Tina Swithin

"One of the best Divorce books of all time" - BookAuthority Tina Swithin prevailed while acting as her own attorney in a high-conflict custody battle that turned her family’s life upside down for over ten-years. While divorces are never easy, Tina quickly learned that a custody battle or divorce involving a narcissistic individual takes the term “high-conflict” to a level that few can comprehend. To articulate what was happening, she took shelter from the storm by chronicling her journey in her (now) internationally recognized blog, “One Mom’s Battle.” Tina’s plight grew from just one mom to a village of tens of thousands who all share the same story. There were different variations and nuances, but the common denominators were narcissism, sociopathy and post-separation abuse. With all odds against her, Tina’s battle came to an end on August 30, 2019, when she successfully terminated her ex-husband’s parental rights. Throughout her ten-year battle, she waded through the muddy waters of the courtroom which was filled with the lies and manipulation (hand-in-hand with divorcing a narcissist). Tina has chosen to assume the title of survivor versus victim and has become an advocate for change in the family court system after seeing the flaws first-hand. Tina has authored six books, Divorcing a Narcissist: One Mom’s Battle, Divorcing a Narcissist: Advice from the Battlefield, Divorcing a Narcissist: Rebuilding After the Storm, The Narc Decoder: Understanding the Language of the Narcissist, and her children's books, Lemonade Life and Everyone is Beautiful. Tina believes that the courts have lost sight of their primary focus, which should be the best interest of the child and instead, are too focused on parental rights. Tina works as an advocate for family court reform while educating family court professionals on the topic of post separation abuse.