Published: Oct. 29, 2019, 1 p.m.
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Show Highlights
- Erin provided her background and the trends she is seeing in divorce and how divorce has changed over the last 15 years
- Erin said that women want to feel alive and make deliberate choices; we want to live more intentionally
- Erin shared the following:
- It takes 5-7 years of relationship trouble or contemplating divorce before a woman files for divorce
- 75% of divorces are filed by women
- Women want to feel alive, we want to make deliberate choices, and we want to live more intentionally
- Women want to model positive relationships for their children
- The divorce industry is $50B/year
- Divorce is the dissolving of the most complicated financial contract we will be involved in
- Divorce does not mean failure; a lot of relationships don\\u2019t work out; people shouldn\\u2019t feel terrible and ashamed if they get divorced
- Erin talked about how the fear of the unknown is terrifying in divorce; the fear can turn into anger and a messy divorce which can be avoided through education, self-care, and goal-setting for after the divorce
- Terri asked Erin for ways in which we can better support our friends and family going through divorce
- Erin talked about how millennials love their pets and there are pre-nups, post-nups that address this in relationships
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Terri\\u2019s Key Takeaway
There are healthier ways to end marriages than in years past with a shift from attorney-centered to individually centered and leveraging the services of divorce coaches, co-parenting coaches, financial planners, and other non-legal resources.\\xa0
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References in the Podcast
Contact
You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.
Erin can be reached by email at hello@hellodivroce.com, through LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinlevine/ and on Twitter @hellodivorce.
You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead. \\xa0
Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.
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