Smart Divorce

Divorce doesn't have to be devastating. Reject the idea that you'll be damaged by the process. In fact, if you do it right, you'll grow from the experience. You'll start your new life better than you were before.

What is a happily ever after really worth? Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family . . . Then—he kicks her out, hires the city’s best divorce lawyers, drains their accounts, and takes up with a...

Divorce Smart will provide listeners with a step-by-step guide to what is essential to help their case and save themselves time and money along the way. Trust me: “penny wise and pound foolish” can add up to tens of thousands of dollars when dealing with an irrational or vindictive spouse. Listeners will be better equipped to handle the divorce process after listening about their legal rights and options.

“If you’re pregnant, that child isn’t mine. You were unfaithful.” I held out our baby’s first ultrasound to my husband, expecting him to be overjoyed. Instead, Maxwell wouldn’t even take it. He looked at me with disgust. LAUREL For years, I cried over negative pregnancy tests, terrified that my chance to become a mother was slipping away. Maxwell held me through every disappointment, kissing away my tears and promising our time would come. When I finally get pregnant, I rush to his Manhattan office with the happiest news of our marriage. He doesn’t welcome me. Instead, he ...

I was drowning in the freezing waters of the New York harbor. Through the chaos of the sinking yacht, my billionaire husband safely guided his executive assistant onto a rescue boat—leaving his wife behind. HOPE I used to be Bennett’s entire world back when he was fighting to save a single failing hotel. Now that he’s a hospitality mogul, I’m just an inconvenient appointment he delegates to his executive assistant. Bennett swore the other woman was strictly professional. “She handles the arrangements. You’re making it sound as if I asked her to run our marriage.” But Meredith ...

Divorce can leave you wondering where you belong, what comes next, and how to begin again. You do not have to face those questions alone. In Life After Divorce: Finding Light In Life’s Darkest Season, Scott and Leah Silverii share a Christian perspective on rebuilding life after a marriage ends. Both have experienced divorce, and they write with candor about the pain of that season and their own journey toward a new life together. Their F-A-I-T-H model for recovery to romance brings biblical principles to the process of moving forward. The book invites readers to consider their worth, ...

She is at her baby’s gender reveal dinner when her in-laws openly call her unborn daughter a useless drain on the family trust fund. She looks to her billionaire husband to defend them. Instead, with his childhood best friend’s hand on his arm, he tells his pregnant wife: “Stop taking everything so personally and sit down.” Fifty elite relatives hear it. So does she. Tristan Hawthorne expects her to quietly absorb his family’s abuse. He expects her to smile while another woman crosses every boundary. That night, Marianne doesn’t cry. She doesn’t beg. She takes off her diamond ...

I thought our miracle pregnancy would save our marriage. Instead, my husband slid a DNA swab across the kitchen island. TAMSIN For five years, I survived the isolating trauma of infertility completely alone. I bled for this marriage, clinging to the hope that a baby would finally pull Gideon out of his boardroom and back to me. When I got the positive test, I thought the nightmare was over. I thought I’d finally have my husband back. I was wrong. Poisoned by the whispers of his toxic mother and a predatory work-wife, he looked at our miracle and saw a boardroom liability. He wanted proof ...

“This season belongs to Nicolle. She is my absolute good luck charm.” Graham Delaney’s voice echoes through the arena, dedicating his Stanley Cup victory to his PR-assigned co-star. Standing on the wrong side of the glass, his wife hears every word. Riley bled in freezing minor-league basements to build Graham into an NHL god. But tonight, the billionaire captain looks his wife in the eye, holds up a finger to make her wait, and turns his back. Then, he takes the sweater Riley hand-knitted for him when they were starving, and wraps it around the other woman’s shoulders. He just gave...

“I can’t get out! Please help me!” Trapped in a burning room, behind a door that wouldn’t open, I screamed as smoke filled my lungs. Outside, my husband was carrying his secretary to safety, my existence forgotten. REBECCA Once, I loved being Andrew Halstead’s wife. I loved our home, the dinners I made him, and the charity work I poured my heart into. But somewhere along the way, I became the one person my husband never had time for. His secretary got everything. His attention. His trust. Even the fundraiser I’d spent months planning. When I finally confront him at his law firm,...

“She’s a murderer! Arrest her!” My mother-in-law screamed accusingly as officers snapped handcuffs around my wrists. Meanwhile, my husband was sitting by his ex’s hospital bed, holding her hand. BRIDGET I married Dominic thinking I could be a part of his world. I endured his mother’s vicious snobbery and the constant presence of his ex. I fought for our marriage because I loved my husband. Then I am accused of poisoning his ex at a high-society charity gala. By his own mother. As I am paraded through my own restaurant by the police, my husband is nowhere to be found. I use my one ...

The day I found out I was pregnant, my husband pushed me behind a velvet rope to pull another woman into his arms. He chose her over me on live TV. So I walked away, and took my secret with me. FRANKIE I survived the freezing garages and the empty bank accounts because I loved him. I built his first race car from scratch, holding us together while he promised we’d conquer the world as a team. But when he reached the top of Formula 1, I was erased. He let the corporate machine silence me, prioritizing his glamorous new teammate to sell a brand. I desperately wanted to tell him about our ...

What if your greatest heartbreak could lead you to your deepest strength? Divorce isn’t just the end of a marriage — it’s the unmaking of a world. In the wake of confusion, anger, grief, and fear, it’s easy to lose yourself. But you don’t have to. This short, powerful guide draws on the timeless wisdom of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus to help you navigate divorce with courage, presence, and integrity. In under 20,000 words, you’ll find 15 focused chapters offering practical tools and emotional grounding to help you: Regain control of your mindset Parent with calm and ...

Two thirtysomethings try to find their way through the complications of post-marriage love in this beloved novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Judy Blume. Margo and B.B. are each divorced, and each is trying to reinvent her life in Colorado—while their respective teenage daughters...

Prioritize your child's wellbeing with the strategies in this practical guide from an award–winning parent guidance expert. For children, a good divorce is better than a bad marriage, but that doesn't make the split any easier. Legal decisions have emotional consequences for kids and parents...

These are just some words used to describe the reality of dating after divorce. Like all major life changes, going through a divorce can be a very stressful time. No matter how long you were married, the act of parting from the person in life you may have been closest to can be jarring, challenging, and heartbreaking. The emotional exhaustion, the fear of failure, and that nagging feeling that maybe you're just meant to be alone can all make dating seem like a chore or something you don't want to do.

Getting divorced is almost never easy, but this practical, plain-English guide helps you get through the proceedings with a minimum of stress and expense. It shows you the latest changes in collaborative divorces, common law, and same-sex marriages, and even custody law - and how to work out the terms so you can begin building a fulfilling post-divorce life.

After five years of grueling infertility, Delilah finally gives her billionaire husband a miracle pregnancy. His response is to slide a tamper-evident DNA kit across his mahogany desk: “Before my father authorizes the trust funds, he’s mandating a biometric verification.” To Miles, their unborn baby is just a corporate liability to audit. He expects Delilah to sign the paper and go back to playing the perfect high-society wife. He assumes his billions will always keep her tethered to his side. He’s wrong. Delilah doesn’t cry. She doesn’t beg. She drops her platinum wedding rings...

A Today Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick Basking in Singapore’s nonstop sunshine, Dara, Amaka, and Lillian are living the glamorous expat dream—until a mysterious (not to mention handsome) new arrival infiltrates their tight-knit community and ruins everything: "Wanderlust-inducing" (Lola...

Eighteen years of marriage, one $91,000 betrayal, and a six-thousand-two-hundred-pound evidence locker. Marley Ayers just wanted a comfortable ride after eleven years of grueling consulting flights. What she gets instead is a front-row seat to her husband Jaron’s infidelity when she catches him rocking the suspension of her brand-new, pearl white luxury SUV in a commuter parking lot with a blonde mistress. Instead of screaming or smashing a window, the brilliant supply chain consultant realizes her vehicle's integrated telematics suite has recorded everything. By accessing the SUV's trip ...