Even though the divorce rate in America has been a steady 50% for a hot minute, divorce still has a taboo around it. A stigma behind it. Shame that comes hand in hand with it, because the underlying belief is still: if someone is getting divorced, this means that they failed in their marriage.

But what if we stopped looking at divorce as a problem? What if we started seeing divorce as the neutral circumstance that it is? What if we interpreted the 50% divorce rate as for 50% of humans, 1 lifelong partnership just doesn't work for us instead of looking at it like it is something sad that we should fix?

Host Amanda Haro is joined by divorce coach Anna Howerton and they dive into their own stories of choosing divorce, why it was the best thing for each of them, how they helped their kids through the transition of going from a 1 house family to a 2 house family, how they dealt with other people's negative opinions on their choices, and dating after divorce.

Mentioned in this episode:

The Diary of a CEO episode with divorce expert James Sexton

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

7:52 The stigma of divorce

10:50 Having kids put my marriage in a pressure cooker

18:24 The hardest stage of divorce

31:11 Reconciling your divorce with your religious beliefs

36:03 Helping the kids transition

39:19 Stop seeing divorce as a problem

43:50 Dating after divorce

58:10 Lightening questions