If you missed it, last night on Fink Conversation Cards Facebook page we held a special Divorce Q&A Special with a great mix of divorce specialists. We had Sue Atkins from Sue Atkins The Parenting Expert, Nicola Ingram from Family Advisory Bureau, Chris Longbottom from Shoosmiths, Aleks Binder from Dads For Life and Nicky […]
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@SueAtkins: Like most things in life, #divorce is a process not an event. How you view the process is very important #finkchat — Lisa Warner (@finkcards) May 26, 2015 On Tuesday, I took part in Fink Cards very first #finkchat on twitter. Fink Cards are hosting weekly #finkchat’s every Tuesday 1-2pm with a different […]
I’ve been brainstorming ways to let parents, employers, schools, counsellors & divorce lawyers know about my ‘Talking To Children About Divorce’ workshops, 1-2-1 sessions and conversational cards & resources, but I need your help. Please tell everyone you know from family, friends to colleagues, teachers, employers, Health Visitors to Doctors about my simple but […]
It’s often said that parents of children with special needs divorce at a higher rate than the general population, and whilst having a child that is sick, has a disability or has Special Needs can and does, put new pressure on your relationship, with some professional support, divorce is by no means inevitable. In […]
Later on today I’ll be hosting a divorce bundle giveaway on twitter and facebook. The giveaway is open internationally and will be open until Monday 11th May midnight GMT. The winner’s will be announced on Wednesday 13th. The Divorce Bundle is designed to give you the best tools to help you and your children deal […]
I have launched a whole new series of Conversational Cards around Divorce for families and children called “Talking To Children About Divorce” which you can buy here so I was delighted to have been invited to The House of Commons on Monday night to launch Dialogue First – to discuss the impact of family breakdown on […]
As my regular readers know I am currently in India giving some parenting talks in Mumbai and Bangalore. I was recently interviewed by Yahoo Lifestyle India about my views on love, discipline and divorce. Here is the article: Sue Atkins is an internationally recognised Parenting Expert, […]
I was delighted to have been invited in to my local radio station Ridge Radio last week. It’s a great space to really chat about a topic in a relaxed, down to earth practical way with Karen and Mima. We talked about the effects that a divorce can have on children […]
I have been working with a Mum going through a difficult divorce who has 3 children. She is bitter, angry and furious that her husband had an affair with his young secretary and split the family up. She is incandescent that she had to leave their family home and […]
We are Not Meant To Do It All By Ourselves Going through a divorce is painful, frightening and emotionally exhausting and making meaningful changes in our lives can be tough when we try to do it all by ourselves. We had dreams when we got married, we had a vision of how our […]
One of my obsessions and challenges when I was recovering from the shock of my divorce was my fear around money. I’m not alone as I coach many, many women going through a divorce, separation or break up, and their biggest fear, by far, is their fear about their finances all mixed up with their […]
Today The Times revealed a new distressing survey ‘The Shocking Cost of Divorce on Children.’ Divorce has a devastating impact on the children of divided couples, leading to poor examination results and driving them to abuse alcohol or drugs. Join me on live on Channel 5 News. Divorce is an ugly word. And when children are […]
I totally agree with pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith when he says businesses must be better at identifying people struggling with ‘family break up’ so they do not end up leaving work. Companies should intervene and help employees going through marital break ups to prevent them ‘crashing out’ of work and ending up on benefits, Iain Duncan […]
I’ve been working with a recently divorced older Mum of 54. She has just moved house and is suffering from Empty Nest Syndrome. So she decided to take in a lodger for company and extra income while she is learning to adjust to her massive change of circumstances. Today she arrived looking really radiant, excited […]
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