Evan interviews therapist and author Oona Metz about her book, ‘Unhitched: The Essential Divorce Guide for Women’, focusing on divorce grief, stigma and shame (including for initiators), isolation, and the value of support groups and community. They question whether “until death do us part” sets unrealistic expectations, discuss equitable partnership and hard premarital conversations, and explore when post-divorce survival becomes transformation through letting go and emotional processing alongside the legal and financial process.

Oona’s book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Unhitched/Oona-Metz/9781668075388

Topics

00:19 Podcast Intro and Season Kickoff

01:01 July 4 Reflections and Knicks Hype

04:31 Fireworks Talk and Guest Tease

05:47 Fourth of July Playlist Draft

07:03 Music Memories Through Divorce

12:01 Summer Routines and Co-Parenting

14:35 Overrated Underrated Begins

15:03 Custody Flexibility and Real Life

16:50 Dating During Divorce Debate

18:21 Fun Picks Zoos and Delivery Apps

22:45 Fireworks Verdict and Wrap

24:04 Interview Starts Oona Metz

24:30 Grief for the Divorce Initiator

26:08 Redefining Marriage and Vows

31:26 Designing a Modern Marriage Contract

32:53 Hard Conversations Before Marriage

33:39 Stress Tests Before Marriage

36:12 Expectations and Relationship Myths

39:37 Why She Wrote Unhitched

42:20 Writing Lessons and Shame

45:24 Deciding Whether to Divorce

47:50 Isolation and Finding Community

55:50 From Surviving to Transformed

01:02:53 They Said It Quote Game

01:11:55 Final Wrap and Where to Buy