Welcome to Divorce Happens, the podcast where we inspire, educate, and support you through divorce and beyond so that you can start fresh on the next phase of your journey. Produced by Fresh Starts Registry, the only divorce registry platform for everything you need to begin again, including home items, hype team, and everything in between. Remember, divorce happens...and then, we start fresh. We're here to support you before, during, and after divorce. Hosted by Olivia Dreizen Howell, the co-founder and CEO of Fresh Starts Registry.
Divorce rarely ends at the signing of papers. It lingers in the day-to-day decisions, the cast of new characters who enter the family orbit, and the quiet ways insecurity, judgment, or outside voices…
Divorce has a way of cracking us open, forcing us to confront truths we may have avoided, and reshaping the way we move through the world. In this episode of Divorce Happens, I sit down with Amanda G…
Divorce has a way of pulling everything to the surface—the grief, the guilt, the relief, the fear, and the hope. In this episode of Divorce Happens, Olivia sits down with relationship expert and EFT …
The first truth Meredith Beardmore learned in divorce was deceptively simple: she wasn’t “crazy”—she was intuitive. In today’s conversation, Meredith—a therapist, author, and creator of the YouTube c…
The first friendships to change after divorce aren’t always the loud ones—they’re the quiet ones that stop texting back. In this episode, Olivia sits down with psychotherapist and relationship specia…
The end of a marriage can feel like a storm—messy, disorienting, and all-consuming. But what if, instead of letting the wreckage define you, you saw it as the start of a completely different chapter?…
Some divorces are quiet, others are catastrophic. For Sarah May, it was the latter—a marriage that imploded in betrayal and emotional abuse when she was just 24, followed by a decade-long healing jou…
When your world falls apart, the idea of starting over can feel both impossible and overwhelming. In this emotionally rich episode of Divorce Happens, Olivia Howell sits down with Taylor Beck, certif…
No one tells you that the real work begins after the divorce papers are signed. You’ve survived the legal battle, maybe even the emotional minefield—but now, you're left with silence, a new reality, …
In this deeply honest episode of Divorce Happens, Olivia Howell sits down with writer and mother Elizabeth Wilson to talk about what really happens after you say, “I want a divorce.” Elizabeth shares…
When Heather Sweeney left her marriage, she wasn’t just walking away from a relationship—she was reclaiming an identity that had been lost in the shadows of military life. In this powerful and honest…
In this powerful episode of Divorce Happens, we sit down with Magalie René —CEO, reinvention architect, and multi-time divorce survivor—for a deeply honest and uplifting conversation about healing, t…
In this powerful episode of Divorce Happens, host Olivia Howell welcomes back family psychotherapist and author Dr. Joanna Hulton for an emotional and illuminating conversation about parenting throug…
In this deeply transformative episode, Olivia Howell welcomes energy healer and coach Maureen Magauran to dive into the energetics of healing during and after divorce. Maureen, formerly a holistic p…
In this powerful episode of Divorce Happens, host Olivia Howell sits down with therapist and coach Laura Fink to talk about the emotional complexity of considering divorce. Laura, a master-certified …
What if your divorce didn’t have to destroy your family—or your finances? In this powerful episode of Divorce Happens, Olivia Howell sits down with the one and only Laura Wasser, celebrity divorce at…
In this gripping episode of Divorce Happens, we sit down with divorce coach and Fresh Starts expert Tamar Barbash for a candid, compassionate conversation about navigating divorce when infidelity is …
In this deeply validating episode of Divorce Happens, Olivia Howell is joined by therapist and perinatal mental health expert Sarah Baroud, LICSW, to discuss one of the most underrepresented and emot…
In this insightful episode of Divorce Happens, Olivia Howell sits down with real estate agent and divorced human, Emily Clancy to talk about one of the most overwhelming (and emotional) parts of divo…
In this heartfelt episode of Divorce Happens, Olivia Howell sits down with therapist and divorce expert Oona Metz to explore the healing power of community—especially through therapist-led divorce su…