Divorcing Well

In today’s episode I chat with speaker, coach and teacher, Kelly Thorne, who shares her own story of recovery and co-parenting through addiction. We discuss the importance of communication, boundaries and the acceptance that you can only meet your coparent where they are at and not where you wish they were.

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In today’s episode of Divorcing Well, I chat with the Founder of The Divorce Rehab, Divorce Coach, Wendy Sterling about one of the most important topics facing divorcing couples:  boundaries.  We discuss why you MUST have them, how to enforce them with your ex, family and children, and why they are so important for your own well being.

In this episode of Divorcing Well, I chat with Certified Financial Planning Professional and Financial Educator, Martha Adams about the importance of understanding emotions surrounding money and how to rebuild your financial story after divorce.  Martha provides important advice, particularly for women, who often find themselves struggling financially after the end of their marriage.  As Martha says, “A person’s emotional connection with money and finances is the starting point and one that has been overlooked or even worse, dismissed”.   Martha provides great information for listeners to learn how to become financially empowered.

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Join returning guest, Certified Divorce Coach, Heather Tannenbaum, and myself as we discuss the very important and often challenging task of making non-emotional decisions during your divorce.  All to often clients find themselves being driven by hurt, anger and other emotions when they are going through their divorce and their emotions can often interfere with making important decisions that are in their long-term best interest.  Heather and I discuss strategies for staying calm, logical and emotion-free when making these important decisions.

To contact Heather:

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In today’s episode, I chat with Catherine Wallis who courageously shares her own divorce story about leaving an abusive relationship, and her journey from loss of self esteem to empowerment.  Catherine’s story is so relatable for so many people that I meet who are struggling through their divorce.  Catherine’s story provides inspiration and hope that things truly do get better and that the best is yet to come.

In this week’s episode of Divorcing Well I interview Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, Eva Sachs, about the rise of the grey divorce.  Increasing numbers of couples are splitting up in their 50s, 60s and beyond, and divorce at this time can have serious financial implications as couples head into retirement and old age.  Eva discusses some of the issues that arise and how to best deal with clients divorcing at this stage of life.  If you or your spouse are considering divorce and retirement, you won’t want to miss this episode.

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In this episode, I chat with real estate agent, Jonathan Davis, about how to find the best professional to sell your matrimonial home.  During times of separation and divorce, stress levels are high and it is important to work with the right professionals.  Jon discusses the questions you should be asking a prospective agent and how to find the best agent that fits with you.

 To contact Jon, you can email him at: [email protected]

Coparenting has its challenges but coparenting with an Ex who is also a narcissist is especially difficult.  In this week’s episode, I interview Accredited Family Mediator and Divorce Coach, Neelam Dhall of Simple Solutions Mediation and we discuss strategies for coparenting with a narcissist.  Neelam provides tips and advice to ensure that you protect your children’s best interest, maintain your boundaries, and ensure that your own mental health and well being is not compromised in the process. 

To contact Neelam, please visit her website:  www.simplesolutionsmediation.ca

In today’s episode of Divorcing Well, I chat with Vanessa Vakharia of the Math Guru about tips for divorced parents to ensure that their children thrive with respect to their homework and online learning as they go back and forth between their parents homes.  Often coparents are not on the same page about homework, discipline and rules surrounding studying and learning.  Vanessa provides fantastic tips to ensure that children thrive and that parents work together no matter how much conflict they may have in their relationship.

More about Vanessa:

Vanessa is the founder and director of The Math Guru, a super cool boutique math & science tutoring studio in Toronto. She is also the author of Math Hacks, a new book that totally makes math fun, stress-free and relatable for young kids and parents, and the host of Math Therapy, a podcast that works through guests’ math trauma. She has her Bachelor of Commerce, Teaching Degree, and Masters of Math Education. She appears regularly at conferences globally, and on national television and news outlets as an expert in math education.  Her #goals are to be Lady-Gaga-famous and to totally change math culture so that STEM is finally as cool and accessible as basically every single Taylor Swift song ever. She failed Grade 11 math twice, which was the best thing that ever happened to her. Sidenote but totally relevant: Vanessa is a founding member of Toronto indie-rock band Goodnight, Sunrise. Mindy Kaling is her idol and Vanessa believes that she should be yours too!

In today’s episode of Divorcing Well I interview Michael Shuster, also know as the Divorce Guy.  Michael is Ontario’s first Real Estate Divorce Specialist, Ontario’s first Certified Divorce Specialist, a Certified Negotiator, author and keynote speaker. 

Michael and I discuss what is often the most valuable asset in a divorce, the matrimonial home.  With his extensive background in real estate, Michael provides listeners with many tips and strategies for approaching the sale of the matrimonial home when going through separation and divorce.

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