Rosemarie Ferrante is a family attorney and founder of https://www.divorcemediationct.com/. She focuses on non-adversarial divorce using mediation and collaboration. Rosemarie ensures both parties in a separation or divorce foster trust and goodwill, while meeting each person’s specific objectives. The goal is a smooth transition through divorce, and most importantly, fostering a positive co-parenting experience that supports and nurtures the children. She’s a frequent and sough-after expert guest on podcasts, workshops, and professional presentations.

It’s Part 6 of our sponsored 12-part series, Guidance That Moves Lives Forward, with Attorney Melissa Needle of Needle | Cuda Divorce and Family Law! This episode focuses on Contested Custody. Dramatic custody battles are popular storylines on TV shows and in movies—but in the real world, they have real complications and consequences. Melissa helps people navigate these stressful and volatile scenarios with skill and experience, and ensures her clients are protected and supported.

Bryn Daylor is a Sex, Love, and Embodiment Coach who teaches women to create lives that turn them on, in and out of the bedroom. She helps women get their all-important spark back, so they can live their lives full of confidence and magic. Bryn shows women how to recognize, strengthen, and empower their feminine core and live lives that light them up. She gives her clients the tools they need to become the woman they’ve always dreamed they could be.

Millen Livis is a graduate of the Wharton Business School, has a master’s degree in Physics, and is a former Wall Street executive and wealth coach. She lost everything and rebuilt her fortune—and now she’s living the life of her dreams. She let go of her loveless marriage and comfortable life for something much more. She craved meaning, so she forged a new life on her own—listen in to find out what the catalyst was for this dramatic change. Creator of The MILLENaire Method™, Millen uses her amazing and unique experiences to help women find financial freedom and meaning in their own lives.

Emily Sheley created @MovingOnFitness to help people make it through their divorce journey. She’s a Lifestyle Coach and Personal Trainer, who understands the importance of keeping your mind and body healthy, especially when you’re navigating something so challenging as a divorce, separation, or breakup. Emily uses her experience and expertise to support and guide her clients to make their way from where they are now to where they’re meant to be.

Scott Simmons is the Creator and Host of the Wish You All The Best podcast, where he focuses on dating and dating after divorce from the perspective of a man who goes to therapy. His guests share their personal stories about how they’re navigating the dating world, including the good and the bad, and what works for them and what doesn’t. Wish You All The Best covers new dating apps, social media, how to spot red flags, and the importance of self-care.

After her divorce, Caroline Tucker had to figure out how to raise her three young children by herself. With degrees from Princeton and Columbia, she also managed to reinvent herself, and found a career as a college coach so she could stay home with her kids for as long as she needed. Today, Caroline is a Partner at the prestigious Dunbar Educational Consultants, who advises families of students bound for college, grad school, and business and law programs.

This week’s guest, Maria Casabianca (StyledByMaria.com), is a popular personal stylist and divorced mom of two grown children. She’s built a career in fashion since she was 17, and she uses her expertise to help women find and express their own personal style, especially after life-changing events, like divorce. Maria, who met her ex when she was 15 and he was 23, talks about their relationship and her journey through a tough, controlling marriage—how she was terrified to leave but knew she had to break the toxic cycle for her kids. And she shares how she found the strength to get out of it. Maria explains how the way you dress can help you feel more confident, and why she loves helping people find that confidence.

Gayle Perry changes peoples’ lives through style. Creator of @gaylestyle, she’s a global style influencer who’s been at the helm of some of fashion’s biggest names, including Donna Karan and Calvin Klein, and she revolutionized fashion advertising at Conde Nast and GQ. Today, Gayle believes in the connection between looking good and feeling good, regardless of body type, budget, or age. Gayle’s sought-after signature style for fashion and home makes her the go-to expert for international media outlets, including The Hub Today on NBC Boston, DailyMail.com, The Purist.com, and FlowerPowerDaily.com
The global style influencer talks about the force behind her popular and growing Instagram platform, @gaylestyle, why she’s happily divorced, and what date night looks like.

Bryn Daylor is a sex, love, and Embodiment Coach who teaches women to create lives that turn them on, in and out of the bedroom. She helps women get their all-important spark back, so they can live their lives full of confidence and magic. Bryn shows women how to recognize, strengthen, and empower their feminine core and live lives that light them up. She gives her clients the tools they need to become the woman they’ve always dreamed they could be.