Episode 33: Divorce Made Easy with Laura Wasser
The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast
Kate Anthony
4.4 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2019
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Today I am happy to bring you my conversation with Laura Wasser, a family law attorney, author of It Doesn't Have to Be That Way, entrepreneur, and family law expert. She is also the founder of the online divorce platform, it's over easy. Through her platform she provides an online divorce solution that guides men and women through every aspect of divorce, saving them tons of time and money.
During our conversation, we discussed the varying aspects of divorce; from the outrageous price tag it can have (and why that may be) to the legal aspects of it all. Plus, we talk about the importance of communication and collaboration throughout the divorce process.
Show Highlights
- The divorce price tag can be outrageous; the more conflict there is, the more you pay (7:49)
- The number one difference between those that can divorce amicably and those who can't, and why time and acceptance matter (11:36)
- Why emotional decision making is often a terrible idea (14:12)
- California cooling off period—what it is and what it means (15:02)
- Figuring out a better way of communicating pre-and post-divorce (19:45)
- Laura talks about her first book, It Doesn't Have to Be That Way, and why she was moved to write it (22:43)
- Divorce culture, then and now, and cultural distinctions in divorce (26:23)
- Premarital counseling and why it can be so healthy and important to a marriage(33:44)
- Stay-at-home moms and their fear of not being able to support themselves after divorce (36:17)
- Being financially aware of what is going on in your marriage and how marriage is a partnership, so you need to treat it like one (39:38)
Learn More About Laura:
Attorney Laura Allison Wasser is an author, entrepreneur, and Family Law expert. She is the founder of the online divorce platform, it's over easy.
Laura is frequently called upon as the preeminent voice on TV, in print and across the media landscape in newsworthy matters regarding Divorce and Family Law. In 2018 Laura participated as a featured speaker at both the Women In The World Summit and Girlboss Rally. Profiles and interviews on Laura can be found in Vogue, Bloomberg News, Porter Magazine, Interview, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, The Hollywood Reporter, People Magazine, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Town and Country, Parenting magazine and more.
Links:
Laura's website
Laura's Podcast: Divorce Sucks
Laura on social media:
https://www.instagram.com/laurawasserofficial/
https://www.instagram.com/itsovereasy/
https://twitter.com/itsovereasy
https://www.facebook.com/itsovereasy/
Resources:
Should I Stay or Should I Go Self-Study
Laura's Online Divorce Made Easy
Our Family Wizard
Coparenter
Policy Genius
Worthy
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to another episode of the Divorce Survival Guide podcast, where we have real, honest, smart, |
| 0:11.6 | and sometimes even hilarious conversations about co-parenting, separation, and divorce, and all that goes along with that. |
| 0:18.9 | I'm Kate Anthony, your Divorce Survival Guide, certified life and relationship coach, |
| 0:23.7 | and happily divorced mom, who helps women decide if they should stay in or leave their marriages |
| 0:28.0 | and then guides them through the process one step at a time. |
| 0:35.3 | Hey, everyone, welcome back to another episode. I got to tell you, I was just looking at the stats for this podcast, which I rarely do because I don't do this for stats or notoriety even. I'm just running a business here. But because I'm running a business and stats are important, |
| 0:56.1 | I just looked at the downloads of this podcast and I am just blown away. In just over a year, |
| 1:04.8 | I've had over 65,000 unique downloads and we've hit almost 10,000 unique downloads for the month of April |
| 1:12.9 | alone. Now, like I said, I'm not much of a stats watcher, but this tells me something. It tells me |
| 1:20.0 | that there are a lot of you out there who want to do this work, who want to have different |
| 1:26.4 | kinds of relationships, whether that's your marriage |
| 1:29.4 | or divorce. There are a lot of you who are committed to making change in your life and to doing |
| 1:35.3 | the work to heal from your past and create a rich and vibrant future for yourselves and your |
| 1:41.5 | children. And I can't tell you how much that moves me. I know it sounds |
| 1:46.5 | totally cheesy, but it is 100% fact that I do not do this for me. I do this for you. And so just |
| 1:54.9 | knowing that you listen and you show up and you learn is literally the greatest Mother's Day present I could ever have wished for. |
| 2:03.2 | So thank you, truly, from the bottom of my heart. And I hope that you all had a fantastic Mother's Day, |
| 2:09.4 | that you were able to treat yourselves and care for yourselves in the way that you so clearly deserve. |
| 2:16.8 | Just one major announcement today before we get into today's episode. |
| 2:21.5 | And that is that my group program, should I say or should I go, that up until now, |
| 2:27.0 | I've only run live, is now available as a self-study program that you can buy at any time. Now, like I said, I run this program, |
| 2:37.4 | like, live twice a year in the spring and in the fall. But I understand that if you're |
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