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- Choosing silence over chaos: why Montana felt right
- How sobriety reset everything
- Spiritual life and a new definition of faith
- Career revival: roles, indie films and creative control
- Unlikely friendships and a joint podcast
- Family life, co-parenting and blending households
- Community, dating and life outside Hollywood
- Lessons from marriage and the path forward
Ambyr Childers traded the noise of Los Angeles for Montana to reclaim her life after a public divorce, a struggle with substance use and a search for spiritual footing. The move, paired with sobriety, has reshaped her choices, her career and the way she shows up for her daughters.
Choosing silence over chaos: why Montana felt right
After years in L.A., Childers reached a turning point. The city that once fueled her career began to drown out her inner voice. She sought a quieter life to process grief and to listen to intuition.
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Montana offered the space to slow down. A visit convinced her it was the right place to raise her daughters and to work on herself away from tabloid noise.
How sobriety reset everything
Childers says sobriety was a decisive pivot. She stopped numbing anxiety and depression with alcohol and prescription medication.
Getting sober opened the door to honesty. It allowed her to feel grief, to grieve fully, and to rebuild rather than keep pushing pain down.
- Greater emotional clarity
- Renewed trust in herself
- Stronger presence as a mother
Spiritual life and a new definition of faith
Raised in the Mormon tradition, Childers has reworked her spiritual framework. She no longer follows a prescribed doctrine, but she leans on a personal higher power.
That shift helped her surrender control and accept what she cannot change. Sobriety made that spiritual connection accessible.
Career revival: roles, indie films and creative control
Acting was Childers’ first passion. In sobriety she reconnects with that love on clearer terms.
She is selective about work now. Roles and projects are chosen from curiosity, not desperation.
- Upcoming film: the biker drama Born to Lose
- Indie productions that value creative risk
- Projects she is developing and producing
She wants to tell stories that reflect her truth and to collaborate with people who elevate her craft.
Unlikely friendships and a joint podcast
One of the most covered chapters of her life involved her ex-husband, producer Randall Emmett, and Lala Kent, whose relationship with Emmett drew headlines. Childers and Kent have since built an unexpected rapport.
Together they host a podcast called An Unlikely Affair. The series reframes their public history and shows how both women moved forward.
The podcast aims to model accountability and healing rather than dwell on scandal.
Family life, co-parenting and blending households
Childers shares custody of her daughters, London and Rylee, and wants to model healthy relationships for them.
- Her priorities are sobriety and her children’s wellbeing.
- She seeks a respectful, functional co-parenting dynamic.
- Her children have also developed bonds with Ocean, Lala’s daughter.
She emphasizes that co-parenting is imperfect. Some days are easier than others, but the focus remains on consistency and emotional safety.
Community, dating and life outside Hollywood
Montana has offered Childers a sense of neighborhood and belonging she lacked in Los Angeles.
She’s tried dating again, noting that modern dating is challenging everywhere. For now, her children and recovery come first.
She’s found support in sobriety groups, book clubs and new friendships, which helped replace the Hollywood network she left behind.
Lessons from marriage and the path forward
Early marriage and a later divorce taught Childers about boundaries and self-respect. The experience reshaped her expectations for future relationships.
Professionally, she wants to keep creating. That includes producing, directing and continuing to tell women’s stories that inspire.
Her goals are practical and artistic: healthy, thriving children and a career that feels honest and purposeful.
