Divorce doesn't just end a relationship, it completely reshapes your finances. And most people don't realize that until they're already in the middle of it, making fast decisions about income, assets, and their long-term security without really understanding how it all fits together. This episode is here to create some clarity.

Angie Weber sits down with Melissa Murphy Pavone, a certified financial planner and certified divorce financial analyst (CDFA) with over a decade of experience and the founder of Mindful Divorce Partners. Melissa is also the author of Divorce by Design: A Practical Guide to Building the Right Divorce Team and Protecting Your Financial Future, and her whole philosophy centers on one powerful idea: you shouldn't do this alone, and you shouldn't call the financial or legal people first.

In this conversation, Melissa explains why emotional support should come before the finances, the difference between a financial neutral and a financial advocate, the biggest financial blind spots she sees (including why $250,000 in one account is not the same as $250,000 in another), the social media divorce myths worth ignoring, and how to rebuild your financial confidence after the decree is signed.

Whether you're quietly wondering what divorce might look like or you're already post-decree and figuring out your next chapter, this episode will help you feel more grounded and a lot less alone.

Connect with Melissa:
www.mindfuldivorcepartners.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissamurphypavone/
https://www.instagram.com/mindfuldivorcepartners/

This is Episode 10 of the Divorce Discussions Podcast by the Divorce Support Collective, where we seek to reimagine the process of divorce through collaboration and support. New episodes drop every Wednesday.

Follow the show, leave a review, and visit thedivorcesupportcollective.com for resources and support.

"This divorce is going to mess up my kids."

It might be the single biggest fear holding parents in place, and in this episode of Divorce Discussions, we meet it head on. Divorce Support Collective Director, Angie Weber, sits down with Jill Kaufman, a therapist, divorce coach, mediator, and co-parenting expert who went through her own difficult divorce and made it her life's mission to help other parents have it a little less tough.

Jill shares why staying in an unhealthy marriage "for the kids" can do more harm than good, the costly mistake most parents make the moment they file, and how to get your emotions in check so you can actually think clearly and negotiate from a place of strategy instead of pain. She walks through real, usable tools, including a visualization called the bubble technique for high-conflict triggers, how to tell your children in an age-appropriate way, and what to do when a new partner enters the picture.

Whether you're contemplating divorce, in the thick of co-parenting, or somewhere in between, this conversation will leave you with practical strategies and a deep breath of reassurance: your kids are resilient, and so are you.

This is Episode 9 of the Divorce Discussions Podcast by the Divorce Support Collective, where we seek to reimagine the process of divorce through collaboration and support. New episodes drop every Wednesday.

Follow the show, leave a review, and visit thedivorcesupportcollective.com for resources and support.

Connect with Jill:
Website: www.divorcecoachjill.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jill.kaufman.353
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/divorcecoachjill/

The marital home is so much more than the biggest asset on the table. It's stability, it's memories, it's where life happened.

And the decisions you make about the house during a divorce can follow you for years if they're made without the right information. In this episode of Divorce Discussions, Angie Weber sits down with Karla Kyte, a nationally recognized divorce mortgage planning consultant with 28 years of lending experience and a Certified Divorce Lending Professional who has guided more than 400 divorcing couples through their housing decisions.

Karla breaks down the most common (and most expensive) mistakes people make with the house, why a divorce decree does not actually remove someone from a mortgage, and how loan assumptions and releases of liability work when you're trying to hold onto that low interest rate. She also explains why getting this work done before the decree is signed can save you thousands, and in one real case, over a hundred thousand dollars.

If the house is the question keeping you up at night, this conversation will help you understand your options before those choices become permanent.

This is Episode 8 of the Divorce Discussions Podcast by the Divorce Support Collective, where we seek to reimagine the process of divorce through collaboration and support. New episodes drop every Wednesday.

Follow the show, leave a review, and visit thedivorcesupportcollective.com for resources and support.

Connect with Karla:

https://mydivorcemortgageplanning.com/
https://www.instagram.com/kkyte.divorcemortgageplanning/
https://www.tiktok.com/@kkyte.divorcemort
https://www.youtube.com/@MDMP.KarlaKyte
https://www.linkedin.com/in/karla-kyte-mydivorcemortgageplanning/
https://www.facebook.com/karla.kyte.5