Tonya Carter is a Relationship Recovery ‎Expert, Conscious Co-Parenting Professional, and Single Parent Advocate. She’s the author of Your Next Chapter: 7 Ways to Thrive after Divorce/Breakup and host of the Purposely Thriving podcast. She focuses on helping women navigate the process of uncoupling intelligently, so they can embrace their next chapter. She empowers women to gain the confidence they need to decide what their next chapter will be. She provides support, advice, resources, and tools that help navigate the process of uncoupling. Tonya will teach you how to thrive and truly live your best life.
Connect with Tonya for actionable advice and tips on how to decide what your next chapter will look like.
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Karin Nelson is a Divorce Confidence Coach and host of the Becoming You Again podcast. She helps women move past the misery of their broken marriages to create happy, fulfilling lives. She’ll help you redefine your life, rediscover who you are, and empower you to become yourself again. Karin got divorced after a 20-year marriage. She reinvented herself to become a happy, independent woman who is in control of her life and her future. She coaches women about how to let go of the past, to become emotionally resilient, and to reconnect with themselves to live the lives they’ve always wanted. Subscribe to the Divorce Doesn’t Suck podcast on your favorite platform! Learn more about finding your happiness after divorce. Follow Karin Nelson: FB: Karin Nelson Coaching YT: @CompletelyKarin IG: @KarinNelsonCoaching

It’s Part 11 of our sponsored 12-part series, Guidance That Moves Lives Forward, with Attorney Melissa Needle of Needle | Cuda Divorce and Family Law! In this episode, Attorney Melissa Needle talks about how to protect your family business when you get divorced in Connecticut. Divorce is never easy. Add in the complexities of protecting a closely held or family-owned business, and the challenges multiply. Attorney Needle shares some valuable advice about how to protect your family’s economic engine and keep your business running.
Download the episode now to make sure you have all the information about maintaining the value of your family business after divorce. And visit NeedleCuda.com to find out more about their divorce and family law practice.

Diane Lang is a motivational speaker, Counselor Educator, and life coach who specializes in mental health and wellness. She’s also the author of three popular books—Baby Steps: The Path from Motherhood to Career, Creating Balance & Finding Happiness, and Mindfully Happy: Waking Up to Life. Diane teaches that, on the other side of feeling unworthy, is a life of happiness, peace, and freedom. Through a mindful, mind-body approach, she empowers people to embrace the possibilities that come with new chapters in life, letting go of stress and anxiety, and fear.

When I read Nikki Larson’s post on @divorcedover40, I slid into her DMs and told her I needed to have her on my show. She’s a veteran, an emergency room nurse, mom of three, and a survivor of emotional and financial abuse. Nothing is off limits—don’t miss this episode!
Nikki shares how she met her ex-husband on a blind date and how they merged their families into the fairytale life she had always envisioned. And she tells me about the end of that fairytale—her bone-crushing divorce after her husband cheated with a trusted friend. She talks about how she found her tribe, and how important it is for women to have a network of friends who supports them unconditionally. Nikki shares her insights and advice about using dating apps, and how you can absolutely find love online. She shared the surprising place she met her new love (spoiler alert: TikTok!) and why he’s everything she ever dreamed of. Nikki also explained love languages, making a dreams list, and so much more!

Chris Beck is a child safety advocate. He’s Vice President of Business Development Family Law for Soberlink Healthcare. Chris works with Family Law Judges, Attorneys, and Healthcare Professionals across the country, informing and educating them about Soberlink’s modern approach to alcohol monitoring for child custody cases. Soberlink helps people stay accountable in their fight against alcoholism. It’s an invaluable tool for people who are struggling to take control of the disease.

It’s Part 10 of our sponsored 12-part series, Guidance That Moves Lives Forward, with Attorney Melissa Needle of Needle | Cuda Divorce and Family Law! In this episode, you’ll learn some crucial Do’s and Don’ts to remember when you’re going through divorce.
Getting divorced often comes with volatile emotions: anger, sadness, relief. It’s hard to keep your head clear enough to make the right decisions—decisions that could have lasting impact on your life and the lives of your kids.

Attorney Melissa Needle shares a comprehensive list of Do’s and Don’ts to help make sure you’re doing everything you can to protect yourself during divorce.

What do you wish you knew before you got divorced?


Dr. Amelia Kelley is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, owner of Kelley Counseling and
Wellness, and author of What I Wish I Knew, a book about surviving and thriving after an
abusive relationship.
In this episode, we talked about her experience when her parents divorced when she was in
college—how she felt, what she learned, how it affected her. She shared how one of her
parents leaned on her too much and how she learned to set boundaries, and how happy her
parents are now and how they’re thriving after their divorce.
Dr. Kelley talked about her husband, and how she handled him being separated when they first
met. She told me what it was like being in a relationship with someone who was not yet
divorced, and about her happy, 13-year marriage. Dr. Kelley talked about what she learned
from her parents’ divorce. And we talked about what gaslighting means, how to recognize it
and how to manage it.

Kate Anthony is the host of The New York Times recommended podcast The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast. She’s a certified coach whose mission is to help women—especially women with children—navigate their divorce journey. From deciding if divorce is the right decision to helping divorced moms recover from toxic, abusive marriages, Kate’s experience and insights can help.

Beverly Price is a woman on a mission—she wants to change the world. Listen in to learn how she grew from having no self-worth to loving and accepting herself. Beverly shares the building blocks to get there and how she teaches women to empower themselves whether they are contemplating divorce, separated, or going through divorce. We talk about her journey through three marriages and three divorces, and about her current marriage. Beverly explains what a women’s divorce and empowerment coach is, and why she advocates for it. She shares her insights about why letting go is critical in divorce, and changes women can make to start over. Beverly walks us through her childhood, what her parents didn’t give to her that made her look for it elsewhere. She talks about becoming good at getting married and divorced, her challenges with finances and abuse, and seeing her children suffer.