PODCAST: How to Navigate Co-Parenting with Catriona Smart
We have an amazing guest for you today (who should actually have a movie about her life)! Catriona Smart is a wicked, successful entrepreneur who is also raising a daughter and co-parenting with her ex-husband. To say she has a lot going on is an understatement, but we were lucky enough to sit down with her and hear about how she's navigating it all. Tune in to find out how she's managing to parent in a pandemic while working from home, what her co-parenting relationship is like and how she and her ex were able to get to a good place, how she found love after divorce, and her secret to designing the life she wanted. Listen in as Catriona shares her incredible story and offers lessons and advice that might just change your life.
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Q&A SESSION:
Did you go into an office before the pandemic or have you always had an office in your house?
Catriona used to go into the office but it had to close due to all of the covid rules and regulations. Tune in at the 3.57 min. mark to find out if she wants to go back in once things return to normal.
How are you navigating co-parenting as a working woman and how did you manage having your child at home while trying to work full-time?
Catriona said she found it very overwhelming. Tune in at the 5.50 min. mark to hear her honest answer.
You co-parent with your ex-husband (like physically together). Is that new or has it been this way since you got divorced?
In the beginning, it didn’t seem like this was possible. But over the last two years, Catriona and her ex have been able to figure it out and do it for their daughter. Hear her full answer at the 14:42 min. mark. It’s a good one!!
Do you have any tips for getting to a place where you can co-parent and communicate effectively with your ex?
Catriona likes to lead with putting herself in the other person’s position. Listen to her thoughtful response at the 21.09 min. mark.
What was it like dating as a single mom? How does that go down?
Catriona said it was so weird for her because she had been in a relationship since she was 21. She opens up about it at the 23.43 min. mark.
How did you go to being friends with your now fiancé to more than friends?
They had been friends since university but it was an unexpected New Year’s kiss in New York that really took their relationship to a whole new level. Tune in at the 25.27 min. mark!
Do your ex and your fiancé get along?
Not only do they get along but they work together, too! Listen in at the 28.43 min. mark and prepare for your mind to be blown.
What’s your secret to designing the life you wanted?
Divorce became a catalyst to move it further and faster for Catriona. She shares more about her journey and how she got to where she is today at the 30.15 min. mark.
You have a PR firm, an event company, a podcast, a blog… What’s next for you?
Catriona stopped planning the big next steps because of covid. Listen to her new perspective at the 37.27 min. mark.
MORE ABOUT CATRIONA SMART:
Catriona Smart is the founder of Coco+Cowe, an events company + a lifestyle blog focusing on food, travel, design, fitness, fashion & beauty. Whilst being a mom to her seven year old daughter, Catriona is an on-the-go entrepreneur who prides herself in creating content with a perfect balance between everything that is beautiful and uplifting & everything that is relevant and thought-provoking. She’s also the co-founder/creative director at Halo & Co. (a PR agency) and Coco Co (an events company), and she hosts the podcast Conversations with Coco + Friends with two of her girlfriends.
Follow Catriona on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter.
Check out @haloandcompany and @cococon on Instagram.
Listen to Conversations with Coco + Friends.