A Coaching Session With Janice

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,…

The Peaceful Christmas Challenge

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…

What to do when your ex speaks badly about you

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…

What your lawyer might not tell you

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…

Coparenting Outside of Court

Here’s the thing, whether you go to court or not-you still have to coparent outside of court. Parents who become embroiled in legal battles usually find themselves turning to their lawyer to report every coparenting incident they have. You need to recognise that long after your lawyer has banked your last cheque, you will still…