EP: 095 Chris Voss A Top Hostage Negotiator’s Approach to Divorce Divorce settlements are often compared with business deals. But the analogy falls apart when you consider that business deals give you the option to walk away. Perhaps a better parallel is that of a hostage negotiation, where you have no choice but to work […]
EP: 094 Steve Friedman Telling the Story of Your Divorce In the midst of difficult life transitions like divorce, it is human nature to reach extreme, self-defeating conclusions: I’m incapable of love! All men are sociopaths! The world is unspeakably cruel! How can we take a closer look at what happened in our relationship and […]
EP: 092 Sonia Queralt Reclaiming a Sense of Control in the Divorce Process Once you have made the difficult decision to divorce, a sense of urgency sets in. You want to get through the painful process as quickly as possible. Yet it is unwise to make snap decisions when you’re under that kind of emotional […]
EP: 090 Gabrielle Hartley A Non-Toxic Approach to Divorce Divorce is a difficult, painful process. But at the end of the day, people pursue divorce because they want to be happier and improve their lives. The experience CAN afford you the opportunity to look inward, rediscover yourself and architect a better future—if you approach divorce […]
EP: 082 Sara Woodard Reconnecting with Yourself After Divorce Divorce is a heart-wrenching process, but it is also an opportunity. Healing from the heartbreak affords you a new beginning, a chance to reconnect with who you are and what’s important to you. Sara Woodard is the architect of The HeartFull Journey, a platform designed […]
EP: 065 Neelama Eyres & Michael Schiesser Stop Poisoning Your Heart and Divorce with Compassion Holding on to bitterness and resentment is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die. It is so much easier to blame someone who has caused you pain than it is to own your part in […]
EP: 057 Anthony Sibio Selling Your Home in the Divorce Process The divorce process initiates a time of radical change and transformation, and one major part of that change involves a potential change of address. As you and your ex-partner separate your assets, it may be necessary to sell the home you shared and make […]
EP: 056 Nancy Colier A Mindful Approach to Divorce How do you learn to be okay with not being okay? In a culture where we’re taught to run from discomfort, it can seem like quite a feat to stop and take inventory of what’s true for us in a particular moment—especially if what we’re feeling […]
EP: 049 Matt Johnston Applying Restorative Justice Principles to Divorce Our current system of justice focuses on the offender. What harm did they cause? What do they deserve as punishment? What if we shifted our focus to the person who was harmed and asked different questions, like what needs to happen between the parties to […]
EP: 045 Ellen Bruno Empowering Kids to Share Their Experience with Divorce Parents going through a separation often make one of two choices when it comes to communicating with their children: 1) They protect the children by sharing very little about the process, or 2) They involve their children in adult conversations, treating them as […]