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
Life after an affair: Divorce and blended families
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🎙️Life after an affair: divorce and blended families🎙️
Life, love and the law, a podcast by Stowe Family Law
This episode of Life, love and the law welcomes our first ever couple to the podcast. Tom Nash, a regular face with us, brings along his partner Donna to discuss their lived experiences of affairs, divorce and building a blended family.
Tom takes off his ‘divorce coach’ hat, to get into the nitty gritty of how the affair came about, the fallout and the next 9 years of hard work and pain to get to where they are now - a successful, happy blended family with his ex-wife and Donna’s ex-husband!
00:53 Introductions
02:28 Tom introduces the topic of his affair and Donna goes on to discuss her separation and parenting
04:38 How Tom and Donna met and the end of Tom’s marriage
06:38 How could conversations have happened in those early days to be more respectful?
09:00 Coping with the aftermath of telling your spouse you want to divorce
11:08 Donna discusses the breakdown of her marriage and her experience of divorced parents
14:45 Lack of understanding around the divorce process itself
15:25 The legal implications of an affair on divorce proceedings
18:28 How does a divorce coach work with people on the edge of a breakup
20:20 Can you recover from an affair?
23:00 The role of a stepparent in a blended family
24:14 Should you stay together for the kids?
26:00 How did Tom and Donna get from the affair to a successful blended family?
33:45 Biggest reflections on the impact of an affair and how to move forward
Useful links
Adultery and divorce https://www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/family-law/divorce/adultery-and-divorce/
Top myths about divorce and affairs https://www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/stowe-support/adultery-and-divorce-the-top-ten-myths/
What should I do if my spouse is having an affair? https://www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/stowe-support/what-should-i-do-if-my-husband-wife-is-having-an-affair-2/
Avoiding the top divorce mistakes https://open.spotify.com/episode/0miHzVWzorsoj2QH5XOgi6?si=138279a774194e5b
How to introduce a new partner to the kids https://open.spotify.com/episode/3j7T2cGqTrFqb0rV9xat8u?si=3aaf756e1a9647c7
Parenting plan template https://www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/SFL_Premium-handbook-Parenting-plan-template.pdf
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