524 | Divorce

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Leisure, Home & Garden

4.7 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

The Minimalists speak with divorce lawyer James J. Sexton about all the nuances of divorce, including the courage it takes to walk away from a marriage, housing and financial advice for recently single mothers, lessons from spousal cheating, how to know when a relationship is over, and much more!

Discussed in this episode:

What does it take for someone to find the courage to file for divorce? (10:14)

What housing and financial advice do you have for a recently divorced single mother? (21:59)

How do you know whether a relationship is worth staying in and fighting for? (32:39)

Right Here, Right Now: A new free audiobook and ebook from The Minimalists (1:05:13)

Listener Tip: Often, we aren't clinging to the thing; we're clinging to the story we've written in our minds. (1:07:45)

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Detailed show notes: minimalists.com/podcast

Transcript

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0:00.0	This podcast has bad words.
0:09.0	Every little thing you think that you need.
0:23.6	Every little thing you think that you need.
0:28.6	Every little thing that's just feeding your greed.
0:33.6	Oh, I bet that you'd be fine without it.
0:40.8	Yes, hello everybody.
0:46.2	Welcome to the minimalist podcast, we'll rediscuss what it means to live a meaningful life with less.
0:53.6	My name is Joshua Fields, Milburn, and joining me here at our studio in beautiful West Hollywood, California, is my good friend T.K. Coleman.
0:55.6	It's a beautiful day. T.K., you know,
1:01.2	we often talk about letting go on this show. And on this episode, we're talking about one of the most challenging types of letting go, but I think we're going to make it pretty fun. The preamble so far
1:06.0	has been super fun. And today we're joined by America's divorceorce Lawyer to talk about the nuances of divorce.
1:14.6	We're also going to talk about the courage it takes to walk away from a marriage, housing and financial advice for recently single mothers,
1:22.5	lessons from spousal cheating, how to know when a relationship is over and much, much more. Please welcome to the show, James J. Sexton Esquire. That was such a, what an introduction. That was amazing. And as you're going over the topics we're going to do, I'm like, I would like to hear about that. I haven't had a lot to learn on that. That's very good.
1:44.3	No, thank you.
1:44.8	It's great to be here. I know we've been trying to make this happen for a while, and I appreciate everyone being patient with me. I have an ex-wife who will tell you I am wildly unreliable when it comes to scheduling because when billionaires have problems in their marriage, they rarely do it on a schedule. Yeah. And so they'll say, like, what are you doing next week?
2:02.4	You're going to California?
2:03.2	No, you're not.
2:03.7	You're going to family court in Manhattan. know, have problems in their marriage. They rarely do it on a schedule. Yeah. And so they'll say,
2:01.1	like, you, what are you doing next week? You're going to California? No, you're not. You're going to
2:04.0	family court in Manhattan. So I constantly have to reschedule things. So thank you for sticking with me. I've been looking forward to this and I'm really glad it happened. TK., he has the best excuse. Anytime he has canceled on us, it's always been, I have a trial next week.
2:17.7	And I'm like, oh, I'm not going to be like, no, man, no, you don't.
2:20.6	Yeah, yeah. canceled on us. It's always been, I have a trial next week. And I'm like, oh, am I going to be like,
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