Q&A Women and divorce: what are the challenges for women during separation?

Emily Beven, Ceri Griffiths and Kate Nestor return for a specific Q&A based event around women and divorce

The emotional, practical and financial journeys of divorce can look different for women. Our women panellists understand, advise and nurture women through all stages of the process so they are supported holistically.

In this mop-up Q&A session, expert family lawyer Emily Beven welcomes back divorce coach Kate Nestor and leading financial planner Ceri Griffiths for a tailored event focusing on the questions you need answering.

If you would like to pre-submit a question, please email:

divorcecoaching@stowefamilylaw.co.uk

We will try to get to as many pre-submitted and live questions as possible in the time we have.

Meet the speakers

Emily Beven

Emily Beven is a Senior Associate at Stowe Family Law. She has experience across a broad range of family law matters, including divorce and separation. She has expertise in financial remedy proceedings, complex Children Act proceedings and often provides support to victims of domestic abuse.

Emily is an empathetic lawyer, with a listening ear. She is truly focused on what matters most to her client and getting the right outcome for them. She is open, relatable, and friendly, whilst remaining honest and realistic.

Emily is a regular voice for the media, discussing topics such as relationships, breakups, children disputes and more.

Ceri Griffiths

Ceri Griffiths is a leading Financial Planner, and creator and owner of Willow Brook Lifestyle Financial Planning. Ceri is on a mission to empower women to make money work for them, achieve peace of mind and build a financial plan for a post-divorce life they will love.

She obtained a degree in Maths followed by a successful career in financial services before deciding to set up Willow Brook Lifestyle Financial Planning so that she could ensure women had her support and expertise on their side when going through a divorce.

Kate Nestor

Kate combines her role at Stowe Family Law with a dedicated divorce and separation coaching practice, supporting individuals through complex and emotionally demanding relationship breakdowns.

Trained and qualified with the Divorce Coaching Academy, she works with men and women at every stage of separation and divorce, with particular expertise in domestic abuse and high-conflict relationships. She also specialises in parenting and co-parenting, supporting clients with teenage and adult children, later-life divorce, menopause, and navigating the practical realities of the family court process in England and Wales.

Kate brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her work. An adult child of divorce, and having navigated the end of a 20-plus-year relationship herself, she now co-parents successfully with her former partner. She understands how overwhelming separation can feel and is committed to helping clients move forward with confidence and resilience.

Emily Beven

Ceri Griffiths

Kate Nestor