Yes, you can survive divorce. I did- not once, but twice. Healing after divorce is hard enough the first time, but I was 45 when I filed the second time, and here I share the full emotional truth of what that was like: throwing the papers across the table at the attorney's office, feeling ashamed, financially scared, and invisible as a woman. It's about that shame of feeling like the family black sheep, the guilt of raising kids through divorce, the darkness that followed, and the moment I looked at a photo of myself out with friends, not smiling in a single shot!, and decided that was not who I was going to become.

This episode is also about what turns the corner on healing after divorce. I walk us through exactly how I started to crawl out: saying yes to things outside of my comfort zone. It's about honest, radical responsibility and the truth I had to face about not loving myself and not speaking up for myself, both in marriage and in life.

Timestamps:

00:00 – Surviving divorce twice

02:00 – Filing at 45

05:00 – Family shame and pressure

07:00 – You're not broken

08:30 – Being the common denominator

10:00 – Not loving yourself

11:30 – The photo that changed everything

12:30 – Saying yes to growth15:00 – Speaking up for yourself

17:30 – What actually went wrong

19:00 – Life falling apart = stepping in

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Lucy Samkian is a money coach for women, a former corporate finance leader with 28 years of experience, and the creator of the Money Mirror Archetypes — a framework that reveals how your childhood, culture, and lineage shape your relationship with wealth and the quiet financial blocks running your life.If you have ever felt shame, guilt, or fear around your finances — or a nagging sense that no matter how much you earn it will never be enough — this episode is for you.

Lucy grew up watching her mom raise three girls on very little, and she decided as a young girl she would become one of the wealthy ones. She built a corporate career, hit her first million through investing, and then had the reckoning that changed everything: the wealth was there, but the anxiety wasn't gone. That launched her real work — helping women rewrite their money story, heal their money identity, and build both external and internal safety.

Lucy walks us through:- Why money is a mirror to everything, why it can actually be a healing modality- Why so many women stay stuck in "manufactured scarcity" even when the resources are objectively there. - Five Money Mirror Archetypes - Why keeping too much sitting in a savings account is actually a scarcity move - The order of operations if you're starting from zero- How to stop letting fear-based news run your investing decisions.- The shame of sharing your net worth- Why normalizing these conversations changes everything for women in midlife.Connect with Lucy:Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lucrativelifelucy⁠Website: ⁠https://lucrativelifewithlucy.com/⁠

Hannah Hembree is a family law attorney, divorce coach, and the CEO and Founder of Henry Bell Law, a multimillion-dollar family law firm ranked #6 nationwide for growth. By her mid-20s, Hannah was a mother of three in pure survival mode — she went on to earn her MBA from Liberty University and her law degree from St. Mary's University while raising her kids, and is now a Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star and host of the podcast *Not Saving It for Later*, now in its second season.

In this episode, Hannah joins Amy to talk about why so many women save their joy, their desire, and their best life for "later" — and how to stop. Hannah breaks down the worthiness wounds and fear-of-joy patterns behind not saving it for later, shares her own divorce story and the moment she decided to bet on herself, and offers practical, real-world tools for building self-trust, capacity for joy, and a life you don't have to wait to enjoy. Hannah Hembree Bell's perspective on not saving it for later, worthiness, and divorce recovery makes this an episode for any woman ready to stop postponing her own joy.

In this episode, we cover:

- The "not saving it for later" mindset, where it comes from, and how to break it

- Worthiness, fear of joy, and building self-trust after divorce

- Hannah's own divorce story and practical joy-building tools for any season of life

If this episode encouraged you to stop saving it for later and start allowing yourself to enjoy the little things, subscribe to The Amy Edwards Show and share it with someone who is finding themselves after divorce or working on building self-trust. Every conversation is designed to support your journey of getting to know yourself and creating a life you don't have to put off until someday.

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Instagram & TikTok: @HannahHembreeBell

Podcast: Not Saving It for Later (Season 2)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ1Ab4ukSG7RY5CPguevLUxlPE_pCO7KO&si=_7SfX9nUSStwrA6J

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:25 Not saving it for later

00:08:01 Worthiness explained

00:14:44 How to not save it for later

00:28:43 Hannah’s breakthrough moment

00:38:05 The link between your past and who you are today

00:41:29 Joy-building tools

00:52:01 The Zen zone

00:53:07 Final thoughts & outro