
The Separation Guide | A starting point for better separation and divorce
The Separation Guide is your independent guide to separation and divorce in Australia.
We support you from start to finish, making separation simpler, more manageable and less stressful.
We aim to give you confidence to make the right decisions for your future.
Latest episodes

Oct 17, 2019 • 35min
Episode 5: How to discuss separation with your kids
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.

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Oct 16, 2019 • 26min
Episode 4: Planning your finances after divorce
'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 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.
If you offer professional help and advice to people going through separation and divorce, Join the Network.

Oct 16, 2019 • 21min
Episode 3: The cost of conflict- an accountant's perspective on separation
'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
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, go to theseparationguide.com.au.
If you offer professional help and advice to people going through separation and divorce, Join the Network.

Oct 16, 2019 • 28min
Episode 2: How to keep your separation or divorce out of the courts
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 to theseparationguide.com.au.
If you offer professional help and advice to people going through separation and divorce, Join the Network.

Oct 16, 2019 • 35min
Episode 1: How to divorce or separate well
'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 business of ‘raising children’
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 to theseparationguide.com.au.
If you offer professional help and advice to people going through separation and divorce, Join the Network.
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