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
Episodes
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May 20, 2022 • 1h 10min
JBD Team Talks: Divorce Grief: How to Honor, Process and Grow Through Grief
When we are faced with divorce, we go through a grief process. The death of our marriage brings the loss of the hopes and dreams we had as a couple, the loss of our normal family life, friends, community, etc. Grief is the normal reaction to loss. And, no two people will grieve their losses in the same way. You'll learn that there is no "one size fits all" approach to grief recovery, and yet there are experiences we all share when overcome by grief. There are a range of emotions - often referred to as the stages of grief - that you might experience with the death of your marriage: Denial, Anger, Ambivalence, Depression, and Acceptance. In this show, Karen and Carrie explore what it means to grieve well and some of the "Rules of Grief" we have learned growing up that need to be consciously examined and set aside in order for you to move into acceptance of your losses. Karen and Carrie will share practices and tools for assisting you in taking care of yourself while grieving including how to appropriately express and release your emotional energy with a sense of safety and permission to do so. The healing can begin with these simple practices and tools. Request a Free Rapid Relief Call with Carrie - CLICK HERE For more information on Journey Beyond Divorce visit: www.jbddivorcesupport.com
May 18, 2022 • 45min
Voices of Celebration: I Found My Truth and Authenticity Through My Divorce
Ann Margaret shares her struggles around faith and family when deciding whether or not to seek a divorce from her spouse of 19 years. As a devout Catholic, she needed to be 'right with God' and sought to understand if and how her desire to leave her marriage was aligned with her deep faith. She goes on to share her concerns for the impact the divorce would have on her children, the challenges of living under the same roof during Covid and keeping the 'secret' of the impending divorce from her kids until the school year ended. Finally, Ann Margaret had a huge fear of being alone and shares the unfolding journey of her dating and relationship life after divorce. Ann Margaret describes her divorce as amicable and post divorce co parenting relationship as respectful. She offers great wisdom and guidance around the power of coaching and the importance of tuning into and listening to the soft voice of intuition that is there to guide you. Request a Free Rapid Relief Call at www.rapidreliefcall.com For more information on Journey Beyond Divorce visit: www.jbddivorcesupport.com
May 16, 2022 • 1h 10min
High Conflict: How To Protect Your Children
You kids have been experiencing conflict throughout the marriage, even if you think you have 'hidden' it from them. Now that a decision has been made to divorce, tensions will only rise. It is all the more important to focus on protecting your children now while navigating a high conflict divorce. Deciding when, how and what to tell the kids about the divorce is just the beginning. Figuring out how to parent in the 'in between' while still living together is another sensitive topic that needs to be handled carefully. Then there is the possibility that you or your spouse may blame, criticize or bad mouth the other to the kids. This is always harmful to them and we discuss what you can do to minimize the damage. Finally, the money earning parent may want to increase his/her time with the children. We discuss the importance of honoring and maintaining as much 'normalcy' as possible for your kids and handling any change with caution and clear communication, so they understand what is happening and why. Parenting post divorce may be equally challenging. Tune in to hear options for decision making and shared parenting time that puts the kids first.
May 13, 2022 • 1h 17min
Life After Divorce: GREEN FLAGS - When to transition from dating to a committed relationship
Today's episode is chuck full of valuable tips and guidance around the vitally important question of when to move from dating into a committed relationship…and when not to. Alaya is a Sex and Relationship coach who helps men and women get clear on who and what they want and how to use the dating experience to insure that they get it. Tune in to learn the questions to ask, the key conversations to have, and the red and green flags of both your date AND yourself. Alaya further shares the importance of chemistry, what it is and isn't, why it is so essential and how to be certain your have that chemistry connection. Alaya Hertzel Ms. ED, is a certified sex and relationship coach with a Masters in Education passionate about love, healing and pleasure. She divorced and remarried her husband. In the process she learned a lot about her part in the marital problems they faced and dated her husband quite differently the second time around. Alaya offers insights, education and tools that teach how to be free and empowered to design the life, sex, and relationships you have always wished for. Free Giveaway you are offering our listeners Let's Talk Turn On 50 questions to ask and answer for a deeper hotter discovery of your sexual selves. How can our listeners find you? Website: alayabcoaching.com https://www.instagram.com/alayabcoaching/ alayahertzel@gmail.com Request a Free Jump Start Call at https://www.jbddivorcesupport.com/jumpstart For more information on Journey Beyond Divorce visit: www.jbddivorcesupport.com
May 9, 2022 • 1h 7min
High Conflict: Essential Legal Guidelines for Navigating a High Conflict Divorce
Entering the legal process of any divorce feels frightening and overwhelming. For those entering high conflict divorce, the fear and confusion is escalated due to years of living in a dysfunctional marriage and the complexities involved when divorcing a high conflict personality. There is often a greater need to be in the court system due to the power imbalance in the relationship, the lack of transparency of one spouse, and the intimidation and bullying that repeatedly derails negotiations. For the high conflict divorce, it can be enormously valuable to take advantage of the court's ability to control the pace of the legal process, require a net worth statement and other financial documentation and include additional experts to help with custody and spousal support and asset distribution. Today's episode is filled with vital information on how to hire the right attorney, what to expect throughout the process, the do's and don'ts of communicating with your high conflict spouse and the vital importance of setting realistic expectations around custody and finances. Information is power, today's show will empower you to navigate your divorce with greater clarity and confidence. Request a Free Rapid Relief Call at www.rapidreliefcall.com For more information on Journey Beyond Divorce visit: www.jbddivorcesupport.com
May 6, 2022 • 34min
JBD Team Talks: Balancing Compassion and Boundaries When Divorcing a Complex Spouse
Divorcing a spouse when there are "bigger" concerns at play - like mental health issues or addiction can add an additional layer of complexity to an already challenging situation. In this episode, Karen & Diane talk about the value of compassion in these difficult times, and how to balance concern and compassion with setting effective limits and boundaries. Ultimately this will support you in avoiding codependency, and staying balanced as you consciously move through the process. Scedule a call with Diane Dempster Email: diane@journeybeyonddivorce.com Calendar: calendly.com/diane-jbd For more information on Journey Beyond Divorce visit: www.jbddivorcesupport.com
May 2, 2022 • 58min
High Conflict Divorce - Strategies for Regaining Your Sanity
Living with a narcissist is 'crazy making'. Understanding your role in the ongoing insanity is vital in order to create lasting change. In order to navigate your divorce effectively and strategically and emerge confident and renewed, it is essential that you keep your focus on that which you have power over...your thoughts, feelings and behavior. Today's episode invites you into a 'coaching experience' where we validate your reality of fear and uncertainty, of your self esteem and confidence having been chiseled away in your dysfunctional marriage. Tune in to access powerful strategies to begin to feel confident and empowered. Learn how futile many of your efforts of engaging with your spouse have been and how to let go of those behaviors. Receive new ways of thinking and being that lead you through your divorce with greater calm and clarity and invite you into a new and immensely more pleasing life experience. Request a Free Rapid Relief Call at www.rapidreliefcall.com For more information on Journey Beyond Divorce visit: www.jbddivorcesupport.com
Apr 29, 2022 • 1h 3min
Life After Divorce: Online Dating II - From Swiping and Messaging to Beginning to Date
Today's expert acknowledges that online dating can seem intimidating and if you don't follow best practices, it can lead to disappointment. Alyssa Dineen, is the author of 'The Art of Online Dating: Style Your Most Authentic Self and Cultivate a Mindful Dating Life'. She became a dating coach after getting divorced with two children and navigating her own dating experiences. Alyssa got crystal clear on how to be effective and successful and has gone on to share her approach with scores of singles. Alyssa discusses the dos and don'ts of online dating and shares a vital practice to finding new love while challenging us to evaluate our dating beliefs that might be limiting our ability to find the partner of our dreams. Alyssa provides a roadmap for navigating each leg of your online dating journey from swiping and messaging to effective first date practices. Get ready to feel encouraged and inspired to jump in and begin! Alyssa Dineen is the founder of Style My Profile as I mentioned, author of 'The Art of Online Dating: Style Your Most Authentic Self and Cultivate a Mindful Dating Life. Her unique approach toward intentional dating and self-discovery helps online daters transform their destinies by taking charge of their profiles. Whether you're an old pro at online dating or new to the scene, professional stylist Alyssa Dineen can teach you how to put your best self forward. You can find Alyssa here: www.stylemyprofilenyc.com alyssadineen@gmail.com https://stylemyprofilenyc.com/the-art-of-online-dating/ Through sharing her personal experiences and client stories, Alyssa provides readers with a course on the basics of styling an effective online profile as well as what you need to know to protect your emotional and mental health. jessica@shpny.com https://www.facebook.com/alyssadineenstylist https://www.instagram.com/stylemyprofilenyc https://www.instagram.com/alyssadineen/ FREE Giveaway Profile in an Hour Mindful Dating 101 Request a Free Jump Start Call at https://www.jbddivorcesupport.com/jumpstart For more information on Journey Beyond Divorce visit: www.jbddivorcesupport.com
Apr 25, 2022 • 50min
High Conflict Divorce: The Personality Disorders and Dysfunctional Dance of High Conflict Marriages
If you have lost yourself amidst your marriage with a narcissist, today's show will reveal and explain much about the insanity you have been living with. It is vital to understand the traits of the pathological narcissist and your role as a codependent in order to emotionally heal and change behaviors that have kept you stuck in your unhealthy marriage. Our guest, psychotherapist Ross Rosenberg, coined the name 'Self Love Deficit Disorder' to explain codependency. Ross has invested significant personal and professional attention on understanding codependency, healing himself and helping others heal from codependency or Self Love Deficit Disorder. In our conversation Ross explains why codependents attract pathological narcissists into their lives, the dysfunctional dance that takes place throughout your relationship and what you need to address in order to heal from your 'self love deficit' so that you never attract a narcissist into your life again. Ross leaves you with a few powerful strategies to break the chains of engagement with the narcissist and encourages you that when you do this powerful work, you are not just recovered, but cured for good! Ross is the founder of www.selfloverecovery.com and author of "The Human Magnet Syndrome". You can find him on Youtube sharing valuable wisdom around this topic. If you are divorcing a narcissist and need more personal support, this is our specialty and we are here to support you... Request a Free Rapid Relief Call at www.rapidreliefcall.com For more information on Journey Beyond Divorce visit: www.jbddivorcesupport.com
Apr 22, 2022 • 33min
JBD Team Talks - Managing the Challenges of a Passive-Aggressive Spouse
Does your soon to be ex-spouse appear cooperative, but your gut tells you otherwise? Do they seem outwardly calm and rational, but your interactions feel hostile and chaotic? If you answered yes to either or both of these questions, you are, in all likelihood, divorcing a passive-aggressive spouse. This dynamic may not appear to be high conflict, but it is. Being on the receiving end of passive-aggressive behavior can trigger frustration, anger, anxiety, and confusion. In this podcast, you will learn how to identify passive-aggressive behavior and strategies for staying calm, grounded, and clear-thinking. Schedule a call with Rachel Goldman Email: rachel@journeybeyonddivorce.com Calendar: calendly.com/rachel-jbd For more information on Journey Beyond Divorce visit: www.jbddivorcesupport.com
