HeyJaredNOT THE NARRATIVE with Abi
Not the Narrative is a first-person podcast about living beyond the story told about you. Hosted by Abi, the show explores high-conflict family court proceedings and the lived experience of remaining grounded through scrutiny — while raising a child, sustaining a business,…
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When Family Court Expects You to Be the Perfect Mother Motherhood Under a Microscope (opens the original)
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There is motherhood—and then there is motherhood when someone is waiting for you to fail. In Episode 25 of the Family Court Survival Guide , Abi gets real about the impossible standard mothers can face in high-conflict family court: where an ordinary parenting decision can become an email, an allegation, or another piece of “evidence.” And for Black mothers, there can be another layer—the pressure of navigating a system while carrying stereotypes about being “angry,” “aggressive,” “difficult,” o
When Co-Parenting Becomes Control—Protect Your Peace and Your Child (opens the original)
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When co-parenting becomes another way to control, provoke and maintain emotional access to you, how do you protect your peace—and your child? In Episode 24 of the Family Court Survival Series, Abi shares how she stopped responding to every allegation, defending herself against every accusation and participating in circular email arguments that were never intended to reach a resolution. Some conflicts are not really about the child. They are invitations back into chaos—and proof that the other pa
Family Court Is Not a Relationship. Stop Waiting to Live. (opens the original)
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Family court can feel like it's keeping you emotionally tied to someone you already chose to leave. In this deeply personal episode of the Family Court Survival Guide , Abi shares one of the most life-changing lessons she learned after years of navigating high-conflict family court: you don't have to put your life on hold while you wait for the legal process to end. Abi opens up about the emotional toll of years of litigation, the delays, the triggers, and the healing that came through it all. S
Family Court Doesn’t Heal Your Pain. It Focuses on the Child. (opens the original)
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One of the hardest lessons I learned during my family court journey was realizing that the courtroom was never designed to heal my pain. Like many parents, I entered the process believing that if I told the truth, the court would naturally see what I had experienced and justice would follow. But family court has a different role. Its primary focus is determining what it believes is in the best interests of the child—not providing emotional validation or closure for parents. In this episode of th
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