Relationship coach Joey Natale is on a mission to inspire and empower people to foster their own path to self-acceptance through building confidence and fostering meaningful relationships. Here he talks about to take action to work through the tough times of a break up to gain in self-confidence and be ready to move on in life. He also offers a free workbook he developed for self-acceptance, available at the end of the program.

Remember when you were afraid of the scary but imaginary monsters under the bed as a child? Many fears as a grown up can be the same. Here we talk through how overcoming fear can be one of the biggest challenges we face in life, but it’s also one of the most rewarding. Michelle outlines seven actionable steps to help each of us identify the things we are afraid of, reframe our mindset, and take action toward a more confident life.

Guy Rodgers is a certified financial planner in private practice. As an advocate and financial coach for single women, he helps clients achieve clarity, confidence, and creativity by addressing critical wealth management concepts. He helps people look at their financial overview, develop a spending plan, and invest what’s left for the future.

Girlfriends are the ones who are consistently there for you through the ups and downs of life. They are the ones who call you out when you are not living up to your potential, pick you up when life disappoints you, and throw the shower for your kids when the wedding or baby comes in whatever order that may be. Most importantly, girlfriends are the ones who have the staying power through your life through the dating, honeymoon, marriage, divorce, and remarriage phases of life. The reality is that women spend a significant part of their life without a partner – life before marriage, life after divorce, or life after the death of a spouse – and it is the girlfriends who see you through that. If you don’t have those girlfriends, it’s time to get some, prioritize them, and keep them. They are so important. Listen to Michelle’s message in this episode!

Rita Oliver is a financial coach who helps women after divorce make a plan and implement their plan so they don’t retire broke. She also helps couples have the difficult conversations even before they get married to disclose their financial situations to prepare for the business of the marriage, not just the emotional parts. Her book and companion workbook Disclose Before Your Disrobe lays out the plan for couple premarriage. Rita’s plan for our Divorced to Dynamite ladies involves the acronym T.N.T. – listen in to learn her three pieces of T.N.T. wisdom for financial planning for women after divorce.

Divorce hits women harder particularly with their financial stability and career prospects. Women generally earn less than men for the same work and this disparity persists after divorce. With the loss of partner income post-divorce, single women struggle to cover all of the expenses of the household. Also, the pay gap causes single women to have less savings and retirement and fewer resources to accumulate future resources for such investments. Statistics show that women after divorce face greater challenges for advancement in their careers due to the increased responsibilities of single parenting and have more difficulty furthering education and professional development. All of these factors combine to make the risk factors high for women after divorce to fall into poverty and have trouble getting out.

Michelle O’Neil has been a champion for divorced women throughout the span of her entire 30+ year as a divorce litigation attorney. In this episode, she tells the story of how her passion for advocating for women after divorce has its roots in the experiences her mother had in an abusive marriage. Not unlike many, many other women, Michelle’s mother experience great trauma, including a number of miscarriages, at the hands of her abusive first husband and only found peace when she met Michelle’s father. Michelle’s father instilled in her the mission to advocate for women like her mother who, in the 1960s, had to choose literally between certain death at the hands of an abusive husband or find the strength to risk leaving it all behind and seek a divorce. So many women after divorce, even in 2024, find themselves in poverty or at least struggling personally and financially following divorce. Michelle provides 3 action items women after divorce can implement today to propel forward to independence and freedom.