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Should the Family Law Act repeal ‘Equal Shared Parenting Responsibility’?
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has proposed a bill to make changes to the Family Law Act (1975); The Bill will implement recommendations,...
Cheryl Duffy
Feb 20, 20235 min read
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Infidelity Crushes your Soul
The one I loved with all my heart Who vowed we would never part Betrayed my trust Which in a relationship is a must My life as I know it,...
Cheryl Duffy
Feb 12, 20231 min read
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Should I take advice from a friend during separation?
Your friend might feel they are supporting you throughout your separation journey, but they may be causing more destructive damage than...
Cheryl Duffy
Feb 4, 20233 min read
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Fear of disconnection - reconnect to repair
The fear of disconnection requires the reconnection to repair to improve all relationships. This video shows how disconnection can make...
Cheryl Duffy
Jan 26, 20231 min read
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Mediate or Detonate?
Separation is one of the most traumatic events that can occur in your life and yet how you embark on that journey can increase the...
Cheryl Duffy
Jan 23, 20234 min read
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Are Parenting Coordinators the missing link?
Parenting Coordinators may be the key to creating good coparenting relationships, improve coparenting communication and minimise conflict...
Cheryl Duffy
Jan 14, 20231 min read
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Poem - My Partner Wants to Separate
I never thought this would be my fate I don’t want my life to change A new future seems so strange I thought they were my soulmate They...
Cheryl Duffy
Jan 7, 20231 min read
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Should I let the kids decide when they want to see each parent?
Many parents find that the hardest challenge during separation is agreeing to a shared parenting schedule. After being with the children...
Cheryl Duffy
Jan 5, 20233 min read
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Coparenting is likened to chess!
There is a king and a queen that represent separated parents with pawns that represent the children. The ‘pawns’ can be sacrificed for...
Cheryl Duffy
Dec 16, 20223 min read
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Don't be pushed into knee jerk actions
Separating is a confusing time and your mind can be running at a 100 miles per hour wondering where you are going to live, how you will...
Cheryl Duffy
Dec 14, 20223 min read
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What day is Christmas Day?
Many separated families fight over who gets the kids on Christmas Day as they may not have been without their kids on Christmas Day...
Cheryl Duffy
Dec 11, 20224 min read
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5 tips to reduce coparenting conflict after child accidents
There can be a huge shift of trust, common sense and appreciation from when you parented together pre-separation to parenting after...
Cheryl Duffy
Nov 25, 20224 min read
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Is my ex annoying me on purpose?
Separation is a huge emotional roller coaster where we can get angry, annoyed or frustrated at what our ex does. Are they doing it on...
Cheryl Duffy
Nov 21, 20225 min read
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How to have healthy Handovers
Handovers can be fraught with anxiety and stress for both parents and children alike. The more often handover is stressful, the more...
Cheryl Duffy
Nov 15, 20223 min read
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Focus on the here and now
Separation is so overwhelming with so many issues bombarding you. You can feel like you are in a war zone with grenades being lobbed over...
Cheryl Duffy
Nov 6, 20224 min read
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Shared parenting isn't about gender!
Who is the most important person in shared parenting…..the mother?.....the father?..... Neither…… it is the child! There is so much...
Cheryl Duffy
Oct 31, 20224 min read
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Are you unaware you are committing Family Domestic Violence?
Separation is often fraught with conflict. So, you may think it is pretty obvious that arguments are going to happen otherwise you...
Cheryl Duffy
Oct 25, 20223 min read
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Poem - Dog Gone Grief
Who gets our dog in separation? Considered property, a stark realisation Tug of war starts, to battle it out I will win, there is no...
Cheryl Duffy
Oct 23, 20221 min read
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Poem - Ambushed by Anger
I feel devastated, I’ve lost my spouse So much loss in my life, my kids, my house I dedicated many years And it's all ended in tears I...
Cheryl Duffy
Oct 23, 20221 min read
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Do we really need consent orders?
So many separated parents are scared to rock the boat and talk about ‘consent orders’ with their coparent. They often say; “We have...
Cheryl Duffy
Oct 22, 20223 min read
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