Slam the Gavel welcomes new guest, Colin Chenery, author of, "Six Circles of Mindfulness, Living Life Fully Through Present Moment Awareness." Colin wrote "Six Circles of Mindfulness," as a personal framework for mindfulness that was developed during his travels through the Himalayas and Japan. His book offers practices for awareness, presence and an inner balance through daily life. We discussed practices of meditation, counseling and coaching as...

Slam The Gavel welcomes back Marineka Bowman to the podcast. She is here today to discuss her Rule To Show Cause on July 15, 2026, lack of academics with her 9 year-old daughter, problems at the Visitation Center, and how Judge Natalie Haskins is telling Marineka to find a counselor by September 1, 2026 or custody remains with the father. The father stated at the hearing that he is, "tired of the child." Luke 11:46 To Reach Marineka Bowman: dismantlingfamilycourtcorr...

Slam The Gavel welcomes back Dr. Alyse Price-Tobler PhD, back to the podcast. Dr. Alyse Price-Tobler was last on the podcast, Season 5, Episode 57, where we discussed the dynamics of Adult Children of Severe Parental Alienation. Today we discussed her body of work, Dr. Price-Tobler's new book found on Amazon: Healing Qualia A Clinical Treatment Protocol For Adult Survivors of Child Psychological Abuse in the Context of Parental Alienation, Familial Abduction, ...

Slam The Gavel welcomes back Theo Chino to the podcast to discuss an article written in the Illinois State Bar Association, The Bar News, "Illinois Supreme Court Disbars 4, Suspends 4 in Latest Disciplinary Filing." (Posted January 20th, 2026) We talked about how the Illinois Supreme Court at that time, issued attorney disciplinary orders during its January 2026 Term of Court. There were sanctions imposed due to the fact that more than several attorney...

Slam the gavel welcomes back Theo Chino to discuss an Illinois article written by Jonathan Bilyk (Legal Newsline), "Appeals court: Cook divorce judges can't hold ex-husbands 'hostage' to force families to pay divorce bills" (December 26, 2024 - UPDATED May 21, 2025. We discussed what imputation of income really means, Debtor's Prison and "recalcitrance." To Reach Theo Chino: 708-847-7151 and barinvestigation.com Supportshow(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri) Maryann Petri...

Slam The Gavel podcast welcomes Barb Varcl Smith from Aberdeen, Scotland. Barb Varcl Smith is a Trauma Recovery Educator, Speaker, Therapist and Creator of The Ascendance Method(TM), a practical framework for understanding trauma, recovery and personal transformation. With over 20 years of professional experience and a unique systems-thinking background, Barb is known for making complex trauma concepts easy to understand and apply in every day life. Ba...

Slam The Gavel podcast welcomes back Linda Denton-Harris. Linda was last on in December 2nd, 2024, Season 5, Episode 194. Linda and I discussed her bestselling book, "They're NOT Here To Help, An Advocate's Guide to Surviving Family Court, CPS and the Systems that Profit from Families." Linda talked about her 25 years inside of family court and CPS, building a constitutional case against systems that claim to serve children while systematically silencing them. The stories ...

Slam the Gavel host Maryann Petri, reads Michael Phillips's article written 7-4-2026, "What to the Parent is the Fourth of July?" Michael Phillips can be found on Substack with other amazing articles. Today on America's 250th birthday, the oldest liberty: the Constitution, the Supreme Court identifies, remains the very LEAST protected right in American law, especially for parents. Thank you, Michael Phillips for this great article. To Reach Maryann Petri: dismantlingfamily...

Slam The Gavel welcomes new guests Dr. Don Murphy and John James Mckeogh to the podcast. Dr. Don Murphy is the 3rd of 12, father of 4, grandfather of 3. He has served Colorado as a geriatrician/hospice physician over 40 years. He co-created and managed 4 geriatric practices and served as a board member on a number of health care related foundations. He was gaslighted by the Colorado government and “psychiatric industrial complex,” and is no...

Slam The Gavel podcast welcomes back Marta Bryceland, who was last on the podcast Season 6, Episode 368. Marta came back to tell the story of her case and the court and the violations briefly of due process, discrimination and forensic expert testimony and report of child abuse by the father. Marta's own court witness were ignored and the judge removed it from the record. However, the assigned attorney, Peter Wilner, pulled out a forensic report and filed the Appeal on Jul...