Your Family Matters

In my free online class, Coparenting Sanity: your blueprint for surviving life with a manipulative, controlling or hostile coparent, (accessible at www.divorcecoach.com.au/freeclass) I talk about a process that I call “sorting the laundry” I explain that “the whites” are strictly coparenting business, which is all about the children, non emotional, non personal, practical, logical, helpful,…

Christmas can be the most difficult time of year for anyone who is going through a separation or divorce. For coparents it can be a time of conflict, disappointment and grief. How can you make sure that your children have a merry Christmas this year? What can you do if you and your coparent are…

Many people tell me that their biggest coparenting problem is that their ex is speaking badly about them. I have brought in special guest Stan Korosi to discuss this topic with me. Stan is a professional counsellor and psychotherapist who specialises in high conflict relationships, ruptured bonds, parent-child affiliation, parental alienation and parent-child reunification. Stan has a Masters degree…

Although it is likely that you will need legal advice after a marriage breaks down, there are some key things that you need to know that your lawyer is unlikely to tell you.  That is not to say that your lawyer is necessarily devious, but these things that you need to hear lie outside the…

Whether parents who are divorcing go to court or not, parenting takes place at home. While a court process can erode relationships and place great financial and emotional burdens on everyone involved, parents still need to know how to function after separation and divorce.

The third way is parallel coparenting and there are essential skills to learn to implement this very important coparenting method.

On 27 May, The Morning Show aired a segment on divorcing for the children, as in the opposite of staying together for the children. The premise of this idea is that if the marriage is a hostile or unhappy environment it is not a good atmosphere for children. They would be better off if the…

Avoid mistakes and gain a bigger perspective on your divorce. Find out what to do when everything is on the line and you aren’t in the right frame of mind to be making major life decisions. Protect yourself from unnecessary loss and damage during divorce. About Your Family Matters In Your Family Matters I discuss…

The big mistake people make when their spouse decides to leave: As a marriage coach, I have worked with many clients right after their spouse decides to walk out. Something I have witnessed again and again is that while they would do anything to fix their marriage and get their spouse back, they actually, at…

What kind of fuel do you want to run your marriage on? Where is the fuel you currently use going to get you? ​ Will the engine be purring like a kitten for years to come or will it someday make a loud clonking noise and grind to a halt? The attitude you bring to…