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What Does a Divorce Attorney Actually Do?
You know you probably need a divorce attorney — but knowing exactly what they handle, and where their role ends, helps you build a better team and use their time more effectively. Here's a clear breakdown.
What Is a Divorce Coach and Do You Need One?
A divorce coach helps you navigate the emotional and practical decisions of divorce — without replacing your attorney or therapist. Here's what they actually do, how they differ from the rest of your team, and how to figure out whether one is right for you.
How to Build a Referral Network as a Divorce Professional
A referral network is the most durable investment a divorce professional can make — because unlike advertising, it doesn't stop working when you stop paying. Here's a practical framework for building one that lasts.
Marketing for Divorce Mediators: What Actually Works
Marketing a mediation practice is partly an education job — most potential clients don't know mediation is an option until someone tells them. Here's what actually moves the needle for mediators trying to grow sustainably.
How to Get More Divorce Clients: A Guide for Attorneys, Mediators & Therapists
Growing a divorce practice isn't about the biggest advertising budget. It's about showing up in the right places with the right credibility. Here's what actually works for attorneys, mediators, therapists, and coaches trying to build a sustainable client base.
The Best Places to List Your Divorce Practice Online
Not all directories are created equal. Here's an honest breakdown of where divorce professionals — attorneys, therapists, mediators, and coaches — should actually invest their listing time to reach clients who are already looking.
How Divorce Professionals Get Referrals (Without Cold Outreach)
Referrals are the lifeblood of most divorce practices — but cold outreach rarely works. Here's how attorneys, mediators, therapists, and CDFAs build sustainable referral pipelines through community, visibility, and the relationships that actually convert.
What Does It Mean to Become a Registry Fairy?
The Registry Fairy program is for people who want to actually do something. Here's what it means to become one.
The Registry Fairy, Explained
Someone out there might just show up for you. The Registry Fairy is one of the quieter, kinder corners of Fresh Starts Registry — here's how it works.
We're Writing a Book. Here's What That Actually Looks Like.
Olivia March Howell and Genevieve Dreizen announce their debut book, Divorce Happens: A Compassionate Guide to Starting Fresh, from Sheldon Press. Out August 2027.
Divorce and College Planning: What Divorced and Separated Parents Need to Know Before the College Process Begins
Divorce and College Planning: What Divorced and Separated Parents Need to Know Before the College Process Begins by Vicki Vollweiler of College Financial Prep, Divorce & College Planning Expert
What Is a CDFA — and Do You Need One for Your Divorce?
Most people navigating divorce know they need an attorney. Fewer know there's a financial specialist — separate from that attorney — whose entire job is to help you understand what your settlement is actually worth, now and ten years from now.
The Best Resources for Someone Going Through a Divorce
You don’t need to figure out divorce by yourself. Here’s a curated list of the resources that actually help — from finding the right professionals to rebuilding your home and your life.
How to Help a Friend Going Through Divorce
You don’t need to have the perfect words. You just need to show up, stop tiptoeing, and let them know they’re not doing this alone.
The Best Gifts for Someone Going Through a Divorce
When someone you love is going through a divorce, you want to help — but flowers feel empty and cash feels weird. Here's what actually makes a difference.
What Is a Divorce Therapist — and How Is That Different from a Regular Therapist?
Any therapist can help you process difficult emotions. But a therapist who specializes in divorce understands the specific grief, identity shifts, and co-parenting challenges that come with it.
What Is a Divorce Attorney — and When Do You Actually Need One?
A divorce attorney handles the legal side of ending a marriage. But not every divorce requires a full-service lawyer — and knowing the difference can save you thousands.
What Is a Divorce Mediator — and Is Mediation Right for You?
A divorce mediator is a neutral third party who helps you and your spouse reach agreements together — without going to court. It’s not for everyone, but when it works, it changes everything.
What Is a Divorce Coach — and Do You Need One?
A divorce coach isn’t a therapist and isn’t a lawyer. They’re the person who helps you manage the overwhelm, make decisions, and get through the process without losing yourself in it.
Book Review: Divorce by Design by Melissa Murphy Pavone, CFP®, CDFA®
If there's one book we wish had existed during every difficult client conversation we've witnessed — and frankly, during every conversation we've had with friends navigating the unraveling of a marriage — it's Divorce by Design by Melissa Murphy Pavone.