Sometimes the most useful divorce recovery tools aren’t complicated—they’re the small, tangible things that help you feel more like yourself when everything else feels uncertain. In this episode of A Fresh Story: Simple Tips to Support Yourself, Olivia Howell talks with <a href="https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/resourceguide/the-divorce-bootcamp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tracy D. Galloway, Esq., M.A., a Massachusetts divorce attorney, litigator, online divorce coach and educator, and creator of Divorce Bootcamp</a>. Drawing from both her professional experience and her own life, Tracy shares three surprisingly simple strategies for supporting your emotional resilience through divorce, single parenting, stressful transitions, and other seasons when you need help feeling grounded.Tracy’s tips begin with something as ordinary as getting dressed. She explains why putting on a favorite blazer—or any piece of clothing that helps you feel strong, held, and capable—can change how you approach a difficult phone call, meeting, or conversation. Her second tool is a funny coffee mug, which serves as a daily reminder that humor matters, bad days are allowed, and self-forgiveness is part of taking care of yourself. Finally, Tracy talks about investing in physical comfort, from the right pillow to the objects that make home feel safe and restorative. Together, these simple practices offer accessible self-care during divorce without pretending that a hard season can be solved with a perfect morning routine.The episode also explores one of Tracy’s most important mindset shifts for anyone starting over after divorce: feelings are not facts, and thoughts are not decisions. You are allowed to imagine another life without immediately acting on it. You are allowed to consider possibilities, think beyond your current circumstances, and ask what a different future could look like. For listeners navigating divorce recovery, single parenting, emotional overwhelm, or a major fresh start, Tracy offers practical encouragement for supporting yourself today while slowly making room for what might be possible tomorrow.🔗 Check out Fresh Starts Registry:The first & only divorce registry + support platform ➡ https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshstartsregistry/📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreshStartsRegistry🎙 Podcast IG: https://www.instagram.com/divorcehappenspod/📬 Magazine: https://divorceguidemagazine.com/💛 The Divorce Happens Community: https://divorcehappens.substack.com/

Sometimes the most useful divorce recovery tools aren’t complicated—they’re the small, tangible things that help you feel more like yourself when everything else feels uncertain. In this episode of A Fresh Story: Simple Tips to Support Yourself, Olivia Howell talks with Tracy D. Galloway, Esq., M.A., a Massachusetts divorce attorney, litigator, online divorce coach and educator, and creator of Divorce Bootcamp. Drawing from both her professional experience and her own life, Tracy shares three surprisingly simple strategies for supporting your emotional resilience through divorce, single parenting, stressful transitions, and other seasons when you need help feeling grounded. Tracy’s tips begin with something as ordinary as getting dressed. She explains why putting on a favorite blazer—or any piece of clothing that helps you feel strong, held, and capable—can change how you approach a difficult phone call, meeting, or conversation. Her second tool is a funny coffee mug, which serves as a daily reminder that humor matters, bad days are allowed, and self-forgiveness is part of taking care of yourself. Finally, Tracy talks about investing in physical comfort, from the right pillow to the objects that make home feel safe and restorative. Together, these simple practices offer accessible self-care during divorce without pretending that a hard season can be solved with a perfect morning routine. The episode also explores one of Tracy’s most important mindset shifts for anyone starting over after divorce: feelings are not facts, and thoughts are not decisions. You are allowed to imagine another life without immediately acting on it. You are allowed to consider possibilities, think beyond your current circumstances, and ask what a different future could look like. For listeners navigating divorce recovery, single parenting, emotional overwhelm, or a major fresh start, Tracy offers practical encouragement for supporting yourself today while slowly making room for what might be possible tomorrow. 🔗 Check out Fresh Starts Registry: The first & only divorce registry + support platform ➡ https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/ 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshstartsregistry/ 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreshStartsRegistry 🎙 Podcast IG: https://www.instagram.com/divorcehappenspod/ 📬 Magazine: https://divorceguidemagazine.com/ 💛 The Divorce Happens Community: https://divorcehappens.substack.com/

Sometimes the most useful divorce recovery tools aren’t complicated—they’re the small, tangible things that help you feel more like yourself when everything else feels uncertain. In this episode of A Fresh Story: Simple Tips to Support Yourself, Olivia Howell talks with <a href="https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/resourceguide/the-divorce-bootcamp" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tracy D. Galloway, Esq., M.A., a Massachusetts divorce attorney, litigator, online divorce coach and educator, and creator of Divorce Bootcamp</a>. Drawing from both her professional experience and her own life, Tracy shares three surprisingly simple strategies for supporting your emotional resilience through divorce, single parenting, stressful transitions, and other seasons when you need help feeling grounded.Tracy’s tips begin with something as ordinary as getting dressed. She explains why putting on a favorite blazer—or any piece of clothing that helps you feel strong, held, and capable—can change how you approach a difficult phone call, meeting, or conversation. Her second tool is a funny coffee mug, which serves as a daily reminder that humor matters, bad days are allowed, and self-forgiveness is part of taking care of yourself. Finally, Tracy talks about investing in physical comfort, from the right pillow to the objects that make home feel safe and restorative. Together, these simple practices offer accessible self-care during divorce without pretending that a hard season can be solved with a perfect morning routine.The episode also explores one of Tracy’s most important mindset shifts for anyone starting over after divorce: feelings are not facts, and thoughts are not decisions. You are allowed to imagine another life without immediately acting on it. You are allowed to consider possibilities, think beyond your current circumstances, and ask what a different future could look like. For listeners navigating divorce recovery, single parenting, emotional overwhelm, or a major fresh start, Tracy offers practical encouragement for supporting yourself today while slowly making room for what might be possible tomorrow.🔗 Check out Fresh Starts Registry:The first &amp; only divorce registry + support platform ➡ https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshstartsregistry/📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreshStartsRegistry🎙 Podcast IG: https://www.instagram.com/divorcehappenspod/📬 Magazine: https://divorceguidemagazine.com/💛 The Divorce Happens Community: https://divorcehappens.substack.com/

3 Simple Recovery Tools From Divorce Attorney Tracy Galloway

In this episode of A Fresh Story: Simple Tips to Support Yourself, host Olivia Howell sits down with <a href="https://www.nasdf.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ron Platt, co-founder of the National Association for Single and Divorced Families (NASDF)</a> — the only national organization built to surround divorcing parents and single-family households with practical products, services, and support in one place. Ron brings a rare combination of insider expertise and lived experience: a background in insurance product development, hands-on advocacy work in foster care, and his own journey through a difficult relationship and financial hardship. Listeners looking for grounded divorce recovery tips will come away understanding how to stop piecing together help from a dozen scattered sources and instead build a real support system as they navigate starting over after divorce.The conversation turns quickly to actionable strategies. Ron breaks down the concrete resources families can tap during a transition: vetted referrals for attorneys, mediators, divorce coaches, and financial planners; free and discounted mental health care sessions; real estate support that can offset closing costs by thousands of dollars; and career services designed to help at-home parents re-enter the workforce and close resume gaps with confidence. He also explains Support Insured, a first-of-its-kind insurance product that guarantees child support and alimony payments continue if the paying parent dies, becomes disabled, or involuntarily loses their job — a safety net that speaks directly to the financial anxiety at the heart of single parenting advice and effective co-parenting strategies.Beyond the logistics, Ron offers honest, expert-backed guidance on emotional resilience during life's hardest seasons. Drawing on his own experience working with a coach through crisis, he shares simple daily practices anyone can start today: journaling your thoughts, writing down goals and reviewing them regularly, clarifying your “why,” and anchoring each morning with movement, affirmations, and gratitude. His core message — “get comfortable being uncomfortable” — reframes discomfort as the doorway to growth. Whether you're newly separated, deep in co-parenting logistics, or simply feeling wobbly, this episode delivers clear, supportive tools to help you move forward with clarity and strength.

In this episode of A Fresh Story: Simple Tips to Support Yourself, host Olivia Howell sits down with Ron Platt, co-founder of the National Association for Single and Divorced Families (NASDF) — the only national organization built to surround divorcing parents and single-family households with practical products, services, and support in one place. Ron brings a rare combination of insider expertise and lived experience: a background in insurance product development, hands-on advocacy work in foster care, and his own journey through a difficult relationship and financial hardship. Listeners looking for grounded divorce recovery tips will come away understanding how to stop piecing together help from a dozen scattered sources and instead build a real support system as they navigate starting over after divorce. The conversation turns quickly to actionable strategies. Ron breaks down the concrete resources families can tap during a transition: vetted referrals for attorneys, mediators, divorce coaches, and financial planners; free and discounted mental health care sessions; real estate support that can offset closing costs by thousands of dollars; and career services designed to help at-home parents re-enter the workforce and close resume gaps with confidence. He also explains Support Insured, a first-of-its-kind insurance product that guarantees child support and alimony payments continue if the paying parent dies, becomes disabled, or involuntarily loses their job — a safety net that speaks directly to the financial anxiety at the heart of single parenting advice and effective co-parenting strategies. Beyond the logistics, Ron offers honest, expert-backed guidance on emotional resilience during life's hardest seasons. Drawing on his own experience working with a coach through crisis, he shares simple daily practices anyone can start today: journaling your thoughts, writing down goals and reviewing them regularly, clarifying your “why,” and anchoring each morning with movement, affirmations, and gratitude. His core message — “get comfortable being uncomfortable” — reframes discomfort as the doorway to growth. Whether you're newly separated, deep in co-parenting logistics, or simply feeling wobbly, this episode delivers clear, supportive tools to help you move forward with clarity and strength.

In this episode of A Fresh Story: Simple Tips to Support Yourself, host Olivia Howell sits down with <a href="https://www.nasdf.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ron Platt, co-founder of the National Association for Single and Divorced Families (NASDF)</a> — the only national organization built to surround divorcing parents and single-family households with practical products, services, and support in one place. Ron brings a rare combination of insider expertise and lived experience: a background in insurance product development, hands-on advocacy work in foster care, and his own journey through a difficult relationship and financial hardship. Listeners looking for grounded divorce recovery tips will come away understanding how to stop piecing together help from a dozen scattered sources and instead build a real support system as they navigate starting over after divorce.The conversation turns quickly to actionable strategies. Ron breaks down the concrete resources families can tap during a transition: vetted referrals for attorneys, mediators, divorce coaches, and financial planners; free and discounted mental health care sessions; real estate support that can offset closing costs by thousands of dollars; and career services designed to help at-home parents re-enter the workforce and close resume gaps with confidence. He also explains Support Insured, a first-of-its-kind insurance product that guarantees child support and alimony payments continue if the paying parent dies, becomes disabled, or involuntarily loses their job — a safety net that speaks directly to the financial anxiety at the heart of single parenting advice and effective co-parenting strategies.Beyond the logistics, Ron offers honest, expert-backed guidance on emotional resilience during life's hardest seasons. Drawing on his own experience working with a coach through crisis, he shares simple daily practices anyone can start today: journaling your thoughts, writing down goals and reviewing them regularly, clarifying your “why,” and anchoring each morning with movement, affirmations, and gratitude. His core message — “get comfortable being uncomfortable” — reframes discomfort as the doorway to growth. Whether you're newly separated, deep in co-parenting logistics, or simply feeling wobbly, this episode delivers clear, supportive tools to help you move forward with clarity and strength.

Simple Tips to Support Yourself: How Can I Start Over After Divorce?

Fresh Starts Registry co-founder Olivia Howell is today's guest and chatting about how she navigated the end of her marriage and divorce, and where the idea for Fresh Starts Registry initially came from.

Fresh Starts Registry co-founder Olivia Howell is today's guest and chatting about how she navigated the end of her marriage and divorce, and where the idea for Fresh Starts Registry initially came from.

Fresh Starts Registry co-founder Olivia Howell is today's guest and chatting about how she navigated the end of her marriage and divorce, and where the idea for Fresh Starts Registry initially came from.&nbsp;

Olivia Howell & the Gift of Divorce

Hosted by sisters and co-founders of Fresh Starts Registry, A Fresh Story features raw, vulnerable, and honest conversations with guests about brave life decisions, bold moves, big ideas, and fresh starts. Join us to laugh, cry, and chat about courageous choices and new beginnings.

Hosted by sisters and co-founders of Fresh Starts Registry, A Fresh Story features raw, vulnerable, and honest conversations with guests about brave life decisions, bold moves, big ideas, and fresh starts. Join us to laugh, cry, and chat about courageous choices and new beginnings.

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