Disrupting Divorce: Conversations for Women

Rhonda’s guest today is Life Mastery Coach, Donna Tashjian. They discuss ways to move past the pain of divorce to a place of peace and empowerment. We know you will be inspired and encouraged! They cover: 

1. Choose joy - joy is not happiness

2. You can find healing through trauma - forgiveness is not an emotion

3. Look for the gifts - gratitude can change everything

About today’s guest:

Donna Tashjian is the founder of Vibrant Living International, a non-profit organization. She is a Life Mastery Coach, an ordained minister, a podcaster, and an author. She helps bring accelerated transformation to people across the world. She empowers you to master life, spirit, soul, and body.  Donna has been speaking and coaching for over 25 years.

She has developed powerful programs and workshops to help you through life's transitions and pain to achieve your goals or dreams. She also produces a podcast called “You Were Designed for Greatness” and has written 3 books.

Her clients say she has a knack for turning fear into excitement and exposing lies so the truth can shine through. 

Website: https://www.ivibrantliving.com/ Free book available on home page

EMPOWERING HABITS LINK: https://www.ivibrantliving.com/empowering-habits-2/

Connect with Donna: 

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnatashjian/

Facebook

Vibrant Living page

https://www.facebook.com/VibrantLivingInt

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/drtashjian/

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXMFNossw9VN2QwDtVitzKg

Your host is Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

Grab our National Resource Guide HERE!

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Don’t miss this episode if you’re contemplating keeping your house in your divorce. Join Rhonda and Jeff Landers for this in depth conversation on keeping the house - is it a good idea? What factors should you consider? Learn what the 6-36 rule is and how it plays a pivotal part in planning for your future. 

1. Gather all of the information.

2. Evaluate your particular situation (things are not black and white!).

3. Get to a place where you can move forward.

Do not fall for a false sense of financial security! 

Jeff’s new book: Divorce House Sense

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About today’s guest:

Jeff Landers is a seasoned real estate/mortgage and divorce expert with over 40 years of combined experience.

Jeff earned his BA degree in psychology from Columbia University and studied law at Pace University School of Law before becoming a divorce financial advisor. He is also a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA™), Certified Divorce Lending Professional (CDLP™) and licensed real estate and mortgage broker.

In 2010, Jeff founded Bedrock Divorce Advisors, LLC, working exclusively with women going through a financially complicated divorce. Dealing with the marital home is almost always a major issue in any divorce. Jeff’s strong background and know-how has guided many hundreds of women all over the U.S. through the complex process of selling their marital home or buying out their spouse and refinancing the mortgage, so they can keep and remain in their homes.

To focus exclusively on the marital home, Jeff also founded Next Act Properties, Inc., which provides real estate and mortgage solutions for divorcing and divorced people (NextActProperties.com).

Jeff has written 7 published books with 15,000+ copies sold nationwide focusing on the marital home and the financial aspects of divorce, as well as contributing articles regularly to Forbes.com, The Huffington Post, DailyWorth, More.com, Lawyers.com, and many other online publications.

Be sure to pick up his latest book: Divorce House Sense

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Connect with Jeff:

Website: https://nextactproperties.com/

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/jefflanders

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NextActProperty

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Your host is Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

Grab our National Resource Guide HERE!

🌟 Master Your Next Move in Divorce: Watch our FREE Masterclass and learn how to empower your divorce journey with confidence, clarity, and control.

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Rhonda and Clinical Therapist, Jennifer Parker discuss a topic we’ve been addressing a lot recently: Coercive Control. Today’s episode covers:

• Ways to recognize you are being controlled

• How to get the help and support you need

• Why isolation is your worst enemy

Grab a copy of Jennifer’s book: Coercive Relationships: Find the Answers you Seek

About today’s guest:

Jennifer Parker obtained her Masters degree in Social Work at Wisconsin-Madison.She has over 35 years of mental health therapy experience and specials in intimate partner abuse survivors. Jennifer’s work with victims builds resiliency by helping understand who is responsible and address issues that interfere with creating the lives they want. 

Jennifer’s book, Coercive Relationships: Find the Answers You Seek, includes knowledge from her training and research, as well as insights she gained from survivors on their healing journeys. Her accomplishments include a curriculum for IPV group work, workshops, professional newsletter articles, expert witness testimony, a blog, participation in a community DV and Sexual Assault task force, and awards from state and local agencies. Jennifer’s blog focuses on topics of interest to survivors, professionals, or family and friends concerned about someone. 

Her mission is to enhance therapist and other professionals' knowledge about intimate partner abuse by imparting effective practices through her workshops, webinars, and publications.

Connect with Jennifer:

Jennifer Parker Therapy, Training, & Consultation LLC

Book links: https://linktr.ee/jennifercparkermssw

Website: http://jennifercparkermssw.com

Blog signup: https://madisonmentalhealthcounselor.com/blog

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JenniferCParkerMSSW

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferc.parker/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/jennifer-parker-therapy-training-consultation/

Your host is Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

Grab our National Resource Guide HERE!

🌟 Master Your Next Move in Divorce: Watch our FREE Masterclass and learn how to empower your divorce journey with confidence, clarity, and control.

🎥 FREE MASTERCLASS: Get Instant Access

Budgeting. No one wants to talk about it, but it's essential - especially if you're contemplating divorce.

Rhonda sits down with Chuck Howard, Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University to discuss the importance of creating a budget and then establishing a routine to continuously track and re-evaluate it. 

Listen in as Chuck gives us 5 easy steps to move to successful budgeting: 

1. Set your budget - look at what’s coming in and going out of your bank account.

2. Set aside time to track your spending against the budget.

3. Think about atypical expenses that creep up and make a plan for those.

4. Take in an outside view - ask for help from someone who can give you an objective, broader perspective.

5. Don’t be too hard on yourself!

Do you have questions about setting up a budget? Reach out and let us know! We have resources that can help.

 Contact us HERE.

About today’s guest: 

Ray Charles “Chuck” Howard is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Texas A&M University. In his research, Chuck asks questions like why do consumers overpredict their future income and underpredict their future expenses? He then designs simple solutions for these problems that help people improve their financial well-being. Chuck’s research has earned awards from the Society for Consumer Psychology, the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, and the Behavioral Insights Group at Harvard University. Chuck earned his PhD in Marketing from the University of British Columbia, and his BA in Economics and Finance from Ryerson University.  

Connect with Chuck on LinkedIn:

linkedin.com/in/chuck-howard-98310444

Your host is Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

Check out our new BRIDGE Group Coaching Program!

🌟 Master Your Next Move in Divorce: Watch our FREE Masterclass and learn how to empower your divorce journey with confidence, clarity, and control.

🎥 FREE MASTERCLASS: Get Instant Access

Rhonda sits down with Dr. Melissa Kalt to discuss practical things to implement when dealing with a narcissist:

• Examine your motives

• Be aware of the narcissist’s behavior patterns

• Give narcissistic supply for the purpose of negotiating

• Extracting the trauma

They delve into each of these steps in a way that will make you feel empowered and encouraged.

You won’t want to miss a minute of this one - get ready to take notes!

About today’s guest:

Dr Melissa, a Trauma Expert and Master Healer helps Soul-driven leaders solve their "unsolvable" problems. She helps brilliant, creative, empaths identify the hidden narcissists impacting their lives, identify the impact they have on their lives, then rise above the trauma and chaos, becoming antifragile.

Grab your free Clarity Guide here: narclesslife.com

Connect with Dr. Melissa:

Website: https://melissakaltmd.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melissakaltmd

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melissakaltmd/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrMelissaKaltMD

Your host is Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

Grab our National Resource Guide HERE!

🌟 Master Your Next Move in Divorce: Watch our FREE Masterclass and learn how to empower your divorce journey with confidence, clarity, and control.

🎥 FREE MASTERCLASS: Get Instant Access

False Sense Series

False Sense of... Amicability

It is far wiser to judge people by their deeds than their speech – judge their track record rather than their talk. -Rasheed Ogunlaru

Do you find yourself believing what your spouse says rather than believing their actions? 

This is what I call creating a false sense of amicability. 

What is a false sense of amicability and how does it play out for some people in the divorce process? 

It is where one person believes it is possible to avoid all conflict throughout the divorce process even though the previous track record proves otherwise. There is more emphasis on words than actions. 

You want to believe that you can avoid conflict. You want your divorce to be amicable. I mean, who doesn’t, right? However, avoiding conflict may not be the answer. Avoidance is often fueled by fear of feeling uncomfortable, fear of being bullied or fear of being perceived as selfish or unreasonable. Let’s be honest, being passive is exhausting. You work tirelessly to please others, and it may be impacting your emotional well-being, your health, and your financial future.

Furthermore, this false sense of amicability keeps you from being honest with yourself about what you need and want financially. If you don’t speak up about the finances maybe it will be different this time. If you cooperate and give more, maybe you can avoid being gaslit. 

As a result, you agree prematurely to financial decisions without having all the information. You accept financial proposals in good faith without knowing all the options. You don’t want to not be perceived by your divorce attorney as being difficult or uncooperative. In fact, your divorce attorney encourages you to be cooperative so you will be looked on favorably by the court. However, you find yourself perplexed because your spouse is not following any of the court orders and has no accountability. He is not being cooperative and yet nobody seems to care.

Ladies, what is the cost to our own financial well-being if we don’t challenge this paradigm?

The reality is that the impact for women can be a hefty one! Numerous studies have revealed that a woman’s lifestyle is negatively impacted after divorce and over half (52%) of respondents experienced this well-documented downward shift in their standard of living. Additionally, women face unique financial headwinds because they have longer life expectancies, lower incomes, and fewer years in the workforce than men. In fact, women may never truly recover from the financial impact of the divorce.

With that in mind, what can women to do to challenge the amicability smoke screen and be better positioned for financial wellness?

Here are five immediate things you can do.

• Be willing to reconnect with YOUR financial values. What is important to you?

• Be cautiously optimistic about the words of your spouse – focus on their actions.

• Remember it is okay for there to be some disagreements or challenges. You don’t have to just accept things to “keep the peace”. 

• Do your homework. Ask questions to gain understanding. 

• Don’t be afraid to negotiate – it can be fun!

Apply the ANOT Method.

• A – Acknowledge

• N – Naturally

• O – Obviously

• T – The Ask

Ladies, let’s do this! It is time for us to step into the next level of financial empowerment. 

These are just the beginning of things you can do. While I am all about practical, immediately applicable action steps, there are advanced divorce financial strategies available too. 

With all of this in mind, this is why I created the BRIDGE method to help women who are considering divorce to go from crisis to closure WITHOUT the guilt or overwhelm. This was designed out of a desire to give women the step-by-step method and tools to not only challenge these paradigms but to also be prepared, poised, and empowered as they go through the divorce process. This six-month group experience will give you the tools, the strategy and the support you need to ensure that your lifestyle does NOT go down 41% after the divorce. Ladies, let’s work together to change this! Are you in? YES!

Be sure to check out last week's blog post and podcast, A False Sense of Financial Security.

Your host is Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

Check out our new BRIDGE Group Coaching Program!

🌟 Master Your Next Move in Divorce: Watch our FREE Masterclass and learn how to empower your divorce journey with confidence, clarity, and control.

🎥 FREE MASTERCLASS: Get Instant Access

Did you know that according to a Forbes article nearly half of the women surveyed said they had “financial surprises” during the divorce? Say what?!

Here is a short list of the things I have seen with my clients (changing life insurance beneficiaries, setting up separate business entities, establishing private bank accounts, transferring money to another family member, taking loans from 401ks and more!). 

Furthermore, here are a few comments women may hear from their spouse in hopes to keep things “amicable”.

• You will be well taken care of. 

• You don’t need to have the business valued. It isn’t worth anything. 

• You can keep the house – and I will keep my pension.

This is what I call creating a false sense of financial security. 

Learn more over on our blog!

Want more info on our Bridge Group Experience? click HERE.

Your host is Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

🌟 Master Your Next Move in Divorce: Watch our FREE Masterclass and learn how to empower your divorce journey with confidence, clarity, and control.

🎥 FREE MASTERCLASS: Get Instant Access

Rhonda sits down with Trauma-Informed Coach and author, Houa Utech to discuss covert narcissism and what it’s like to move through the divorce process when you feel like you have no control. They discuss:

• What can you do to build your team?

• Ways the court system is broken.

• How to end up with what you deserve.

• Tips to deal with the trauma you carry.

And be sure to check out Houa’s Book:  The Unseen Wounds of Women 

About today’s guest: 

Houa Utech is an International Trauma-Informed Coach, advocate, and author who specializes in helping women recover and reclaim their lives from Betrayal Trauma, Covert Narcissistic Abuse, Complex PTSD, Divorce, and Post-Separation Abuse.

Houa has personally experienced covert narcissistic abuse and trauma from infidelity and betrayal which led to her developing anxiety, panic attacks, and complex PTSD. 

In her search to find understanding and healing, she discovered a whole community of women dealing with similar experiences of intimate partner abuse, post-separation abuse, and abuse from within the Family Court system. With the knowledge and healing practices used in her own journey, she has made it her mission to bring awareness, provide education, and help women move from living in survival mode to thrive beyond abuse and trauma.

Connect with Houa:

Email: houa@houautech.com

Website:  www.houautech.com

Facebook:  www.facebook.com/houautech

Instagram: www.instagram.com/houa_utech

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Your host is Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

Check out our new BRIDGE Group Coaching Program!

🌟 Master Your Next Move in Divorce: Watch our FREE Masterclass and learn how to empower your divorce journey with confidence, clarity, and control.

🎥 FREE MASTERCLASS: Get Instant Access

Recently, Rhonda sat down with Divorce Mortgage Planner, Tami Wollensak, on her YouTube video series, Peaceful Divide.  We are pleased to be able to share that conversation with you here! Tami and Rhonda discuss strategy, finding the right team, and moving the needle to enable women to walk away empowered. 

Have you ever wondered how Rhonda approaches her strategy? Listen in!

About our Guests today:

Tami Wollensak is a Senior Mortgage Loan Originator and a Certified Divorce Lending Professional NMLS 1963450 at Oak Leaf Community Mortgage, A Division of Mutual Federal Bank. An Equal Housing Lender insured by FDIC.

Check out Tami’s Website!

Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

Check out our new BRIDGE Group Coaching Program!

🌟 Master Your Next Move in Divorce: Watch our FREE Masterclass and learn how to empower your divorce journey with confidence, clarity, and control.

🎥 FREE MASTERCLASS: Get Instant Access

If you’re contemplating divorce, or in the middle of the process, you may not see what your life can look like moving forward. Our guest, Laura Ericson believes in new beginnings! Laura and Rhonda talk about how you can prioritize travel - even if it’s just a weekend away. Taking time for yourself can be an important part of the healing process. 

About today’s guest: 

Laura Ericson is a travel expert and guide - ready to help you plan your next trip. 

Although Laura has always loved travel, it wasn’t until she got divorced in 2017 that her desire to see the world was truly ignited. She had wasted a decade of her life being unhappy, and decided then and there to make travel a priority. After spending 2020 cooped up and unable to travel, Laura realized how much she not only wanted but needed travel in her life. So she decided to do something about it.

Laura offers group travel to places all over the world! Be sure to check out her site for more information:

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Your host is Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

Click HERE for a 30 minute Discovery Call

Click HERE for our Divorce Planning Course

🌟 Master Your Next Move in Divorce: Watch our FREE Masterclass and learn how to empower your divorce journey with confidence, clarity, and control.

🎥 FREE MASTERCLASS: Get Instant Access

Are you contemplating divorce? Do you feel unsettled and can’t quite answer the question, “What do I really want?” 

Today’s episode is a special one. Rhonda is joined by Certified Energy & Performance Coach, Nicole Isler as they honor and remember a mutual client who lived out her next best move to the fullest. You’ll be encouraged and inspired as you hear the story of how she worked through her emotions and found her true, authentic self. 

Our hope is that as you listen, you’ll realize that you can be just as empowered to make your life what you want right now.

About today’s guest:

Nicole Isler, “The Energy Coach” has been an ardent advocate for health and wellness for over 30 years. She helps high-achieving coaches and wellness professionals rekindle their passion to get back their energy so their life + business becomes enjoyable again and feels like the ultimate party.

Through Nicole’s proprietary methods and techniques, her clients master their emotional responses to stress, increase productivity, and expand their capacity. This allows them to serve at a higher level, stand out in their area of expertise with confidence, and create their greatest impact.

Connect with Nicole:

Website

Facebook

LinkedIn

YouTube

Your host is Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

Click HERE for a 30 minute Discovery Call

Click HERE for our Divorce Planning Course

🌟 Master Your Next Move in Divorce: Watch our FREE Masterclass and learn how to empower your divorce journey with confidence, clarity, and control.

🎥 FREE MASTERCLASS: Get Instant Access

“Don’t be afraid to be your own advocate.” Attorney Brian Blitz and Rhonda have an eye opening conversation about the divorce process, how it affects women, and ways to get the support you need. Spoiler: it takes a team; one that will provide the strategy you need to come out ahead. 

About today’s guest:

 Brian says:

You do better for people when you do better with people. That’s not only my approach to matrimonial law, it’s my approach to life. Working with clients through some of the most difficult periods of their lives, I approach my work as a Principal at the Berger Schatz law firm with a combination of optimism, empowerment, and lightheartedness because I’m out to change the image of a stereotypical divorce lawyer.

I am an experienced and highly respected family law attorney, often praised for my compassion and holistic approach to solving family law problems. I've represented professional athletes and other celebrities, business owners, C-suite executives, medical professionals, and their spouses in a variety of family law matters. I help my clients navigate complex business valuations, characterization of marital and non-marital assets, and child support and maintenance issues.

Connect with Brian:

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LinkedIn

Instagram

Your host is Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

Click HERE for a 30-minute Discovery Call

Click HERE for our Divorce Planning Course

🌟 Master Your Next Move in Divorce: Watch our FREE Masterclass and learn how to empower your divorce journey with confidence, clarity, and control.

🎥 FREE MASTERCLASS: Get Instant Access

Rhonda’s guest today is AJ Grossman, owner of Leap Frog Divorce. 

AJ is a master at navigating tough conversations in divorce.  

• How do you respond?
• Is a response required?
• How to engage in a difficult conversation with a learning mindset.  
• Establishing good boundaries
• Neutralize the emotion
• Determine how to protect yourself if a civil conversation isn't possible. 
• Breathe! You’ll be ok

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About today’s guest:  A.J. Grossman graduated from San Jose State University with a degree in business administration and at the top of his Florida law school class. He immediately went on to achieve his Master of Laws degree in Dispute Resolution from The Straus Institute at Pepperdine University Law School in California, which is the #1 ranked Dispute Resolution program in the country.

As the son of a Navy Officer and the founder of several businesses, he learned quickly about service to others. A.J.’s goal is to help people solve problems, plain and simple. Being in the right place, doing the right thing, at the right time, for a person (or couple of people) in need, drives A.J. to continue growing his legal practice. He focuses his efforts on providing solutions that protect the interests of those who seek amicable resolutions in their lives.

Your host is Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

Click HERE for a 30-Minute Discovery Call

Click HERE for our Divorce Planning Course

🌟 Master Your Next Move in Divorce: Watch our FREE Masterclass and learn how to empower your divorce journey with confidence, clarity, and control.

🎥 FREE MASTERCLASS: Get Instant Access

Rhonda’s guest today is Paulette Rigo from Better Divorce Academy. If you are contemplating divorce or in the midst of going through it, it’s important to stay educated! Finding the right experts to walk with you in the process is instrumental to the success of the outcome.

About today’s guest:

As a Credentialed Mediator, Certified Divorce Coach and Director of Divorce Coaching and Management for Divorce Operations for Divorce Right Inc.

Paulette Rigo specializes in mediating and coaching clients through high conflict, domestic violence, parental alienation, estrangement and narcissistic divorce cases.

Better Divorce Academy educates and encourages those who are considering or in the midst of the divorce to process thrive in the midst of the heartache and challenges.

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Your host is Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

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Britt Baker, Dow Janes co-founder and money mindset coach, sits down with Rhonda to delve into the mindset of money. Who do you want to be with your money?  How do you go about rewriting your story? If you’re feeling discouraged, you aren’t alone - and this episode will give you the tools you need to make some real changes.

Learn what a weekly money ritual is and how it’s actually self-care! Check out Britt’s free resource: 

https://try.dowjanes.com/ritual/

About today’s guest:

Britt Williams Baker (she/her) is a Harvard Business School graduate, an

expert investor with 10+ years of experience, and money mindset coach. She

is on a mission to serve those who have traditionally been left out of the

financial world, and she does so by bringing a step-by-step approach to

saving and investing. Through her company, Dow Janes, she and her co-

founder Laurie-Anne have helped hundreds of women+ pay off debt fast, set up 

long-lasting money systems, and invest for the first time. Britt believes

everyone deserves the confidence, clarity, and peace of mind that comes

with having your finances handled. Britt has been featured in select

publications and podcasts including GoBankingRates, Yahoo! Finance,

Money You Should Ask and Impact Labs to name a few.

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Your host is Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

Click HERE for a 30 minute Discovery Call

Click HERE for our Divorce Planning Course

🌟 Master Your Next Move in Divorce: Watch our FREE Masterclass and learn how to empower your divorce journey with confidence, clarity, and control.

🎥 FREE MASTERCLASS: Get Instant Access

Today’s episode tackles the difficult subject of Coercive Control and the various ways your spouse could be controlling you. Rhonda and Lisa discuss some trends and offer suggestions on how to set boundaries and fight back. 

About today’s guest: 

Lisa Fontes, PhD, is an internationally known expert on child abuse, intimate partner abuse, and sexual violence. As a researcher, activist, expert witness, and author, she works to protect the most vulnerable people from violence.

She has written many journal articles and the books:

• Invisible Chains: Overcoming Coercive Control in Your Intimate Relationship,
• Interviewing Clients Across Cultures

• Child Abuse and Culture: Working with Diverse Families

She is a Senior Lecturer II at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies. She has worked as a family, individual, and group psychotherapist. She has conducted research in Santiago, Chile, and with diverse people in the United States. 

Dr. Fontes is a popular conference speaker and workshop facilitator, and blogs for publications including PsychologyToday.com and Domesticshelters.org. 

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Buy her latest book: Invisible Chains

Your host is Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

Click HERE for a 30 minute Discovery Call

Click HERE for our Divorce Planning Course

🌟 Master Your Next Move in Divorce: Watch our FREE Masterclass and learn how to empower your divorce journey with confidence, clarity, and control.

🎥 FREE MASTERCLASS: Get Instant Access

Have you ever felt like something is “off” in regard to your spouse and your finances? The warning sides of fraud could be right in front of you. Tracy and Rhonda discuss the red flags to look out for and how to trust your gut. Be sure to connect with Tracy and access her Divorce Money Guide!

About today’s guest:

Tracy Coenen is a Forensic Accountant  with Sequence Inc. Forensic Accounting

Tracy has been investigating fraud for more than 25 years, but she didn’t always want to be a forensic accountant. With a dream of one day being a prison warden, Tracy went to Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI to get a criminology degree. A class on financial crime investigations reminded her how much she loved Encyclopedia Brown books as a kid. She continued her criminology degree, but added accounting and economics courses so she could sit for the CPA exam… and here Tracy is, finding money in cases of corporate fraud, high net worth divorce, and other financial shenanigans. 

She has created a new resource, The Divorce Money Guide - check it out!

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Your host is Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

Click HERE for a 30-minute Discovery Call

Click HERE for our Divorce Planning Course

🌟 Master Your Next Move in Divorce: Watch our FREE Masterclass and learn how to empower your divorce journey with confidence, clarity, and control.

🎥 FREE MASTERCLASS: Get Instant Access

Rhonda sits down with Philip Segal to discuss the role of an investigator as you go through the divorce process. Learn how to ask the right questions, surround yourself with the right people and uncover things that can help you at settlement time. You may know more than you think you know!

About today’s guest: Philip Segal is a Managing Member with Charles Griffin Intelligence. 

Philip has been a lawyer and investigator since 2007. Prior to that, he was a journalist for 19 years in five countries with a specialization in finance. His most recent job was Finance Editor at the Asian Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong. 

Find out more at Philip’s website: Charlesgriffinllc.com

Blog: The Divorce Asset Hunter 

Your host is Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

Click HERE for a 30 minute Discovery Call

Click HERE for our Divorce Planning Course

🌟 Master Your Next Move in Divorce: Watch our FREE Masterclass and learn how to empower your divorce journey with confidence, clarity, and control.

🎥 FREE MASTERCLASS: Get Instant Access

Rhonda sits down with Christian speaker and author, Laura Sandretti to discuss all the ways women stay stuck in guilt and shame by the way they talk to themselves. It is possible to reprogram your mind to break free from what is holding you back.  Pay attention to how you talk to yourself and work to change the conversation going on in your own head. Most importantly, give yourself grace. 

About today’s guest:

Laura Sandretti has been a Christian speaker, blogger, and author for over ten years. She has her master's degree in Theological Studies and is a former high school teacher and women's ministry director. 

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Your host is Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

Click HERE for a 30 minute Discovery Call

Click HERE for our Divorce Planning Course

🌟 Master Your Next Move in Divorce: Watch our FREE Masterclass and learn how to empower your divorce journey with confidence, clarity, and control.

🎥 FREE MASTERCLASS: Get Instant Access

Are you re-entering the job market - or wanting to uplevel your current position? Rhonda and Career Coach Nikki Ryberg talk about ways to maximize this current climate. Nikki offers suggestions on ways to get creative as you transition, and shares her advice on how to land the job you really want. Be sure to check out Nikki’s website below to access her free course.

About today’s guest:

After 15+ years in HR leadership roles, Nikki Ryberg transitioned to become a Career Coach and Resume Writer. Nikki helps clients all over the US and Canada figure out what they want to do for a job or career and then how to best go about getting it, with a focus on search materials and mock interviews.

Connect with Nikki on LinkedIn and visit her website to access her free course!

Your host is Rhonda Noordyk, CFEI, CDFA®, CEO of The Women’s Financial Wellness Center

Rhonda has dedicated her career to being an advocate for women and educating them on how financial strategies can impact their personal and professional success. Her work has shown women going through a divorce how to have a voice, be assertive, get results, be driven, and move forward with confidence. 

For Rhonda and her company, the Women’s Financial Wellness Center, helping women isn’t just about running the numbers. It’s about asking the right questions, demystifying myths and biases around finances, and helping women walk in their power. Rhonda is passionate about helping her clients navigate a broken system and level the playing field so they can achieve success—pre, during, and post-divorce. 

Click HERE for a 30 minute Discovery Call

Click HERE for our Divorce Planning Course

🌟 Master Your Next Move in Divorce: Watch our FREE Masterclass and learn how to empower your divorce journey with confidence, clarity, and control.

🎥 FREE MASTERCLASS: Get Instant Access