Unhitched and Empowered: Rebuilding After Divorce with Oona Metz

This week, Kyra sits down with Oona Metz, licensed clinical social worker, author, and group psychotherapist, for a deeply compassionate conversation about divorce, grief, and rebuilding life with intention. With more than 30 years of experience supporting women through major transitions, Oona brings clarity and care to a season that often feels overwhelming and misunderstood. Oona introduces her five-phase model of divorce grief, a framework she developed after realizing traditional grief models did not fully reflect the lived experience of divorce. Together, they explore heartbreak, emotional instability, healing, letting go, and moving forward, while also discussing identity rediscovery, boundary setting, and supporting children through change. This episode centers women who are navigating divorce or its aftermath and offers reassurance that healing is not linear but it is possible. In this episode: ✨ Oona’s five-phase model of divorce grief ✨ Why divorce grief deserves its own framework ✨ Reconnecting with identity after marriage ends ✨ Setting boundaries with ex-partners, family, and friends ✨ Supporting children while tending to your own healing ✨ Reducing conflict and creating stability in divorced families For women who feel unmoored, exhausted, or unsure of what comes next, this conversation offers validation, tools, and hope for a grounded path forward. Connect with Oona Metz Learn more about Oona’s work supporting women through divorce, healing, and life transitions: Website: https://www.oonametz.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oonametz Book: Unhitched: The Essential Divorce Guide for Women Available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Target Signed Copies Available At: Belmont Books (Belmont, MA): https://belmontbooks.com Brookline Booksmith (Brookline, MA): https://brooklinebooksmith.com Signed copies are available for in-store pickup or online ordering through each bookstore’s website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices