Financial Wellness Hour Show

Get to Know the FAFSA: Understanding College Financial Aid with Guest Vicki Vollweiler, MBA, CDC Together with Host Hirsch Serman, CPA, MBA, CDFA® | Founder of Lifecycle Financial, LLC | Financial Wellness Hour Paying for college can feel overwhelming, especially when navigating financial aid, divorce, and changing family finances. But understanding the FAFSA can help families make more informed decisions about their children's educational future.

Join Hirsch Serman on Financial Wellness Hour as he welcomes Vicki Vollweiler, MBA, CDC, for an informative conversation about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and its role in determining eligibility for college financial assistance. 

Together, they explore the importance of understanding the FAFSA process, financial aid considerations for divorced or separated parents, common questions families face, and how thoughtful financial planning can help prepare for college expenses. Whether you're a parent preparing for your child's college journey, navigating divorce, or simply looking to better understand college financial aid and education planning, this conversation offers valuable insights to help you move forward with greater confidence. Knowledge is power—and understanding your financial aid options is an important step toward planning for your family's future! 

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A bit more about Hirsch...​ Host, of The Financial Wellness Hour on WGSN-DB Going Solo Network (www.goingsolomedia.com) LIVE - Bi-Weekly Tuesdays at 10 am ET on WGSN-DB FB and YouTube. Hirsch Serman, CDFA founded Lifecycle Financial, LLC through his personal experiences related to divorce and the struggles of an aging parent after the sudden loss of her husband. He has worked in finance for over 20 years (including financial planning and tax) and has taught at the university level, presented at national conferences, as well as conducted seminars for high school youth on personal finances. Hirsch is a member of the National Association of Divorce Professionals (The NADP), the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), and the American Association of Daily Money Managers (AADMM).

Hirsch Serman, CDFA (312) 985-6648 [email protected] 

Contact: VICKI VOLLWEILER, MBA, CDC FOUNDER - COLLEGE FINANCIAL PREP CALL: 516-225-5224 EMAIL: [email protected] VISIT: www.CollegeFinancialPrep.com

How to Divorce a Narcissist! Guest Tracy Malone, Founder of Narcissist Abuse Support. Together with Host Hirsch Serman, CPA, CDFA®, Founder of Lifecycle Financial, LLC | The Financial Wellness Hour

Divorcing someone with narcissistic or high-conflict behaviors can bring unique emotional, financial, and communication challenges. How can you prepare, protect yourself, and make clearer decisions when conflict seems to be part of every step?

Join Hirsch Serman on The Financial Wellness Hour as he welcomes Tracy Malone, Founder of Narcissist Abuse Support, for an important conversation about navigating a high-conflict divorce. They explore narcissistic abuse, financial concerns, manipulation, boundaries, documentation, and building the right professional support team to help you move through the divorce process with greater confidence.

More about Hirsch: Hirsch has been featured by several media outlets relating to work in and articles on Divorce, and he is the Inc., The Divorce Coaching Hour Radio show, DivorceMoms.com, DivorceMag.com, The New Southern, Funding Sage, and others. He was selected to be a New Orleans Entrepreneur Week Fellow. Hirsch has a passion to serve others and has worked with numerous non-profit boards including the United Way and is a trustee of Texas College.​

Hirsch Serman, CDFA (312) 985-6648 [email protected]

More about Tracy: More about Tracy Malone... Tracy Malone is a surTHRIVER of narcissistic abuse, life coach, and the founder of NarcissistAbuseSupport.com, a global resource to victims of emotional abuse which offers support and coaching to those trying to break the ties with the narcissists in their lives. Tracy has written multiple eBooks on narcissistic abuse to educate victims on divorcing a narcissist, narcissistic siblings, narcissistic parents, co-parenting with a narcissist, narcissistic child, a narcissistic friend, relationship with a narcissist, and narcissistic boss or coworker. 

Connect with Tracy: NarcissistAbuseSupport.com TracyAMalone.com TargetedHealingJournals.com ParentingPlans.org [email protected]

How to Break the Same Old Cycle! With Guest Debra Alper, LCSW, Divorce Consultant & Relational Strategist. Together with Host Hirsch Serman, CPA & CPFA | Financial Wellness Hour Why do we keep repeating the same patterns—even when we know they aren't working? Join Debra Alper, LCSW, Divorce Consultant and Relational Strategist, together with Hirsch Serman, CPA & CPFA, on the Financial Wellness Hour for an insightful conversation about recognizing the patterns that keep us stuck and finding healthier ways to move forward.

 Discover how greater self-awareness, better choices, and new strategies can help you break old cycles, strengthen relationships, navigate life transitions, and create lasting change in both your personal and financial life.

Connect with Hirsch (312) 985-6648 [email protected] https://lifecycle.financial/

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More about Debra: Debra Alper, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, relational therapist, Divorce Consultant, and Relational Strategist with more than 20 years of experience helping individuals and couples recognize and break unhealthy relationship patterns. Her work focuses on emotional abuse, trauma bonding, attachment dynamics, affair recovery, and high-conflict divorce. She helps clients gain clarity, rebuild trust in themselves, and make decisions from a place of confidence rather than fear or shame. Debra is also the creator of The ISLAND Method: A Framework for Relational Recovery™, designed to help individuals recognize emotional abuse, understand what kept them stuck, and rebuild a stronger sense of self. 

Connect with Debra: 872-256-1477 [email protected] https://debraalper.com

What happens to Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and other digital assets during divorce? Join Chris Groshong, CFI, President of CoinStructive, Inc., together with Host Hirsch Serman, MBA, CPA, CDFA®, on The Financial Wellness Hour for an important conversation about cryptocurrency and divorce.

Discover what divorcing individuals should know about identifying, valuing, disclosing, and dividing crypto assets, along with the financial considerations that can easily be overlooked during the divorce process. If cryptocurrency is part of your marital finances—or you suspect it might be—this is a conversation you won't want to miss. 

Connect with Hirsch (312) 985-6648 [email protected] https://lifecycle.financial/

 More about Chris: Chris Groshong, CFI, is President of CoinStructive, Inc., a Bitcoin and blockchain education and consulting firm founded in 2015. He helps entrepreneurs, executives, policymakers, and organizations better understand cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, risk, and digital asset strategy. Chris has advised blockchain and technology projects, spoken at major industry events, contributed to consumer protection and virtual currency policy efforts, and serves in advisory and board roles across the tech sector. He is also a Certified Fraud Investigator and has provided expert witness testimony.

Connect with Chris: [email protected] https://www.coinstructive.com/

Divorce: How to Emerge Strong with Guest, Hayley Lisa, Divorce Coach for Men and with Host, Hirsch Serman, CPA & CDFA®, on the Financial Wellness Hour.

Connect with Hirsch
(312) 985-6648
[email protected] https://lifecycle.financial/

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A bit more about Hayley.... There are many divorce coaches, however, Hayley Lisa is the only one who specializes in working with only men. She provides men with unbiased, unconditional support, guidance & accountability they need to gain clarity needed to make better decisions throughout their divorce process and after. Being a female for men, Hayley sets herself apart by being a strategic partner with the unbiased opinions of a woman, which gives her clients an advantage.

Hayley believes that men have a significant disadvantage in divorce, especially in the family court system. It is her mission to “even the playing field” and give men a fighting chance with the uneven score board. Her hope is for her clients to have a peaceful, kinder divorce process, however, when that is not an option, she will tackle the issues they are facing such as co-parenting, high-conflict divorce and parental alienation head-on. Being divorced herself, she knows firsthand, the emotional and financial toll divorce takes on an individual. It is through her ten years of experience, education, and tools, that she helps men navigate the choppy waters of divorce by being an unconditional support system to her clients.

“Divorce is never a weekday 9-5 issue, which is why I will always show-up for my clients regardless of the day of the week it is, including holidays” 

Hayley says. Contact Hayley Lisa - [email protected]

How to Live Your Values with Guest, Kevin Adler, Chief Solutions Officer, The Altitude Group with Host, Hirsch Serman, MBA, CPA of the Financial Wellness Hour. www.NEWStreamingNetwor.com, home of WGSN-DB Going Solo Network 24/7 Live Streaming Radio, TV & Podcasts - #1 Internet Talk Network

Contact - Hirsch Serman, MBA, CPA - (312) 985-6648 - [email protected] - https://lifecycle.financial/ 

A bit more about Kevin Adler.... As a nationally recognized thought leader in marketing and consumer engagement, a high-altitude mountaineer, and executive coach, Kevin brings experience-based insights and a unique perspective to partner with brands to create smarter consumer engagement strategies, support executives to elevate their leadership skills, and collaborate with organizations to create empowered, inspired, mission-aligned cultures. 

Contact Info Phone 312-560-5794 Email [email protected] Website www.thealtitudegroupinc.com

“Divorce – Are You Prepared?” with Guest, Dr. Jennifer Lavin P.C., Illinois Divorce, & Family Law, Litigation, Mediation, and Collaborative Law Attorney, On the Financial Wellness Hour with Host, Hirsch Serman, MBA, CPA of the Financial Wellness Hour. www.NEWStreamingNetwork.com Hirsch has been featured by several media outlets relating to work in and articles on Divorce, and he is the Inc., The Divorce Coaching Hour Radio show, DivorceMoms.com, DivorceMag.com, The New Southern, Funding Sage, and others. He was selected to be a New Orleans Entrepreneur Week Fellow. Hirsch has a passion to serve others and has worked with numerous non-profit boards including the United Way and is a trustee of Texas College.​

Hirsch Serman, CDFA (312) 985-6648 [email protected] 

A bit more about Attorney, Jennifer Lavin... Litigation, Mediation, Collaborative Law, Parenting Coordination, Cook County Child Representative/Guardian Ad Litem I limit my practice exclusively to family law, including pre-decree and post-decree matters regarding divorce, legal separation, paternity, domestic violence and Orders of Protection, property division, child support, maintenance, allocation of parenting time, allocation of parental responsibilities, allocation of college expenses, relocation, prenuptial agreements, postnuptial agreements, mediation, and collaborative law. I am a court-appointed Parenting Coordinator and a court-appointed Child Representative and Guardian Ad Litem in Cook County, Illinois divorce and family law cases.

I earned my Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago in Political Science and Gender and Women's Studies, where I received the University Fellowship, Dean's Scholar Award, and Provost's Award for Graduate Research. I earned my J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law with a focus on Family Law, where I received CALI awards for the highest grade in Intensive Trial Advocacy, Legal Writing IV, and Mediation, served as a Domestic Violence Advocate in the Cook County Circuit Court, served as a Judicial Extern for the Honorable Raul Vega in the Cook County Circuit Court, and was a member of the award-winning Chicago-Kent College of Law Trial Advocacy Team.

Phone (312) 919-8857 Email [email protected]
Website www.lavinfamilylaw.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jennifer-rexroat-lavin-41851a/ https://www.facebook.com/jenniferllavinpc

Want to Live Your Life Powerfully? You are in for a treat with Elite Guest, Jen Mitchell, Family Law Attorney, Mediator, Integrative Health & Wellness Life Coach, and creator of Solace Divorce Mediation from Oak Park, IL. Jen is also the Author of Destress Divorce & “Divorce Revolution - Debunking the Litigation Myth” with an accompanying guided Divorce Journal. Together with Host Hirsch Serman, CPA, CDFA®, on The Financial Wellness Hour as together they hit this show out of the park...Live Life Powerfully! Hirsch Serman, CDFA founded Lifecycle Financial, LLC through his personal experiences related to divorce and the struggles of an aging parent after the sudden loss of her husband. He has worked in finance for over 20 years (including financial planning and tax) and has taught on the university level, presented at national conferences, as well as conducted seminars for high school youth on personal finances.

Hirsch is a member of the National Association of Divorce Professionals (The NADP), the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), and American Association of Daily Money Managers (AADMM). He is the Host, of The Financial Wellness Hour on www.NEWStreamingNetwork.com. LIVE - Bi-Weekly Tuesdays at 10 am ET on WGSN-DB FB and YouTube. Hirsch has been featured by several media outlets relating to work in and articles on Divorce, and he is the Inc., The Divorce Coaching Hour Radio show, DivorceMoms.com, DivorceMag.com, The New Southern, Funding Sage, and others. He was selected to be a New Orleans Entrepreneur Week Fellow. Hirsch has a passion to serve others and has worked with numerous non-profit boards including the United Way and is a trustee of Texas College.​ 

Hirsch Serman, CDFA (312) 985-6648 [email protected] 

A bit about Jen Mitchell, Esq. Jen Mitchell is a family law attorney in Illinois, with 14 years of experience. Jen practiced as a litigation attorney for the first 9 years of her career, serving as the zealous advocate to her clients and advocating for their best interests. After having three children in 39 months, Jen realized that her role in a fundamentally broken family law litigation system was destroying children, families, and people, with the negative effects expanding to the World. As such, Jen referred all of her litigation cases out and started to focus on creating a NEW way to help couples go through the emotionally difficult divorce process. She created Solace Divorce Mediation, which offers a proprietary process that helps couples restructure their relationship from “married” to “friends” or “co-parents” with a solid foundation of communication, trust, and respect. Divorce is just as much a legal process as it is an emotional process. 

Having gone through her own divorce in August 2019, Jen knows how difficult the emotional roller coaster can be and how important it is to create a strong co-parenting relationship for the benefit of your family. Jen incorporates her life coaching skills into her process to provide valuable resources and tools for clients to utilize that enable them to learn as much as they can about themselves, heal from past traumas and experiences that are blocking them, and grow into the people they were meant to be! Jen is committed to changing the way people view and experience divorce, empowering couples to embrace their power as the absolute best authorities to determine what is in the best interest of their children and a fair and equitable manner to divide the marital property that they worked so hard to accumulate; and encouraging clients to use this difficult time as an opportunity to grow! 

Contact Jen Mitchell, Esq. Email: [email protected]​ Website: SolaceDivorceMediation.com

Is Laughter the Best Medicine? Join Guest, Debbie Friend, Intrinsic Coach, Laughter Yoga Leader and Master of Science Degree in Exercise Physiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation and Host, Hirsch Serman, MBA, CPA of the Financial Wellness Hour. Steamed on www.NEWStreamingNetwork.com

More about Debbie Friend... As an exercise physiologist, Debbie spent years counseling, educating and training countless heart patients and healthy adults on how to develop, adopt and practice sound dietary and exercise habits. Over time, Debbie came to the realization that regardless of how wonderful a person’s diet and fitness habits were, if the individual was always stressed, all the other positive health practices were being negated. Therefore, she began to research, design and implement programs that would address this dilemma. Today, Debbie promotes wellness through her successful stress management, laughter yoga and healthy living workshops. Her energetic, upbeat style and friendly, personable approach makes her sessions fun, informative, relaxing and entertaining. Every program that Debbie presents is unique, creative and individually tailored to address each client’s specific needs. To ensure maximum benefit, Debbie then provides one-on-one coaching—making sure that participants set desired health goals and take appropriate steps to achieve lasting success. 

Contact Debbie: Email: [email protected] Website: www.lifecurrents.net

Finding Hidden Assets with Guest, Michael Craven, JD, CPA, Partner, Harrison & Held LLP and Host, Hirsch Serman on the Financial Wellness Hour. NEW Streaming Network, home of WGSN-DB Going Solo Network 24/7 Live Streaming Radio, TV & Podcasts - #1 Internet Singles Talk Network for a Complete Singles Connection (www.goingsolonetwork.com)

A bit more about Michael Graven, JD, CPA: Divorce is a complex and emotional process that can be overwhelming for those going through it. As a highly rated Divorce Law attorney with more than 30 years of experience, I work closely with my clients throughout the Chicagoland area to ensure that they are actively informed of every step in the process. Finding the solution that best serves the interests of my clients’ families is my number one priority. I represent people in all aspects of family law. My clients come to me with problems concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities (child custody), child support, property division, business valuation, finding hidden assets and income, paternity, domestic violence, adoption, and grandparents’ rights.

Drawing upon my previous work experience as a Certified Public Account and tax attorney, I negotiate, and if required litigate, financial issues in matrimonial cases. I also handle prenuptial agreements for those planning to marry and postnuptial agreements for individuals who have already taken the big step. See the Practice Areas section for more details. Most divorce cases reach a conclusion through negotiation, and I have extensive experience reaching my clients’ goals without going through a long and costly court battle. In addition to negotiated settlements, I resolve through alternative dispute processes such as Collaborative Law and mediation in order to settle cases between disagreeing spouses. Some cases result in litigation, and I have extensive experience fighting for my clients in court. My goal is to help my clients make smart, clear-headed decisions.

I approach every case with an open mind and take care to listen to my clients so that I can best meet their individual needs. My clients use words like “trustworthy,” “calm” and “empathetic” to describe me. I come from a family of lawyers. My father was also a divorce attorney, and I have been connected with the profession for decades. I am proud of my reputation as a tireless advocate for my clients. I am a Fellow in the prestigious American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, which is a select national group of attorneys acknowledged as prominent family law practitioners.

I have also received the following honors for my work in Family Law: Recognized by the Leading Lawyers Network (2009-present) Named an Illinois Super Lawyer (2009-present). A Super Lawyer is considered the best in their profession and “represent the top 5% of the practicing attorneys in Illinois.” Received the highest rating from the Martindale-Hubbell® Lawyer Rating System, which denotes “adherence to professional standards of conduct and ethics, reliability, diligence and other criteria relevant to the discharge of professional responsibilities.” 

Selected by my peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers In America© in the practice area of Family Law. Connect: Email: [email protected]