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When a Separation Turns Toxic, You Feel It in Your Bones

There is a very specific kind of exhaustion that comes with a toxic separation.

Not just the heartbreak or the logistics or the legal stuff. It’s the constant tension. The feeling that every move you make is being watched, twisted, or used a...

When a Separation Turns Toxic, You Feel It in Your Bones

There is a very specific kind of exhaustion that comes with a toxic separation.

Not just the heartbreak or the logistics or the legal stuff. It’s the constant tension. The feeling that every move you make is being watched, twisted, or used a...

Every year, it happens like clockwork.

Backpacks come out. Uniforms get washed. Lunch boxes reappear from the back of cupboards. And suddenly, for separated or separating parents, everything feels heavier.

I see it every single year once school goes back. Routines change. Expectations shift. Commu...

Do you know what happens every January?

No, my inbox isn’t filled with people signing up for gym memberships or starting “Dry January.”
My inbox explodes with messages from people who spent the Christmas break having one very confronting realisation:

“This relationship… isn’t working anymore.”

An...

Let’s be real for a second… family law isn’t just about paperwork, legal jargon, and court dates. It’s human. It’s messy. And some days, it feels like your emotions have clocked in for a full-time job.

I’ll never forget a client who once said to me, “One moment I was angry, then I was crying, and t...

Let me tell you a quick story.

A while back, I had a woman walk into my office with a shopping bag full of random paperwork—bills, kids’ school notes, a receipt from Chemist Warehouse... and a lipstick. She plopped it on the table, looked at me, and said, “I think this is everything the lawyer need...