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JBD Team Talks: Ask the Coaches with Carrie, Rachel and KP divorce journey expert advice jbd coaches life after divorce Nov 04, 2022

In this podcast, members of the JBD Coaching Team answer some of the most frequently asked questions that come up for people as they are navigating through a divorce. Listen as Karen McMahon, Carrie Doubts, Rachel Goldman, and KP Towers discuss topics like:

  1. How to decide whether to stay or g

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Healthy Romantic Relationships: The Remarriage Manual: How to Make Everything work Better the Second Time Around creating healthy relationships healthy relationships life after divorce remarriage Oct 28, 2022

 

Today we’re speaking to Terry Gaspard, author of The Remarriage Manual - How to Make Everything Work Better the Second Time Around.  We discuss expectations, trust, communication and the vital importance of making your spouse a priority…especially when there are step children involved.  

Terry ...

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JBD Team Talks: A Personal, Powerful Perfectly Priced Practice for Healing Through Divorce healing through divorce journal writing life after divorce the power of writing Oct 21, 2022

When going through divorce, everyone understands that it’s important to talk about what’s going on with people you trust. As you may have discovered, not everyone is available to be the kind of supportive listener when you need to talk about the difficulties you are experiencing.

There is great ...

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Healthy Romantic Relationships: Healthy Sex - How Past Experience Informs Future Pleasure creating healthy relationships healthy sex life after divorce marriage therapist romantic relationships sex therapist Sep 30, 2022

In Today’s episode of Healthy Romantic Relationships we discuss “The Psychological Aspect of Healthy Sex - How Past Experience Informs Future Pleasure. We are exploring What is the healthiest way to engage your sexuality as you enter dating and healthy relationships?

Karisa opens with a powerful...

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Healthy Romantic Relationships: Reclaiming Your Sensuality creating healthy relationships divorce journey healthy relationships life after divorce Sep 16, 2022

Welcome back to another episode of Healthy Romantic Relationships.  Today we engage in a conversation around the titillating topic of Sensuality, how to understand your relationship with it and reclaim it!!

Dr. Elizabeth Cohen is back with me again and helps us understand the definition of sensual...

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High Conflict: An App that Simplified Coparenting! coparenting coparents divorce journey life after divorce Aug 15, 2022

If you have young children, there is an ongoing need to communicate with your coparent about the business of raising your children. 

For many high conflict divorces, we know this ongoing communication will be an invitation to more conflict and contention.  

Today’s guest explains that it doesn’...

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JBD Team Talks: The Unwanted Divorce: Insights For the Spouse That Has Been Left after divorce before divorce emotional health life after divorce regain yourself Jul 15, 2022

Hearing the words “I want a divorce” from your spouse can feel earth shattering, especially if those words come as a surprise.  It is normal to experience feelings of deep rejection, confusion, devastation, depression, anxiety, anger, and fear. 

Your spouse may be impatient or pressuring you to ...

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Voices of Celebration: I Found Myself, He Got Sober and Everyone's Better! after divorce before divorce emotional growth life after divorce sobriety Jun 08, 2022

Molly knew early on in her marriage that things were not good. She experienced emotional abuse and walked on eggshells to 'keep the peace' with her new spouse. When their child arrived, things got worse as she needed to focus more on the baby than on dad.

Once she decided to divorce, she began s...

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4 Empowering Ways You Can Reclaim Your Life After Divorce divorce empowerment divorce journey high conflict divorce life after divorce reclaim your life Nov 02, 2020

By Bernadette M. Smith, MCC


Going through a divorce is hard, but that doesn’t mean life after divorce has to be difficult too.  In fact, life after divorce can be filled with joy, peace, and personal fulfillment. 

Here are four empowering ideas you should keep in mind as you begin building a new l...

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My Ideal Life divorce ideal life journey life after divorce Sep 30, 2015

By Patty, a JBD Client


I asked a good friend of mine if she had a good day last Friday and she replied 'it was okay, I'll forget it'...and that got me thinking. I want ALL my days to count. No more going through the motions, day in and day out, spending my time doing life-draining tasks because I...

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Life After Divorce life after divorce move on post divorce ready Jan 01, 2013

READY FOR YOUR LIFE AFTER DIVORCE?

Ready to put divorce behind you and consciously create a new beginning?  Considering meeting new people and desire a healthy and supportive relationship?

Has life after divorce left you stuck in a rut of fear and resentment and you want to find a way to embrace y...

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