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How to find professional help for divorce or separation.

How to find professional help for divorce or separation.

The end of a relationship can be very stressful and not knowing where to start when it comes to formally organising the separation or a divorce can add to that stress. In this blog, we give you some ideas about

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Six ways to deal with an ex who won’t stop texting emotional messages

Six ways to deal with an ex who won’t stop texting emotional messages

  The end of a relationship is an emotional time. Everyone will go through their own roller-coaster journey (for more information on this, click here) and sometimes this leads to emotional text messages from an ex. If it was your

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Seven recommended co-parenting apps to make your life easier

Seven recommended co-parenting apps to make your life easier

Co-parenting with an ex is often tricky, but here are seven co-parenting apps to make it easier.   Most of the co-parenting apps offer four basic features:   A shareable calendar and scheduling tools A messaging function that keeps a

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What are the main barriers to a successful mediation?

What are the main barriers to a successful mediation?

A prospective client recently asked me, ‘what are the barriers to a successful mediation?’ It was a good question and one that made me think. Sometimes mediation is not appropriate (see here for when mediation might not be appropriate). When

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PREPARING FOR MEDIATION

PREPARING FOR MEDIATION

Recently I was working with a mother who wanted to mediate with her ex about the arrangements for their daughter. Handovers were proving difficult and Mum wanted to work out a better way forwards. Mum explained how Dad was always

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FINANCIAL PLANNERS AND DIVORCE

FINANCIAL PLANNERS AND DIVORCE

For clients getting divorced, financial planners can be invaluable. But of course if you’ve never used one before, it can be hard to differentiate between them and the other kinds of financial advisor, and perhaps hard to work out how

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Keep it about the kids: Telling your children about divorce 2

Keep it about the kids: Telling your children about divorce 2

In Part 1 of telling your children about divorce, I explained when to tell your children and why it is so important. Here are my top tips on how to tell them: Keep the conversation short, simple and direct. It’s

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SELF CARE

SELF CARE

Self-Care Assessment Self-care activities are the things you need to do to maintain good health and improve wellbeing. You’ll find that many of these activities are things you already do as part of your normal routine. In this assessment you

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SHOULD YOU USE A SOLICITOR OR MEDIATOR?

SHOULD YOU USE A SOLICITOR OR MEDIATOR?

Our chart shows you how mediators and solicitors can help you on divorce.

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LEGAL AID FOR DIVORCE MEDIATION

LEGAL AID FOR DIVORCE MEDIATION

  When you’re going through a divorce, often financial worries can leave you feeling as overwhelmed and anxious as the break-up itself. But there’s good news – some people are eligible for legal aid for mediation. This means that if

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