The Post-Separation Abuse Podcast

If you’ve experienced high-conflict separation, coercive control, other forms of family violence or post-separation abuse, your brain has adapted to help you survive. But survival wiring can make advocacy, decision-making, and communication inside legal and family systems feel overwhelming.
In this episode, Danielle Black explains the science of neuroplasticity and how protective parents can intentionally rebuild capacity, confidence, and internal stability - even when external outcomes feel uncertain.
But this episode is also about something deeper:
Stepping into your own power. Becoming your own safe place. Putting on your own cape.
You’ll learn:
How trauma and chronic stress shape threat-based brain wiring
Why survival patterns can impact communication, advocacy, and decision-making
How neuroplasticity allows you to intentionally reshape thought patterns
How the STEER Response Framework™ helps you influence the link between situations, thoughts, emotions, nervous system responses, and outcomes
Why worthiness is the foundation of sustainable recovery and advocacy
How affirmations support intentional brain rewiring (without toxic positivity)
This episode is an invitation to stop waiting to be rescued - and instead step into the version of you who leads your own recovery, advocacy, and future direction.
Recovery after separation isn’t just about legal outcomes.
It’s about identity.
Agency.
Capacity.
And building a life you choose - on purpose.
Includes:
• Practical STEER examples
• Trauma-informed affirmation guidance
• Capacity-building insights for protective parents
💝 Valentine’s Gift Includes:
• Limited-time Blueprint discount
• Free affirmation recording (no email required)
• Free AI Danielle access for Blueprint members (offer timeframe applies)

As always, this episode is not legal advice and not therapy.
If you’re navigating separation, family court, or post-separation parenting challenges, this conversation offers insight, reassurance, and practical perspective.

Explore the supports offered by Danielle Black Coaching
The Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint™
Evidence-based education to help you understand child development, safety, parenting arrangements, and post-separation dynamics
👉 https://www.danielleblackcoaching.com.au/the-post-separation-parenting-blueprint-1

AI Danielle
Guided, structured support to help you think, plan, regulate, and reflect between coaching sessions
👉 https://www.danielleblackcoaching.com.au/meet-ai-danielle

1:1 Coaching
Individualised, relational support when your nervous system, decision-making, or situation needs more than information
👉 https://www.danielleblackcoaching.com.au/1-1-coaching

Free Resources
Evidence-based tools and resources to help you build
About Danielle Black:
Danielle Black is a respected authority in child-focused post-separation parenting in Australia. With over twenty years’ experience in education, counselling and coaching - and her own lived experience navigating a complex separation - she helps parents advocate strategically and protect their children’s safety and wellbeing.
Learn more at danielleblackcoaching.com.au
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This podcast is for educational purposes only and not legal advice. Please seek independent legal, medical, financial, or mental health advice for your situation.

In this episode, Danielle is joined by Senior Coach Brigid Morgan for a warm, honest conversation about post-separation recovery, protective parenting, and why evidence-based, child-focused support matters.
We start with a light-hearted chat (morning person or night owl? coffee or tea? beach or mountains?) before moving into deeper conversation about Brigid’s personal post-separation journey, what led her into coaching, and why she is passionate about helping parents step into their role as the expert on their own child.
Brigid shares:
• Why spending large amounts on legal processes doesn’t always guarantee child-focused outcomes
• How coaching supported her to fully embody her protective-parent role
• Her first impressions of the Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint™ - including why Australian-specific, evidence-based resources are so rare and so needed
• Why the Blueprint is designed to support parents across the journey - not as a course to “consume,” but as a resource to return to when needed

As always, this episode is not legal advice and not therapy.
If you’re navigating separation, family court, or post-separation parenting challenges, this conversation offers insight, reassurance, and practical perspective.

Explore the supports offered by Danielle Black Coaching
The Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint™
Evidence-based education to help you understand child development, safety, parenting arrangements, and post-separation dynamics
👉 https://www.danielleblackcoaching.com.au/the-post-separation-parenting-blueprint-1

AI Danielle
Guided, structured support to help you think, plan, regulate, and reflect between coaching sessions
👉 https://www.danielleblackcoaching.com.au/meet-ai-danielle

Small Group Experiences (2026)
Facilitated, topic-specific groups offering education, perspective, and shared learning — without court-specific advice
👉 https://www.danielleblackcoaching.com.au/group-events

1:1 Coaching with Danielle, Trudie, or Brigid
Individualised, relational support when your nervous system, decision-making, or situation needs more than information
👉 https://www.danielleblackcoaching.com.au/1-1-coaching
About Danielle Black:
Danielle Black is a respected authority in child-focused post-separation parenting in Australia. With over twenty years’ experience in education, counselling and coaching - and her own lived experience navigating a complex separation - she helps parents advocate strategically and protect their children’s safety and wellbeing.
Learn more at danielleblackcoaching.com.au
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This podcast is for educational purposes only and not legal advice. Please seek independent legal, medical, financial, or mental health advice for your situation.

Considering Separation in 2026? Let’s Talk About the Decision You’re Already Making
If you’re listening to this episode, chances are the question isn’t “Should I leave?”
It’s “Why am I still here - and what is this costing me and my children?”
In this episode, I speak directly to parents who are contemplating separation in 2026 - especially those who have been living in chronic high-conflict, coercive, or emotionally unsafe relationships and are quietly carrying the weight of indecision.
We unpack a hard but important truth: not choosing is still a choice - and time itself becomes a decision with consequences.
This is not a conversation about rushing separation, issuing ultimatums, or “just leaving.”
It is a grounded, child-focused discussion about:
The difference between fear-based staying and values-aligned decision-making
How to begin thinking strategically (not emotionally) about separation as a process, not a moment
What preparation, capacity-building, and evidence-based planning can look like before any formal step is taken
I also speak to the internal conflict many protective parents experience - wanting to minimise disruption for their children while simultaneously knowing that the current environment is already harming them.
If this episode resonates and you’re not ready for 1:1 coaching - or you’re simply not ready to decide yet - my small-group experience Separation Curious is designed for exactly this stage.

It’s a structured, child-focused space to slow the process down, build clarity and capacity, understand the real implications of different pathways, and think strategically about what comes next - without pressure to separate.
As always, this episode is not legal advice and not therapy.
It is an educational coaching-based, research-informed conversation designed to help you zoom out, regulate, and think clearly about the path you’re already on - and whether it aligns with the parent you want to be in 2026 and beyond.
If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or quietly preparing in your own mind, this episode is for you.
Explore the supports mentioned in this episode:
The Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint™
Evidence-based education to help you understand child development, safety, parenting arrangements, and post-separation dynamics
👉 https://www.danielleblackcoaching.com.au/the-post-separation-parenting-blueprint-1

AI Danielle
Guided, structured support to help you think, plan, regulate, and reflect between coaching sessions
👉 https://www.danielleblackcoaching.com.au/meet-ai-danielle

Small Group Experiences (2026)
Facilitated, topic-specific groups offering education, perspective, and shared learning — without court-specific advice
👉 https://www.danielleblackcoaching.com.au/group-events

1:1 Coaching with Danielle, Trud
About Danielle Black:
Danielle Black is a respected authority in child-focused post-separation parenting in Australia. With over twenty years’ experience in education, counselling and coaching - and her own lived experience navigating a complex separation - she helps parents advocate strategically and protect their children’s safety and wellbeing.
Learn more at danielleblackcoaching.com.au
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This podcast is for educational purposes only and not legal advice. Please seek independent legal, medical, financial, or mental health advice for your situation.

2025 was a big year - for families navigating separation, and for the work we do here at Danielle Black Coaching.
In this episode, I’m welcoming you into 2026 by reflecting on what we learned in 2025, what’s coming next, and - most importantly - how to use support wisely as a post-separation parent.
I share:
Key reflections from 2025 and what they revealed about what parents actually need after separation
What’s planned for 2026 across coaching, education, and small-group support
Feedback from parents using the Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint™ and AI Danielle 
Why tools like the Blueprint and AI Danielle are powerful for education, insight, and capacity-building - but are not replacements for 1:1 or group coaching, particularly when it comes to co-regulation, nervous-system support, and relational repair
How to think clearly about which type of support is right for you at different stages of your post-separation journey
I also introduce the newest addition to the Danielle Black Coaching team -Senior Coach Brigid Morgan, who specialises in supporting parents who are co-parenting without formal court orders and want to remain child-centred, developmentally informed, and grounded while navigating uncertainty, pressure, and ongoing communication challenges.
This episode is about clarity.
About discernment.
And about moving into 2026 with steadier expectations, better tools, and the right kind of support - rather than doing more, harder, or alone.

Explore the supports mentioned in this episode:
The Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint™
Evidence-based education to help you understand child development, safety, parenting arrangements, and post-separation dynamics
👉 https://www.danielleblackcoaching.com.au/the-post-separation-parenting-blueprint-1

AI Danielle
Guided, structured support to help you think, plan, regulate, and reflect between coaching sessions
👉 https://www.danielleblackcoaching.com.au/meet-ai-danielle

Small Group Experiences (2026)
Facilitated, topic-specific groups offering education, perspective, and shared learning — without court-specific advice
👉 https://www.danielleblackcoaching.com.au/group-events

1:1 Coaching with Danielle, Trudie, or Brigid
Individualised, relational support when your nervous system, decision-making, or situation needs more than information
👉 https://www.danielleblackcoaching.com.au/1-1-coaching
About Danielle Black:
Danielle Black is a respected authority in child-focused post-separation parenting in Australia. With over twenty years’ experience in education, counselling and coaching - and her own lived experience navigating a complex separation - she helps parents advocate strategically and protect their children’s safety and wellbeing.
Learn more at danielleblackcoaching.com.au
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This podcast is for educational purposes only and not legal advice. Please seek independent legal, medical, financial, or mental health advice for your situation.

It’s easy to listen to podcasts, read posts on socials, and consume information… but none of that automatically turns you into the credible, strategic, protective parent you need to be in a post-separation, coercive-control landscape.
In this episode, Danielle explores the critical difference between knowing and doing, and why true protective capacity comes from integration, practice, documentation, and nervous system leadership - not passive consuming.
If you’ve ever felt informed but still overwhelmed, this episode will help you understand why - and show you the pathway toward real transformation.
You’ll learn:
• Why awareness is not the same as capacity
• Why your nervous system leads under pressure, not your knowledge
• What integration looks like in day-to-day parenting
• Why YOU must become the expert in your own case
Mentioned in this episode:
The Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint™ - $300 off for Black Friday at the time of recording - our biggest discount of the year.
Join before December 12  2025 to also receive: Complimentary access to AI Danielle until May 2026.
AI Danielle supports you step-by-step with pattern analysis, communication scripts, documentation guidance, and nervous system tools - helping you integrate the Blueprint in real time.
This AI access will not be publicly available until mid-2026.
Visit danielleblackcoaching.com.au

About Danielle Black:
Danielle Black is a respected authority in child-focused post-separation parenting in Australia. With over twenty years’ experience in education, counselling and coaching - and her own lived experience navigating a complex separation - she helps parents advocate strategically and protect their children’s safety and wellbeing.
Learn more at danielleblackcoaching.com.au
.
This podcast is for educational purposes only and not legal advice. Please seek independent legal, medical, financial, or mental health advice for your situation.