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Who Can Help With My Divorce?

By Hello Divorce Team in Blog, Divorce, Divorce Attorney, Divorce Mediation, Helping a Friend, Legal Coaching, Mediation, Tips | Posted May 9, 2022

Divorce is a life-changing process that requires significant time, thought, and planning. DIY divorce helps you divorce your way, but you should not try to go through it entirely on your own. Spending a little time and money on help when you really need it is worthwhile. Fortunately, there is a lot of help available—and much of it is affordable. Here, we list out all the main “helpers” involved in a divorce. From making smart decisions to dealing with ongoing

Best Books to Help You Throughout Your Divorce

By Hello Divorce Team in Blog, Divorce, Helping a Friend, Inspiration, Tips, Wellness | Posted April 4, 2022

Divorce is all about difficult decisions, transitions, and negotiations. You could use all the help you can get, right? While browsing the web and getting advice from friends, your therapist or other trusted people are super helpful, sometimes it’s easier to just sit down and read one complete book on the topic you’re dealing with. All you need to do to find books on moving on after divorce is a simple Google search… but then you’re going to be faced

Break Up, Break Through, Break Free: How to Transition from Victim to Victor after Relationship Trauma

By Hello Divorce Team in Blog, Coparenting, coronavirus, Divorce, Helping a Friend, Wellness | Posted November 16, 2020

When we made the decision earlier this year to expand our online divorce software and services into Utah, we knew we couldn’t do it alone. While it’s in our wheelhouse to automate the legal process and make it accessible to everyone, ‘the law’ is just one piece of a much bigger puzzle. To truly support our community of self-represented folks navigating divorce – we would need a village. We first reached out to locals Tiffany Denny and Kierstyn Franklin, Founders

Q&A: Ashley Simpo on Co-mothering, Journaling, and Goal Setting

By Erin Levine in Blog, Coparenting, Divorce, Helping a Friend, Inspiration, Tips, Wellness | Posted August 25, 2020

A couple of weeks ago I came across an article about two best friends living in NYC who were struggling to find affordable housing — and realized the best option was to move in together with their kids to save money. How awesome is that? One of these trailblazers is Ashley Simpo, the author of one of my favorite book recommendations, “A Kids Book About Divorce.” I got curious and I pseudo-stalked her online. What I found was that Ashley

Your Divorce Holiday Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Rise Above the Stress Mess

By Erin Levine in Blog, Divorce, Helping a Friend, Tips | Posted December 12, 2019

We are supposed to enjoy the holidays. And usually, we do. Or, at least some of the time. But when you are divorcing in December, sometimes the holidays feel completely overwhelming. For weeks you are distracted with holiday planning, shopping, school events and work deadlines. Then all of a sudden, EVERYTHING hits you like a ton of bricks. We get it – Which is exactly why we turned to our friends who have survived divorce-related-holiday-overwhelm to bring you our Divorce

When it’s Time to Move, Move Onward

By Erin Levine in Blog, Divorce, Helping a Friend, Tips | Posted June 24, 2019

I’m willing to bet that there isn’t anyone reading this post right now who hasn’t experienced heartbreak. Whether you’re going through it right now or cringing at the memory of a bad breakup in the past, you know how it feels. It sucks. Being sad might be the only feeling that feels good, beyond diving into a pint of Häagen Dazs or keeping your best friend on the phone for hours analyzing every second leading up to the breakup. Or,

The Good Friend’s Guide to Divorce

By Erin Levine in Blog, Helping a Friend, Tips | Posted December 21, 2017

So many members of the Hello Divorce community say they joined because they know someone going through a divorce. They want to find a way to be supportive and feel that our tip sheets, resources, and videos put them in a positive position to help their loved one. They want to be helpful during this difficult process. Maybe you are one of these lovely people. While you’ll find resources on every aspect of divorce, from our pre-leaving checklist to how

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