Co-Parenting Companion

Can't wait for this new addition to our team! If this sounds like you, we're looking forward to hearing from you. If you know the perfect person, please would you share this with them? Thank you!

Link to the full role description is in the comments.

Applications MUST include a cover letter and CV to be considered.

A bit of a different post from me today, it's a shoutout from one small business owner who aims to take on the Goliaths of the world, to another who took on her personal Goliath and won.

I recently read about Katie Perry's fight to keep her beautiful brand and its associated name that was prominent long before someone named similarly became a bit of a deal in Australia. On the other side of what I imagine was an unspeakably stressful and heartbreaking ordeal, this woman is full of joy, kindness, and all that is good in life. I felt uplifted just by meeting her - the same experience I have working with the parents I'm privileged to serve. 

I'm at the end of a week in Sydney, delivering workshops and a conference keynote, with more interstate and overseas travel ahead as we further our mission to change the paradigm for families in transition. We serve parents, and we train legal and mental health professionals - because how else do we create system level change across the world if not by resourcing all parts of that system? 

So when Katie mentioned how great her clothing is for travel, I couldn't resist. Sustainable, breathable clothing, beautifully made for long term use - and in our Co-parenting Companion brand colours, too! 

I love that I had the opportunity to support, in some small way, another fellow small business owner, using their greatest strengths to make the world a better place.

This scientific community is my "professional home," and the broad shoulders on which my work stands.

I am delighted to contribute back to this rich community, sharing how applying a contextual behavioural framework to separation conflict revolutionises outcomes achievable in family law and the therapy room.

I will also be training colleagues in my intake assessment tool that predicts both
✅ The best family law process for rapid dispute resolution for their unique family. This includes when a "small c" or full team collaboration is needed, when mediation is worthwhile, and which families will go to the courtroom, AND
✅ The most effective therapeutic intervention pathways for family members. This includes when individual child therapy or family therapy is contraindicated, when coaching is most beneficial, and how to know if the case is outside of a clinician's scope of practice.

This tool alone has the potential to save families thousands of dollars and years of trauma, whilst shielding clinicians from risk and burnout.

If you know me at all, you know I'm on a mission to shift the entire paradigm for families in transition, so that we can guarantee safe passage through childhood for all children and support healthy, thriving two-home families. I'm beyond elated to be able to share this at the world conference.

It’s the most incredible privilege to witness the heavy burden lifting off a parent's shoulders.

Too often, separation can feel like the rock-and-hard-place choice of "giving up" or "going to war." But when you choose a Collaborative Process, you're choosing something entirely different. It's a wrap-around, compassionate solution to protect your children’s future, your finances and your peace of mind.

In my experience, matters that could have dragged on for years in court are resolved in months. Agreements that would have cost six figures and drawing down on grandparent superannuation are settled for a fraction.

If you dream of a safe space where you can actually talk to each other and find a path out of conflict that you can be confident will hold, let’s see if this is right for you.

See the link in the comments to find out more.

Beautiful human, you were never meant to do this alone.

The way they communicate is awful. They don’t respect your boundaries. Their parenting strategies have no clear logic.

My dear parent, it makes complete sense that you want all of that to be different.
And yet, I’m going to be blunt.

If you are waiting on your ex to “wake up” and become more reasonable and cooperative, you are waiting for the wrong thing to happen.

Hoping for change is a natural human response - and quite honestly, I wish your ex would change too. But waiting for that to happen first puts your happiness on hold and leaves you feeling helpless.

The uncomfortable reality is waiting for them to change is what contributes to:
❌Constant exhaustion as you continue to expend energy trying to manage the behaviour of someone who isn’t particularly interested in your opinion.
❌Deepening frustration and anger when they inevitably disappoint you, again - making every interaction more painful.
❌Lost opportunities. Your joy, your sanity, your peace—all are held hostage to someone else's choices.

I’m here to tell you that you don't need your ex to change to find peace for you and your kids.

Our Co-Parenting Intensive Reset is specifically designed to work even when only one parent participates. We help you find your footing in difficult moments, give you science-backed strategies to shape the behaviour you want, and move from “reaction” to “responding” with strength and grace.

It’s your five-week roadmap to becoming exactly the parent your kids need, and you want to be.

You don't need permission from anyone else. You can take charge of your co-parenting experience, whether your ex changes or not.

Our next Reset begins on Tuesday, February 17th, and DOORS CLOSE THIS WEDNESDAY, FEB 11.

If you're ready to claim your calm back, come join us.

After all, you were never meant to do this alone.

Who’s already started with the “new school year” feels?!

You’re completely human if you’re secretly relieved to be done with the "I'm bored" chorus and the endless screen time negotiations. For me, I know I’m not super excited about the return to the school lunch grind and the rush of morning routines.

But when your children live across two homes, there’s a whole heap more on the table - more to plan, more to coordinate, and often, more to feel.

Whether you are the parent doing the drop-off this year or the one waiting by the phone for an update, I want you to know it’s okay if you’re feeling a little tender. Treat yourself to a truckload of kindness, beautiful human, and let’s get through this together.

If the kids are with you for Day 1: Your best guide is to offer your co-parent the things you’d love to receive if the roles were reversed.

If the kids are with your co-parent: Be gentle with your heart. If you aren't there for the drop-off, I promise your kids still know you love them.

If things aren't amicable: Remember, none of this is for your ex, and it’s not about what they "deserve." It’s only about making sure that you get to be your brilliant and fabulous self, no matter what - and that your kids get to enjoy the safety of your support and love.

Swipe through for a few practical ways to navigate the first day back with confidence.

I’m here for you as the year unfolds. Push your feet into the earth, breathe gently, and back yourself.

You’ve got this.

I often ask parents what they want their adult children to be able to say when they reflect back on how they walked this path with them in their darkest times.

This one sentence from took my breath away.

"Her determination to change the trajectory of our lives was the purest form of love." - from her latest book, Strong Ground

(Aldo huge kudos to my kid who saw it in a bookshop and knew it was the perfect Christmas gift for his mama!)

Whether you're raising your kids across one home or two, what story do you hope your children will tell of you?