Description

Carolyn gets asked one question more than any other: where do I start? This episode is her answer – the TRUST Method, the five-stage path Women's Divorce Academy is built on, and the reason the order you do things in matters more than any single piece of advice you'll be given.

She takes you through all five stages, and she's honest about the one she got badly wrong herself. A decision made in the first year after her separation cost her a full year of support she was entitled to. Another, made years before she ever thought about divorce, cost her something she didn't know she had.

If divorce has arrived all at once and everyone has an opinion, this is the episode that sorts out what matters this week.

Key takeaways

• Divorce doesn't come one question at a time, and most of the advice you'll be handed contradicts the rest
• The five stages of the TRUST Method: Take stock, Regroup, Untangle, Shape, Thrive
• Four threads run through every stage – legal, money, children and you – so nothing gets dropped while you deal with what's in front of you
• Finding out what advice costs before deciding you can't afford it can change the whole first year
• In the first weeks, the job is triage: safety, access to money, the children, your health, and initial legal advice
• Decisions that look generous or harmless can carry consequences years down the track
• Where you are today isn't a grade – most women sit across two stages at once

Mentioned in this episode

• The TRUST Method stage finder – free https://www.womensdivorceacademy.com/trust
• Before You Agree to Anything – financial toolkit for property settlement: stellarcontent.thrivecart.com/know-before-you-sign/

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