#757 - James Sexton - A Divorce Lawyer’s Perspective On Love & Marriage

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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James Sexton is a divorce attorney and author, known for his expertise in family law. There are speakers, leaders, and coaches that offer guidance on living and maintaining happy relationships. However, it’s rare to find those who advocate for the opposite perspective. Is there ever a time where a different approach, of divorce, or avoiding marriage entirely, is actually the right decision. Expect to learn why so many marriages are failing today, whether prenups actually work, if it's men or women who struggle the most after a divorce, what the most common disagreements are during divorce proceedings, whether marriage is still a useful institution, the best predictors of a declining relationship and much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get 20% discount on all supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://www.shopify.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get 60% off an annual plan of Incogni at https://incogni.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: http://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: http://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: http://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to the show.
0:02.8	My guest today is James Sexton, he's a divorce attorney and author known for his expertise in family law.
0:08.8	There are speakers, leaders and coaches that offer guidance on living and maintaining happy relationships.
0:14.0	However, it's rare to find someone who advocates for the opposite perspective.
0:18.0	Is there ever a time or a different approach of divorce or avoiding marriage entirely is actually
0:24.2	the right decision. Expect to learn why so many marriages are failing today
0:28.5	whether pre-nups actually work if it's men or women who struggle the most after a divorce
0:33.7	what the most common disagreements are during divorce proceedings, whether
0:37.0	marriage is still a useful institution, the best predictors of a declining
0:40.9	relationship, and much more.
0:44.0	James has been on the front lines.
0:46.0	He's the vanguard of broken marriages and relationships that are in crisis
0:52.0	and it's scary and
0:55.0	scary and insightful to learn from someone who has observed this unfold in front of them
1:00.4	thousands and thousands of times. I don't know how to kind of fold this in.
1:05.6	Obviously we had an episode a couple of weeks ago with Brad Wilcox who spoke about the
1:09.6	fantastic life outcomes for people who do get married. I wonder how much of it is a selection
1:14.0	effect from James, you know, if you're in a divorce attorney's office then obviously it's already
1:18.1	too late, so there is a huge selection bias there, but he's also got some other interesting insights.
1:23.0	Either way I think that more information can't be a bad thing and James definitely has a unique
1:28.8	perspective. This very incisive view of the end of relationships is not one that you often get
1:35.0	access to so yeah get ready for this one you might have heard me say that I took my
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