Discover how the Divorce Industrial Complex traps couples in a web of greedy lawyers, hidden costs, and prolonged conflict, turning separations into financial burdens and emotional tolls. In this eye-opening episode, explore the Soft Landing Divorce Settlement Method—a mediation-focused, cost-effective divorce alternative that empowers you to guard wealth during divorce, reduce legal fees, and achieve amicable resolutions without the profit motive exploitation. Break free from disempowerment in divorce and embrace efficient resolution for better emotional well-being and peaceful co-parenting arrangements.

• The Divorce Industrial Complex creates financial burdens through high legal fees and profit-driven services, often prolonging conflict and exacerbating stress and anxiety.
• Traditional divorce fosters an adversarial nature, leading to hidden costs, emotional toll, and disempowerment, while alternatives like mediation offer financial transparency and reduced conflict.
• The Soft Landing Divorce Settlement Method promotes collaborative divorce with a neutral mediator, focusing on fair asset division, spousal support, and quicker settlements to guard wealth during divorce.
• By choosing cost-effective divorce options, couples can achieve empowerment in divorce, better family dynamics, and economic relief, avoiding the traps of greedy lawyers and bureaucratic hurdles.

Sarah Bates, Certified Divorce Specialist and founder of Naked Divorce Filer by DTSW, with over a decade in family law, helps clients navigate uncontested divorces affordably without lawyers, emphasizing clarity and dignity.

Ken Maynard, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst and Accredited Family Mediator, uses his Soft Landing Divorce Settlement Method to guide families through virtual mediation, prioritizing collaboration, financial insight, and amicable agreements since 2010.

• 📞 Phone: (647) 360-3200
• 🌐 Website: divorcethesmartway.ca
• 📧 Email: kmaynard@dtsw.ca

• 📞 Phone: (647) 493-1800
• 🌐 Website: www.thesmartdivorce.com
• 📧 Email: sarah@thesmartdivorce.com

In this episode, Ken Maynard brings clarity and compassion to one of the most misunderstood elements of family law: Canada's deeply entrenched adversarial legal system. As a precursor to the Soft Landing Podcast, this episode lays critical groundwork for a smarter, more humane way forward.

Drawing on powerful metaphors and real-world insight, Ken explores:

• Why the adversarial “Coliseum” approach is so damaging to families
• The rise of collaborative law, mediation, and therapeutic jurisprudence as viable alternatives
• How the Soft Landing Method helps families escape the financial and emotional fallout of traditional litigation

This episode reframes what it means to “lawyer up,” advocating instead for a process that prioritizes mental wellness, child well-being, and financial clarity—a legacy that continues to shape divorce education today.

• 📞 Phone: (647) 360-3200
• 🌐 Website: divorcethesmartway.ca
• 📧 Email: kmaynard@dtsw.ca

• 📞 Phone: (647) 493-1800
• 🌐 Website: www.thesmartdivorce.com
• 📧 Email: sarah@thesmartdivorce.com

This powerful episode of The Smart Divorce marks a pivotal step toward more compassionate, informed, and child-focused separation. Featuring internationally renowned psychologist and divorce expert Dr. Joan Kelly, this conversation delivers a masterclass in one of the most emotionally charged moments of divorce: telling your children.

Before the Soft Landing Podcast redefined humane separation, this episode set the standard. It's an achievement episode—a foundational conversation that reshaped how families approach divorce, emphasizing transparency, empathy, and preparation.

• Why only 5% of parents inform their children with intention—and how to change that.
• How to script age-appropriate conversations that foster stability and security.
• The three critical messages every child must hear: “It’s not your fault, we love you, and we’re still your parents.”
• What to say, what to avoid, and how to prepare when co-parenting under one roof.

Deborah and Steve’s vulnerability, coupled with Dr. Kelly’s decades of research, create a deeply moving and practical guide for parents facing one of life’s most difficult transitions. If you’re navigating divorce, this is the conversation that will change how you do it—and how your children remember it.

• 📞 Phone: (647) 360-3200
• 🌐 Website: divorcethesmartway.ca
• 📧 Email: kmaynard@dtsw.ca

• 📞 Phone: (647) 493-1800
• 🌐 Website: www.thesmartdivorce.com
• 📧 Email: sarah@thesmartdivorce.com