It totally sucks that this is happening, but it’s good you are here.
The incredibly difficult experience of separation and divorce just got a little less overwhelming for you.
Saskatchewan’s most comprehensive out-of-court support for separation and divorce.
What kind of help and who is it for?
Your starting point will depend on your circumstances.
Which one of the following best describes which kind of separation help you are looking for?
Help that involves both of us.
THINK: Mediation, Arbitration, Collaborative Divorce, Parenting Coordination
Do any of these sound familiar?
This is all really confusing - how do we even figure out how to get started?
I heard we have to start with mediation now, what’s the deal?
I was told we need a Certificate of Participation, what is this and how do we get one?
I need information about Early Family Dispute Resolution (EFDR)?
What are “approved service providers”?
What’s the best way for us to make a separation agreement?
Do we need a parenting plan or a separation agreement?
Our parenting plan isn’t working, what can we do?
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Most people start with a Roadmap Consult™ — a 90-minute education and strategy session for both of you.
From there, possible next steps may include mediation, collaborative divorce (with me as family coach), or parenting coordination, if that’s a better fit.
The focus is on realistic, workable decisions about parenting, money, and property — not pretending everything is “amicable” when it isn’t.
Help that involves just me.
THINK: Professional confidant to help you with your goals through any stage of your separation.
Do any of these sound familiar?
Should I stay or should I go?
How do I even find the words to tell them it’s over?
I know this is going to be a “sh*t show”. How can I make it less hard?
I’ve told them it’s over, but they refuse to accept it. What now?
They’ve told me it’s over and I wasn’t expecting this, what now?
How can I minimize how this affects my kids?
How can I get my financial information prepared?
What professionals do I need and how do I find/use them?
I need help navigating because they’re so “high conflict” no matter what I do.
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Individual support if you’re contemplating separation, in the early chaos, or living with the aftermath.
We focus on scripts, boundaries, and planning so you’re not running your separation through a search engine or your most reactive group chat.
Helps you use lawyers and other professionals more wisely — and avoid unforced errors driven by panic, guilt, or pressure.
Help that I can join in a Webinar.
THINK: Discreet, affordable, virtual information and education about separation and divorce.
Do any of these sound familiar?
I’m not ready to talk to anyone yet, but I want to start learning about separation.
I want to learn privately and discreetly.
I’m looking for a cost effective way to gain information.
I want to feel prepared before I take the next step.
I want to help someone else navigate the separation process.
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Individual support if you’re contemplating separation, in the early chaos, or living with the aftermath.
We focus on scripts, boundaries, and planning so you’re not running your separation through a search engine or your most reactive group chat.
Helps you use lawyers and other professionals more wisely — and avoid unforced errors driven by panic, guilt, or pressure.
You Don’t Need To Do This Alone
My guess is — you wish you could just dump your situation on someone’s table and have them skillfully point you in the most effective direction.
Good news: that person is me.
Over the past two decades, I’ve worked as a defense lawyer, Crown prosecutor, corporate lawyer, family law lawyer, professional mediator and social worker. I’ve seen complicated people problems from all angles, which means I understand situations — and humans — on all sides of an issue.
Now, I work entirely out of court as a deliberate reaction to my courtroom years, not an extension of them. I help people create healthier experiences that are intentional, mindfully designed, and less destructive, even when things are messy.
Why Not Just Lawyer Up First?
For a long time, this was the standard separation story:
One person hires a lawyer.
The other person hires a lawyer.
Different stories.
Different rooms.
No one to predict and prevent unnecessary challenges or easily avoidable problems.
Nothing to neutralize conflict or normalize aspects of the experience.
No one to interpret information or provide context or perspective.
This approach leads to spiraling costs, assumptions, stories, resentment, and regrets.
Enter changes to the laws in 2022:
The old default was:
Hire separate lawyers with different backgrounds, focus, and experiences.
Get different-at-best and competing-at-worst legal advice.
Try to make decisions, avoiding billable hours as much as possible, while exhausted, scared, and overloaded with sorting through stories from friends, family, and the internet.
The new reality:
Since July 2022, Saskatchewan’s changes to separation and divorce laws called “Early Family Dispute Resolution” (EFDR) are redirecting separating people to work with “approved service providers” who are capable of giving clients “Certificates of Participation” in out-of-court services like mediation, collaborative divorce, arbitration, and parenting coordination.
These laws are catching up with what many of us have known for years, starting with out-of-court processes is usually safer and more responsible than going straight to court. In 2022, Saskatchewan’s Early Family Dispute Resolution (EFDR) took effect.
This means that out-of-court processes, like mediation, are now a required first step for people who are separating.