Resources & Support
Please take what you need, when you need it. This space will continue to grow over time. You're always welcome to return here whenever you need.
Healing & Empowerment Resources
Practical guides and tools designed to support healing, emotional wellbeing, nervous system regulation, resilience, and personal empowerment.
Empowerment Guide: Reclaiming Strength. Rewriting Meaning. An Empowerment Guide
A guide to support mothers in reconnecting with their sense of self, reclaiming their strength, and finding new meaning through the experience of separation and loss.
Heartmath Quick Coherence® Technique
A simple two-step practice developed by the HeartMath Institute to help regulate stress, calm the nervous system, and return to a state of emotional balance and inner steadiness.
Where Our Energy Gets Drained: The Map of Consciousness
An exploration of how emotional states affect our energy and wellbeing, helping mothers understand where their energy is going and how to begin shifting toward higher emotional states.
Recommended Reading
Books
A collection of books that offer information, understanding, and supportive guidance for those seeking clarity and support.
A powerful exploration of the emotional realities mothers have faced within custody systems, shedding light on long-standing injustices.
A gentle and supportive devotional offering comfort, reflection, and hope for those navigating the pain of parental alienation and emotional loss.
Reframes high-conflict situations as abuse, helping readers understand dynamics of coercion and control in family courts.
A practical and sensitive guide to protecting yourself and your children during difficult custody disputes and parental alienation.
Explores how family court systems can be used to continue coercive control and post-separation abuse against mothers and children.
Articles to Read
Articles & Written Resources
A collection of articles to support understanding, reflection, and awareness across topics related to family experiences, healing, and navigating challenges.
Dr. Emma Katz - Substack
A valuable resource sharing insights on coercive control, post-separation abuse, and the lived experiences of women navigating complex family dynamics.
When a Mother “Loses It,” It’s Not Instability — It’s Biology.
Coercive Control: How Predatory Parents Fracture Attachment
Coping with Trauma
A resource exploring the emotional impact of high-conflict family dynamics and the trauma parents may experience. It offers insight into coping responses, emotional regulation, and ways to begin making sense of what you are going through.
Court & Legal Guidance
Navigating Family Court
We've been there, this is one of the hardest and most emotionally challenging experiences a mother or grandmother can go through. We hope these resources offer some clarity, support, and grounding along the way.
Please note: these resources include both Australian and international websites. They are shared for informational purposes only, and we have not individually vetted or verified every resource listed. Please use your own judgement when deciding what feels helpful and appropriate for your situation.
Legal support for mums
Unified Lawyers — Family Law for Mums
A Sydney-based family law firm with a dedicated service for mothers navigating custody and separation.
Peer support for mums
Parents Beyond Breakup — Mums In Distress (MIDs)
Free, confidential, female-friendly national support for separated mums, covering custody issues, parental alienation, and domestic violence.
Parental alienation specialist
Dialogue In Growth — Dr Stan Korosi
A clinical sociologist specialising in parental alienation and remediating alienated parent-child relationships.
Get Court Ready
A UK-based website offering guidance on understanding narcissistic behaviour, parental alienation, and how to protect yourself and your children without losing yourself in the process.
The site also provides a free downloadable guide, The Alienating Behaviour Guide, which explains how these tactics can appear in real-life situations and how they are often addressed within the family court system.
Dr. A. Childress — Parent Resources
A series of writings and practical handouts created to support parents experiencing high-conflict family dynamics, including emotional and psychological abuse. They explore both understanding and response strategies, as well as broader professional and systemic perspectives.
AI legal tools for self-represented parents
A growing set of AI tools built to help parents without a lawyer feel less alone in the process.
AUSTRALIA
RYTZ
Court-ready insights and document analysis at a fraction of legal costs.
UNITED KINGDOM
Caira by Unwildered
Plain-English help drafting statements and letters for family matters.
CANADA
Litigent
Province-specific case law and court-ready document support.
UNITED STATES
Prosēi AI
Free case management and AI-drafted filings, no credit card needed.
NEW ZEALAND
Nova Legal Assistant
Drafts documents, organises evidence, can audit existing legal advice.
AU · UK · NZ
CourtAid.ai
Legal research across 2M+ judgments, acts and legislation.
⚠️ AI tools can get things wrong, including inventing cases that don't exist. Courts have already sanctioned self-represented parents for this. Always double check before relying on anything in court.
Listen
Podcasts
Slam the Gavel Podcast
A podcast to discuss Family Court Issues, Support Court, Support-contempt conferences and hearings and Child Services issues. Advice on how parents can cope with these issues along with Parental Alienation.
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Supporting Your Wellbeing
As part of our commitment to sharing resources that may support mothers on their healing journey, we've partnered with RMDY Collective, an Australian homeopathic wellness brand.
As a Mumma Bears Rising visitor, you can access an exclusive 10% discount using code LSRMDY1 at checkout.
Supporting Your Wellbeing
As part of our commitment to sharing resources that may support mothers on their healing journey, we've partnered with RMDY Collective, an Australian homeopathic wellness brand.
As a Mumma Bears Rising visitor, you can access an exclusive 10% discount using code LSRMDY1 at checkout.
10% OFF
Crisis & Emotional Support
Mental Health Hotlines
If you are in distress right now, please reach out. These services are confidential and available to help.
Lifeline 13 11 14
Confidential support to anyone in emotional distress or crisis — including parents feeling hopeless, isolated, or suicidal due to separation or alienation.
Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467
Professional counselling for those at risk of suicide, including parents in distress due to family breakdown.
Beyond Blue 1300 22 46 36
Broader in scope but can support depression, anxiety, and hopelessness that arise from family breakdown or prolonged emotional distress.
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
Free, confidential 24/7 support for people experiencing domestic, family or sexual violence — including coercive control and separation.
Parents Beyond Breakup 1300 853 437
Specialised in expertly supporting parents experiencing separation, custody loss, and parental alienation issues.
Family Relationship Advice Line 1800 050 321
Helps families affected by relationship or separation issues, including practical information on parenting arrangements after separation.
With love,
