The Separation Guide | A starting point for better separation and divorce

Jack Whelan, Barrister, Mediator and Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner spoke with Dr Mandy-Jo Ellis from the Relationspace, Carolyn Devries, CEO of NEW Way Lawyers, Australia’s first not for profit law firm, and New Way Law Family Law expert practitioner Ryan Cropper to discuss some of the issues facing separating and divorced families in a pandemic. 

We chat with Rebecca Dahl, partner at Nicholes Family Lawyers, about 10 common family law myths. True or false?  If you leave the family home, you'll lose your share in the property. If you're still living together, you can't be separated. 'I put the money in and so I should get the money back.' Do you need help sorting family law fact from fiction?  Our 5-minute Q&A can help connect...

Today, we chat with Davide Di Pietro, Principal therapist at The Resilience Centre's Family Clinic, about communicating through separation. This practical conversation covers: Setting separation conversations up the right way Communication barriers Grounding strategies Psychological rigidity vs. psychological flexibility. 'The families that I've worked with where I've met them before the separatio...

We chat with Tarnya Davis, principal Clinical Psychologist at NewPsych, about the importance of mental health through separation — and how to support your children through this unsettling period. Thinking about separation? Our 3-minute Q&A can help connect you with the right experts to guide you through the maze. For more free separation resources, go to theseparationguide.com.au .

'When we have had a successful meeting with a client in this situation, the overall feeling they walk out with is hope. They see they have choices and that despite the change, there is room for a positive future ahead of them.' We chat with Steve Fort, Financial Planner and Director Invest Blue, about how to prepare for a new financial future. The transcript of this podcast is here . Thinking abou...

'I’ve always had a view that, and it’s a view born of experience, that I think the accountants are just as important as the lawyers when it comes to assisting people in separation and divorce.' We chat with John Swaine, accountant and Director of PKF Accounting Central Coast, about the role of accountants in: Understanding your assets Bridging the financial knowledge gap Planning for the future Th...

We chat with Anna Cruckshank and Kate O'Grady of Aubrey Brown Lawyers about: Being stuck in the ‘escalation cycle’  Debunking divorce myths What it actually means to go to the family court The transcript of this podcast is here . Thinking about separation? Our 3-minute Q&A can help connect you with the right experts to guide you through the maze. For more free separation resources, head t...

'This is a time where we can have new freedoms, new opportunities. We’re not held up by perhaps how someone saw us for many years. We can rebuild ourselves, get a new sense of self and we can actually flourish.' We chat with Heather Irvine Rundle, Senior Clinical Psychologist at READ Clinic, about: Staying physically well through separation Life after separation  Being in the life-long busine...