The Step Family Cycle – Stage 2
Sub Category: Dealing with Divorce
The Step Family Cycle – Stage 3
The Step Family Cycle – Stage 4
Welcome to Family mediation week : 23-27 January 2017
I specialise in helping families cope through divorce and family break up. It doesn’t have to be traumatic and vitriolic. Taking place from 23-27 January 2017, Family Mediation Week aims to raise awareness of mediation and how it can help separating families manage their issues collaboratively and productively. During the week, they’ll be publishing resources, information […]
Rottweiler’s At Dawn – Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Take The Gloves Off.
Estranged celebrity couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are entering a rough part in their divorce as the two can’t seem to park up their differences for the sake of their 6 children who will be trapped in the middle. Jolie’s lawyers made a statement in papers filed on Tuesday saying that Pitt is “Likely terrified […]
So Mum and Dad Broke Up…
Family break up, separation or divorce is never easy. Children can feel isolated, left behind or excluded from decisions and they often tell me that they often they feel unheard. Of course this is not intentional but stressed, grieving or angry parents are struggling to cope themselves. Here is an lovely video from Scott C […]
The Agony of Being 50-50 Mum
I was speaking today on BBC Radio West Midlands about an article in The Daily Mail about how co-parenting can make a Mum feel a bit lost on the days and nights that she doesn’t have the children. Here’s the article – Agony of a 50-50 Mum I believe it’s really important for children to […]
How To Introduce Your New Partner To Your Kids Without Damaging Them Forever.
To help you navigate the journey through Divorce, if that is what you have decided is best for your family, I’ve recently launched a new series of free Divorce videos called -> Divorce Step by Step. Divorce Step By Step has been set up specifically to help you address the range of issues and matters […]
Parents who stay together ‘for the sake of the children’ are not doing the best thing for their youngsters’ mental health.
I was very interested to read in The Mail on Sunday about new findings published by Swedish researchers and supported by University College, London around couples ‘staying together’ 15,000 schoolchildren were examined to see how divorce affected them and the study found disparity in children’s mental health due to their living situation. Couples who stay married […]
Don’t let your children blame themselves for your divorce. My Top Tips To Help.
On Friday 8th January I am launching a new series of free Divorce videos called -> Divorce Step by Step. Divorce Step By Step has been set up specifically to help you address the range of issues and matters you have to face when going through a divorce. I have been through […]
How To Take The Headache Out Of Telling Your Children That You’re Divorcing.
On Friday 8th January I am launching a new series of free Divorce videos called Divorce Step by Step. Divorce Step By Step has been set up specifically to help you address the range of issues and matters you have to face when going through a divorce. I have been through the process myself […]
What story are you telling yourself?
It’s not the events of our lives that shape us, but the story we tell ourselves about what those events mean. ~ Sue Atkins I work with many parents on a huge array of parenting topics yet there is a common theme to all the Mum’s I work with. Their natural ability to ‘beat […]
Never cut what you can untie. Work with me through your divorce 1-2-1
Work with me through your divorce Week 1: Where You Are Now – financially, emotionally and mentally Telling The Children The Parenting Plan of Assurances Discipline Me time Week 2 What you want Clarity, direction and ways practical ways forward Objectives, Goals and The Magic Wand Exercise The Time Line Exercise The One Point Technique […]
Divorce is mired in mythology. Here are 5 myths about money and divorce — debunked.
I am currently ready to launch my latest conversational cards & videos in my ‘Divorce Step by Step‘ series in January to help families address the legal, financial and emotional roller coaster of transition and change during a divorce. When it comes to the money side of splitting up, things are especially confusing. For instance, […]
Helpful books for children going through divorce.
I am constantly looking for good books to recommend to the parents that I work with who are going through divorce. Books are another good way to start conversations and help children understand what’s happening in their lives and to help them to express their feelings in a safe way. So I am pleased […]