Financially Ever After Widowhood
197 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsWidowhood is the state of being a widow or widower: a person whose spouse has passed away. This is a situation that no one wants to be in, but it is something that can happen, and that you and your family should be prepared for financially. When this kind of painful, life altering event occurs, it's important to have the structure in place for you and your family to be protected, and this year on Financially Ever After Widowhood, Stacy Francis is going to be talking to a diverse lineup of experts, and individuals who have gone through it themselves, to give you the tools and information you need to be prepared.
Prior to this year's series on Widowhood, Financially Ever After covered topics related to divorce. We invite you to check out these fantastic episodes if they are relevant to you.
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Children of Divorce - In Defense of the Defenseless
January 19, 2021 05:01 - 33 minutesElysa Greenblatt is the owner of Greenblatt Law, specializing in Matrimonial and Family Law, Litigation, and Collaborative Law. She represents and helps children get through the divorce process. She joins Stacy Francis to discuss what it means to be an attorney for children and the situations that warrant such legal assistance. Matrimonial attorneys must go through the necessary training and obtain the relevant certification to be permitted to represent children in family court. In addition,...
The Kickass Single Mother, and How She Does It
January 05, 2021 05:01 - 33 minutesEmma Johnson is the founder of Moms for Shared Parenting and WealthySingleMommy.com, the only site dedicated to helping professional single moms build amazing lives through career, money, dating, sex, and parenting. She is a business journalist, a speaker, and activist at the United Nations, and the author of The Kickass Single Mom: Be Financially Independent, Discover Your Sexiest Self, and Raise Fabulous, Happy Children. She joins Stacy Francis to talk about the top mistakes to avoid as div...
How Divorced Parents Can Avoid Getting On Santa’s Naughty List (Refresh)
December 22, 2020 05:01 - 34 minutesDo you hate your ex-spouse more than you love your child? For this holiday replay of a favorite episode from 2017, Stacy is joined by Shari Bornstein, a matrimonial and family law attorney at the Law Firm of John Yacos, P.C, to discuss how to put bitterness aside and prioritize your children when celebrating the holidays. Shari is dedicated to empowering clients with knowledge and strong legal advocacy through collaboration, mediation and litigation. In this episode, you will gain insight on...
Learning How to Forgive to Achieve a Better Outcome in Your Divorce Proceedings
December 08, 2020 05:01 - 25 minutesRegina DeMeo is a top matrimonial attorney and mediator and has regularly appeared as a legal commentator on TV, radio, and print. For over 2 decades she has been helping families with a variety of legal issues. She joins Stacy Francis today to help listeners as she shares the secret ingredient to preserving family wealth, goodwill, and relationships. Regina has noticed throughout the years that clients who are stuck in the past with feelings of anger, guilt, or remorse have a harder time mo...
Learning how to forgive to achieve a better outcome in your divorce proceedings
December 08, 2020 05:01 - 25 minutesRegina DeMeo is a top matrimonial attorney and mediator and has regularly appeared as a legal commentator on TV, radio, and print. For over 2 decades she has been helping families with a variety of legal issues. She joins Stacy Francis today to help listeners as she shares the secret ingredient to preserving family wealth, goodwill, and relationships. Regina has noticed throughout the years that clients who are stuck in the past with feelings of anger, guilt, or remorse have a harder time mo...
Victim or Survivor - The Choice is Yours
December 08, 2020 05:01 - 25 minutesRegina DeMeo is a top matrimonial attorney and mediator and has regularly appeared as a legal commentator on TV, radio, and print. For over 2 decades she has been helping families with a variety of legal issues. She joins Stacy Francis today to help listeners as she shares the secret ingredient to preserving family wealth, goodwill, and relationships. Regina has noticed throughout the years that clients who are stuck in the past with feelings of anger, guilt, or remorse have a harder time mo...
Identify Your Money Archetype and Take Control of Your Financial Future
November 24, 2020 05:01 - 32 minutesCarrie Casden is a business manager, Certified Money Coach, and the founder of Summit Financial Management. She joins Stacy Francis to discuss the eight money archetypes and how to identify them, becoming the driver on the road to financial security, and how to spend wisely. Your money archetype is the facet of your personality that involves your relationship with money. The money archetypes are: the innocent; the victim; the martyr; the warrior; the fool; the artist; the tyrant; and the mag...
How Health Insurance & Medicare will Affect your Divorce
November 10, 2020 05:01 - 36 minutesDanielle Kunkle Roberts is a health insurance and Medicare expert and a MarketingInsiders.com contributor. She is the co-owner of Boomer Benefits, an insurance agency that helps individuals navigate Medicare in 48 states. She joins Stacy Francis to share information about Medicare that will allow divorcees to make better decisions about health insurance. If you are in the divorce process and your health insurance is covered in your spouse’s name, and you also have your own coverage through y...
Stock Options and RSUs – What are You Entitled to in a Divorce?
October 27, 2020 04:01 - 32 minutesNancy founded Smarter Divorce Solutions in 2011 after going through her own less-than-optimal divorce process. She has over 20 years of experience in both investment management and financial planning and is the founder and a Senior Advisor with Smarter Financial Solutions. In 2016, Nancy founded the Divorce Financial Planner Training Center to offer continuing education to CDFA holders everywhere. The term “executive compensation” is a misnomer, as it is given to a lot more people than just ...
Estate Planning in the Event of a Biden Presidency
October 13, 2020 04:01 - 40 minutesNancy Burner is the Founder and Managing Partner of Burner Law Group, a professor at Hofstra University, and a Certified Elder Law Attorney. She has been named a Super Lawyer in the field of Elder Law for 11 consecutive years. She joins Stacy Francis today to discuss the important things you should know with regards to estate planning in the event of a Biden presidency. Estate and trust planning should always be done with a certified attorney, as it is very easy to make a mistake when you d...
When to Get Divorced and How to Prepare
September 29, 2020 04:01 - 31 minutesKatherine Miller is the Founder of Miller Law Group and Director in Training of the Center for Understanding and Conflict. She is the host of the radio show and podcast Divorce Dialogues, as well the author of The New Yorker's Guide to Collaborative Divorce and the co-author of the Amazon best-seller, A Cup of Coffee. She has been featured on CBS, NBC, The New York Times and Newsday Money Magazine. She joins Stacy Francis to discuss when to get a divorce and how to prepare for it. Katherine ...
Tax and Estate Planning Considerations You Should Be Aware Of
September 15, 2020 04:01 - 31 minutesCrystal Levy is a Senior Associate at Lassar & Cowhey LLP and a manager at Marcum LLP. She focuses on making thoughtful estate plans for modern and emerging families as well as high net worth households. Janis Cowhey is a Trusts & Estates and Tax Partner at Marcum LLP, who specializes in estate, gift and income tax planning, as well as working with same-sex couples and unmarried families. They join Stacy Francis to give insights about the required tax considerations in estate planning that th...
Divorce Recovery Begins with the Right Mindset
September 01, 2020 04:01 - 27 minutesRenee Bauer is a podcast host, a Connecticut Divorce Attorney at Bauer Law Group and the CEO of Happy Even After, an organization dedicated to family and matrimonial law. She joins Stacy Francis to talk about how your thinking patterns can emotionally and financially affect you during and after your divorce, and shares tools to help you have the right mindset. The type of questions clients ask are good indicators of where their mindset is, Renee claims. Clients that ask questions like “How w...
The Financial Pros and Cons of Marriage
August 18, 2020 04:01 - 48 minutesDawn Cardi is a founding partner at Cardi & Edgar LLP. She has considerable experience in corporate and securities law, and has spent dozens of years as a matrimonial attorney, representing individuals in divorce and custody proceedings. She joins Stacy Francis to talk about the financial advantages and disadvantages of both formal marriage and common law marriage. People are often shocked to learn that when they get married, everything they earn, except for certain exceptions, becomes mari...
The Unexpected Impact of Social Media on your Divorce
August 04, 2020 04:01 - 40 minutesPaige Zandri is a Managing Partner and the Lead Mediator of Artese Zandri. She has significant expertise in helping couples create an amicable separation. She joins Stacy Francis to discuss social media, and its effects on divorce. One’s presence on social media can impact alimony, child support, custody, and can be used as evidence in court. Paige advises that parties in divorce act as if there is a judge looking over their shoulder. What a person posts on social media can be taken out of ...
Divorcing During COVID - What You Need to Know
July 21, 2020 04:01 - 43 minutesHelene Bernstein is a Divorce Attorney and Mediator of her own firm and has been a family law attorney in Brooklyn, New York for the past 25 years. She sits on the board of Family Kind, a non-profit organization that offers reduced fee mediation services for couples going through divorce or separation. She is also a member of the board of directors of the Family Divorce Mediation Council and chairs their Continuing Education Committee. She joins Stacy Francis to talk about how COVID-19 is aff...
The Risks and Rewards of Buying and Selling During Divorce
July 07, 2020 04:01 - 49 minutesDavid Perry is a licensed real estate broker and certified Divorce Real Estate Specialist at Brown Harris Stevens. He joins Stacy Francis to talk about how to navigate buying and/or selling one’s home during a divorce. According to David, accounting is the language of business, economics is how you run it, and real estate is the marriage of both. Having a real estate broker as a resource from the beginning is important, David says, even if couples aren’t sure whether they want to buy or sel...
Using Positive Psychology to Flourish During and after Divorce
June 23, 2020 04:01 - 49 minutesEmiliya Zhivotovskaya is the CEO of The Flourishing Center, an organization dedicated to “training the change agents of the world” by using science to help people lead more fulfilling lives. She joins Stacy Francis to discuss how to navigate your emotions during divorce and to share three tips on how to change your habits. Self-awareness brings about self-compassion, which brings self-care, which enables more self-awareness. Human beings have been wired with a negativity bias, so we pay more...
Understanding Postnup Agreements & their Benefits
June 09, 2020 04:01 - 45 minutesLinda Rosenthal is a matrimonial lawyer and partner at McLaughlin & Stern. She joins Stacy Francis to chat about prenups and postnuptial (postnups) agreements, and how the latter may prove beneficial. Here are a few highlights from their conversation: A prenup is a contract agreed upon by the involved parties before a marriage, in the event of separation, divorce, or death; a postnup is a contract agreed upon during a marriage. Postnups provide the advantage of making decisions during you...
Surviving Relocation
May 26, 2020 15:30 - 47 minutesSophie Jacobi-Parisi is a partner at Warshaw Burnstein, LLP and practices matrimonial and family law, representing people in matrimonial, custody and support matters. She joins Stacy Francis to discuss relocation issues and how you can resolve them. Relocation is not automatic; you do not have the right, just because you’re the mother, to take your children and move away from their other parent. Make your case for relocation as strong as possible: consider all the benefits that the relocati...
Being a Stepmom Without Losing Your Money, Your Mind, and Your Marriage
May 12, 2020 04:01 - 35 minutesLaurie Marchel is a business executive in the financial services industry and the author of The Stepmoms’ Club: How to Be a Stepmom Without Losing Your Money, Your Mind, and Your Marriage. She joins Stacy Francis to share tips for navigating a blended family. When making decisions regarding the safety of your children, their best interest should come first. According to statistics, 1300 stepfamilies are formed every day in the US. The four D’s of stepparenting are: Documents, which will gi...
Navigating Conflict in your Marriage
April 28, 2020 04:01 - 49 minutesRich Heller is a conflict coach and trained mediator, with a master’s degree in social work and a certificate in coaching, who works with couples struggling to manage conflict. Whether a couple has decided to separate or divorce, Rich’s goal is to help minimize the friction, so the couple can maximize the support they give to their children. Rich talks about how, during difficulties in your marriage, children are taking in everything you say about, and how you treat, your spouse – and that...
Getting Support From Your Family During A Divorce
April 14, 2020 04:01 - 41 minutesCindy Gunraj is a certified divorce coach, author, and the CEO and Founder of Stillness Blooms- a platform for people going through difficult life changes and in need of support. She joins Stacy Francis to chat about how to draw on your family’s support in your divorce. Here are some highlights from their conversation: Cindy reached her breaking point, and realized that she would have a better life if she were no longer married. As women, we sometimes base our worth on how good of a mom ...
Gaining Self-Acceptance and Support from Your Family as You Prepare to Leave Your Marriage
April 14, 2020 04:01 - 41 minutesCindy Gunraj is a certified divorce coach, author, and the CEO and Founder of Stillness Blooms- a platform for people going through difficult life changes and in need of support. She joins Stacy Francis to chat about how to draw on your family’s support in your divorce. Here are some highlights from their conversation: Cindy reached her breaking point, and realized that she would have a better life if she were no longer married. As women, we sometimes base our worth on how good of a mom ...
Legal Divorce Considerations For Families During the Coronavirus Pandemic
March 31, 2020 04:01 - 42 minutesRandi Karmel is the Owner of Randi L. Karmel, PLLC. Randi has been practicing law for over 20 years, acquiring extensive litigation and trial experience. Randi currently represents clients in negotiating prenuptial and mid-nuptial agreements, separation and settlement agreements and actions for divorce that include equitable distribution, maintenance, visitation, support, and custody. She joins Stacy Francis to talk about the coronavirus and its impact on divorce processes. Here are a few hi...
Financial Resiliency Through Divorce and Market Uncertainty
March 24, 2020 04:01 - 41 minutesThis week, we bring you a special episode of Financially Ever After where your host, Stacy Francis, answers your questions on how the impact of COVID-19 may impact your financial situation - especially if you are going through divorce or are recently divorced. Stacy will answer important questions such as: What should I do with my money now? Will this downturn impact my divorce settlement, child support or spousal support? How can I best protect myself and my family? I don't have the lo...
Funding Your Divorce Without Access to Money
March 17, 2020 04:01 - 31 minutesNicole Noonan of New Chapter Capital is a former attorney with years of experience seeing women boxed in with financial challenges during a divorce. Divorce can be expensive; the average divorce in New York costs 17k per person, and can sometimes be much worse. This fact can keep women trapped in marriages they don’t want to be in, and unable to get the kind of legal and financial support they need. Stacy and Nicole talk about divorce funding, why it’s an important tool, and who it can be hel...
Making Divorce Easier For Your Children
March 03, 2020 05:01 - 42 minutesLauren Gaynor is a Litigation & Real Estate Partner specializing in Matrimonial Litigation at Teitler & Teitler. She chats with Stacy Francis about custody, child support, and how to make your divorce easier for your children. Here are a few highlights from their conversation: During your divorce, finding the right attorney in matrimonial is important to achieve an emotional fit. The amount of time your child spends with you is a key factor in child support calculation. Being too specific...
Turning Divorce into a Positive
February 18, 2020 05:01 - 35 minutesTurning Divorce into a Positive This week’s guest is Gabrielle Hartley, a divorce mediator who is known as a case closer. She has been able to keep 99% of her cases out of the courtroom. She chats with Stacy Francis about how she manages to move her clients through the divorce process without using the courts. She also discusses why she believes divorce can be a positive in your life. Gabrielle is committed to leading the positive divorce movement because her own parents had an amicable di...
Being in Business With Your Spouse & Still Protecting Yourself
February 04, 2020 05:01 - 43 minutesThis week’s guest on Financially Ever After is Dana Stutman, a matrimonial divorce attorney who runs a successful private practice in partnership with her husband Michael Stutman. She brings a unique insight on the topic of being in business with your spouse, and shares important tips women can use to protect themselves and their family in the event of a divorce. A partnership agreement protects you, your spouse, your team and your clients. You don’t want the business to suffer as a result o...
Transforming Your Relationship with Money
January 21, 2020 05:01 - 46 minutesIn this episode of Financially Every After, Stacy Francis speaks with Bari Tessler, the author of The Art of Money. They talk about how your relationship with money can impact all aspects of your life, the unfortunate fact that many of us had inconsistent, or totally absent financial educations, and the surprising ways our bodies can physically react when it comes to making decisions around money. This is a fascinating episode, filled with practical tips and actions you can take to transform ...
The Four Options Offered When Divorcing
January 07, 2020 05:01 - 42 minutesHost Stacy Francis welcomes attorney and social worker, Kristen Lyndaker to this week’s show. Kristen holds a Master’s degree in Social Work and has worked in the foster care and adoption field. She is also a practicing matrimonial attorney who specializes in Collaborative Family Law and Mediation. This area, she says, is a niche in law where she could combine her social work skills and family and child knowledge with the legal system to help people. Stacy asks Kristen how her experience wit...
Leveraging Your Capital Into Freedom
December 17, 2019 05:01 - 49 minutesMia Poppe had a successful 22-year career as a senior-level banker. Her own disastrous first divorce was the catalyst that led her to go to law school at the age of 42 and retrain as a matrimonial attorney. She now runs her own successful private practice. Mia joins Stacy Francis this week to chat about why it’s important to manage your money, knowing your value, and leveraging your capital into freedom. Mia got married the month after her college graduation, at age 22. Her marriage failed a...
Hiring an Attorney to Advocate For Your Child
December 03, 2019 05:01 - 44 minutesTen years ago, matrimonial attorney Lauren Friend started her own law firm because she wanted to help people through the worst times of their lives. Her clients see her as their support lifeline, which helps them get through the divorce process as healthily as possible. Apart from working with adults however, Lauren also works with children as an attorney for the child. She chats with Stacy Francis about when an attorney for the child might be needed, the things divorcing parents need to know...
A Powerful Personal Story: Escaping The Cycle of Abuse
November 19, 2019 05:01 - 42 minutesClaire, this week’s guest on Financially Ever After, has lived through many hardships. She bravely shares her story so that listeners who may be in a similar situation can find some help and hope. Claire has been living month to month for the last year and a half. Her ex-husband decided not to pay alimony this month to spite her, so she has not been able to pay her bills. [2:34] In the beginning, Claire’s ex-husband treated her like a princess, but soon he started to get angry and blame her...
What Wise Women Do After Divorce
November 05, 2019 05:01 - 47 minutesTanya-Marie Dubé is a master of transformation. She has lived through some very traumatic experiences: from being born into the foster care system, to being homeless from ages 12 to 18, to leaving her marriage of 18½ years without her home or any finances. Through each adversity, Tanya was able to change her perspective and come out a stronger, happier person. Now she teaches women around the world how to thrive after divorce. She joins Stacy Francis to talk about the five stages of transform...
Exposing Myths About Litigation
October 22, 2019 04:01 - 59 minutesJohn Yacos, of Yacos Law, has 30 years experience in matrimonial and family law. He joins Stacy Francis on this week’s show, to dispel the common myths about litigation, including the time it takes to get through the legal process. Common myths and misconceptions about litigation arise because of statements made by professionals, the anecdotal experience of clients’ acquaintances, as well as incorrect online information. [4:04] It’s important to be armed with information to guide you throug...
Rebuilding Your Body, Mind and Life After a Betrayal
October 08, 2019 04:01 - 34 minutesThis week’s guest is Dr. Debi Silber, author of Amazon bestseller The Unshakable Woman: Four Steps to Rebuilding Your Body, Mind and Life After a Life Crisis. Dr. Debi was blindsided by a personal betrayal that inspired her to study how women experience and heal from betrayal. She shares the five stages that we go through from betrayal to breakthrough. She also talks about Post Betrayal Syndrome and Post Betrayal Transformation and shares a tool you can use to see how far along you are in the...
Preparing for Divorce the Smart Way: Collecting Financials and Communicating Carefully
September 24, 2019 04:01 - 44 minutesJaime Weiss is an expert matrimonial attorney with Teitler & Teitler LLP in New York. She is well versed in litigation and is focused on helping her clients finish their cases quickly and efficiently. Having majored in Human Development and Family Studies as an undergrad, she brings to her law practice a deep understanding of the psychological drivers that guide how we make decisions, which helps her to discern her clients’ wants and needs and help them move to a happier place in their lives....
6 Keys to Preparing your Kids for Your Divorce
September 10, 2019 05:00 - 28 minutesRosalind Sedacca is a consultant with decades of experience in helping couples protect their children before, during and after divorce. She talks with host Stacy Francis about how to do divorce right when you have children. She discusses the 6 keys to tell your kids about your impending divorce in the right way, and how to avoid the common mistakes couples make during divorce.Rosalind's son was 11 years old when she divorced. She remembers being very concerned about his emotional well-being s...
How I Represented Myself in My Divorce, and Why You Shouldn’t with April Katz Israeli
August 27, 2019 05:00 - 36 minutesApril Katz Israeli is my honored guest on today’s podcast. She is a celebrated matrimonial attorney at Williams Law Group, with over 25 years experience. She brings an interesting point of view to our show, seeing that she represented herself in her own divorce. She will share tips on how to keep the cost of your divorce as low as possible if you are going pro se, as well as how she got over her fear of divorce and how you can get through it too. April helped her husband find a suitable divor...
Talking Divorce at Work While Staying Professional
August 13, 2019 05:00 - 34 minutesMost women don't like to admit they need help. We often don't even know what to ask for help with. It is a fact, however, that people going through a divorce need extra support, be it emotional support or with the administrative tasks that go along with a divorce. Today's guest, Katie Lynch, is going to help us navigate this issue. Katie is the founder of Apiary Consulting, a bespoke divorce consultancy that coaches senior executives going through a divorce.Katie shares the interesting story ...
Tackling the High Cost of Divorce
July 30, 2019 05:00 - 33 minutesCan you imagine your divorce being written about in the national tabloids? Today’s guest on the show is celebrity divorce lawyer Laura Wasser, who helps her clients navigate through that every day. Her clients include Kim Kardashian, Ryan Reynolds, Angelina Jolie, Stevie Wonder, Maria Shriver and more. She has been named one of the best lawyers in America, and she is passionate about making divorce something that people can understand, work through and afford more easily.Laura talks about how...
How Uncle Sam Gets Involved In Your Settlement
July 16, 2019 05:00 - 36 minutesToday’s topic is very important and one that a lot of us avoid as much as possible.W e’re talking about taxes - and specifically, the tax law changes that you absolutely need to know. This is going to be interesting, and important. We promise! Stacy Francis talks with Matthew Feigin, a Matrimonial Law group partner at Katsky Korins, who used to work for the Mayor of NYC Michael Bloomberg. Matthew is, as his son describes: “A lawyer who helps people share things.”Matthew shares the rather surp...
Building New Emotional, Professional and Financial Foundations
July 02, 2019 05:00 - 38 minutesOn this week’s episode of Financially Ever After, Stacy Francis has a fascinating conversation with Micki McWade, a clinical social worker and psychotherapist, whose primary work is with people contemplating or going through a divorce. She and Stacy discuss how to move on with your life - financially, professionally and emotionally after a divorce. Micki talks about her journey into social work and psychotherapy - it was never her original plan, but after an enriching experience with Al-Anon ...
Divorce is a Whole Family Affair with Robyn Mann
June 18, 2019 05:00 - 37 minutesToday’s guest on the Financially Ever After Podcast is Robyn Mann, a matrimonial attorney and mediator who comes to her practice with a deep experience of and respect for the impacts divorce can have on a family - and what to prioritize in terms of mitigating them. Stacy and Robyn discuss the financial aspects of a divorce, as well as who needs what kind of care, and how to make sure as many needs are being met as possible. Divorce Affects the Whole Family Robyn understands the impact of divo...
Estate Lessons We Can Learn From Celebrities
June 04, 2019 06:00 - 41 minutesOur guest today, Jill Miller, runs a firm that specializes in formulating sophisticated personalized estate plans. What makes her stand out is her expertise isn’t limited to US only client or traditional families only. Jill and her firm help take away the fear surrounding - and the likelihood of - audits. Her clientele range from individuals to highly visible celebrities. When to Update Your Estate Plan Women often forget that they need to take care of their estate plan while going through a ...
Tailored Tax Advice for Women with Nancy Goldfarb
May 21, 2019 06:00 - 45 minutesWhat kind of tax aspects do you need to think about when going through a divorce? Today we have Nancy Goldfarb, President of Smart Transition Strategies and a certified financial planner, public accountant, and divorce financial analyst. On this episode, she breaks down what you need to consider to help you make good decisions about your finances during and after the divorce. When to reach out to a CDFA or a CPA: The best time to reach out to a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst or a Certif...
What to Do If You’re Being Gaslighted with Meredith Shirey
May 07, 2019 20:36 - 41 minutesLast week, we talked about financial abuse and gaslighting. On this episode of Financially Ever After, we’re diving deeper into the topic of gaslighting with our guest, Meredith Shirey. Meredith is the founder and practice director of her New York-based private practice, and is a psychotherapist who specializes in relationship issues through couples therapy. Today we’re talking about what gaslighting is, what to do to get yourself out of a gaslighting situation, and how to help someone who ma...
Recognizing Financial Abuse and Gaslighting
April 23, 2019 05:00 - 42 minutesVictoria McCooey was one of the many women who thought she had a husband who loved and idolized her but found herself married to an abusive man who kept her isolated and financially disempowered – questioning her own knowledge and pressuring her into taking on debt while controlling almost every aspect of her life. Victoria saved herself and her children from this situation and has gone on to help hundreds of other women take their power back from abusive, narcissistic partners.