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Divorce Coaches Academy
by Tracy Callahan, MA, ADRDC
Divorce doesn’t have to tear families apart, and divorce coaches are proof. On the Divorce Coaches Academy® podcast, host Tracy Callahan shares strategies to help divorce coaches support clients through separation with less conflict, less cost, and more clarity, while building thriving practices. We also make the case (sometimes loudly) for divorce coaching as an essential part of alternative dispute resolution. For professionals committed to easing the financial and emotional toll of divorce on families.
Episodes
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Skills That Outlast the Case: Celebrating Divorce Coaches This Conflict Resolution Week
Conflict Resolution Week usually spotlights processes: mediation, negotiation, collaborative practice. But every process depends on the people in it. In this episode, Tracy Callahan, MA, ADRDC, founder of Divorce Coaches Academy®, celebrates the professionals who work with the individual inside…
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Before Positions Harden: Preparing Parents to Navigate Parenting Conflict
A disagreement about pickup times, schedule changes, or activities can become a position a parent defends for years. What can divorce coaches do earlier to help parents navigate those moments more thoughtfully? In this episode, Tracy Callahan draws on her work in divorce coaching and parenting...
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Navigating Divorce Conflict: The Skills That Change What Happens Next
Knowing you need to handle conflict differently doesn’t always mean knowing how. In this episode of the Divorce Coaches Academy® podcast, Tracy Callahan explores how divorce coaches help clients develop practical skills for navigating conflict, from pausing before responding and examining...
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The Work Before the Work: What It Takes to Build a Divorce Coaching Practice
What does it really take to build a divorce coaching practice, before the referrals are consistent, the calendar is full, or the results fully reflect the effort? In this episode, Tracy Callahan speaks with DCA® Certified ADR Divorce Coach Karen Yurack, founder of White Oak Divorce Coaching.…
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Love Your Children More Than You Hate Your Ex
“You have to love your children more than you hate your ex.” It’s a familiar phrase, but what does it offer a parent who believes the fight with their co-parent is for their child? In this solo episode, Tracy Callahan explores how blame can become a lens through which every missed message…
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Staying Together for the Kids- Are We Asking the Wrong Question
Should parents stay together for the kids, or are we asking the wrong question? In this episode, Tracy Callahan explores what children need when a marriage is struggling. Drawing on comments from Real Housewives of New York City star Sai de Silva and a Census Bureau working paper examining...
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AI vs. AI in Conflict
In this episode, Tracy Callahan explores the growing use of AI in divorce and co-parenting communication and asks an important question: Are we simply improving the communication, or are we developing the communicator? AI can help clients draft better responses, reduce escalation and think…
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Beyond the Trees: The Proposal Problem and Why Knowing What You Want Isn't Enough for Mediation
Knowing what you want before divorce mediation may sound like good preparation. But when a client enters mediation committed to one specific outcome, with no ability to explore alternatives, that certainty can make negotiation more difficult. In this episode of the Divorce Coaches Academy®…
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Beyond the 50/50 Split: Making Smarter Financial Decisions in Divorce with Alyssa Miller
Financial decisions made during divorce can affect your life for decades. Yet many people enter the process without fully understanding their assets, expenses, retirement accounts, tax considerations, or what their financial life may look like after the divorce is final. In this episode of the...
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Before the Divorce Decision: Coaching Internal Conflict and Ambivalence
Should I get a divorce? It’s a simple question that can carry months—or even years—of uncertainty, fear, grief, guilt, frustration, and competing priorities. In this episode of the Divorce Coaches Academy® Podcast, host Tracy Callahan explores the internal conflict that often begins long before a...
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When Fair Isn't Enough: Helping Clients Create Sustainable Divorce Agreements
In divorce, “fair” can feel like the finish line but an agreement that looks balanced on paper can still create financial strain, parenting stress, and ongoing conflict in real life. On this week's podcast, Debra Doak explores why fairness alone isn’t enough and introduces the FAIR model, a...
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Designing the Ideal Divorce Process with Nikki Bould
In this thought provoking episode of the Divorce Coaches Academy® Podcast, Tracy Callahan is joined by Nikki Bould, Director of Education and Development for Divorce Coaches Academy New Zealand, to explore a simple but powerful question: What if we designed the family dispute resolution system...
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When Conflict Keeps Repeating: Interrupting Patterns Exhale–Explore–Engage- Masha Rusanov
Why do clients keep reacting in ways they regret, even when they know better? In this episode of the Divorce Coaches Academy® Podcast, Tracy Callahan speaks with conflict expert, mediator, DCA® Certified ADR Divorce Coach, and author Masha Rusanov about the unconscious patterns that keep people...
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You Don’t Need Cooperation to Reduce Parenting Conflict with Chrystal Fischer
What if reducing co-parenting conflict does not require both parents to cooperate? In this episode of the Divorce Coaches Academy® Podcast, Tracy Callahan welcomes Crystal Fisher, founder and executive director of Parenting with Grace, author of Protected and Connected, parenting educator, and…
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When Conflict Keeps Repeating: Interrupting Patterns Exhale–Explore–Engage® with Masha Rusanov
Why do clients keep reacting in ways they regret, even when they know better? In this episode of the Divorce Coaches Academy® Podcast, Tracy Callahan speaks with conflict expert, mediator, DCA® Certified ADR Divorce Coach, and author Masha Rusanov about the unconscious patterns that keep people...
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When Conflict Keeps Repeating: Interrupting Patterns Through Exhale–Explore–Engage® - Masha Rusanov
Why do clients keep reacting in ways they regret, even when they know better? In this episode of the Divorce Coaches Academy® Podcast, Tracy Callahan speaks with conflict expert, mediator, DCA® Certified ADR Divorce Coach, and author Masha Rusanov about the unconscious patterns that keep people...
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Founding Principles: What America's 250th Can Teach Us About Building a Profession Worth Trusting
What makes divorce coaching a profession worthy of public trust? Inspired by America’s 250th anniversary, Tracy Callahan reflects on the founding principles that can guide divorce coaching as it grows around the world. She explores why the profession must be grounded in self determination…
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Working With Clients Beyond Divorce with Connie Crowe Haralson author of Wired to Glow
What happens when a mental health professional finds herself navigating betrayal, manipulation, and a high conflict breakup? In this powerful episode of the Divorce Coaches Academy® Podcast, Debra Doak sits down with licensed professional counselor, behavioral health executive, speaker, and…
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Beyond the Legal Process: Heroic Divorce as a Holistic Framework for Transformation- Susan Filan
Who Are You Beyond the Divorce? Finding Identity, Purpose, and Peace with Susan Filan Divorce changes more than legal status. It challenges identity, disrupts certainty, and forces people to ask one of life's hardest questions: Who am I now? In this episode of the Divorce Coaches Academy®…
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After the Love Bomb: Rebuilding After Divorce with Dianne Harris
In this episode of the Divorce Coaches Academy® Podcast, Debra Doak is joined by her former client, Dianne Harris, relationship coach, speaker, and author of her memoir, "Love Bomb: He Sold Her a Dream and Delivered a Nightmare." Dianne shares her personal experience navigating an emotionally...
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Introducing ELEVATE: Advancing Professional Divorce Coaching in Canada with Dori Braddell
As divorce coaching continues to grow across Canada, more professionals from adjacent fields—including family law, mediation, financial services, mental health, and life coaching—are incorporating divorce coaching into their practices. But as the profession expands, important questions are...
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The Apology You’re Waiting For May Never Come: Now What?
In this thought-provoking episode, Tracy Callahan explores a question that surfaces repeatedly in divorce coaching but is rarely asked directly: What are people really seeking when they want an apology, acknowledgement, or explanation from their former partner? Inspired by the public conversation...
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When Clients Ask What to Do: Where Legal Advice Ends and Coaching Ethics Begin with Lauren Fair
When clients ask, "What should I do?" they are often seeking more than answers—they are seeking relief from uncertainty, fear, and overwhelm. In this episode of the Divorce Coaches Academy Podcast, Tracy Callahan is joined by family law attorney, mediator, and divorce coach Lauren Fair to explore...
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The Shift from Correction to Capacity
What happens when helping actually gets in the way of healing? In this powerful episode of the Divorce Coaches Academy Podcast®, Tracy Callahan is joined by somatic experiencing practitioner, certified mental health coach, Michelle Browning for a profound conversation about the shift from...
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What It's Really Like to Work with a Divorce Coach with Guest Cindy DiTiberio
In This Episode Cindy shares: How The Mother Lode evolved from writing about motherhood into writing about divorce and separation The emotional process of realizing a marriage is over The moment she finally decided to leave her marriage What it feels like to navigate a high-conflict divorce How...
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The Rise of the Divorce Influencer: Visibility Without Accountability
As divorce coaching continues to grow, social media has created a new form of authority built on relatability, lived experience, and audience trust. But when personal experience becomes guidance without clear ethical boundaries, what risks emerge for vulnerable individuals navigating divorce?…
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When Dating After Divorce Isn’t a Fresh Start, It May be a New Conflict Environment
Dating after divorce is often framed as a “fresh start.” But what if it’s not? In this episode, Tracy Callahan is joined by Wendy Kesser, certified divorce coach and professional “rematchmaker,” to explore what really happens when clients re-enter the world of relationships after divorce.…
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Communication Isn't The Problem In Divorce...Capacity Is (And It's Costing People Everything)
Does better communication really reduce conflict in divorce? Not always. In this episode, Tracy Callahan breaks down why communication strategies often fail in high conflict divorce—and how, in many cases, communication actually escalates conflict instead of resolving it. If you’re a divorce…
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Catch The Wave
Divorce doesn’t unfold in a straight line it comes in waves. In this episode Tracy Callahan is joined by Tamara Arnold family law attorney mediator DCA certified ADR divorce coach and creator of DivorceWave to explore what really happens between sessions when clients are triggered overwhelmed and...
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5 Ways Clients Unintentionally Make Divorce Conflict Worse (And How to Shift It)
Struggling with communication during divorce? You're not alone and it's not just about what’s being said. In this episode of the Divorce Coaches Academy podcast, Debra Doak explains why communication breaks down during divorce conflict and what’s really happening beneath the surface when...
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Curiosity as a Conflict Intervention in Divorce
In this episode of the Divorce Coaches Academy Podcast, Tracy Callahan is joined by Jacinta Gallant to explore how curiosity can be used as a conflict intervention in divorce. Together, they discuss why certainty, blame, and defensiveness often escalate conflict, and how targeted curiosity can…
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Supporting Parents in Divorce: Acknowledging Children’s Experience and Why It Matters
This episode of the Divorce Coaches Academy® Podcast explores one of the most overlooked dimensions of divorce: a child’s lived experience inside the conflict process. While parents navigate legal decisions, emotional strain, and uncertainty, there is often a well-intended instinct to protect...
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Power, Agency, and the Courage to Let Clients Lead
The moment a divorcing client looks at us and says, “Just tell me what to do,” it can feel almost cruel not to step in with the answer. But that impulse is exactly where ethics, skill, and real transformation live. We sit down with Andrea Hips, LBSW and certified divorce coach, to talk about…
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Why Divorce Coaches Cannot Want the Outcome More Than the Client
The conversation delves into the foundational principles of dispute resolution, emphasizing the importance of self-actualization and the role of divorce coaches in supporting growth and development. It highlights the value of presence and process, the need to tolerate slower progress for…
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Behind the Decision: Power, Control, and Clarity in Divorce Conversations
Send Us a Message (include your contact info if you'd like a reply) We dig beneath “the house,” “the money,” and “Wednesday” to reveal the real drivers of divorce conflict: power, fear, identity, and control. With Allison McFadden, we map skills that shift clients from positional fights to...
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Communicating with Clarity: Why Divorce Coaches Must Educate the Market Before the Market Understands Them
Send Us a Message (include your contact info if you'd like a reply) We dig into how clear, consistent messaging helps divorce coaches cut through noise, educate the market, and build real authority without slipping into self‑promotion. Jason Harper joins us to share a practical playbook for…
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Escalation Loops in Conflict: Understanding and Interrupting the Cycle in Divorce
Send Us a Message (include your contact info if you'd like a reply) We break down escalation loops in co‑parenting, why they entrench, and how divorce coaches can interrupt them with practical, evidence‑informed tools. We share the pause protocol, BIF writing, nervous‑system resets, and real‑time...
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The Myth of Love as a Conflict Solution
Send Us a Message (include your contact info if you'd like a reply) We explore why love and conflict can coexist during divorce and how skill, not intention, changes outcomes. We show how awareness, regulation, and alignment transform automatic reactions into choices that protect kids and shape a...
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When Personal Story Becomes Product: Professional Risk, Market Confusion, and the Future of Divorce Coaching
Send Us a Message (include your contact info if you'd like a reply) The loudest stories are getting the clicks, but are they serving clients? In this episode, we dig into a growing trend in divorce coaching—marketing that centers personal divorce and betrayal narratives—and examine how…
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Why Divorce Coaching Needs Clear Standards Of Practice
Send Us a Message (include your contact info if you'd like a reply) The fastest way to erode trust in divorce coaching is to leave the role undefined. In this episode, we dig into why standards of practice aren’t bureaucracy—they’re the backbone that makes our work predictable, referable, and...
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What Attorneys Wish Clients Understood About Fairness
Send Us a Message (include your contact info if you'd like a reply) Fair can feel like justice. In divorce, it often becomes a trap. In this episode, we sat down with attorney and managing partner Sara Marler to explore why “I just want what’s fair” derails strategy, inflates costs, and delays...
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Reframing Fairness Without Invalidating Emotion
Send Us a Message (include your contact info if you'd like a reply) What if the word “fair” is quietly keeping clients stuck? We dive into the emotional gravity of fairness and show how precise language, neutral validation, and clean reflection can move people from moral courtroom to practical...
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Fairness Vs. Resolution Within the ADR Framework
Send Us a Message (include your contact info if you'd like a reply) Fair feels righteous, but it quietly keeps so many divorces stuck. We pull back the curtain on why “I just want what’s fair” becomes a trap and how a resolution-focused approach creates momentum, protects your energy, and ends...
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Fair is the Four Letter Word: Why Chasing Fairness Keeps People Stuck in Divorce
Send Us a Message (include your contact info if you'd like a reply) Fair sounds virtuous, but it’s the quiet saboteur of many divorce negotiations. We pull back the curtain on how fairness language derails progress, fuels story stacking, and turns negotiations into a tribunal of the past instead…
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Diversity in Divorce Coaching: A Reflection on Access, Trust, and Effectiveness
Send Us a Message (include your contact info if you'd like a reply) Trust accelerates the work. That simple idea sits at the heart of our conversation with betrayal trauma specialist and DCA-certified ADR divorce coach, Christina Riley, as we explore why representation isn’t a tagline—it’s a...
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Artificial Intelligence and Divorce Coaching: Will AI Take Our Jobs or Help Us Do Them Better?
Send Us a Message (include your contact info if you'd like a reply) Feeling uneasy about AI crowding into divorce work? We felt it too—so we sat down to map where technology actually helps and where only a trained human can do the job. From polished emails to calmer exchanges, AI can create a...
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The Most Dangerous Sentence in Divorce
Send Us a Message (include your contact info if you'd like a reply) The phrase “I just want this over with” shows up every December like clockwork. Tracy unpacks why that sentence is both deeply human and a vital signal that capacity is low—and why mistaking urgency for readiness can derail...
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Roadmap To A Sustainable ADR Divorce Coaching Practice
Send Us a Message (include your contact info if you'd like a reply) Wondering if a sustainable divorce coaching practice is really possible—or how to build one without burning out or getting lost in theory? We sit down with DCA-certified coach Lyerly Spongberg to unpack the exact steps she took…
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Reframing Conflict in Divorce Coaching: From Pathology to Pragmatism
Send Us a Message (include your contact info if you'd like a reply) When the words “narcissist” or “toxic” hit the table, the conversation often derails. We take a different path—away from labels and toward behavior—so clients can make safer, smarter decisions during divorce without stepping into...
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Preparing for Divorce Month: Coaching for an Exit Strategy
Send Us a Message (include your contact info if you'd like a reply) The holidays promise cheer, yet for many families they amplify tension, unmet expectations, and quiet grief. We open the door to a calmer path by guiding clients through a practical, humane pre-decision continuum that reduces...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Divorce doesn’t have to tear families apart, and divorce coaches are proof. On the Divorce Coaches Academy® podcast, host Tracy Callahan shares strategies to help divorce coaches support clients through separation with less conflict, less cost, and more clarity, while building thriving practices. We also make the case (sometimes loudly) for divorce coaching as an essential part of alternative dispute resolution. For professionals committed to easing the financial and emotional toll of divorce on families.
HOSTED BY
Tracy Callahan, MA, ADRDC
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Divorce doesn’t have to tear families apart, and divorce coaches are proof. On the Divorce Coaches Academy® podcast, host Tracy Callahan shares strategies to help divorce coaches support clients through separation with less conflict, less cost, and more clarity, while building thriving practices....
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