Life, love and the law
Life, love and the law is the podcast brought to you by Stowe Family Law. After almost 70 episodes of Stowe talks, our podcast helping you through relationship breakdown, Life, love and the law is a new direction.
This podcast series will bring you heartfelt and insightful conversations with experts in and around the family law field, including divorce coaches, domestic abuse consultants, financial advisers, mortgage brokers and much more.
Our host, Liza Gatrell, family lawyer at Stowe Family Law will welcome guests to open up the conversation around all things relationship breakdown. She'll be inviting our guests to share real stories that will help you feel less alone as you navigate some of life's toughest times.
Getting the right advice is essential to minimising the stress and strain of divorce and family breakdown, so we'll still give the same great legal guidance and practical information on family processes that you expect from us.
Life, love and the law, the podcast will help you move through each stage of your journey knowing you've got someone in your corner, whatever your circumstances.
Life, love and the law
Episode 60: Walkaway Wife: women and divorce
Walkaway wife syndrome has become an ever-more prominent phrase in the last few years, used to describe a woman who, after years of emotional neglect in her marriage, chooses to end the relationship. In this episode, Matt and Liza are joined by Liz Harrington, co-founder of Family Flow the Divorce Collective, alongside Susie Giles. Liz is an expert trauma therapist and coach.
This podcast explores what causes walkaway wife syndrome, 'symptoms of a walkaway wife' both in women and men, and why people choose to leave a relationship that's not necessarily problematic to outside eyes.
02:31 Unpacking the phrase ‘walkaway wife’ and a silent divorce
05:24 The impact of gender roles and history
07:30 The importance of emotional intelligence in relationships
09:48 Women initiating divorce proceedings
11:40 Financial concerns for women in divorce
14:35 What to do if you’re having doubts in your relationship
17:56 How to help yourself - ‘what is good enough?’
22:22 Working together
23:40 Social factors influencing relationships and gender roles
26:29 What to do if you’re the one being walked-away-from
29:17 The importance of communication and self-reflection
34.10 The legal implications
37:37 Top tips anyone in a walkaway wife situation
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