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Expert Networking Transcript | September 10, 2025

🪩 Fresh Starts Expert Networking Call

Facilitated by Olivia Howell & Jenny Dreizen | Team Fresh Starts
Prompt: “Share your name, location, expertise, and how you describe your work when talking to a friend over coffee.”

Olivia Howell:
Give us your name, location, your expertise, and how you describe your work when you’re talking to a friend over coffee.

Jenny Dreizen:
Our structure:

  1. Name

  2. Location

  3. Expertise

  4. How you describe your work when chatting with a friend over coffee

💬 Introductions

Jessica Hill – Founder, The Parent Collective
📍 theparentcollective.com | @theparentcollectivetpc

Stephanie DiLorio (she/her) – Reimagining Divorce
📍 New Mexico | Virtual Divorce Coaching + Psychotherapy
📧 stephanie@reimaginingdivorce.com

Kelli Sedwick-Drummond – Personal Growth & Empowerment Divorce Coach, Springboro, OH
“I work to be what I wish I’d had when I was going through divorce.”
🌐 kjdscoach.com

Lyerly Spongberg – Certified ADR Divorce & Pre-Mediation Divorce Coach, Greenwich, CT
🌐 stepupwithlyerly.com | @stepup_withlyerly

Whitney Cardosi – Founder, Bloom Kitchen + Retreats, Peabody, MA
Kids’ cooking classes and mother-daughter retreats focused on food, connection, and confidence.
🌐 whitneycardosi.com/bloom-retreat
IG: @whitney-cardosi | @bloomnorthshore

Lorraine Connell – Peers Not Fears
Teen leadership coach helping non-traditional leaders find their voice and confidence.
🎧 Leaders of Today: Teens to Titans
📘 A Teacher’s Story
IG: @peersnotfears

Erin Snow – Founder, Seacoast Listening Lounge
Professional Listener helping people find liberation through being heard.
🌐 seacoastlisteninglounge.com
📧 erin@seacoastlisteninglounge.com | IG: @seacoastlisteninglounge

Lisa Lisser – Founder, LZL Coaching
Divorce, mediation, and co-parenting support.
🌐 lzlcoaching.com

Chavisa Horemans – The Mother Corp
Divorce, co-parenting, and chronic health coach providing personalized recovery strategies.
🌐 themothercorp.com | IG: @the_mother_corp

Jill Kaufman – Therapist, Divorce Coach & Co-Parenting Expert (NJ/US/Canada)
🌐 divorcecoachjill.com

Psychic Julee – Intuitive Guidance & Readings
🌐 psychicjulee.com | 📧 hello@psychicjulee.com

Emily Cornell – Coach for Women in Transition, based in Mexico City
🌐 emilycornell.com | LinkedIn

Justin Milrad – Founder, Reclaim & Reboot | Divorce Coach, Author, Financial Planner
📘 You 2.0 Divorce: A Better Way Forward
🌐 reclaimandreboot.me

Christina Granahan – LICSW, PCC, Enneagram Teacher & Coach
🌐 christinagranahan.com

Donna Cates – Founder, Money Matters Wealth Solutions
Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, Mediator, Author
🌐 moneymatterswealth.com

Emma Worth, LICSW – Therapist (MA & NY)
📧 hello@emmaworth.com | 🌐 emmaworth.com

Erica Bennett – Founder, The Crazy Ex-Wives Club podcast & membership community
🌐 thecrazyexwivesclub.com | @thecrazyexwivesclub

Candice Erickson-Perham – Indiglow Soul
Energy Healer & Transformational Guide for Empaths
🌐 indiglowsoul.com | Podcast: Healers with Humor

Wendy Zanders – Your Declutter Coach
Helps neurodivergent clients and those in transition (including divorce) declutter with compassion.
🌐 yourdecluttercoach.com

Renee Coleman, CDLP – Divorce Mortgage Planning of New England
Empowering women through financial and mortgage education.
🌐 dmpne.com

Melissa Cossette – Founder, MAXevent
Event strategist helping Gen X women start event businesses with confidence.
IG: @maxeventofficial

Anna Howerton – Relationship Coach (Raleigh, NC & Orange County, CA)
Supports clients through saving, ending, or rebuilding after marriage.
🌐 annahowerton.com | IG: @annahowerton_

Oona Metz, LICSW – Therapist, Divorce Coach, Author of Unhitched (Simon & Schuster, 2026)
🌐 oonametz.com/book-unhitched

Amy Polacko – Divorce Coach, Journalist, and Author of Framed: Women in the Family Court Underworld
🌐 freedomwarrior.info | IG: @freedomwarriortribe

Lauren DeGolia – Clarity Coach
IG: @lauren.degolia

Briana Spruille – JustBE, LLC
🌐 justbenola.com | @justbenola

Mandy Peterson – Founder, PPP Appraisals
🌐 ppp-appraisals.com

🌟 Highlights & Collaboration Notes

  • Podcast Collaboration:

    • The Crazy Ex-Wives Club, Dishing on Divorce, Healers with Humor, A Fresh Story

    • Several participants expressed interest in being guests or booking guests.

  • Book Support:

    • Donna suggested compiling a shared list of books by community members for reviews and cross-promotion.

    • Jenny will create a form to gather titles.

  • Future Training Ideas:

    • How to give concise introductions

    • How to follow up with referrals

    • Social media collaborations (using “Invite Collaborator” on Instagram)

  • Jenny’s Tip:
    “When creating a post, tap Tag People → Invite Collaborator → @freshstartsregistry. Once accepted, your post will reach both audiences!”

💖 Closing Chat

Lorraine Connell: So excited to be part of this community!
Lyerly Spongberg: When do you sleep?!
Jenny: We sleep in shifts. 😄
Donna: Grateful to network with such action-takers!
Amy, Lisa, Anna, Emily: Thank you!
Jenny & Olivia: Thank you all — we’re so glad you’re here!

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Expert Networking Transcript | October 8, 2025

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🕓 Meeting Chat Summary

18:04

  • Maria Natapov: I have to leave 5–10 min early.

  • Myisha (she/her): I also need to leave early.

18:07 – 18:09

  • Jenny Dreizen | Team Fresh Starts:
    Structure for introductions:

    1. Who you are

    2. What you do

    3. Who you work with

    4. What’s working in your business right now

  • Jenny: Hi Michael! Hi Allison! Hi Jessica!

  • Jenny: @Donna — please email me at jenny@freshstartsregistry.com

18:11 – 18:12

  • Chavisa Horemans | The Mother Corp
    Personalized support for navigating divorce, co-parenting, and chronic health.
    ✳ Personalized recovery and rebuild strategies.
    📞 778-926-8134 | 🌐 themothercorp.com
    📸 Instagram | 💼 LinkedIn
    Emotional, logistical + practical support now.

  • Kelsey Boucher, MSW, CDC
    Amicable & Holistic Divorce Coach + Somatic Breathwork
    🔗 linktr.ee/relightcoaching

18:15 – 18:17

18:17 – 18:20

  • Jenny Dreizen: Hi Oona!

  • Oona Metz (she/her): Hi!

  • Jenny & Jenn Johnson: Oona ❤️

  • Jenny (to Myisha): Don’t worry — Olivia probably has a tiny version 😂

  • Olivia Howell: I do…

  • Maria Natapov
    Co-parenting & Stepparenting Coach | SynergisticStepparenting.com
    📧 maria@synergisticstepparenting.com | ☎️ 617-419-0878
    Helping families stop arguing and refocus on their kids.

18:28 – 18:33

  • Mardi Chadwick-Balcom
    Attorney, Mediator, Coach, Energy Healer, & Kundalini Yoga Teacher
    🌐 integrativedivorcemediation.com
    IG: @integrativedivorcemediation
    Focus on nervous system regulation and emotional wellness through divorce.

  • Emily Clancy | Real Estate (Long Island, NY)
    Specializing in real estate & divorce transitions.
    ✳ Helping clients find homes that support freedom, stability & fulfillment.
    IG: @emilyclancy.re | 📧 elp@serhant.com

18:35 – 18:44

18:46 – 18:56

  • Jenny: Loves automations — email her or join office hours!

  • Myisha: Leaving early; reach out re: sex & dating coaching → myisha@myishabattle.com

  • Jessica Zadjura: Family Law | jessica@zadjurafamilylaw.com

  • Lex Mickelson: Joined after board meeting.

  • Oona Metz: Therapist in Boston | Author of Unhitched: The Essential Divorce Guide for Women | 🌐 oonametz.com

18:56 – 19:00

19:00 – 19:03

Closing messages:

  • Mardi, Lex, Emily, Jill: Thank you all! Great to connect!

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