that so often gets misunderstood.

This conversation felt like someone finally turning the lights on in a room I didn’t know I’d been sitting in.

Practical First Steps for the Highly Sensitive Mom

Here are some of Elizabeth’s simplest, most powerful strategies:

1. Put a hand on your heart and breathe.
Physical touch + deep breathing signals safety to your nervous system.

2. Build a micro-community that “gets it.”
Just one or two people who understand sensitivity can change everything.

3. Let yourself experiment.
There is no perfect routine, no perfect strategy. Try things. Adjust. Repeat.

4. Stop apologizing for your sensitivity.
It’s not a liability — it’s a gift.

This Episode Is for Every Mom Who Has Ever Whispered “It’s Too Much.”

Motherhood asks a lot of us.
But sensitive moms feel that “lot” more intensely — biologically, emotionally, and spiritually.

My hope is that this episode feels like an exhale.
A naming.
A homecoming.

Because when we understand our sensitivity, we stop fighting ourselves and start caring for ourselves.

And that’s when motherhood begins to feel lighter — not because it gets easier, but because we stop carrying it alone.

CONNECT WITH ELIZABETH CUSH

Facebook: / aywwpodcast

YouTube: / @elizabethcushlcpc3220

Instagram: / awakenyourwisewoman

P.S. If this episode resonates with you, please reach out. I truly want to hear your story. You can DM me on Instagram @jenaburris or email me at jena@jenaburris.com. Your voice matters — and I’m here for you.