The Rewrite...A Podcast about Divorce, Choice & New Beginnings

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Jun 24, 2025 • 32min

The First Al-Powered Matchmaker

Meet Eric McHughEric McHugh is a digital entrepreneur and Web3 innovator, serving as President/Chief Growth Officer of Dataing.io, an Al-powered matching platform. With a background in ad optimization at SnapInc. and consulting Fortune 500 companies through chapter 11 bankruptcies. Dataing.io is an Al-powered matchmaking platform co-founded by Eric McHugh. Unlike traditional dating apps that rely on user-created profiles and swiping, Dataing.io creates a digital profile for users based on their digital footprint, aiming to match them with individuals who have similar digital behaviors and interests. The platform's goal is to facilitate meaningful connections by leveraging Al to analyze users' online activities and preferences, thereby increasing the likelihood of compatible matches.Dataing creates profiles and matches based on your digital footprint , then "Cupid," their Al assistant, helps with advice and dates ideasJoin me to hear all about this and where it's heading! It is a not to be missed episode.For more information or join the waitlist, you can visit Dataing.io
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Jun 17, 2025 • 24min

Navigating The Financial Complexities Of Divorce

Meet Gabriella MartinelliGabriella E. Martinelli is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® (CDFA®) and founder of Ever After Wealth®. With 21 years of experience in divorce finance, including 16 working alongside top attorneys, Gabriella helps individuals and professionals navigate the financial complexities of divorce  with clarity and confidence. She makes complex financial topics easy to understand, offering real-world strategies that empower listeners to take control of their financial future.WEBSITE: https://www.everafterwealth.com Email:  gabriella@everafterwealth.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/EverAfterWealth/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/everafterwealth/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/everafterwealth
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Jun 10, 2025 • 35min

Making The Ultimate Decision About Your Marriage

Happy Ever After! She’s back! Join me in welcoming the incredible Kate Anthony for her 4th appearance on Divorce Doesn’t Suck! This time, she’s sharing her Happy Ever After Story—and trust me, you won’t want to miss it. Kate is the host of the NYT-recommended Divorce Survival Guide Podcast, a certified coach, and a powerhouse advocate for women navigating divorce—especially moms coming out of toxic or abusive relationships. She’s been where you are, and she’s here to help.Find Kate here:Web: kateanthony.comIG: @thedivorcesurvivalguideFB: Your Divorce Survival Guide with Kate AnthonyFB: Should I Stay or Should I Go? with Kate AnthonyTikTok: @ thedivorcesurvivalguid
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Jun 3, 2025 • 29min

Love Lessons

LOVE LESSONSHeidi B. Friedman, an environmental attorney and divorced mother of two, set out on a mission to find true love. Determined to understand the complexities of relationships, she immersed herself in research, embraced dating, and committed to doing whatever it took to find the right partner. Over a decade, she went on 104 dates (not with 104 different men!) and interviewed numerous couples, uncovering invaluable love lessons along the way. Written over 15 years, Love Lessons: 104 Dates and the Stories That Led Me to True Love chronicles Heidi’s journey—everything she learned, every challenge she faced, and ultimately, how she found lasting love with the man who is now her husband.Heidi shares the invaluable lessons she’s learned to help women, men, and even young adults navigate their own journeys to true love. While there’s no official handbook for choosing the right life partner, her book comes remarkably close, offering wisdom, insights, and real-world guidance for anyone seeking a meaningful and lasting relationship.Book: Love Lessons: 104 Dates and the Stories That Led Me to True LoveFollow HeidiHeidi Friedman|Love Lessons Author (@lovelessons104) • Instagram photos and videosinstagram.com
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May 27, 2025 • 34min

Life Planning and Navigating Financial Transitions

Life Planning and Navigating Financial TransitionsMeet Phil WeissPhil Weiss, the founder of Apprise Wealth Management. Beginning his career in 1987 as a tax professional at Deloitte & Touche, Phil has accumulated over 25 years of experience in personal finance and investment management. He holds esteemed credentials as a CFA, CPA, and RLP®. I talked with Phil about:•Navigating Financial Transitions for Women •The Importance of Life Planning for Women •Influence of Financial Role Models •Retirement and Tax Planning for WomenLearn more about Phil here:Facebook: AppriseWealth Instagram: phweiss11 Tiktok: apprisewm YouTube: philipweiss9408
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May 20, 2025 • 31min

Kathy Boufford, Family Law Attorney & Author of Divorce Matters

Kathy Boufford is a dedicated and skilled family law attorney with many years of experience as a trial advocate and mediator. She is a partner at Bellenot & Boufford, LLC.  She's also the author of “Divorce Matters”, where she discusses the practical issues to consider at the outset of a divorce. Her book explains how to find the right professional to help you with your divorce and walks you through how to prepare for your case, detailing all the elements you may be required to produce. Kathy’s book is available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and wherever books are sold.Find out more about Kathy and her book:www.bbesq.com/divorce-matters
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May 13, 2025 • 39min

Maura Eliza, Traditional Naturopath

Maura Eliza is is a traditional naturopath, who developed her signature method for helping women heal divorce trauma so they can share their stories without crying. She loves to teach women that feeling better is closer than they think and their experience can help them discover self love.Maura began her journey in natural health because doctors didn't have answers for my digestive issues. Along the way, I learned that emotions affect the physical body too. After her divorce, she knew that it was essential to heal emotionally in order to battle the adrenal fatigue she had been experiencing. She learned about German New Medicine and found out that symptoms are a "START HERE" sign for your personal growth.Listen in to here and learn more about the connection between symptoms (even chronic symptoms and diagnosis) and relationship chaos. Our bodies are always trying to help us, but we don't always understand what the body is saying.Learn all about her signature "The Vibrant Way"Learn more about Maura here:Instagram: @flex.health.with.mauraTheVibrantWay.com
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May 6, 2025 • 36min

Lucy Price, Break-up Recovery and Relationship Coach

Lucy Price is a Break-up recovery and Relationship Coach who helps individuals heal from heartbreak, get over their exes, and create fulfilling lives. Lucy specializes in guiding clients through the emotional challenges of breakups, teaching self-love, and helping them rebuild confidence and clarity for the future.Lucy joins me to share her story and how she decided to choose herself and choose happiness. She shares her process to help you get over your ex and heal from heartbreak so that you can move forward. We talk about how to know you are ready to start dating again and get clear on what you want in a relationship and how to rebuild self-worth, self-love, and confidence after a breakup and more.Connect with Lucy:@lucy.m.price - IG, TikTok
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Apr 29, 2025 • 28min

Ashley Milus, Somatic Healing

If you're curious about how somatic healing could help you this is a must listen! Ashley Milus is a trauma-informed somatic grief and life transition coach who helps people navigate significant losses and life changes, including the death of a loved one, divorce, chronic illness, and other major transitions. Inspired by her own journey through loss, Ashley specializes in guiding clients through their healing process with a compassionate and holistic approach. She helps people process their emotions, feel deeply supported, rediscover their sense of self, and move forward with renewed strength. Connect with Ashley:https://www.instagram.com/ashleymilus https://insighttimer.com/ashleymilus https://www.ashleymilus.com
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Apr 22, 2025 • 31min

Emily Hyland, Poet, Restaurateur, Educator, and Mindful Movement Teacher

Emily Hyland shares her full circle story of marriage, divorce, business partners, loss, grief, finding yourself again, teacher, yoga, the power of writing, and her new full circle and her forever husband. Emily is a poet, restaurateur, educator, and mindful movement teacher. Her debut collection, Divorced Business Partners, came out in October 2024. Her second collection, Post-Mastectomy Poems, is forthcoming with Cornerstone Press, an imprint of the University of Wisconsin Press in September 2026. Hyland's poetry has appeared in The Brooklyn Review, Frontier Poetry, and The Hollins Critic, among others. She earned her MFA in poetry and her MA in English education from Brooklyn College. Her cookbook, Emily: The Cookbook, was published by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, in 2018. Hyland is the eponymous co-founder of the international restaurant groups Pizza Loves Emily + Emmy Squared Pizza. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico where she writes and teaches at Yogasource, a beloved local studio that she co-owns and directs.wendy sloaneWed, Apr 9, 10:06 AM (12 days ago)to meMeet EmilyEmily Hyland is a poet, restaurateur, educator, and mindful movement teacher. Her debut collection of poetry, Divorced Business Partners, explores the complex nature of a relationship's evolution from marriage through ugly divorce into unexpected kinship. Emily Hyland’s debut collection, Divorced Business Partners: A Love Story-not unlike Emily's own. It follows the tender, brutal, routine, awkward and aching unraveling of a marriage. While building what would become a successful restaurant. It maps the disintegration of the couple's primal bond.how does grief find us in the smallest moments? What is family when it's broken? We talk about the power of writing and her process to find her way to a better relationship with her ex. Emily shares her full circle story of marriage, divorce, business partners, loss, grief, finding yourself again, teacher, yoga, the power of writing, and her new  full circle and her forever husband. This is NOT to be missed. Follow Emily:@emilyhylandemilyhyland.com emmysquaredpizza.com pizzalovesemily.com

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