The Terri Cole Show 812 Collaborative Co-Parenting with Gabriella Pomare
Mar 12, 2026
Gabriella Pomari, an award-winning family lawyer and co-parenting expert, discusses why high-achieving women over-function and burn out. She explores reclaiming power through cleaner boundaries and practical communication pillars. Conversation covers protecting yourself from emotional bait, sharing emotional labor, and creating businesslike co-parenting systems for healthier family life.
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Overfunctioning Drives Many Later-Life Separations
- Insight: Over-functioning often falls to women who then reach a breaking point later in life.
- Gabriella links this cumulative emotional labor to rising 'grey divorce' as women decide they've juggled enough and seek self-fulfillment.
Social Media Perfectionism Fuels Relationship Drift
- Insight: Social media perfectionism fuels unrealistic expectations that can prompt premature relationship endings.
- Gabriella warns reels create a false ideal of the perfect household, pushing people to believe greener pastures exist elsewhere.
Treat Co-Parenting As A Business Partnership
- Do treat co-parenting like a business partnership focused on the children's needs first.
- Gabriella Pomari recommends four communication pillars: listen, pause, reflect, and respond, and enforce rules like no communication after 8pm unless urgent.
