About Tara
Family Mediator, Divorce & Separation Coach & Yoga Therapist supporting adults, children and families through relationship breakdown, stress, overwhelm and significant life change.
How I got here
My separation and divorce journey several years ago left me rebuilding my life from the ground up. I was navigating the legal system, dismantling a life I'd spent years building and raising three young children — all during the Covid pandemic.
During that time, a daily yoga and mindfulness practice became the foundation of my wellbeing. It helped me understand that significant life events affect your body, emotions, identity and ability to think clearly and make decisions.
But somewhere within all that uncertainty, I also began asking myself:
Where do I actually want to be at the end of this — and how do I get there?
That question ultimately changed the direction of my life.
I went on to complete an intensive three-year Yoga Therapy diploma, before qualifying as a Divorce Coach and Family Mediator and, in 2025, co-founding SHIFTwithin CIC.
Today, I bring that professional training together with lived experience. I've navigated the practical realities of ending a marriage, disentangling a business and legal processes, while reconnecting to my identity and starting a new career in my midlife.
I've experienced firsthand the difference that the right tools and support can make along the way.
Every person’s is different, and I'll never assume your experience looks like mine. But I do know that life on the other side can be about more than simply getting through it.
It can be about making peace with the past, managing the present and building a future that genuinely feels like your own.
Qualifications & memberships
Family Mediator (Trained by Crowther Mediation)
Yoga Therapy Level 6 Diploma (The Minded Institute)
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Yoga Therapy (The Minded Institute)
Co-Founder, SHIFTwithin CIC
Divorce Coach — The Blackford Centre
Kent & Medway Domestic Abuse Champion
Member, Stour NCDR group
Member, College of Mediators
Member, Association for Coaching
Safeguarding Children Level 3
Understanding Domestic Abuse Level 2
Enhanced DBS
A Different Kind of Support…
Whichever door you come through — family mediation, relationship breakdown support or yoga therapy — the same philosophy sits underneath my work.
My different areas of training allow me to understand the wider picture while being clear about the professional role I'm providing at any particular time.
The aim isn't simply to help you get through a difficult period.
It's to help you feel steadier, think more clearly and communicate more effectively — so the choices you make about what comes next feel like your own.
I'm based in Whitstable and work with clients across Kent, as well as nationally online.