How to Split a Toaster: A Divorce Podcast About Saving Your Relationships
181 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsSeth Nelson is a Tampa based family lawyer known for devising creative solutions to difficult problems. In How to Split a Toaster, Nelson and co-host Pete Wright take on the challenge of divorce with a central objective — saving your most important relationships with your family, your former spouse, and yourself.
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Finding Love Again When Your Picker’s Broken with Matchmaker April Davis
May 17, 2022 06:00 - 39 minutes - 18.6 MBDivorce is hard. But love on the other side of a divorce? You might feel like it’s never going to happen. You might feel like you never want to try again. Well, in this episode, we’re joined by an exciting guest who can not only help you realize that there can be love out there for you after your divorce, but also can help you navigate this confusing – yet wonderful – time. April Davis runs LUMA – Luxury Matchmaking, a nationwide matchmaking service helping clients all across the c...
Surviving Your Last Marriage’s Half-Life with Brittany Bliss & Reid Givens from Brittany and the Blisstones
May 10, 2022 06:00 - 54 minutes - 25.2 MBBrittany Bliss and Reid Givens each had been married for 19 years to other people before divorcing them. While figuring their new lives out, they met each other and fell in love. Now, almost five years later, they not only are about to get married but also have started a band together. In today’s episode, Brittany and Reid talk with Seth and Pete about lessons learned along the way and how they’re making it work. They talk about their previous marriages, why they didn’t work, and t...
It’s Not an Oil Change: Using Divorce Road Map 2.0 with Karen Covy
May 03, 2022 06:00 - 38 minutes - 18.2 MBToday we’re talking with Karen Covy, author of When Happily Ever After Ends: How to Survive Your Divorce Emotionally, Financially, and Legally. Karen has been working as a divorce professional for over 25 years as a mediator, attorney, arbitrator, decision coach and more. She’s come up with an online program called Divorce Road Map 2.0 that helps people navigate the challenges that come with divorce. Her mission as a divorce coach is to educate and empower people to get through thei...
Divorce in the Military with Attorney Paul Phipps
April 26, 2022 06:00 - 35 minutes - 39.4 MBDoes dealing with divorce while in the military make it more complicated? Former US Army Military Policeman Paul Phipps, also an attorney at Nelson Law Group, joins Pete and Seth in this episode to discuss about the complexities of divorce when one or both of the parties are military members. We talk acronyms – USFSPA and SMCRA, not to mention the 20/20/20 rule. How do they affect you? What happens when both parties in the divorce are in the military, and how is that different than...
Navigating Financial Infidelity with Wealthspire’s Aviva Pinto
April 19, 2022 06:00 - 38 minutes - 18.1 MBNo matter how you slice it, infidelity is not a word you want associated with your marriage. That’s true for financial infidelity as well. So how do you figure out if your partner is being financially unfaithful? And what should you do? Pete and Seth are joined today by Wealthspire’s Aviva Pinto to discuss financial infidelity, rebuilding your credit, alimony, and more. What is financial infidelity? We break down the definition and why it’s such a problem for marriages. If you’re ...
Codependent No More! with Licensed Mental Health Counselor Mary Joye
April 12, 2022 06:00 - 50 minutes - 23.7 MBPathological Altruism Co-dependency, or pathological altruism as we like to call it, is unhealthy in marriage, but how do you know it’s there? It can turn a once healthy marriage into a bad one and often leads to divorce. How does co-dependency affect marriage and divorce? And how do you figure out if you’re co-dependent or part of the problem? On today’s show, we have Mary Joye, licensed mental health counselor and Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator, joining us to ta...
De-Escalating Conflict with Divorce Coach Cherie Morris
April 05, 2022 06:00 - 37 minutes - 40.9 MBDe-Escalating Conflict By its very nature, divorce is ripe with conflict. It starts because of conflict, it’s full of conflict all the way through, and often – particularly in cases with children involved – there is still conflict on the other side. Is there an easier way to deal with it? How do you learn the fine art of control in this minefield of conflict? Joining us on the Toaster today is divorce coach and parent coordinator Cherie Morris. She’s behind DearDivorceCoach.com he...
So Similar Yet So Different: Check Your Local Jurisdiction with Courtney Shepard
March 29, 2022 06:00 - 50 minutes - 23.8 MBIt’s become a bit of a running gag throughout our five seasons that we often tell you to “check your local jurisdiction,” but there’s good reason behind the joke. Every state, or jurisdiction, has its own laws that need to be followed and adhered to. To help us in this conversation, we’ve invited family law specialist Courtney Shepard from Burch Shepard Family Law Group – all the way from Orange County, California – to join us so we can better understand how laws are similar from j...
Two Sides to Everything: Duking It Out with Opposing Counsel Michael Lundy
March 22, 2022 06:00 - 55 minutes - 25.7 MBMovies and TV shows always make out the opposing counsel as this unstoppable and evil force with unlimited resources and ill intent. Okay, maybe it’s not that extreme, but you get the idea. We all have an idea as to what the opposing counsel is. But are they that bad? Do they naturally hate your lawyer and vice versa? Well, on this episode, Seth invites Michael Lundy – a family law attorney in the great state of Florida who has sat on the opposite side of the table from him on numer...
Will Divorce Hurt College Planning? Answers with College Financial Prep’s Vicki Vollweiler
March 15, 2022 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBVicki Vollweiler helps parents and students finance their college experience. If you’re in the process of a divorce, Vicki has some things for you to think about to make sure you don’t make it harder for your kiddo to get the money they need to get educated! (00:00) - Welcome to How to Split a Toaster (01:31) - What does the college finance landscape look like in 2022? (04:19) - Early Decision v. Early Action (07:12) - FAFSA and Divorce (13:45) - Sponsor: Soberlink (15:19) - Co...
On Grief, Loss, and Family
March 08, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes - 52.3 MBSeth lost his mom. Pete lost his dad. And both are working through the experience of grief that comes with the impact on their lives and families. This is not an episode that answers all your grief questions. There are far better topical podcasts with experts to help with that. This show is an exploration of the experience with two guys living through it, and a reflection on how grief — whether from the loss of a beloved family member to the loss of a family through divorce — wrec...
Holding Your Head High Through Divorce with Elizabeth Ann Atkins
March 01, 2022 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBYou're doing all the right things, all the things your team has told you to do: you’re facing the prospect of divorce head-on. But when the process gets hard, it’s even harder to keep your head held high. How do you keep your focus on a successful outcome when everything else in the divorce process feels so ugly? To help us through it all we welcome Elizabeth Ann Atkins. Elizabeth is America’s Book Coach and author of more than 40 books, wellness coach, and co-host of 'MI Health...
Forgiveness and Brighter Futures After Divorce with Twyla M. Marks
February 22, 2022 07:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBWhat does it mean to forgive after your divorce? You can count many reasons to hold a grudge; you have all the reasons that led you to divorce in the first place, but divorce isn’t normally a process that naturally cultivates calm and understanding. So, how do you find peace in the process? Our guest today is Twyla M. Marks, host of “Divorce Talk with Twyla” and survivor of her own toxic divorce. She shares her journey to getting her HAPPY back, finding the right balance for her k...
A Post-Divorce Valentine's Day to Remember
February 15, 2022 07:00 - 32 minutes - 15.3 MBWhatever your position on Valentine's Day as a holiday, there's no denying the cultural charge of romantic expectation around us. That charge can work wonders, lifting us to romantic heights and hormonal bliss — when it’s working. But what happens when it’s not? What happens when the spark is gone, the romance stifled, the marriage over? What do you do when you run into your first post-divorce Valentine's Day? This week on the show, we turn to you. How did you handle your first Va...
Post-Divorce Relationships • Rebroadcast
January 25, 2022 07:00 - 33 minutes - 15.7 MBOur hiatus continues as we get closer to season five! In today’s episode, we return to season one for a conversation Pete and Seth had without any guests – what do post-divorce relationships look like? What’s going to happen to your kids and their relationship with former grandparents? Step- and former step-spouses? Former step-siblings? What rights exist to keep these family relationships together? Like ripples in a pond, families big and small alike experience a complex emotiona...
The High Conflict Divorce: Navigating Volatile Behavior with Megan Hunter • Rebroadcast
January 18, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBWe continue our hiatus as we prepare for season five. In today’s episode, we return to season three and our conversation with Megan Hunter at the Hight Conflict Institute in a great conversation about dealing with divorce with high conflict people. Ninety percent of divorce conflict can be resolved through dialog and negotiation. But what about that last ten percent? In these situations you might find yourself interacting with partners that have moved from the frustration and grief...
Staging your Epic Comeback with Divorce Coach Nikki Bruno • Rebroadcast
January 11, 2022 10:05 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MB“Get over your divorce before your divorce is over.” So says divorce coach Nikki Bruno in one of the programs she offers, guiding participants through the divorce process with a coach’s attention. And as a coach, she is dedicated to the internal work, the processing required to move through the grief of conflict, anxiety, fear, depression, and grief that comes alongside the legal separation. We’re continuing a series of dips back into the archives as we continue our hiatus getting ready for...
Staging your Epic Comeback with Divorce Coach Nikki Bruno [Rebroadcast]
January 11, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MB“Get over your divorce before your divorce is over.” So says divorce coach Nikki Bruno in one of the programs she offers, guiding participants through the divorce process with a coach’s attention. And as a coach, she is dedicated to the internal work, the processing required to move through the grief of conflict, anxiety, fear, depression, and grief that comes alongside the legal separation. We’re continuing a series of dips back into the archives as we continue our hiatus getting ...
The Toaster Hollywood Holiday Special
January 04, 2022 07:00 - 35 minutes - 33.4 MBHappy New Year! In our season break we brought the team together to talk about divorce in the movies. From hyper-stylized to hyper-real, how well do filmmakers capture divorce? Producer Andy Nelson joins Pete and Seth as we build our divorce movie watchlist. Seth It’s Complicated (steal) The First Wives Club Something’s Gotta Give Under the Tuscan Sun Pete War of the Roses (steal) Crazy, Stupid, Love. Her Marriage Story Gloria Bell Andy The Squid and the Whale Blue Val...
Redesigning Your Life with Jamie Blumenthal • Rebroadcast
December 21, 2021 07:00 - 41 minutes - 38.8 MBWe’re on a short break as we celebrate the holidays with our families and gear up for season five coming in 2022. While we’re away, we thought it might be nice to take another trip down memory lane and share some of our favorite episodes from our early seasons of the Toaster. This week, we’re talking about your space. You’re newly divorced. You’ve moved into a new place. Let’s say, to really put a cap on this exercise of imagination, you’re sitting on the floor one night eating se...
Healing Trauma, Rebuilding Life with Dee Wallace
December 14, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBHow do you heal after living through the trauma of divorce? How do you help your kids heal when they live through their own experience of your trauma? Whether you consider yours an easy divorce, or a hard one, the act of separating lives is traumatic, and the impact of trauma can sneak up on you. As we wrap up this season of the show, we want to take some time to talk about that healing process and we have the perfect guest to help us do that. Dee Wallace is an actor and a healer,...
Bride in Reverse with Writer Becca Bycott
December 07, 2021 07:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBWe’ve talked about divorce and the law. We’ve talked about the emotional rebuilding after a divorce, too. But somewhere in between the legal and the emotional exists the practical: how do you present yourself to the world? This week on the show we’re talking all about brand YOU. Becca Bycott is a writer based in Washington D.C. and the pen behind Bride In Reverse, a personal branding and lifestyle blog that celebrates how to reclaim autonomy after this big life change. (00:00) - ...
Tired of Darkness: Life After Divorce with Chidima Anusiem
November 30, 2021 07:00 - 30 minutes - 34.6 MBWhat happens to your life after divorce? Author Chidima Anusiem, or “Author Chi”, joins us this week to talk about the transition. From social rebuilding to emotional health, her work as a divorce coach working with other divorced women offers a unique perspective on transitioning from the legal constraints to the practical realities of life after divorce. We learn about her 7-step divorce coaching program: From Divorce to Diamonds, and her work as a woman’s empowerment speaker as...
Protecting the Suddenly Single and their Money with Simon Brady
November 23, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MBIf you’re newly divorced, this episode is going to hit home. Today, we’re dealing with one of the central questions that form the overall arc of your divorce story: how do you handle the money? This week on the show, we have a guest seasoned in helping the “suddenly single” through the uncertainly, a financial educator for his clients in how to avoid the financial vultures the circle the divorce process. You’re going to learn some important concepts in this episode that you’ll need...
Finding Your Tribe with Divorced Over Forty’s Daniel Herrold
November 16, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 35 MBWe’ve talked about grey divorce on the Toaster. We’ve talked about high dollar divorce on the Toaster. But what are the issues facing the messy middle, sitting right at the top of the divorce bell curve? That’s the topic of this week’s show, and to lead us through it we’re talking to Daniel Herrold, co-founder of Divorced Over Forty, a community dedicated to providing support for those in their 40s through 60s, searching for community and friendship. What are the main issues facin...
Reprogramming For Health and Strength with Coach JT Tapias
November 09, 2021 07:00 - 52 minutes - 48.7 MBJT Tapias is a trainer, coach, and health counselor and his practice is all about teaching others how to live a fit and healthy life that is sustainable. Your health is more than a casual pastime and the stress of divorce can have an even more drastic impact on your health than you might expect. The Power of Re-Programming Today, JT talks to us about the things we put in the way of our health and how getting fit can actually improve how you feel as you move through your divorce....
Exploring Yourself through Sex After Divorce with Sexologist Dr. Joe Kort
November 02, 2021 06:00 - 39 minutes - 37 MBHow has divorce impacted your sex life? Have you noticed a difference in intimacy as you move through your separation, dating, and even sex in your subsequent marriages? How has your experience communicating about your sexual interests and experience changed through divorce? Dr. Joe Kort is a psychotherapist and founder of The Center for Relationship and Sexual Health and a board certified clinical sexologist. He’s here today to help us navigate the uncertain waters of your post d...
A Day in the Life of Your Divorce Attorney
October 26, 2021 06:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBWhat does it take to move from case to case as a divorce attorney? Which systems are in place to manage client, judge, opposing counsel, and assorted other relationships on your case? What tools keep material organized and accessible? The inner workings of a busy law firm might not be quite as dramatic as you see in the movies, but understanding what’s going on behind the scenes can help you work with your attorney and their team in a way that keeps your case moving smoothly toward...
The Amygdala Hijack: Pivots to improve your co-parenting experience with Erika Anne Englund
October 19, 2021 06:00 - 57 minutes - 53.4 MBErika Anne Englund spent 15 years as a divorce attorney, professional mediator, and law professor before becoming Chief of Strategy at SupportPay. And she tells it like it is — divorce is hard for everyone involved. That’s why it’s so important to trap the language we use that piles negative emotion on an already difficult situation. To start, let’s agree to stop reading articles that have some variant of “Learn to Survive the Holidays after Divorce!” Let’s instead assume that survi...
Questioning Dad Culture with Professor Jordan Shapiro
October 12, 2021 06:00 - 44 minutes - 41.4 MBJordan Shapiro is a professor at Temple University, a senior fellow for the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, and Nonresident Fellow in the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution. He’s also author of two books, “The New Childhood: Raising Kids to Thrive in a Connected World” and his newest book, Father Figure: How to Be a Feminist Dad,” a new take on “dad-psychology” that challenges our assumptions of traditional parenting roles. But what are traditi...
The Costs of Splitting Benefits with Tyler Wrage
October 05, 2021 06:00 - 39 minutes - 36.8 MBAll right, we get it. A review of benefits programs might not seem like the most entertaining fodder for a podcast about divorce. But wait, just hear us out. See, if you're on your spouses benefits program, you could be looking a unraveling a potentially expensive web of coverage, from life insurance to health plans to pensions, IRAs, and 401ks, each of which leads to choice you get to make on a specific — and regulated — time table. So, what happens when your divorce gets in th...
Answering the Big Divorce Question: How Are You Going to Pay For It? With Nicole Noonan of New Chapter Capital
September 28, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutes - 28.8 MBThis week on the show, we’re taking on one of the BIG divorce questions. It comes right along with “where am I going to live,” and “what am I going to do with my life?” … it’s the question of money. Divorces can get expensive and you need to know how to pay for it. One option — one of several — is Divorce Financing, and our guest today is fouder and CEO of New Chapter Capital, an organization that specializes in capital financing for divorce. That means, she brings a unique outlook...
Your Forensic Accountant and You: David Harper Teaches the Numbers Behind Your Divorce
September 21, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutes - 38.7 MBBringing in a "forensic accountant" to your divorce team sounds serious, and it is. But it's far from the dour experience the title implies. In fact, having an expert in understanding the numbers in your divorce can play an invaluable role in creating a clear, accurate, and fair split. As you listen, if you're not a numbers person (as Pete is certainly not), you might find the thought of the whole endeavor overwhelming. Is this an audit? How invasive is it? What will you have to p...
Smart Alcohol: Soberlink Brings Booze Monitoring Tech to Divorce with Chris Beck
September 14, 2021 09:03 - 34 minutes - 38.1 MBSoberlink is a tool used to identify, test, and communicate alcohol use. If you’re in addiction recovery you might think of it as your accountability partner. For our purposes, it’s all about being accountable to yourself, to your former spouse, and to the court, in an effort to keep clean and preserve your relationships with your kids in the divorce process. Chris Beck joins us from Soberlink to talk about the tool, the technology behind it, how it is used in the law, and their advocacy su...
Smart Alcohol: Soberlink Enhances Child Safety Amidst Custody and Alcohol Litigation with Chris Beck
September 14, 2021 06:00 - 34 minutes - 38.1 MBSoberlink is a tool used to identify, test, and communicate alcohol use. If you’re in addiction recovery you might think of it as your accountability partner. For our purposes, it’s all about being accountable to yourself, to your former spouse, and to the court, in an effort to keep clean and preserve your relationships with your kids in the divorce process. Chris Beck joins us from Soberlink to talk about the tool, the technology behind it, how it is used in the law, and their ad...
Sex and Reinvention After Divorce with Author Laura Friedman Williams
September 07, 2021 07:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBOur guest today has spent years in the publishing business, but it was only when her marriage broke up that she found the inspiration to write a book of her own. Available: A Memoir of Sex & Dating After a Marriage Ends, is a no-holds-barred look at post-divorce rehabilitation and the experiences of a woman on a journey of invention. “Don’t judge me,” says author Laura Friedman Williams. And that’s one of the central messages in the book. It’s hard to re-engage, to re-ignite after...
Raising Someone Else's Kids with Tracy Poizner
August 31, 2021 06:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBThis week on the show we welcome Tracy Poizner, parenting strategist who specializes in helping divorced moms and dads navigate new parenting duties and help them raise well-adjusted, fully-parented humans. She teaches us how to move through shallow expectations and work toward forging relationships of trust within a new family, challenging preconceived notions of perfection in favor of respect. What don't people understand about becoming a step-parent? A lot, according to Poizner...
Gabrielle Stone on Healing and Being a Badass in ‘Eat, Pray, #FML'
August 24, 2021 06:45 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBGabrielle Stone pulled on the threads of her own marriage, until it came apart. At the other end, she'd discovered spare phones, receipts, emails, and an extraordinary web of social media posts that came together to paint a picture of her husband's extensive affair with a younger woman. In her day job, Stone is filmmaker. Her films It Happened Again Last Night and After Emma earned her awards for writing, directing, and acting. With the discovery — and recovery — through her husba...
Who Keeps the Dog? With Karis Nafte (Rebroadcast)
August 17, 2021 06:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBIt's safe to say we're all dog people around Toaster HQ. They're not big dogs. They're small, cuddly dogs that like to sit on laps and couches and generally give us peace. Unless they see a bike. Bikes are bad news. In the eyes of the law, these adorable creatures are considered pretty simple property. Sure, they're about as easy to split as a toaster, but the court doesn't care. Pets become another box to check. So, what do you do? Turns out, we have somebody for that. We're sti...
The Big Question: Should I Get a Divorce? (Rebroadcast)
August 10, 2021 06:00 - 38 minutes - 36.1 MBWe're gearing up for our fourth season which will begin in just a few weeks. Along the way, we've been reflecting on lessons learned in the last three seasons, reviewing which episodes have resonated with you. As such, we thought we'd use a bit of our break while we're preparing new episodes, to share a few of our favorites from the first three seasons. This is where it starts. You're in a relationship that isn't working. Maybe you both know it isn't working. Maybe it's just not w...
Post-Divorce and BACK in Court? It's time for some SLAD
July 06, 2021 06:00 - 36 minutes - 39.9 MBIt’s the last episode of our season and we’re going out with a bang. We introduce Pete’s new favorite acronym by way of Subsequent Lawsuits After Divorce (S.L.A.D.) and talk about all the ways you might find yourself back in court after your divorce is over. The law is made up of some confusing statements on responsibilities as they’re assigned in the divorce process and we outline the major buckets of circumstances that will see you working with your attorney again: appeals, parent...
Moving On and the Value of Your Divorce Community with Michelle Dempsey-Multack
June 29, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBLet’s just say you’re a woman and you’re about to divorce. We know, crazy, right? But stay with us on this. When you walk away from your marriage, what is it that you most want your former spouse to know? If you could wave a magic wand, not to somehow recover your relationship, but to cast a spell that would ensure that your former spouse truly understood your perspective, what would you say? This week on the Toaster, Michelle Dempsey-Multack joins us from the Moms Moving On Podca...
When your Groove becomes a Rut: Surviving Divorce with Kate Anthony
June 22, 2021 06:00 - 34 minutes - 16.3 MBThis week we’re taking on the biggest question of the separation: should I stay or should I go? To help, we welcome Kate Anthony, host of the New York Times recommended podcast, The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast, and certified coach with over a decade’s worth of experience helping women make this decision for themselves. The process can be messy, but Kate has a few key questions that help us make sense of the emotional process of letting go of the relationship. Are you giving up ...
Catching a Relationship Before Divorce is the Destination with Linda Murphy
June 15, 2021 07:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBOur guest today is Linda Murphy, founder of the Relationship and Divorce Counseling Center where she and her colleagues work to help others through difficult relationship transitions. Sometimes, that means coaching through the divorce process. But sometimes, it means catching the relationship before divorce becomes the destination. When should you start counseling? What signs are you watching that you might be able to save the marriage with a little help? How do you know it’s over...
The High Conflict Divorce: Navigating Volatile Behavior with Megan Hunter
June 08, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBNinety percent of divorce conflict can be resolved through dialog and negotiation. But what about that last ten percent? In these situations you might find yourself interacting with partners that have moved from the frustration and grief natural in the divorce process and into what we have come to call high conflict behavior. Our guest today is Megan Hunter, co-founder of the High Conflict Institute, an organization dedicated to this group that engages in high conflict behaviors. W...
Release, Recalibrate & Renew with Gabrielle Hartley
June 01, 2021 07:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBGabrielle Hartley is a nationally-recognized divorce attorney, online mediator and divorce strategy coach with a strong focus on conflict resolution. She is the author of Better Apart: The Radically Positive Way to Separate and she joins us today to share how she brings mindfulness to the divorce process. No, Gabrielle doesn't lead her clients through a yoga practice in the mediation process. But she does lead us through some specific exercises focusing on breathing and returning ...
Looking In: Divorce as a Tool for Self-Reflection
May 25, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 15.8 MBIt's easy to get stuck looking out when you're navigating the divorce process. You're focused on your kids, your soon-to-be former spouse, support teams helping you move, divide finances, and generally get your life in order. When it feels like your grip on your world is most tenuous, when you're facing a period of great stress, this is the time to stop, take stock, and reflect. This week on the show, Seth Nelson leads us through a journey of self-reflection based on his years a...
A Divorce with More Zeros: Celebrity Divorce with Randall Kessler
May 18, 2021 10:00 - 50 minutes - 23.6 MBRandall Kessler founded the law firm now known as Kessler & Solomiany, LLC in 1991. Today, the Atlanta-based firm sports 30 attorneys and staff and in the course of their family law practice, they've represented some of the highest profile clients in the country; athletes, TV and film personalities, judges, politicians, and industrialists. As such, Kessler has a unique perspective on the divorce process. This week, he joins us in the Toaster to share some important observations gl...
The Difficult Divorce
May 11, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 38.8 MBThe healthy post-divorce is a perennial favorite around these parts. But what happens when the divorce process is not so peaceful? We’re talking about exchanges of power in the divorce process. Subversive or passive aggressive texts, emails, and calls. Secrets about money and property. Fights. They all lead to a more combative and complicated divorce, and may lead to questions of safety. What can you count on from your legal team, and what’s on you to resolve? That’s this week as ...
A Divorce Lawyer’s Guide to Dating Apps
May 04, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 35 MBHeart? Swipe? Like? When it's time to get back into the sea after your divorce, how do you know where to find the right fish? This week on the show, divorce lawyer Seth Nelson shares his experience and insight into getting yourself back out there. First, the tech. There are many, many apps to help you get connected and learning to use them isn’t just a nice skill, it’s a requirement. How do you handle that first date with someone new? How about intimacy? Introducing kids? Travel? ...