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.

 
Rebuilding Financial Confidence After Divorce: Your Path to Financial Independence budgeting financial coaching financial planning life after divorce ohio divorce

Divorce does not just divide assets. It can shatter your sense of financial security and leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about money. Whether you were the money person in your marriage or left financial decisions to your spouse, the emotional and logistical upheaval of starting...

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How to Keep the Winds of Change During Divorce budgeting divorce coach divorce support groups

by Liesel Darby, Mediator & Divorce Coach

What do the following have in common?

  1. You’re in the grocery store, looking for your favorite brand of stone-ground mustard, only to find that they no longer carry it.  The replacement brand is twice the price, and you don’t like the packaging either.
  2. Yo...
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10 Effective Strategies to Make Your Divorce Settlement Last asset division budgeting financial planning life after divorce

Divorce is undeniably a tumultuous period in anyone's life, characterized by emotional upheaval and significant financial changes. The impact of a divorce on one's financial future can be destabilizing if not handled with care. However, by engaging in careful planning and making thoughtful decisions...

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After Divorce Checklist: The Essential Steps to Take Once Your Divorce Is Final budgeting certified divorce financial analyst financial planning health insurance life after divorce life insurance ohio divorce preparing for divorce qdro retirement accounts in divorce taxes

Your divorce is final. You made it through.

Now comes the part nobody warned you about — the long list of practical things that need to happen before your new life actually starts. Accounts to close. Documents to update. Insurance to sort out. A budget that reflects your real life now, not the one ...

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Evaluating Your Divorce Settlement: The One Question That Matters Most alimony/spousal support budgeting certified divorce financial analyst child support dividing assets in a divorce house in a divorce

After reviewing hundreds of divorce settlement agreements as a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, I always come back to one critical question: Can you actually uphold this agreement?

It sounds simple, but you'd be surprised how many people sign divorce settlements they can't realistically maintai...

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Post-Divorce Tips for Surviving the Holidays on a Budget budgeting life after divorce

Transitioning to a new budget following your divorce can be a real challenge, and the countdown is on! It’s quickly approaching that time of year where we live simultaneously in cheer and stress. What one big thing you can do to reduce that stress? Save money!  Budgeting is essential all year,  but ...

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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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