About me

I help separated parents co-parent effectively, in alignment with their chosen parenting values, so they can co-parent with relaxed confidence, focused on enjoying their children and building their new life

I’m Tiffany Rochester, CEO of Co-Parenting Companion and your Co-Parenting Coach.

I have always worked at the difficult end of complex family dynamics, focusing on long-term thriving after hardship. In my early career, I resourced families with children in the juvenile justice system. These families were some of my best early teachers, as I saw how hard they worked to provide nurturing environments for their children. Yet, they were battling against service providers who judged them unfairly, and they had never been taught efficient skills for conflict resolution, setting and holding healthy boundaries, and living in alignment with their own core values around love, loyalty and kindness.

As I moved through my career, I have continued to work with parents walking some of the most arduous parenting journeys, chief among them being separated parents. It’s horrifying how many families have lost years of their lives and thousands of dollars trying to resolve conflict through the strong arm of the law. It seemed so often that no one had offered to resource co-parents with communication tools and strategies to help them boldly co-parent collaboratively in alignment with their values. Instead, they’ve been left to fight over black-and-white words in a legal document with the threat of contravention forever hanging over their heads.

Too many times, I had parents say to me, “I wish I’d met you right at the start. I could have saved so much time and money. We wouldn’t be here now.”

And so, I decided to shift my attention to supporting and resourcing separated co-parents right from the first steps of contemplating separation through the early years. How much more we can achieve if we work on healthy boundaries, clear communication, and values-aligned behaviours before post-separation conflict becomes entrenched with time and money sunk into litigious processes!

Separation of an unhealthy relationship can be a Good News story, both for parents and children.

Life is short. Relationships end for great reasons. I am passionate about resourcing co-parents to open up to the next chapter of building one family across two homes. A life where co-parenting communication is easy and low-stress, and the children feel warmly connected to both parents and their extended families.

Testimonial

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With your support we got to a parenting agreement quickly, cheaply and relatively painlessly. I think your service is exactly what we needed and probably what many "new" co-parents need but don't necessarily find. My worst fear in embarking on this journey was that I would find myself separated from the children for some extended period while we worked through the logistics. With your support that did not happen and I feel more connected to the children at the moment than ever before.

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Dave, Perth, WA
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One benefit I have experienced with Co-Parenting Companion is being kinder to myself. I am reminded that I am not the only one in this situation.

5
Liz, Regional WA
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Tiffany is that unbiased third party that genuinely has the children’s best interests at the forefront. I particularly like the phrase Tiffany uses of “Be the co-parent you wish you had.” Read that again. Now, read that again. It helps.

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Liz, Regional WA
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My husband is also a parent, co-parent and step-parent and the Co-Parenting Companion has provided the perfect platform allowing us to discuss, problem solve and understand each other’s views better.
Our relationship has benefited, our children benefit, and we now treat our weekly update from Tiffany as an opportunity to "check in" with each other and pat ourselves on the back.

5
Mel, Perth, WA
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I would recommend the Co-Parenting Companion to family and friends to help reduce the pressure that ultimately affects the children negatively. Co-Parenting Companion provides a support network to help the children, rather than people taking sides.

5
Elizabeth, Regional WA
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Each week when I know there will be an interesting story or message about how to be a good parent and a great co-parent for our kids. It helps lighten the load by sharing how best to raise kids in separate households. I also enjoy drinking a cup of tea and taking time to read it over the weekend- as recommended. Keep up the good work Tiffany.

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Jenni, Perth, WA
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Tiffany hits the mark with her information and advice that seems personally written for me and my situation. This is my reason for recommending Tiffany to other parents, as there is something here for everyone amongst the advice, tips and explanations provided by Tiffany every week.

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Melissa, Perth, WA
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Co-Parenting Companion advice is helpful to navigate the road that I never imagined taking. The resources can be humorous at times, as well as informative, always interesting, and very useful for our situation.
The Co-Parenting Companion has helped me to be more aware of ways to improve my co-parenting.

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Elizabeth, Regional WA
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Co-Parenting Companion helps me confidently approach any co-parenting issue with the children’s best interests foremost and has provided me comfort when things haven’t gone so well. The balance of information, explanation and kindness provided in my weekly update is best described as the “fuel” I need for the sometimes long and stressful times that we can experience from time to time.

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Melissa, Perth, WA
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I have been a subscriber to the Co-Parenting Companion since its inception. My favourite thing is the stabilising effect Tiffany’s wise and balanced words have upon my parenting and co-parenting efforts.

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Melissa, Perth, WA

Are we a perfect match?

Do you love your kids with all your heart?

Does it make sense to you to work hard right now to build a healthy family for your children across two homes (even if your co-parent isn’t quite on that same page as you yet)?

Do you want to co-parent with relaxed confidence with more time, freedom and money to do the things you dream of?

Then you have found your village! You are in the right place.

I’m not going to lie; the services I offer are not for everyone.

My services are for people who are honestly committed to doing the short-term hard work required to co-parent well.

I will resource you with coping strategies, communication tools, and shortcuts to avoid conflict and reach rapid resolutions.

I will keep you one step ahead of the game, predicting and planning with you to avoid the common pitfalls that trip up separated families.

 

You are the one who will need to pick up the tools and use them.

Let me tell you about my “Why”.

I enjoy being mum to my two teenage sons. There is no more tremendous privilege than this for me. They are my definite “why” behind all of the work that I do.

My boys have certainty about their place in our family, their relationship with each parent, and their connection to our extended family. With this sense of assuredness, I see the natural advantage they have as they go about their day-to-day teenage tasks of going to school, catching up with friends, and doing extra-curricular activities. There is a burden they don’t have to carry, which frees them to grow up slowly, work out their identities in developmentally appropriate ways, eat good food and sleep well each night.

It’s the same safety my own parents were able to provide for me.

I see what my children have, and I want that for all children. I know how fortunate I am, and I want that for all parents.

The very same research and skills I use in my Coaching work are the same ones I apply in my home, and I want to make that accessible to all parents. It’s too good, too precious not to share.

Learn how we can work together

Co-Parenting Companion Membership
1:2 Coaching – you and your co-parent together
1:1 Coaching