Chavisa Horemans is a trauma-informed divorce, co-parenting, and chronic health coach who brings together professional credentials, academic training, and lived experience to support women navigating some of life’s most difficult transitions. As the founder of The Mother Corp, Chavisa works primarily with mothers facing high-conflict divorces and gender-based violence, offering a deeply integrative approach rooted in neuroscience, somatic awareness, and trauma-informed principles. Her coaching helps women rebuild their relationship with themselves, cultivate emotional resilience, and move forward with clarity and confidence—even in the most complex circumstances.

In this episode of 5 Fresh Tips, Chavisa shares five foundational strategies for divorce recovery and starting over after divorce. She opens with the power of trusting yourself, emphasizing that the relationship you have with yourself is the only lifelong relationship you’ll ever have—making self-trust the cornerstone of healing. Her second tip invites listeners to trust their intuition, grounding this advice in brain science: the right hemisphere processes vast amounts of information beyond logic—including where trauma lives—and leaning into that felt sense can be life-changing. Her third tip is to tune into your nervous system, understanding how staying within your “window of tolerance” supports grounded decision-making, co-parenting strategies, and personal safety.

Chavisa’s fourth tip focuses on investing in resources—working with a specialized professional to fast-track recovery and avoid prolonged suffering during high-conflict situations. Her fifth and final tip is a practical daily ritual: each morning, identify one concrete action to improve your situation, and each night, affirm that you did everything you could to care for yourself that day. Together, these five tips form a powerful roadmap for emotional healing, self-advocacy, and building a new identity after divorce. Whether you’re in the early stages of separation or working toward a fresh start, this episode delivers actionable single parenting advice and expert-led tools to help you thrive.

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In this episode of 5 Fresh Tips, therapist and author Oona Metz addresses one of the most stressful and emotionally loaded moments in the divorce process: talking to your kids about divorce when your partner is unwilling, avoidant, or refuses to participate. With nearly 30 years of clinical experience and over 15 years leading divorce support groups for women, Oona offers calm, expert guidance grounded in child development, emotional safety, and real-world parenting dynamics.

Oona shares practical, step-by-step divorce recovery tips for navigating this conversation solo, including how to explain divorce in age-appropriate language, what not to say, and how to respond when children ask hard questions. She explains why clarity and honesty—without oversharing—help children feel safer during family transitions, and how one emotionally grounded parent can stabilize kids even when co-parenting strategies aren’t aligned. This episode also covers emotional resilience for parents, especially single moms carrying the weight of both the logistics and the emotional labor of divorce.

The conversation draws on themes from Oona’s book, Unhitched: The Essential Divorce Guide for Women, which focuses on the emotional journey of divorce rather than legal tactics. Listeners will walk away with actionable tools, reassurance that they don’t need to “do this perfectly,” and a powerful mindset shift: protecting your children’s emotional wellbeing does not require mutual agreement—it requires presence, consistency, and care.

In this episode of 5 Fresh Tips, certified divorce coach, licensed clinical social worker, and co-parenting specialist Sheri Davis shares clear, compassionate strategies to help listeners stay grounded during divorce and other major life transitions. Drawing from her extensive clinical background, Sheri explains why moments of upheaval require slowing down, tuning into your internal cues, and allowing space to process the emotional impact of change. Her advice is rooted in emotional resilience, trauma-informed care, and practical divorce recovery tips that empower listeners to take manageable steps forward.

Sheri emphasizes the importance of building a reliable support system—whether through trusted friends, a therapist, or a divorce coach—to help navigate uncertainty and reduce overwhelm. She breaks down key co-parenting strategies, mindset shifts, and self-care practices that strengthen mental clarity and emotional stability during separation or single parenting. Her guidance helps listeners understand the difference between avoidance and grounding, and encourages them to create daily habits that support consistent regulation and connection.

Finally, Sheri offers her most powerful reminder: self-compassion is not optional—it’s a necessity when starting over after divorce. She introduces simple tools for reframing self-criticism, accepting what you can and cannot control, and approaching yourself with the same generosity you offer others. This episode is filled with expert-led, actionable insight for anyone seeking practical support during divorce recovery, family restructuring, or a major life transition.

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