Expert Networking Notes | 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:
Name
Location
Expertise
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!