Welcome back to a transformative episode after a year-long hiatus! While I've been away from the microphone, I've been deeply immersed in the trenches with my one-on-one clients, gaining invaluable insights that I'm finally ready to share with you all.

Today's episode tackles a confronting question that sits at the heart of post-separation parenting: Are you a protective parent or are you striving to avoid conflict? The uncomfortable truth is that you cannot be both simultaneously. This isn't about creating unnecessary drama – it's about recognising that sometimes protecting your children requires difficult conversations, firm boundaries, and yes, engaging in conflict when that conflict serves your children's best interests.

Many parents remain trapped in patterns of conflict avoidance, accepting arrangements that don't feel right because standing up would rock the boat. But if avoiding conflict was going to protect your kids, it would have worked by now. True protection requires developing new capacities: learning to regulate your nervous system, making decisions from a place of clarity rather than fear, and building the knowledge base to advocate effectively for your children's needs.

That's why I'm thrilled to announce the upcoming Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint – a comprehensive resource designed to give you evidence-based information about children's developmental needs and effective advocacy strategies. Join the waitlist now at danielleblackcoaching.com.au to receive exclusive early access, special pricing, and immediate resources including a mini-guide on the five critical mistakes parents make post-separation.

Your children need you to step up and become the protective parent they deserve. The choice is yours - what will you choose?

About Danielle Black:

Danielle Black is a respected authority in child-focused post-separation parenting in Australia, helping parents cut through professional pressure and harmful myths to make decisions based on what children actually need.

Having navigated her own complex separation and divorce, and guided hundreds of clients to successful outcomes, Danielle provides evidence-based strategies that challenge inappropriate arrangements and put children's wellbeing first.

The Post-Separation Abuse Podcast helps listeners to understand the nuances of ongoing control and other forms of abuse after separation, and challenges harmful myths about post-separation parenting and provides evidence-based guidance for protective parents.

Ready to transform your approach to parenting after separation?

Join The Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint™ waitlist for exclusive early access, early bird pricing, and instant free mini-guide and private podcast episode: danielleblackcoaching.com.au

Follow Danielle on Instagram: @danielleblackcoaching

MORE SUPPORT (within Australia):

1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

Lifeline: 13 11 14

13 YARN: 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)

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