Separate Together

This week Cody and Melissa are talking reality checking! What is it and why is it needed? Divorce is overwhemling and the fastest way to cut through that overwhelm is to get clarity on the law and your circumstances...

This week Cody is joined by Katharine Carter, founder of Carter's Counselling Services and a highly experienced social worker and family mediator. Katharine explains what mediation is and how effective it can be in...

Cody is struggling with summer. The scheduling, the costs, the camps. If Cody finds it challenging then the struggles for co-parents must be substantial but Melissa explains that careful planning and perhaps a 'summer...

This week, Cody is joined by Cassandra Davis, a counsellor at Carter's Counselling who specializes in Attachment Theory. Cassandra often works with mediators to assist couples navigating a divorce or separation in...

This week, Melissa gets candid about what burnout from Family Law was like for her and how it became the driving force behind trying to do things differently.

<p>This week Melissa is in Ottawa attending a conference on Access to Justice and it's been bringing up memories of Law School.</p> Melissa gives Cody a crash course on Law School; the intensity, the courses and the...

<p> This week Melissa explains to Cody what most people get wrong about Family Law. Unlike say, Criminal Law, Family Law is not punitive. It's not concerned with dissecting a past incident between strangers but rather...

This week Melissa changes Cody's mind about whether or not you can have an ethical prenup. Like so many parts of Family Law, the way we approach the prenup is changing. Melissa explains how the prenuptial agreement can...

<p>This week Melissa and Cody discuss flat fee services and divorce. One Family Law offers flat fee services, but it requires everyone to come to the table prepared. </p> <p>They also discuss what happens when...

This week Cody asks Melissa why so many people wait to actually file for divorce. It seems like people are ok with getting a lot of the big life transitions dealt with but when it comes to actually filing the paperwork...

Well, the situation between Taylor and Dakota took a turn so Melissa and Cody decide to focus this episode of the pod on Miranda and Chase, and their (seemingly) healthy coparenting relationship. Melissa highlights what...

Melissa and Cody binged the first five episodes of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and they want to talk about it! How do you coparent when you can't quit each other? How do you put your child first when you're wading...

<p>This week Cody introduces Melissa to Kathryn Edwards (keds_economist), one of her favourite TikTok creators and a talented economist. They discuss her recent Substack newsletter "My Earnest Warning to Trad...

<p>Most clients will sort out their separation agreement and then wait about a year to sign and submit their divorce application. Melissa and Cody talk about the astounding changes they see in their clients after...

This week Melissa and Cody discuss a creator on TikTok who has gone viral for making videos about how she was blindsided by her divorce after being a stay-at-home mom for the last decade. They get into the nuances of...