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Divorce. You can't concentrate. Your whole life has been turned upside down, right?

In this episode, Divorce Attorney Billie Tarascio, of Modern Law, talks with Scottsdale, AZ Counselor and therapist, Dr. Leslie Sherlin, PhD, about the necessity for managing the deeply emotional and exhausting elements of divorce.  Divorce is so much more than a legal transaction.

Dr. Sherlin gives his input on how to mentally survive the impacts of divorce. There's no one-size-fits-all recipe, and he details about how people commonly worry about whether their response to the impact of divorce is normal. "What your experiencing is a normal reaction to an un-normal situation," he says.

Listen in for some great tips on how to set your mind at ease and survive the mental exhaustion of the divorce process.

And -- Find him at https://drsherlin.com where you can download your free mindfulness exercise to start being more present and calm right away! 

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One of the fastest ways you can lose your shirt is to get divorced. But how do you protect yourself and your assets when going through a horrible process? Our host, and divorce attorney Billie Tarascio, welcomes Asset Protection Attorney Paul Deloughery of Magellan Law in Scottsdale, AZ do a deep dive into the issues and solutions for protecting your money and property during divorce.

Paul also lays out some of his key pillars for success in protecting assets, and why asset protection is an over-used term used by non-legal entities that may not have your best interests at heart. 

For anyone who has accumulated property, a business, an inheritance, or anything of value worth protecting, this conversation between two attorneys is a must-listen!

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How do you deal with an ex in the middle of a divorce (or even after a divorce) when emotions are running high and a new conflict may erupt at something unexpectedly? Therapist Erik Gagnon explains some of the rules to avoid and resolve conflict using these key elements:

• use I-statements as opposed to You-statements
• avoid blaming or shaming
• Keep things in the present

"We don't want to go back to something that happened six months ago or six years ago," Erik explains in the podcast. "Because then we bring up more of those kind of specific resentments that won't get us to resolving the conflict. It really needs to be about how we're feeling at this time and how those feelings interject in our arguments or our discourse."

This discussion, with divorce attorney Billie Tarascio, takes a critical look at the things that need to happen to put out the emotional fires in those unavoidable conversations with your former partner.

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Divorce is hard enough without having to deal with the fallout with children. At our law practice, much of the focus of divorcing parents is on helping the kiddos and teens survive the split. Teens are angry when mom and dad divorce and they may act out, or hide out. In this podcast, Modern Law Attorney and founder of IDoOver.life talks with therapist Eric Gagnon about how to deal with this very tricky subject. Eric has recently joined IDoOver to work directly with divorcing parents as they work through the emotional battlefields of divorce. 

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In this episode, Attorney Billie Tarascio talks about the ways you can cut back on the costs of divorce and how to avoid the pitfalls that she's seen others fall into. This may be one of the most important subjects for people considering divorce or already starting one, since a standard attorney-led divorce can average $20,000 per person. At Modern Law, and its sister company IDoOver.life, a divorce document preparation service for budget divorces, they've gotten those averages waaaaay down by adding some options that you can put to work for yourself. Listen in for more tips that you can use today.

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With the advent of COVID-19, and people doing more from their home, testifying in court is no different. We've seen some UGLY attempts at this, which we talk about here, so you can absolutely stay away from doing things that will make a judge decide against you. Your goal is to make the process easy for the judge to decide in your favor. Listen in for some things you can put to work for yourself before you're called to testify from home.

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Going back to school has brought a host of problems for single parents who disagree about whether kids should be online only or back in a classroom. Who decides? Attorney Billie Tarascio talks about what the law says you can and can't do when it comes to making these decisions. Pro tip: Take a look at what your current parenting agreement says about who makes schooling decisions, and that's likely to be the direction you'll need to follow. But listen in for the finer details of this sticky situation.