Journey Beyond Divorce Podcast
Karen McMahon
The Journey Beyond Divorce Podcast is your trusted companion through every stage of divorce—emotional, legal, financial, and parental. With over nine years of impactful episodes, this top-ranked podcast supports men and women navigating the challenges of divorce, especially those facing high-conflict dynamics, co-parenting struggles, emotional overwhelm, or legal uncertainty.
Hosted by Karen McMahon, Certified Divorce Coach® and founder of Journey Beyond Divorce, the show offers strategic guidance, expert interviews, and real-life stories designed to help listeners move from confusion and chaos to clarity and confidence. Each episode is packed with insight and inspiration to help you make informed decisions, protect your children, safeguard your finances, and heal emotionally—so you can create a life you truly love post-divorce.
If you're on the fence about whether to stay or go, have just been told your marriage is ending, or are actively working through the messy middle of litigation, negotiation, or co-parenting, this podcast meets you where you are. You'll learn how to emotionally regulate through triggers, explore your divorce process options (mediation, collaboration, litigation, arbitration), and prepare to work effectively with legal and financial professionals. Topics include how to gather your financials, navigate custody issues, and negotiate complex decisions around property, retirement assets, and business valuations.
For those already in the process, episodes offer real-time guidance on how to cope with personality disorders in your co-parent, how to protect your children from toxic dynamics, and how to negotiate settlements strategically. You'll hear from certified divorce financial analysts, attorneys, parenting coordinators, therapists, and coaches who share proven tools and tips. Professionals in the divorce field—including family law attorneys, therapists, and financial experts—also listen in to better support their clients and stay up-to-date on best practices.
And when the divorce is final? The podcast continues to serve as a roadmap for building your next chapter. Learn how to close out the financial and legal loose ends—such as QDROs, life insurance, beneficiary changes, and estate updates—while beginning to design a life aligned with your values, goals, and inner peace. Episodes cover healing from betrayal trauma, understanding your emotional patterns, rediscovering your identity, and navigating the complexities of post-divorce dating and parenting.
This podcast also answers the most searched divorce-related questions, including:
How do I co-parent with a narcissist?
What are the steps in the divorce process?
Should I litigate or mediate?
What is a QDRO and do I need one?
How do I protect my kids emotionally?
What is the role of a certified divorce financial analyst?
How do I move on after infidelity or betrayal?
Listeners benefit from expert-vetted strategies, free resources, and supportive insights grounded in both experience and compassion. The Journey Beyond Divorce Podcast is more than just content—it's a lifeline. Whether you're seeking calm in the storm, tools to advocate for yourself, or support rebuilding your life, each episode helps you grow stronger, wiser, and more empowered.
Subscribe today and begin your journey beyond divorce with guidance you can trust.
www.jbddivorcesupport.com/podcast
Hosted by Karen McMahon, Certified Divorce Coach® and founder of Journey Beyond Divorce, the show offers strategic guidance, expert interviews, and real-life stories designed to help listeners move from confusion and chaos to clarity and confidence. Each episode is packed with insight and inspiration to help you make informed decisions, protect your children, safeguard your finances, and heal emotionally—so you can create a life you truly love post-divorce.
If you're on the fence about whether to stay or go, have just been told your marriage is ending, or are actively working through the messy middle of litigation, negotiation, or co-parenting, this podcast meets you where you are. You'll learn how to emotionally regulate through triggers, explore your divorce process options (mediation, collaboration, litigation, arbitration), and prepare to work effectively with legal and financial professionals. Topics include how to gather your financials, navigate custody issues, and negotiate complex decisions around property, retirement assets, and business valuations.
For those already in the process, episodes offer real-time guidance on how to cope with personality disorders in your co-parent, how to protect your children from toxic dynamics, and how to negotiate settlements strategically. You'll hear from certified divorce financial analysts, attorneys, parenting coordinators, therapists, and coaches who share proven tools and tips. Professionals in the divorce field—including family law attorneys, therapists, and financial experts—also listen in to better support their clients and stay up-to-date on best practices.
And when the divorce is final? The podcast continues to serve as a roadmap for building your next chapter. Learn how to close out the financial and legal loose ends—such as QDROs, life insurance, beneficiary changes, and estate updates—while beginning to design a life aligned with your values, goals, and inner peace. Episodes cover healing from betrayal trauma, understanding your emotional patterns, rediscovering your identity, and navigating the complexities of post-divorce dating and parenting.
This podcast also answers the most searched divorce-related questions, including:
How do I co-parent with a narcissist?
What are the steps in the divorce process?
Should I litigate or mediate?
What is a QDRO and do I need one?
How do I protect my kids emotionally?
What is the role of a certified divorce financial analyst?
How do I move on after infidelity or betrayal?
Listeners benefit from expert-vetted strategies, free resources, and supportive insights grounded in both experience and compassion. The Journey Beyond Divorce Podcast is more than just content—it's a lifeline. Whether you're seeking calm in the storm, tools to advocate for yourself, or support rebuilding your life, each episode helps you grow stronger, wiser, and more empowered.
Subscribe today and begin your journey beyond divorce with guidance you can trust.
www.jbddivorcesupport.com/podcast
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Jan 30, 2023 • 23min
Divorce Roadmap: The Divorce Landscape
The Divorce Landscape provides a 'bird's eye view' of your journey ahead as you enter the world of divorce. We guide you through what areas to educate yourself about in advance of making significant decisions, the importance of prioritizing your efforts, and how to maintain your sanity by focusing on those things you have the ability to influence. This episode and those that follow it are designed to dovetail with our Accelerated 12 Step Divorce Recovery program which is all about the emotional journey from reactive to regulated. The Divorce Landscape helps you understand the practical world of divorce, discern what aspects of it apply to your particular situation, and prepare for the many stages and phases so that you can effectively negotiate the bumps and bends ahead with grace and dignity. Request a Free Rapid Relief Call at www.rapidreliefcall.com For more information on Journey Beyond Divorce visit: www.jbddivorcesupport.com
Jan 27, 2023 • 60min
Divorce and the Family Business: The Importance of a Business Valuation and Forensic Evaluation
One of the most important steps in navigating a divorce that involves a family business is analyzing the value of the business - this requires a Business Valuation expert. Once their job is complete, if there is any concern around 'hidden money', a Forensic Evaluator would be hired to do a deeper dive into the company's books to unearth where the money has been going and determine if any nefarious activity has been involved. With me today to explain and guide us is Ilan Hirschfeld. Ilan is Partner-in-charge of Marcum LLP's, NJ Advisory Services Group. Ilan is a frequent Lecturer on Divorce and a Court Appointed expert in matrimonial matters. I expect today to feel a bit like sipping from a fire hose, so get your pen and paper out and let's get started! Free Giveaway: Complimentary initial consultation Ilan's Contact Information: Office phone: 973-646-3700 Email: ilan@marcumllp.com Article on Businessn Valuations, by Ilan Hirschfeld More About Ilan Hirschfeld For more information on Journey Beyond Divorce visit: www.jbddivorcesupport.com Request a Free Rapid Relief Call at http://rapidreliefcall.com/
Jan 23, 2023 • 46min
Divorce Roadmap: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
While all decision during divorce are challenging, deciding whether to stay and mend your marriage or to divorce is one of the most stressful and emotionally charged. It is often drenched in judgement, shame, guilt, fear and uncertainty. Today Karen McMahon and Carrie Doubts, Sr JBD Coach, help you to unweave your fears and limiting beliefs from the circumstances you are assessing so that you can become clear in determining your best next steps. We also share the huge value in staying long enough to work on your shortcoming so that, regardless of your choice, you emerge healthier in all your relationships. Request a Free Rapid Relief Call at www.rapidreliefcall.com For more information on Journey Beyond Divorce visit: www.journeybeyonddivorce.com
Jan 20, 2023 • 1h 6min
Divorce and the Family Business: For the Primary Business Owner: How to Avoid Costly Divorce Mistakes
In today's episode of Divorce and the Family Business, I am speaking with Ryan Kalamaya who will be walking us through his representation of the Primary Business Owner from initial consultation through the final divorce settlement. If that's you, it is essential that you understand and are prepared for all the complexities of divorcing with a family business. As a divorce attorney for the 'monied spouse' Ryan helps you set realistic expectations, get clear on the process and the required documentation needed, avoid valuation issues and understand what business valuators will be looking for. Ryan also guides you in the behaviors to avoid in order to keep divorce costs down and emerge with the best possible settlement. If you are the 'spouse of' the primary business owner, you definitely want to tune in as this conversation is different from the one you will be having with your attorney! Today's guest, Ryan Kalamaya is the managing partner of Kalamaya | Goscha, an innovative and ambitious law firm that pushes the boundaries to discover new frontiers in family law, personal injuries, and criminal defense in Vail, Colorado. Ryan's practice is focused on complex property valuations, disputed marital agreements, parental relocations and high-profile personal injury claims. Ryan is also the co-host of Divorce at Altitude: A Podcast on Colorado Family Law. How to find Ryan and his team: Divorce Altitude Podcast kalamaya.org 970.812.3427 ryan@kalamaya.org For more information on Journey Beyond Divorce visit: www.jbddivorcesupport.com Request a Free Rapid Relief Call at http://rapidreliefcall.com/
Jan 13, 2023 • 1h 3min
Divorce and the Family Business: A Step By Step Legal Recipe for For the Business Owner's Spouse
Welcome back to the second episode in Divorce and the Family Held Business. Today's episode is legal advice for the business owner's spouse. A Step By Step Recipe for an Equitable Settlement guides you through the process from consultation through settlement highlighting the unique challenges you want to be prepared for and the best practices you want to follow to produce the best possible settlement. Before we jump in, today's expert is my friend Bill Laufer. Bill has been practicing law for more than 40 years. His experience has enabled him to represent clients in complex matrimonial cases involving questions of custody, equitable distribution, alimony, child support, premarital agreements and divorce mediation. He has a depth of experience with affluent clients and family business clients and loves educating his clients on the quickest and most effective path through divorce. Bill has so much rich content to offer, so get ready to take notes as we dive in!! William Laufer, Esq. Laufer, Dalena, Jensen, Bradley & Doran, LLC 23 Cattano Avenue Morristown, New Jersey 07960 Tel: 973-285-1444 Fax: 973-285-0271 www.lauferfamilylaw.com -------- Request a Free Rapid Relief Call at http://rapidreliefcall.com/ For more information on Journey Beyond Divorce visit: www.jbddivorcesupport.com
Jan 12, 2023 • 48min
Divorce and the Family Business: How to Create a Lasting Family Business Legacy that Survives Divorce
We are Kicking off our series talking about the importance of transition planning and Buy-Sell agreements…the more you have in place and the more proactive planning you have done, the better positioned you and your family business will be when transition presents itself…and it always does. Greg Lewis is co-founder of The Tennessee Center for Family Business in Nashville, Tennessee, host of Family Business Today podcast, a family business adviser and speaker. Greg is on a mission to help families create a positive environment in which their family THRIVES, their business PERFORMS and working together you create a lasting family legacy. His personal experience makes him a valuable resource for business leaders as they deal with family, business and ownership dynamics as well as transition planning. Free Giveaway: FREE Business Transition Assessment and receive a one on one review of your business transition preparedness with a family business adviser (a $299 value). If you are considering a transition in your family business in the next 3-5 years contact us today at info@tncfb.com According to the Small Business Administration 40% of business owners are considering transitioning in the next 5 years and the primary reason for failure is a lack of planning. How can our listeners find you?: Websites: www.tncfb.com and www.thefamilybusinessmastermind.com. Family Business Today podcast: on your favorite podcast platform or listen at our website, www.tncfb.com Twitter - @greg_e_lewis LinkedIn - gregelewis Facebook - @TennesseeCenterforFamilyBusiness Greg Lewis Family Business Advisor/CEO Tennessee Center for Family Business LLC Nashville, Tennessee 37210 USA Tel. 615-513-9028 glewis@tncfb.com Request a Rapid Relief Call at http://rapidreliefcall.com/ For more information on Journey Beyond Divorce visit: www.jbddivorcesupport.com
Jan 11, 2023 • 33min
Voices of Celebration: How I Reclaimed My Sanity, Self Esteem and My Life!
While navigating divorce, fear of the unknown often drives us to replace our uncertainty with a catastrophic worst case scenario about our future. However, our greatest fears rarely come true. Today's session is designed to provide you with hope and encouragement as you hear one woman's journey from fear and overwhelm to a post divorce life that is very different from what she feared. Tune in as she shares the struggles she faced with her narcissistic ex, and how while he never changed, she changed so much that she rarely feels anxiety around interactions with him. Elle shares how she is living a peaceful and joyful life in spite of the fact that she has been divorced for 8 years, co-parenting / parallel parenting her school age child with his dad (and has many years left to go before her child is emancipated). Elle shares specific tools and strategies she received from coaching that you too can use to minimize the stress and tension in your situation. Request a Free Rapid Relief Call at www.rapidreliefcall.com For more information on Journey Beyond Divorce visit: www.journeybeyonddivorcesupport.com
Dec 30, 2022 • 15min
JBD Team Talks: Creating Your Future Self Vision for the New Year
When our intention is to transition from married to divorce, how we view ourselves is key. Who you were before your marriage is a different version of you that who you are now. Equally, who you want to grow into being is a healthier more expansive version of the person you are today. The exercise of creating your Future Self Vision and the value this practice provides can be transformative in and of itself. Imagine your future self, a more healed, gracious and polished you. What is different. Don't worry about HOW to get there, just get clear on where you are going. In each of our online programs, we invite you into the powerful exercise to get clear and set an intention of who you want to be. This enables you to propel yourself forward knowing exactly where it is you want to go...or in this case, exactly who it is you want to BE! Request a Free Rapid Relief Call at rapidreliefcall.com/ For more information on Journey Beyond Divorce visit: www.jbddivorcesupport.com
Dec 26, 2022 • 33min
Voices of Celebration: One Dad's Journey from High Conflict Marriage to Joyful Life Post Divorce
Steve was trapped in a high conflict marriage for a long time. He knew he had to get out when he "didn't even want to be in the same zip code" with his wife. He reached out for coaching support when the constant barrage of texts and emails filled with contention and accusation was hijacking his every day. He discusses the benefits he received through coaching and encourages everyone to get the support you need. Steve also shares tips on what to do and what to avoid when navigating the court system in a high conflict divorce. He especially encourages a third party parenting app to streamline communication and avoid unnecessary conflict. Steve also talks about the challenges of parenting with his ex and how his children are now facing many of the same difficulties that he did with her...and how he tries to support them. Finally, Steve is crystal clear on the value of leaving a broken marriage and starting life anew...he couldn't be happier. Request a Free Rapid Relief Call at www.rapidreliefcall.com For more information on Journey Beyond Divorce visit: www.jbddivorcesupport.com
Dec 23, 2022 • 14min
JBD Team Talks - Choosing Holiday Traditions During Divorce
One of the many aspects of our lives that changes during divorce is the way we spend the holidays and more specifically, holiday traditions. Today Karen talks about how to make the decision about what to keep, what to let go of and what to add that is new. A key element in making a healthy choice is to consider what your choice is based on. Are you choosing based on what others want you to do? Based on your anger and resentment? Or perhaps on your fear of disagreeing with your STBX or ex? The best way to choose is to first determine your priorities and values around the holidays and your children. Next, if you are letting some things go and adding new ones, that can be fun and exciting and add to the newness of this next chapter of life. Karen shares a few choices she made, some that were difficult and others that were unique and creative. Resources for you: The Sting of the holidays after divorce Finding Joy Amidst Struggles This Christmas Request a Free Rapid Relief Call at For more information on Journey Beyond Divorce visit: www.jbddivorcesupport.com
