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The Mediation Series, Part 3: What It’s Actually Like to Be in Divorce Mediation
Season 1 Episode 263
For most people, the inside of a mediation session is a total mystery — a closed door they’re about to walk through with no idea what’s on the other …
1 month ago
The Mediation Series, Part 2: How to Prepare for Divorce Mediation
Season 1 Episode 262
A mediator is not a magician. That single line, dropped early in this episode of Divorce Happens, sets the tone for one of the most genuinely useful …
1 month ago
The Mediation Series, Part 1: What Is Divorce Mediation, Really?
Season 1 Episode 261
Most people going through a divorce have heard the word “mediation” — and almost none of them know what it actually means. That gap is exactly where …
1 month ago
Hey Olivia, I filed for divorce and now I'm drowning in grief—did I make a mistake?!
Season 1 Episode 260
She planned it for months — saved up, found an apartment, rehearsed the speech. She was sure. And three weeks after filing, she’s crying in a Target …
1 month, 1 week ago
Hey Olivia, is it safe to talk about my divorce on social media while it's happening?
Season 1 Episode 259
There’s a question sitting in almost every divorced person’s notes app at 1 a.m.: is it okay to post about this? For the listener who wrote in this w…
1 month, 1 week ago
She Lost Everything in Her Divorce. Now She's a State Senator Fighting to Change the Law.
Season 1 Episode 258
There's a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from fighting a legal system that was never built to protect you — and North Carolina State Senato…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
A Divorce Coach's 5-Step Framework for Staying Grounded When Everything Feels Urgent
Season 1 Episode 257
Divorce doesn't arrive with a checklist — it arrives like an avalanche. Your finances, your custody schedule, your identity, your future, all crashin…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
You Got Out. Your Kids Didn't. How to Survive the Guilt of Co-Parenting After Divorce
Season 1 Episode 258
You did the hardest thing you've ever done — you left. And somehow, that's not where the guilt ends; for so many divorced moms, it's where a whole ne…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Hey Olivia, Why Do I Keep Having Sex Dreams About the Husband I'm Divorcing?
Season 1 Episode 249
A listener wrote to me this week with a confession she was mortified to even type out: her marriage is over, she's made her decision, she doesn't eve…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Managing Triggering Communications & Reclaiming Your Power During Divorce with Family Mediator & Parenting Coordinator Laura Lorber
Season 1 Episode 238
You know the feeling before you’ve even read the words. The phone buzzes, you see who it’s from, and your whole body braces — shoulders up, stomach t…
1 month, 2 weeks ago