I Stopped Playing the Game | After the Breaking | Episode 8

For years, every buzz of my phone made my stomach drop. His name meant a fight I hadn't agreed to. And then one day I realized the war was still going — he was still fighting it. I had just stopped showing up. Leaving was the loud part. Nobody warns you about the after: when you share children with someone, you don't get to fully leave. You renegotiate them, over and over, for years. What finally saved me wasn't winning. It was neutrality. In this episode I walk through the times I stopped reacting, stopped chasing the narrative, stopped performing for everyone watching — and the one day I lost my footing and had to find my way back to center. Because this isn't a before and after. It's a practice. I don't arrive at it. I return to it. If you're coparenting with someone who still tries to pull you into the storm, I hope this gives you a place to stand. Linktree: https://tr.ee/FhVCsn3taW #AfterTheBreaking #Coparenting #ParentalAlienation #NarcissisticAbuseRecovery