Diamonds are Dirt Under Pressure You’ll find there’s a common theme running through these blog posts – divorce and separation are hard. Yeah, yeah, you’ve told us! I hear you say. Or “Um, hello, preaching to the choir!” What I want you to remember today and on other days when you find yourself in the…
School Holidays School holidays can be hard. Parenting is challenging when care isn’t shared. Co-parenting also presents difficulties but for different reasons, making it tough for both. If you are sharing the school holidays with your ex-spouse, I’m going to sound like a broken record, but please focus on your children and how…
Mother’s Day Mother’s Day is a special day for Mums everywhere. It’s an opportunity to get presents, brekkie in bed and a day together doing something fun with the kids. It’s also a time to foster in children the attributes of generosity and gratefulness. It’s a time to acknowledge everything mothers do. An occasion…
The trouble with an OVER communicator Okay, so you’re blessed to have an ex-partner who loves words (or the sound of their own voice). They write you essays, monologues, five times a day. Once they were love letters that you admired. Their ability to put words together, to form pictures and stories amazed you. Now…
So you want to take your Ex to Court? We all know that going to court is hard. Whether it’s a family matter or a commercial matter, it’s hard. It’s emotionally draining, financially expensive and takes a long time. When it’s a family matter, there’s another consideration too though – the toll it takes on…
You’ll always be your Child’s Parent I had the opportunity recently to spend some time with a friend from my childhood. It has been a difficult year for my friend, and while I was in my hometown I made the time to visit him. His story is not unusual – infact, it is sadly,…