Jeanette Chivvis serves as a therapist in Rockwall, Texas where she helps clients increase their self-awareness. Jeanette previously worked in Hollywood as a stylist to the stars. She especially enjoys combining her love of fashion with how clothes make a person feel on the inside with her summer camps for teenage girls on body acceptance. In this episode Jeanette talks about how to get to know who you are and learn to love yourself as you are.

Michelle talks to us about how internal and external gratitude changes our attitude toward the world around us. She defines 5 parts of our lives for which we can show internal and external gratitude to improve our well-being.

Relationship coach Joey Natale is on a mission to inspire and empower people to foster their own path to self-acceptance through building confidence and fostering meaningful relationships. Here he talks about to take action to work through the tough times of a break up to gain in self-confidence and be ready to move on in life. He also offers a free workbook he developed for self-acceptance, available at the end of the program.

Remember when you were afraid of the scary but imaginary monsters under the bed as a child? Many fears as a grown up can be the same. Here we talk through how overcoming fear can be one of the biggest challenges we face in life, but it’s also one of the most rewarding. Michelle outlines seven actionable steps to help each of us identify the things we are afraid of, reframe our mindset, and take action toward a more confident life.

Guy Rodgers is a certified financial planner in private practice. As an advocate and financial coach for single women, he helps clients achieve clarity, confidence, and creativity by addressing critical wealth management concepts. He helps people look at their financial overview, develop a spending plan, and invest what’s left for the future.

Girlfriends are the ones who are consistently there for you through the ups and downs of life. They are the ones who call you out when you are not living up to your potential, pick you up when life disappoints you, and throw the shower for your kids when the wedding or baby comes in whatever order that may be. Most importantly, girlfriends are the ones who have the staying power through your life through the dating, honeymoon, marriage, divorce, and remarriage phases of life. The reality is that women spend a significant part of their life without a partner – life before marriage, life after divorce, or life after the death of a spouse – and it is the girlfriends who see you through that. If you don’t have those girlfriends, it’s time to get some, prioritize them, and keep them. They are so important. Listen to Michelle’s message in this episode!

Rita Oliver is a financial coach who helps women after divorce make a plan and implement their plan so they don’t retire broke. She also helps couples have the difficult conversations even before they get married to disclose their financial situations to prepare for the business of the marriage, not just the emotional parts. Her book and companion workbook Disclose Before Your Disrobe lays out the plan for couple premarriage. Rita’s plan for our Divorced to Dynamite ladies involves the acronym T.N.T. – listen in to learn her three pieces of T.N.T. wisdom for financial planning for women after divorce.

Divorce hits women harder particularly with their financial stability and career prospects. Women generally earn less than men for the same work and this disparity persists after divorce. With the loss of partner income post-divorce, single women struggle to cover all of the expenses of the household. Also, the pay gap causes single women to have less savings and retirement and fewer resources to accumulate future resources for such investments. Statistics show that women after divorce face greater challenges for advancement in their careers due to the increased responsibilities of single parenting and have more difficulty furthering education and professional development. All of these factors combine to make the risk factors high for women after divorce to fall into poverty and have trouble getting out.