Laura Friedman Williams spent years in the publishing business, but it was only when her marriage broke up that she found the inspiration to write a book of her own: “Available: A Memoir of Sex & Dating After a Marriage Ends”. Laura joins us this week in the Toaster.

Tracy Poizner is the “The Essential Stepmom” and shares how we can build relationships of trust and respect with new kids.

It’s the last episode of our season and we’re going out with a bang. We introduce Pete’s new favorite acronym (S.L.A.D.) and talk about all the ways you might find yourself back in court after your divorce is over. And then: Listener Questions!

Love hurts. And when you’re on the precipice of divorce, specific circumstances of your relationship don’t matter as much as the grief and loss you feel as you prepare to walk away from your relationship. This week on the show, we’re talking about the push and pull that comes when you realize you’ve reached the end, but you’re not sure how to start the next chapter.

Love hurts. And when you’re on the precipice of divorce, specific circumstances of your relationship don’t matter as much as the grief and loss you feel as you prepare to walk away from your relationship. This week on the show, we’re talking about the push and pull that comes when you realize you’ve reached the end, but you’re not sure how to start the next chapter.

It’s the last episode of our season and we’re going out with a bang. We introduce Pete’s new favorite acronym (S.L.A.D.) and talk about all the ways you might find yourself back in court after your divorce is over. And then: Listener Questions!

This week on the Toaster, Michelle Dempsey-Multack joins us from the Moms Moving On Podcast. She has turned her own divorce into a thriving practice, writing, podcasting, and coaching others. We talk about the importance of finding your own community for support and guidance through the divorce process!

This week we’re taking on the biggest question of the separation: should I stay or should I go? To help, we welcome Kate Anthony, host of the New York Times recommended podcast, The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast, and certified coach with over a decade’s worth of experience helping women make this decision for themselves.

Our guest today is Linda Murphy, founder of the Relationship and Divorce Counseling Center where she and her colleagues work to help others through difficult relationship transitions. Sometimes, that means coaching through the divorce process. But sometimes, it means catching the relationship before divorce becomes the destination.

Ninety percent of divorce conflict can be resolved through dialog and negotiation. But what about that last ten percent? Megan Hunter of the High Conflict Institute joins the Toaster this week to help us navigate the volatile divorce.

Gabrielle Hartley is a nationally-recognized divorce attorney, online mediator and divorce strategy coach with a strong focus on conflict resolution. She is the author of “Better Apart: The Radically Positive Way to Separate” and she joins us today to share how she brings mindfulness to the divorce process.

This week on the show, Seth Nelson leads us through a journey of self-reflection based on his years as a divorce attorney. When are his clients at their greatest stress? And how can a dose of reflection help streamline your divorce? Listen in this week to learn!

Randall Kessler has a unique perspective on the divorce process. This week, he joins us in the Toaster to share some important observations gleaned from his years in big divorce: when it comes to divorce law, celebrities are people, too.

The healthy post-divorce is a perennial favorite around these parts. But what happens when the divorce process is not so peaceful? We’re taking on the antagonistic divorce on the Toaster this week.

Heart? Swipe? Like? When it's time to get back into the sea after your divorce, how do you know where to find the right fish? This week on the show, divorce lawyer Seth Nelson shares his experience and insight into getting yourself back out there.

After experiencing her own divorce, Tami Sbar became interested in the practice of family law, and in particular, the value of mediation as a priceless benefit for divorcing couples and their families. Today, she dedicates her time and expertise to divorcing couples full time. This week on the show, she shares some of the intricacies involved with mediation.

Our guests today have worked hard to craft a loving and tight-knit family. Their effort to create that family has only intensified since their divorce in 2007. In an effort to help others see what’s possible, Ben Heldfond and Nikki DeBartolo created “Our Happy Divorce,” a book, channel, and community dedicated to building a healthy, happy, post-divorce modern family.

The pandemic has been hard. On everyone. But one surprising silver lining: enterprising mediators have made the process easier, faster, and cheaper in many cases as a result of moving online. Susan Guthrie is a premier trainer in the space and mediator in her own right and joins us in the Toaster to share how!

According to our guests today, late-in-life divorcées represent an unserved population. The complexities that come with navigating the divorce process, from adapting to a legal and financial system to communicating with the myriad relationships in and outside the family. How will you split a lifetime of assets? And most important to authors Carol Hughes and Bruce Fredenburg, how will you help your adult children and their children adapt to this new normal?

When one of us suffers, we all suffer. So says our guest, Rachael Jaye. Jaye is a certified Connection Coach and today she’s going to talk to us about her work helping to rehabilitate intimacy lost in separation.