The Fear Every Divorced Mom Carries — And Why It's Lying to You with Olivia Howell

If you're a divorced mom, chances are you're carrying a fear that doesn't have a name but feels like this: Am I ruining my kids? In this solo episode of Divorce Happens, Olivia gets honest about one of the most universal — and most exhausting — emotional experiences of divorce recovery: mom guilt. Not the logistical kind, but the deep kind. The one that whispers at 2am that your kids are going to end up in therapy because of you. The one that makes you second-guess the hardest decision you've ever made. Olivia unpacks what the research actually tells us about kids and divorce (spoiler: it's not the divorce that causes lasting harm — it's the conflict), why the way you're handling this matters more than the fact that it happened, and why choosing something real and healthier for yourself and your children is not the decision of a bad mother. It's the decision of a really, really good one. This episode is a direct, warm, and lovingly honest conversation with every divorced mom who is doing the work, feeling the guilt, and wondering if it's ever going to be enough. It is. You are. In this episode: Why mom guilt after divorce is almost universal — and why it's not telling you the whole truth What the research says about kids and divorce vs. kids and conflict What your children are actually watching and learning from how you navigate this A compassionate reframe for the moms who can't shake the guilt no matter what they do Why the decision to leave — as hard and messy as it was — came from love 🔗 Check out Fresh Starts Registry: The first & only divorce registry + support platform ➡ https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/ 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshstartsregistry/ 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreshStartsRegistry 🎙 Podcast IG: https://www.instagram.com/divorcehappenspod/ 📬 Magazine: https://divorceguidemagazine.com/