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Before It Breaks with Gabriella Pomare is a relationship, divorce and co-parenting podcast for the conversations families often have too late, after silence has turned into resentment, emotional labour has become exhaustion, and a relationship has often been quietly breaking long before anyone says the word separation.
Hosted by Gabriella Pomare, family lawyer, author of The Collaborative Co-Parent, speaker, media guest, mother and co-parent, this podcast explores what really happens inside modern relationships, marriages and families before, during and after separation. Through honest, thoughtful and emotionally intelligent conversations, Gabriella unpacks the hidden patterns that lead couples to disconnect, including communication breakdown, conflict avoidance, resentment, the mental load, motherhood, intimacy, emotional withdrawal, boundaries, betrayal, co-parenting challenges and the quiet signs a relationship may be under strain.
This podcast is for anyone navigating the complexity of love, marriage, parenting, divorce, family separation or blended family life. It is also for those who want to understand why relationships break down, how couples can communicate better, how parents can protect their children from conflict, and how families can move through separation with more clarity, compassion and emotional safety.
Drawing on Gabriella’s experience as a family lawyer and her lived experience as a mother and co-parent, Before It Breaks goes beyond surface-level relationship advice. It looks at the emotional reality behind separation and divorce, the conversations couples avoid, the small ruptures that become major turning points, and the practical tools families need to communicate, repair, co-parent and rebuild.
Topics include modern marriage, relationship red flags, emotional disconnection, quiet quitting in relationships, divorce and separation, co-parenting after separation, parenting through conflict, family law, motherhood, blended families, communication skills, emotional intelligence, boundaries, conflict resolution and the invisible work that holds families together.
At its heart, Before It Breaks with Gabriella Pomare is a podcast about the moments before everything changes, the silence before the separation, the patterns before the breakdown, and the conversations that can help families understand themselves before it breaks.
About Gabriella Pomare
Gabriella Pomare is an Australian keynote speaker, family lawyer, law firm partner and author of The Collaborative Co-Parent who speaks at conferences, leadership events and professional seminars across Australia and internationally. As a Partner of Norton Law Group Family Lawyers, Gabriella is a recognised thought leader on co-parenting, communication, modern families, women’s leadership and emotional resilience, bringing more than a decade of frontline experience working with families navigating separation and conflict. Through her keynote speaking, media appearances and writing, Gabriella shares practical strategies to help leaders, parents and organisations improve communication, reduce conflict and build stronger relationships using her signature framework, the Four Pillars of Communication: Listen, Pause, Reflect and Respond. Known for her engaging storytelling and powerful insights, Gabriella is a highly sought-after keynote speaker for corporate events, leadership conferences, legal seminars and women’s leadership forums, helping audiences rethink how communication, emotional intelligence and resilience shape both professional success and modern family life.
For more than a decade, Gabriella has worked exclusively in family law, guiding families through separation with clarity, dignity and a deeply child-centered approach. She is a Partner at The Norton Law Group Family Lawyers in Sydney, where she advises on complex parenting and property matters, including international relocation cases, high-net-worth disputes and matters involving family violence.
But Gabriella’s work has never been limited to legal outcomes alone.
What sets her apart is her ability to sit at the intersection of law, lived experience and emotional intelligence — translating complexity into language people can actually use in real life. Her work speaks not just to how families separate, but to how women and parents rebuild identity, confidence and stability afterwards.
Gabriella is a sought-after media commentator and speaker, with appearances across major US and Australian television, podcasts and digital platforms, including NBC, FOX, ABC, CBS, Good Day New York, The Today Show, The Morning Show, and more. She has completed two US media tours across New York, San Diego and Los Angeles and delivered dozens of interviews on co-parenting, motherhood, rebuilding after separation, emotional resilience and leadership.
With a highly engaged global audience across social media and her online platforms, Gabriella’s work resonates because it reflects real life — not ideals. She speaks to women who are capable and exhausted, ambitious and stretched, rebuilding while still holding everyone else together.
Her message challenges outdated narratives that ask women to cope quietly or aim for perfection. Instead, she advocates for emotional leadership — at home, at work and within ourselves — and for learning which balls must be held, and which can finally be put down.
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