Bringing in a "forensic accountant" to your divorce team sounds serious, and it is. But it's far from the dour experience the title implies. In fact, having an expert in understanding the numbers in your divorce can play an invaluable role in creating a clear, ... Continue Reading
Episode 404: Smart Alcohol: Soberlink Enhances Child Safety Amidst Custody and Alcohol Litigation with Chris Beck
Soberlink is a tool used to identify, test, and communicate alcohol use. If you’re in addiction recovery you might think of it as your accountability partner. For our purposes, it’s all about being accountable to yourself, to your former spouse, and to the court, ... Continue Reading
Episode 403: Laura Friedman Williams on Sex and Reinvention After Divorce
Our guest on the podcast today is Laura Friedman Williams. She has spent years in the publishing business, but it was only when her marriage broke up that she found the inspiration to write a book of her own. Available: A Memoir of Sex & Dating After a Marriage ... Continue Reading
Episode 402: Raising Someone Else’s Kids with “Essential Stepmom” Tracy Poizner
This week on the Toaster we welcome Tracy Poizner, parenting strategist who specializes in helping divorced moms and dads navigate new parenting duties and help them raise well-adjusted, fully-parented humans. She teaches us how to move through shallow expectations ... Continue Reading
Episode 401: Gabrielle Stone on Healing and Being a Badass in ‘Eat, Pray, #FML’
Gabrielle Stone pulled on the threads of her own marriage, until it came apart. At the other end, she'd discovered spare phones, receipts, emails, and an extraordinary web of social media posts that came together to paint a picture of her husband's extensive affair ... Continue Reading
Who Keeps the Dog? With Karis Nafte (Rebroadcast)
It's safe to say we're all dog people around Toaster HQ. They're not big dogs. They're small, cuddly dogs that like to sit on laps and couches and generally give us peace. Unless they see a bike. Bikes are bad news. In the eyes of the law, these adorable ... Continue Reading
The Big Question: Should I Get a Divorce? (Rebroadcast)
We're gearing up for our fourth season which will begin in just a few weeks. Along the way, we've been reflecting on lessons learned in the last three seasons, reviewing which episodes have resonated with you. As such, we thought we'd use a bit of our break while ... Continue Reading
Divorce: What is mediation and is it right for me?
For couples that can agree on the major issues in a divorce, such as distribution of property and child custody, mediation is a cost-effective alternative to traditional divorce. Mediation is a process whereby you, your attorney, your soon-to-be-ex spouse, his ... Continue Reading
Episode 312: Post-Divorce and BACK in Court? It’s time for some S.L.A.D.
It’s the last episode of our season and we’re going out with a bang. We introduce Pete’s new favorite acronym by way of Subsequent Lawsuits After Divorce (S.L.A.D.) and talk about all the ways you might find yourself back in court after your divorce is over. The ... Continue Reading
Episode 311: Moving On and the Value of Your Divorce Community with Michelle Dempsey-Multack
Let’s just say you’re a woman and you’re about to divorce. We know, crazy, right? But stay with us on this. When you walk away from your marriage, what is it that you most want your former spouse to know? If you could wave a magic wand, not to somehow recover your ... Continue Reading