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Meet JBD's Divorce Coach: Diane Dempster divorce coach divorce journey journey beyond divorce Sep 09, 2022

Becoming a coach made Diane a better person, mom and wife. It also prompted her to examine her marriage and ultimately to hire JBD to determine if she should mend or end her marriage. Diane shares the value of having coaching skills and still needing her own coach to help her navigate the emotion...

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Healthy Romantic Relationships: An Unconventional Approach to finding oneself and love after divorce creating healthy relationships divorce journey healthy relationships journey after divorce new relationship Sep 02, 2022

Welcome back to another episode of Healthy Romantic Relationships.  We have a very special guest today, her expertise is as a divorced mom and the title of today’s episode teases our content.  An Unconventional Approach to Finding Oneself and Healthy Love After Divorce is exactly what Laura did. ...

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Healthy Romantic Relationships: The Transformational Power of the Enneagram in Life and Love creating healthy relationships enneagram healthy relationships personality type romantic relationships Aug 26, 2022

 

Today we are diving into a new paradigm I recently began learning about, the Enneagram which was created in 1915 and refined in 1960 to include the 9 personality types. 

The Enneagram is a system of nine interconnected personality archetypes or types. It describes three “centers of intelligen...

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JBD Team Talks: Untamed choosing divorce discovery divorce journey glennon doyle untamed Aug 26, 2022

Today we discuss Part Two of the book based on the author's personal story of choosing divorce, Untamed by Glennon Doyle. In this section, Ms. Doyle outlines her Four Keys, which are Feel, Know, Imagine and Let It Burn.

Part 2 begins with the author sharing her story discovering she is unmarried &...

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Healthy Romantic Relationships: Choose Her Everyday or Leave her beyond divorce creating healthy relationships feminine energy healthy relationships masculine energy Aug 19, 2022

Welcome back to another episode of Healthy Romantic Relationships.  Today’s guest is Bryan Reeves, a “life and relationship insight ninja”!  I have been following Bryan’s work with men for some time now and am excited for him to share Lessons for both men and women in his newly released book, “Ch...

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Asking for a Friend - I'm considering a a divorce - What things should I be thinking of? before divorce divorce tips expert divorce tips finances Aug 18, 2022

Guest Post by: Amy Irvine, CFP®, EA, MPAS®, CCFC, CDFA®

 

Q.  I'm considering a divorce - what things should I be thinking of?

A. We understand that this is one of the most stressful situations you can find yourself in - it is a loss in your life, and we believe you need to take time to grieve t...

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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 Liberating Power of a Positive NO best divorce tips compromise post divorce creating healthy relationships pre divorce relationship advice saying no Aug 12, 2022

Can understanding how to say “no” in a new and more productive way benefit relationships, even those headed for or in the midst of some stage of the divorce process? In this team talk Karen and Lisa will discuss how “no” can improve relationships and share how to prepare and deliver beneficial “n...

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Voices of Celebration: I Felt Like I Lost Everything. Now I Have More Than I Ever Imagined celebration compromise post divorce creating healthy relationships divorce journey Aug 10, 2022

Bob faced a true emotional Tsunami as he found himself divorced and out of a job within three weeks of his wife asking for a divorce. If that wasn't enough to throw him on his ear, in his trusting way, he had his wife's attorney manage the divorce and was left with spousal support and child suppo...

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High Conflict: What to know about Parent Coordinators co-parent co-parenting divorce disputes high conflict high conflict divorce mediation post divorce Aug 08, 2022

A Parent Coordinator (PC) helps mediate and resolve disputes between parents in high conflict divorces. A PC is often a vital support both during and post divorce.  If you find it impossible to make joint decisions with your STBX and virtually every interaction turns into a struggle or a power pl...

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High Conflict Divorce: Parallel Parenting with A Narcissist co-parenting high conflict high conflict divorce parallel parenting Aug 01, 2022

Today we speak with a guest who explains that Parallel Parenting IS Co-parenting, it is simply a more effective approach to high conflict co-parenting.  The refreshing tone of this conversation acknowledges how unreasonable it is to expect to be able to follow the amicable co-parenting rules when...

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Meet JBD's Divorce Coach, Carrie Doubts best divorce tips divorce coach Jul 29, 2022

Carrie is one of JBD's senior coaches and has been with the company since 2015 with a short break before returning. Carrie shares her life journey, love of learning and how her divorce changed the projectory of her life and career.

Carrie shares her passion for supporting people through the pric...

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