Chelsea Brennan is a contributing writer at Forbes, as well as the founder and host of Mamas Talk Money and Smart Money Mamas. Smart Money Mamas is a family finance website that helps mothers build wealth in alignment with their values and in ways that feel good to them. Chelsea's mission is to change the way that we talk about money so that women see it as a means of self-care, similar to going to the gym. She talks about financial concepts that seem overwhelming but are actually easy to do. Wo...
Oct 12, 2021•26 min•Ep. 114
Andrea Boulanger, a university administrator, is the breadwinner of her family and describes herself as ‘happily divorced.’ She joins Stacy Francis to discuss her journey, from her marriage to deciding to get divorced and life after divorce. She shares how she was able to move forward despite having so many responsibilities, including being the caretaker for her son with autism. Studies have shown that women who are breadwinners are often doing just as much work at home, and even sometimes more....
Sep 28, 2021•25 min•Ep. 113
Karen McMahon is a certified relationship and divorce coach and the host of the Journey Beyond Divorce podcast, where she helps men and women navigate difficulties in the divorce process. In this special episode, she draws from her personal experience of a high-conflict divorce as well as a decade of helping her clients as she shares what we need to build muscles of acceptance for moving on. Karen gives details about her divorce. Rather than focusing on all the shortcomings of her then-husband, ...
Sep 14, 2021•37 min•Ep. 112
Tanya-Marie Dubé is a master of transformation. She has lived through some very traumatic experiences: from being born into the foster care system, to being homeless from ages 12 to 18, to leaving her marriage of 18½ years without her home or any finances. Through each adversity, Tanya was able to change her perspective and come out a stronger, happier person. Now she teaches women around the world how to thrive after divorce. She joins Stacy Francis to talk about the five stages of transformati...
Aug 31, 2021•48 min•Ep. 111
Victoria McCooey was one of the many women who thought she had a husband who loved and idolized her but found herself married to an abusive man who kept her isolated and financially disempowered – questioning her own knowledge and pressuring her into taking on debt while controlling almost every aspect of her life. Victoria saved herself and her children from this situation and has gone on to help hundreds of other women take their power back from abusive, narcissistic partners. Victoria McCooey...
Aug 17, 2021•37 min•Ep. 108
Karen McMahon is a certified relationship and divorce coach and the host of the Journey Beyond Divorce podcast, where she helps men and women navigate difficulties in the divorce process. In this special crossover episode, she invites Stacy Francis to talk about the complexities of executive compensation packages, understanding the worth of alternative investments, and the importance of assessing your business’ value if you or your spouse owns one. Stock options are the most common type of execu...
Aug 03, 2021•52 min•Ep. 109
Paul Stagias is Senior Advisor at Francis Financial, where he provides comprehensive financial planning, wealth management, and divorce planning to help clients navigating a life transition organize, grow, and protect their assets. He is also a CFP®, CDFA®, and CPWA®. Paul is a matrimonial and divorce expert specializing in financially complex divorces. He joins Stacy Francis to share do’s and don’ts pre- and post-divorce. They discuss why it’s important for women to be financially intelligent, ...
Jul 20, 2021•37 min•Ep. 108
Elise Pettus is the founder and Editorial Director of UNtied.net, an online community for NYC women navigating separation and divorce. UNtied hosts online panels each month featuring experts who provide assistance and resources to make the divorce process as smooth as possible and help members become their best selves. Elise joins Stacy Francis to talk about how women can relaunch their lives post-divorce and feel their best during the process. She shares her personal journey to find happiness a...
Jul 06, 2021•34 min•Ep. 107
Ivy Slater is the founder and CEO of Slater Success. She works with C-Suite executives and upper-level managers to create clear strategies that impact their business. She is a speaker, a bestselling author, and host of a podcast and LinkedIn Live show. She joins Stacy Francis to discuss succeeding through a divorce as a business owner and pulling your emotional and professional support teams together. Even when we are aware of an impending crisis, it still catches us off-guard, and we never trul...
Jun 22, 2021•38 min•Ep. 106
Evan Schein is a matrimonial attorney and head of the litigation department at Berkman Bottger Newman & Schein, LLP. He specializes in financially complex divorce litigation and is the host of the Schein On Podcast. He joins Stacy Francis to discuss how to identify if litigation is the right process for you and how you can use that process to come to the settlement table quickly. He shares tips for how you can build your circle of trust to help you come out of your divorce as healthily and f...
Jun 08, 2021•36 min•Ep. 105
Dr. Elizabeth Cohen is a clinical psychologist, a specialist in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), with over 15 years experience treating anxiety and depressive disorders. She is a columnist whose work has been featured on NBC News, Wall Street Journal, and Huffington Post. Elizabeth is the author of Light on the Other Side of Divorce: Discovering the New You. She is also the host of The Divorce Doctor podcast, where she applies her extensive knowledge about mental health to helping women heal,...
May 25, 2021•35 min•Ep. 104
Michelle Sarao is the founder and Principal of Divorce Rx, a company that focuses on the needs of divorcing parents and families. Her background as an educator and professional organizer gives her the key techniques and experience to support clients going through the divorce process and provide them with the tools they need to move forward. She joins Stacy Francis to talk about how she facilitates amicable divisions of possessions and how newly divorced women can set up new homes for their famil...
May 11, 2021•38 min•Ep. 103
Wendy Sterling is a parent coach at Circle4Parents, featured coaching expert at The Forem, and the founder, CEO and Divorce Recovery Specialist at The Divorce Rehab. She has helped hundreds of women overcome divorce and move to a place of empowerment, drawing strength and compassion from her own experience. She joins Stacy Francis to teach listeners about setting and communicating boundaries, as well as saying no and standing up for themselves without having to give explanations. A divorce can b...
Apr 27, 2021•37 min•Ep. 102
Nikki Bruno is the founder and CEO of The Epic Comeback™ and a technical recruiter at Rocket. She is an empowerment coach and a thought leader in high-conflict divorce, emotional abuse, and intuition. As a successful 20-year veteran of the publishing industry, she has been featured in Forbes, Reader’s Digest, and Cosmopolitan. Nikki joins Stacy Francis to teach divorced women how to start their epic comeback. She shares her testimony of her high-conflict divorce and how it inspired her to not on...
Apr 13, 2021•37 min•Ep. 101
Robin Hauser is a director and producer at Finish Line Features and Managing Director at Unleashed Productions, Inc. Her most recent film, $avvy, is a documentary for women that emphasizes the importance of understanding and taking control of their finances. It investigates the historical, cultural, and societal norms surrounding women and money, and brings humor and honesty to why women take a backseat to managing their money. Robin joins Stacy Francis to discuss why it is critical for women to...
Mar 30, 2021•32 min
Mia Poppe is a matrimonial attorney and Managing Partner at Law Firm of Poppe & Associates, PLLC. She is an author and the host of a 6 part series called The Anatomy of Divorce, where she provides counsel for women by dissecting and navigating the divorce process. She joins Stacy Francis to share insights about her series and how to leverage your covered capital. Divorce psychosis is the temporary state of mind that people experience when they go through a divorce, where they typically feel ...
Mar 16, 2021•35 min•Ep. 99
Kim Ciesinski is a matrimonial attorney, author, and founder of Kim M. Ciesinski, Esq., PLLC - ADR Law. She is also the co-founder of Empower Divorce Transitions, Inc., Adjunct Professor at Hofstra, and the podcast host of Happily Even After. Kim has been designated as a Super Lawyer for 11 years in a row and has received the highest rating in legal ability and ethical standards. She joins Stacy Francis to discuss women, money, and divorce, as well as financial abuse and how to come out of the d...
Mar 02, 2021•33 min•Ep. 98
Priya Royal is the Managing Attorney at Royal Law Firm, PLLC. She specializes in taxation, trusts and estates, and business law. Priya was recently named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers and is considered the creme de la creme of trust and estate attorneys in the District of Columbia. She joins Stacy Francis to discuss narrowing the wealth gap, and shares the ins and outs that women with significant assets need to know to protect themselves in the event of divorce and/or remarriage. Estate plannin...
Feb 16, 2021•28 min•Ep. 97
Lisa Zeiderman is Managing Partner at Miller Zeiderman, one of the leading matrimonial firms in New York and the tri-state area. She is also a certified Divorce Financial Analyst and has been recognized by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys as one of the 10 Best Family Law Attorneys for Client Satisfaction. She joins Stacy Francis to share everything you need to know about divorcing a narcissist. Some traits that may indicate that your partner is a narcissist include: charm and chari...
Feb 02, 2021•35 min•Ep. 96
Elysa Greenblatt is the owner of Greenblatt Law, specializing in Matrimonial and Family Law, Litigation, and Collaborative Law. She represents and helps children get through the divorce process. She joins Stacy Francis to discuss what it means to be an attorney for children and the situations that warrant such legal assistance. Matrimonial attorneys must go through the necessary training and obtain the relevant certification to be permitted to represent children in family court. In addition, the...
Jan 19, 2021•33 min•Ep. 95
Emma Johnson is the founder of Moms for Shared Parenting and WealthySingleMommy.com, the only site dedicated to helping professional single moms build amazing lives through career, money, dating, sex, and parenting. She is a business journalist, a speaker, and activist at the United Nations, and the author of The Kickass Single Mom: Be Financially Independent, Discover Your Sexiest Self, and Raise Fabulous, Happy Children. She joins Stacy Francis to talk about the top mistakes to avoid as divorc...
Jan 05, 2021•34 min•Ep. 94
Do you hate your ex-spouse more than you love your child? For this holiday replay of a favorite episode from 2017, Stacy is joined by Shari Bornstein, a matrimonial and family law attorney at the Law Firm of John Yacos, P.C, to discuss how to put bitterness aside and prioritize your children when celebrating the holidays. Shari is dedicated to empowering clients with knowledge and strong legal advocacy through collaboration, mediation and litigation. In this episode, you will gain insight on: Ho...
Dec 22, 2020•34 min•Ep. 93
Regina DeMeo is a top matrimonial attorney and mediator and has regularly appeared as a legal commentator on TV, radio, and print. For over 2 decades she has been helping families with a variety of legal issues. She joins Stacy Francis today to help listeners as she shares the secret ingredient to preserving family wealth, goodwill, and relationships. Regina has noticed throughout the years that clients who are stuck in the past with feelings of anger, guilt, or remorse have a harder time moving...
Dec 08, 2020•25 min•Ep. 92
Carrie Casden is a business manager, Certified Money Coach, and the founder of Summit Financial Management. She joins Stacy Francis to discuss the eight money archetypes and how to identify them, becoming the driver on the road to financial security, and how to spend wisely. Your money archetype is the facet of your personality that involves your relationship with money. The money archetypes are: the innocent; the victim; the martyr; the warrior; the fool; the artist; the tyrant; and the magicia...
Nov 24, 2020•32 min•Ep. 91
Danielle Kunkle Roberts is a health insurance and Medicare expert and a MarketingInsiders.com contributor. She is the co-owner of Boomer Benefits, an insurance agency that helps individuals navigate Medicare in 48 states. She joins Stacy Francis to share information about Medicare that will allow divorcees to make better decisions about health insurance. If you are in the divorce process and your health insurance is covered in your spouse’s name, and you also have your own coverage through your ...
Nov 10, 2020•36 min•Ep. 90
Nancy founded Smarter Divorce Solutions in 2011 after going through her own less-than-optimal divorce process. She has over 20 years of experience in both investment management and financial planning and is the founder and a Senior Advisor with Smarter Financial Solutions. In 2016, Nancy founded the Divorce Financial Planner Training Center to offer continuing education to CDFA holders everywhere. The term “executive compensation” is a misnomer, as it is given to a lot more people than just exec...
Oct 27, 2020•32 min•Ep. 89
Nancy Burner is the Founder and Managing Partner of Burner Law Group, a professor at Hofstra University, and a Certified Elder Law Attorney. She has been named a Super Lawyer in the field of Elder Law for 11 consecutive years. She joins Stacy Francis today to discuss the important things you should know with regards to estate planning in the event of a Biden presidency. Estate and trust planning should always be done with a certified attorney, as it is very easy to make a mistake when you don’t ...
Oct 13, 2020•41 min•Ep. 88
Katherine Miller is the Founder of Miller Law Group and Director in Training of the Center for Understanding and Conflict. She is the host of the radio show and podcast Divorce Dialogues, as well the author of The New Yorker's Guide to Collaborative Divorce and the co-author of the Amazon best-seller, A Cup of Coffee. She has been featured on CBS, NBC, The New York Times and Newsday Money Magazine. She joins Stacy Francis to discuss when to get a divorce and how to prepare for it. Katherine beli...
Sep 29, 2020•31 min•Ep. 87
Crystal Levy is a Senior Associate at Lassar & Cowhey LLP and a manager at Marcum LLP. She focuses on making thoughtful estate plans for modern and emerging families as well as high net worth households. Janis Cowhey is a Trusts & Estates and Tax Partner at Marcum LLP, who specializes in estate, gift and income tax planning, as well as working with same-sex couples and unmarried families. They join Stacy Francis to give insights about the required tax considerations in estate planning th...
Sep 15, 2020•31 min•Ep. 86
Renee Bauer is a podcast host, a Connecticut Divorce Attorney at Bauer Law Group and the CEO of Happy Even After, an organization dedicated to family and matrimonial law. She joins Stacy Francis to talk about how your thinking patterns can emotionally and financially affect you during and after your divorce, and shares tools to help you have the right mindset. The type of questions clients ask are good indicators of where their mindset is, Renee claims. Clients that ask questions like “How will ...
Sep 01, 2020•27 min•Ep. 85
