Welcome to the Intentional Divorce Solutions Blog

If you're navigating divorce or rebuilding your life afterward, you're in the right place. This blog offers expert advice on the financial aspects of divorce, including asset division, budgeting, retirement planning, and avoiding common financial mistakes. Our goal is to help you gain clarity, protect your future, and feel empowered as you move forward.

Whether you're just starting the divorce process or adjusting to your new normal, explore our articles for practical tips, real-life strategies, and support from professionals who understand what you're going through.

 
Why Estate Planning After Divorce is a Must financial planning life after divorce

Divorce is anything but easy. Some emotional or financial issues will be more challenging to overcome than others, yet every challenge has a solution.

As you work your way through a checklist of items to deal with during the divorce process, you'll have lots to consider, from who gets what to your ...

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What I Wish I Knew Before My Divorce: Part 3 co-parenting financial planning health insurance kids and divorce life after divorce mediation preparing for divorce

This is part of a 3-part series on what women wish they knew before their divorce. You're reading: Part 3 Also in this series: Part 1 — Insurance, process, relationships, and self-care | Part 2 — College, agreements, exhaustion, and mindset

Divorce can be a bit like a special club that you never an...

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What I Wish I Knew Before My Divorce: Part 2 financial planning health insurance kids and divorce life after divorce mediation preparing for divorce

This is part of a 3-part series on what women wish they knew before their divorce. You're reading: Part 2 Also in this series: Part 1 — Insurance, process, relationships, and self-care | Part 3 — Mediation, priorities, state laws, and happiness

The time before your divorce is full of anticipation. ...

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What I Wish I Knew Before My Divorce: Part 1 co-parenting financial planning health insurance kids and divorce life after divorce life insurance preparing for divorce

This is part of a 3-part series on what women wish they knew before their divorce. You're reading: Part 1 Also in this series: Part 2 — College, agreements, exhaustion, and mindset | Part 3 — Mediation, priorities, state laws, and happiness

When I think back to the time during and even before my di...

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Financial Advisor for Divorce in Ohio: What a CDFA Does and Why You Need One asset division certified divorce financial analyst financial planning property division in divorce

Divorce Financial Advisor vs. Regular Financial Advisor: Differences

Going through a divorce in Ohio is one of the most financially complex experiences you'll ever face. Between Ohio's equitable distribution laws, the division of retirement accounts, pension plans, and determining spousal support

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Starting Over Financially After Divorce: A Practical Guide for Women Ready to Rebuild certified divorce financial analyst financial coaching financial planning life after divorce

Divorce changes so many parts of life, including your financial world. Whether you initiated the divorce or not, adjusting to new expenses, new responsibilities, and a new vision for your life can feel overwhelming. The good news is that you can rebuild. You can regain clarity. And you can create a ...

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Keep the House in Divorce: 7 Steps to a Smart Decision certified divorce financial analyst debt dividing assets in a divorce financial planning house in a divorce

I stayed in my house when I got divorced. At the time, the housing market had declined so much that we had negative equity in our home. Selling our house would have put us in a worse financial situation than keeping it and we had three young children. Keeping them in the house gave them some stabi...

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How to keep your house in a divorce certified divorce financial analyst debt dividing assets in a divorce financial planning house in a divorce property division in divorce

If you are wondering how to keep your house in a divorce, you're not alone. A lot of my clients have sentimental attachments to their homes. You've made memories there. It's where you raised your family. You may have close relationships with your neighbors or other strong ties to the community.

Eve...

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Expert Money Management Tips for Recently Divorced Women financial planning life after divorce

If you are recently divorced and managing money on your own for the first time, you are not alone. Many of the women who I work with are dealing with not only the stress of their divorce but also the need to become educated on their own personal finances. I was curious to get feedback from some of...

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How to Prepare Financially for Divorce: A CDFA's Step-by-Step Guide certified divorce financial analyst financial planning preparing for divorce

After more than a decade of helping women navigate divorce, I can tell you that the clients who come out of the process feeling the most confident and in control are almost always the ones who prepared financially before they ever filed paperwork. It does not matter whether the divorce was their ide...

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The Budget That Builds the Life: A New Way to Think About Money After Divorce budgeting certified divorce financial analyst financial coaching financial planning life after divorce

Creating a post-divorce budget is one of the most important financial steps you can take after your marriage ends. But most women approach it in a way that's almost guaranteed to fail.

They restrict everything. They cut joylessly. They build a plan based on fear instead of intention. And within a f...

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Social Security Benefits for Divorced Spouses: What You Need to Know divorce after 50 divorce financial planning financial planning gray divorce life after divorce ohio divorce preparing for divorce retirement accounts in divorce

This is one of the questions I get most often. Every single day, someone reaches out asking some version of: what happens with Social Security after my divorce?

If you were married for at least ten years, you may be entitled to collect Social Security benefits based on your ex-spouse's work record....

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