Separation support for mothers — steady, practical, and at your own pace
The Zest Life offers steady, compassionate support for mothers navigating separation — bringing emotional grounding, practical clarity, and parenting support together, at your own pace. You don’t need to have everything figured out. You can begin exactly where you are.
The Zest Life is open. And this is the only time it will ever look like this.
Cohort 1 of the Online Group Coaching Programme has launched. A 2026 founding offer is available right now. It will not come around again.
This is not a sale. It is not a seasonal promotion.
It is a one-time acknowledgement of the women who say yes in 2026 — before the reviews arrive, before the waiting lists form, before it becomes easy.
The Zest Life is an 8-week programme for mothers navigating separation. Two ways to experience it. One founding offer, shared between both.
The 2026 Founding Rate
- Self-guided Online course: NZD $199.50 (full price $399)
- Online Group Coaching Programme: NZD $349.50 (full price $699)
First 10 enrolments per option. Offer closes 25 August 2026.
Use code FOUNDING50 at checkout.
Claim your founding spot
You’re not failing — you’re in the middle of something hard
Separation can leave you feeling unsettled, stretched thin, and unsure of your footing — especially when you’re supporting children and trying to keep everyday life going. When emotional support, practical information, and parenting guidance all sit in different places, the mental load can become overwhelming. You’re not behind. You’re responding to a lot, all at once.
Separation support options for mothers
Support that meets you where you are. The Zest Life offers one carefully designed 8-week programme to support you through separation — with two ways to experience it, depending on the level of support that feels right for you.
Reclaiming Strength Through Separation
Self-Guided Course
A structured 8-week online course you move through privately, at your own pace.
Designed to help you stabilise emotionally, navigate practical realities, support your children, and begin shaping what comes next.
This option is ideal if you value privacy, flexibility, and the ability to return to the material whenever you need.
Reclaiming Strength Through Separation
Online Group Coaching Programme
The same 8-week course content, with weekly live online sessions facilitated by Jess. Two hours per session, eight sessions in total.
This option is for women who want structure and connection alongside the course material.
A steady structure — without overwhelm
The programme unfolds gently over eight weeks, giving you time to absorb, reflect, and apply what’s most helpful.
Four Modules cover:
- Grounding and stabilising - Learn tools to steady your nervous system and reduce emotional overwhelm.
- Navigating practical realities - Build clarity around finances, communication, and everyday decision-making.
- Supporting your children -Understand what children need during separation and how to support them while caring for yourself.
- Beginning to look ahead - Gently reconnect with your values, priorities, and sense of agency as you move forward.
There is no rush. You can move through this at a pace that feels right for you.
Why this approach helps
Separation affects emotional regulation, decision-making, and capacity all at once. When these systems are overwhelmed, too much information or pressure can make things harder, not easier.
This support is designed to work differently.
It moves slowly and in sequence, so your nervous system has space to settle before you’re asked to make decisions. Emotional grounding and practical clarity are held together, rather than treated as separate problems. And choice is built in at every stage, so you stay in control of how you engage.
This isn’t about pushing through or fixing yourself.
It’s about creating enough steadiness that next steps become possible.
Meet Jess
The Zest Life was created by Jess after navigating separation while raising children and holding a career together. This work is shaped by lived experience and a deep understanding of how fragmented support can add to the strain during separation.
Not sure which option is right for you?
Book a no obligation 15-minute call with me. I will walk you through the course options and answer any questions you have. If it feels like the right fit for you, I will let you know how to get started.
There is no single right way to move through separation.
This chapter may not be the one you planned. You do not have to move through it on your own. When you’re ready, you’re welcome here.
Read on Substack
- Permission to stop performing - Getting on with it is not the same as getting through it, and the difference matters more than most of us admit.
- Supporting Children Through Separation - Spoiler alert: children do not need perfect parents.
- Navigating Separation - How do I know if I am doing this right?
- Navigating the Practicalities of Separation. What nobody warns you about in advance?
- Founding Offer: Why the Zest Life Exists Now
- What to do when your child blames you for the separation
- When your child cries for the other parent at bedtime — what is actually happening, and what helps
- How to talk to your children about separation — what to say, and what actually matters most
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