Author: TrinaTLP

Why Co-Parenting Feels Impossible Sometimes

Ben Horowitz’s The Hard Thing About Hard Things doesn’t offer easy solutions—because when you’re leading a company (or co-parenting a child), there aren’t any.

Hard things are hard not because there’s a secret formula you haven’t found yet, but because:

• Your emotions are at odds with your logic
• There are no perfect choices—only the best possible move at the time
• The weight of responsibility can feel isolating

The same is true for co-parenting. There’s no easy path, only the one you create.

Continue reading “Week 4: The Hard Thing About Hard Things – Navigating Co-Parenting Challenges”

Schools, childcare providers, and professionals working with children strive to create safe, supportive environments. Yet, when communication with co-parents is inconsistent, unclear, or one-sided, they risk creating confusion, conflict, and unintended harm to the very childhoods they aim to protect.

When both parents are not equally informed and engaged, the impact extends beyond just administrative challenges. It affects the child’s emotional stability, their trust in the school or provider, and their ability to thrive in a learning environment.

This is why clear, structured co-parent communication is not just about reducing professional headaches. It is about safeguarding childhoods.

Continue reading “The Hidden Cost of Inconsistent Co-Parent Communication for Schools, Childcare Providers, and Professionals”

Why Most Co-Parents Feel Stuck

Michael Gerber’s The E-Myth is a classic for a reason—it exposes the biggest mistake most entrepreneurs make: they spend all their time working in their business rather than on their business.

Co-parenting has the same trap. Many parents spend their energy putting out fires, handling daily logistics, and reacting emotionally instead of building a structured, sustainable co-parenting system.

They get stuck in:

• Short-term problem-solving instead of long-term planning
• Constant conflict over details instead of establishing a predictable framework
• Reacting to challenges instead of preventing them with systems

When co-parenting operates without a system, small issues become constant disruptions. The result? A child caught in an unpredictable, stressful environment. Continue reading “Week 3: The E-Myth – Co-Parenting as a System, Not Just Emotion”

Why Changing Behaviors Isn’t Enough

Many co-parents want things to improve, but they focus only on changing the other parent’s behavior. They believe if their co-parent would just be more flexible, communicate better, or stop being difficult, things would improve.

But change doesn’t start with behavior. It starts with mindset.

If you see your co-parent as the problem, you’ll always be in conflict.

The Arbinger Institute’s Outward Mindset explains that conflict thrives when we see others as obstacles rather than people. When we assume negative intent, it fuels tension. But when we stop reacting to behavior and start recognizing the human behind it, everything shifts.

This is exactly what BeH2O™ teaches co-parents: Your mindset, not just your actions, determines the success of your co-parenting relationship.

Continue reading “Week Two: Entrepreneurial Mindset for Co-Parenting Success – Outward Mindset”

At The Layne Project (TLP) and The Layne Project 4 Families (TLP4Families), we are committed to safeguarding childhoods by providing families with the highest quality support through an intentionally designed, proven infrastructure.

We recognized early on that families navigating co-parenting challenges, high-conflict custody situations, and family transitions often experience fragmented and inconsistent support when services are spread across multiple agencies. To solve this, we built TLP’s unique infrastructure to provide a comprehensive, ethical, and highly coordinated approach to family support.

With TLP’s proven service model as its foundation, TLP4Families will able to deliver wraparound services that minimize barriers to care, reduce stress for families, and create a seamless, supportive experience for parents and children alike. Continue reading “How The Layne Project’s Unique Infrastructure Facilitates Ethical and Effective Wraparound Family Services”

Start With Why: The Foundation of Successful Co-Parenting

The Problem: Co-Parenting Without a Clear Why

When entrepreneurs build businesses, they don’t start with what they do or how they do it—they start with why.

Yet, in co-parenting, many parents focus first on logistics (who picks up the kids, what the schedule looks like, how to communicate). The problem? Without a why, co-parenting becomes reactionary rather than intentional.

When co-parents operate without a strong why, they get stuck in:
🚩 Constant conflict over the small stuff
🚩 Communication breakdowns rooted in past resentment
🚩 Short-term wins instead of long-term stability for their child

But when we Start With Why, co-parenting transforms into a mission-driven approach that centers on our child’s well-being.   Continue reading “Week One: Entrepreneurial Mindset for Co-Parenting Success– Start With Why”

How My Entrepreneurial Journey Shaped the BeH2O™ & The Layne Project’s Hard Pivot

🔹 Entrepreneurship & Co-Parenting: An Unexpected Connection

When I started my journey as an entrepreneur, I never expected the business world to transform the way I think about co-parenting, conflict resolution, and systemic change.

Yet, over time, I realized that the same principles that build successful companies—strong leadership, accountability, clear systems, and a mission-driven approach—are exactly what’s missing in many co-parenting dynamics.

The more I studied entrepreneurial strategy, the more I saw parallels between scaling a business and co-parenting effectively.

✅ Businesses thrive when they have a strong mission. Co-parenting improves when parents define their shared purpose (even if they don’t get along).
✅ Businesses implement systems to reduce inefficiency. Co-parents need repeatable communication strategies to avoid unnecessary conflict.
✅ Great companies measure success beyond short-term wins. Great co-parents think about long-term impact on their children, not just immediate disagreements.

These insights directly shaped BeH2O™—a co-parenting model that combines leadership principles, behavioral psychology, and systems thinking to create real, scalable solutions for families.

Continue reading “From Entrepreneurial Insights to Co-Parenting Transformation”

I have a confession: I love me some manifestation. Send out good energy, and that’s what you get back. Joe Dispenza? Yes. Bob Proctor? Of course. But recently, I stumbled upon Annie Duke, and let me tell you—she has officially joined my list of professional crushes. Alongside Diane Kander, she’s rocking my world with a different kind of thinking.

At first, I resisted. Wait, what? Is she saying positive thought is bad? Don’t do it, Trina. Don’t get pulled in. Read on. Don’t get polarized. Challenge your perspective. You’ve got this, Trina. Read on. And so I did.

And what I found was beautiful—not a rejection of positive thinking, but an expansion of it. A balance. A BeH2O moment. It’s not about choosing between optimism and realism, between manifestation and preparation. It’s about both.

Continue reading “The Art of Manifesting with Eyes Wide Open – What Annie Duke Taught Me About Mental Contrasting and Co-Parenting”

Separation is one of the most stressful life events for families—but what’s often overlooked is the financial strain that follows.

Many assume that financial hardship only affects families living in poverty, but a much larger group—ALICE (Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed) families—are struggling as well. These are hardworking families earning too much to qualify for aid but not enough to afford essential services like mediation, co-parenting support, and legal assistance.

And when separation happens, their financial situation worsens significantly.

Continue reading “The Financial Toll of Separation: A Crisis Families Can’t Afford”

I recently read All In Startup by Diana Kander, and I have to say—it completely blew my mind. The book presents an incredibly simple yet powerful idea: people don’t buy products; they buy solutions. Entrepreneurs often get stuck in the trap of having an idea, building the product, branding it, and then trying to convince customers to buy it. But the real key to success?

✅ Start by identifying the customer’s migraine-level problem
✅ Talk to them, understand their pain, and gather insights
✅ Build a solution that directly addresses their core need
✅ Then, and only then, brand and sell it

This sounds so obvious in hindsight, but how often do we skip straight to creating something we think people need—without really making sure it solves their biggest problem?

And that’s when it hit me… this is exactly what I do in co-parenting coaching.

Continue reading “From Co-Parenting to Entrepreneurship: The Unexpected Lesson from All In Startup”