Divorce Happens

In this episode, Olivia Howell shares how to gently track what’s happening in your marriage — without panic, shame, or judgment. Learn what emotional data points to notice, how to identify patterns, and why tracking helps you gain clarity during the early stages of considering divorce.

This five-minute episode offers grounding and guidance for anyone feeling confused or overwhelmed in their marriage.

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In this episode, Olivia Howell breaks down the “roommate phase” — the quiet stage of emotional disconnection that many couples experience before considering divorce. Learn the subtle signs, why it matters, and how it affects clarity, communication, and emotional wellbeing.

This five-minute episode is perfect for anyone feeling lonely in their marriage or wondering whether their shift into “roommates” is something to pay attention to.

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In this episode, Olivia Howell shares how to prepare for the difficult conversations that arise during divorce — from setting intentions to maintaining safety to using grounded, neutral scripts. Learn how to stay calm, clear, and empowered when you need to talk to your partner about hard topics.

This five-minute episode offers actionable tools and emotional support for anyone navigating the early and middle stages of divorce.

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In this episode, Olivia Howell explains what divorce coaching actually is — and why it can be one of the most transformative forms of support during a separation. Learn the difference between a divorce coach, therapist, and lawyer, and understand how coaching helps with emotional clarity, communication, decision-making, and rebuilding your confidence.

This five-minute solo episode is perfect for anyone considering divorce, feeling overwhelmed, or unsure where to start.

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In this episode, Olivia Howell explains how to build an emotional support team during divorce — one of the most important and overlooked parts of the process. Learn who should be on your team (and who shouldn’t), how to choose the right people, and why emotional scaffolding is essential long before the legal process begins.

This five-minute episode offers clarity and comfort for anyone navigating divorce or considering it.

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In this heartfelt episode, Olivia Howell explores one of the most common — and least discussed — emotional experiences around divorce: feeling stuck between staying and leaving. Olivia explains why it’s normal to not want a divorce while also feeling unable to continue in your current marriage.

This five-minute episode offers compassionate insight into ambivalence, unmet needs, emotional exhaustion, and the slow arrival of clarity. Perfect for anyone questioning their marriage but unsure what their feelings mean.

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In this short, powerful episode, Olivia Howell breaks down emotional labor — the invisible, often unnoticed work that holds many marriages together. Olivia explains how emotional labor becomes uneven, how it contributes to burnout and resentment, and why emotional labor imbalance is one of the most common experiences people identify before divorce.

This five-minute solo episode is perfect for anyone feeling overwhelmed, unseen, or exhausted by the weight they’ve been carrying in their relationship.

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In this short solo episode, Olivia Howell breaks down the emotional experience known as the pre-divorce fog — the confusing, disorienting phase so many people enter before they’re ready to acknowledge the possibility of divorce. Olivia explains the early emotional signs, including mental looping, exhaustion, drifting thoughts, inconsistency, quiet detachment, and guilt.

This five-minute episode offers compassion, clarity, and validation for anyone feeling lost or overwhelmed in their marriage and wondering what their feelings mean. If you’re asking yourself whether something has shifted — this episode will help you feel understood and supported.

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In this short solo episode, Olivia Howell explores one of the most common experiences in the early stages of divorce: the quiet moment you realize something has to change. Olivia shares the subtle emotional signs many people notice before they ever say the word ‘divorce’ out loud — from the whisper of internal discomfort to the shift from seeking solutions to seeking relief. This episode is designed to help you feel seen, validated, and less alone as you begin to understand your own clarity.

Whether you’re contemplating divorce, navigating the early emotional stages, or simply wondering why you feel “off” in your marriage, this five-minute grounding episode offers perspective, compassion, and hope.

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Dating after divorce can feel like learning a new language while you’re still grieving the old one—especially when you’re a single parent trying to protect your kids and your own heart at the same time. In this episode of Divorce Happens, host Olivia Howell sits down with relationship coach and former clinical psychologist Dr. Susan Trotter to talk honestly about what it really looks like to date after divorce when you have children, shared custody, and a nervous system that’s been through it. Together, they explore how to rebuild trust in relationships, navigate new love after divorce, and honor the emotional needs of your kids while also honoring your own longing for connection.

Drawing on over 20 years as a therapist and more than a decade as a relationship coach, Dr. Trotter brings grounded, practical relationship coaching to the messy reality of dating, divorce, and family dynamics. She explains why self-reflection is essential before jumping back into dating after divorce, how to balance dating with parenting responsibilities, and why children of all ages—toddlers, teens, and even adult children and grandchildren—need time to process changes in the family. With warmth and clarity, she walks listeners through when (and when not) to introduce a new partner to children, how casual introductions can ease pressure, and why trust in relationships is built slowly, through behavior over time rather than love-bomb-y first dates.

At the heart of this conversation is a deeply hopeful message: it is never too late to find love after divorce, and you can build a full, joyful life as a single parent while you do it. Listeners will walk away with concrete dating-after-divorce tips, including how long to wait before introducing a new partner to kids, how to handle co-parenting dynamics around dating, and how to protect your children from a revolving door of relationships. Dr. Trotter also offers powerful mindset shifts around self-worth, boundaries, and self-discovery so that dating becomes an extension of your healing—not a distraction from it. If you’ve ever wondered whether “starting over” means “starting from scratch,” this episode will remind you that life after divorce can be better than you imagined, at any age—even in your 80s.

Learn more about Dr. Susan Trotter: https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/resourceguide/susan-trotter

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