This is your go-to Podcast, where we help parents navigate the complexities of family life. Hosted by Ali Kessler of Greyson’s Choice, we’ll cover everything from understanding domestic violence to navigating the legal system, finding the right therapists, life hacks, family law, mental health, custody battles, and how to protect children in dangerous situations.
In this episode of Grey Minds Think Alike, the host speaks with Davina Hehn, a trained therapist turned mental health coach and anger/conflict specialist, about anger, conflict, emotional regulation, and raising emotionally resilient kids while doing personal healing. Davina shares how her work shifted from court-ordered anger management to helping parents and partners after realizing her own role in conflict and experiencing intense parental rage. She explains why anger is often misunderstood as aggression, how emotional literacy should be taught like reading, and the difference between suppressing anger and regulating it through body awareness, boundaries, and stepping away. They discuss parenting triggers, over-correction into permissive parenting, breaking generational patterns through repair after blowups, and tools for high-conflict co-parenting focused on locus of control. Davina also shares her “A Steady Space” resources and a free anger archetype quiz.
About Davina Hehn
Davina Hehn is a trained therapist turned mental health coach, anger and conflict specialist, and host of the SHIFT Talking Podcast. Through her work, she helps people learn how to regulate their nervous systems, advocate for themselves without causing collateral damage in their relationships, and break generational cycles of unhealthy communication.
Davina focuses on equipping parents and individuals with practical tools for navigating anger, conflict, and emotional triggers so they can build stronger relationships and raise emotionally resilient children.
She’s the mind behind The SHIFT™ Method and founder of A Steady Space.
About Ali Kessler: Ali Kessler is a writer, marketing professional, passionate parent advocate, and founder of Greyson’s Choice, a 501(c)(3) created to raise awareness about the risk of domestic abuse on children. Greyson’s Choice was founded by Ali Kessler in memory of her sweet, vibrant, and fearless 4.5-year-old son, Greyson, who was murdered by his biological father in a murder-suicide during an unsupervised, court-approved visit in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, in 2021. This came just hours after her petition for a domestic violence injunction was denied by a Broward County judge, citing that the “petitioner has failed to allege any overt acts by the respondent which would constitute domestic violence under Florida Statute.”
Ali’s advocacy efforts culminated in successfully passing Greyson’s Law during the 2023 legislative session. This bill now requires the court to consider threats against ex-partners or spouses when making child visitation and custody determinations in the court, expanding to include the following factors: evidence of domestic violence, whether a parent in the past or currently has reasonable cause to believe that they or a minor child is, or has been in imminent danger of becoming the victim of domestic/sexual violence by the other parent, even if no other legal action has been brought or is currently pending in court.
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