From Court to .com: How This Online Divorce Platform is Changing the Industry
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

From Court to .com: How This Online Divorce Platform is Changing the Industry

In this episode, we are speaking with Erin Levine. She's the CEO and founder of Hello Divorce. And if you haven't heard about it, you'll want to! It's an online alternative to traditional divorce. After 16 years as a divorce attorney, Erin understood how broken, toxic, wildly inefficient, and unreasonably expensive the family law system is. So she set out to revolutionize how consumers interact with the law and provide a kinder, easier and cheaper pathway to divorce.

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Divorce Mediation vs. Litigation: You Don't Know What You Don't Know
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

Divorce Mediation vs. Litigation: You Don't Know What You Don't Know

Today we'll be discussing divorce mediation versus litigation: you don't know what you don't know. Basically, the differences between divorce mediation and litigation with Rosalia Labate. She's located in New York and she's a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst and Certified Public Accountant. She's known to provide services as: financial forensics, divorce finances, business valuations. Welcome, Rosalia.

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Hidden Assets and Income: Uncovering Financial Fraud in Divorce
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

Hidden Assets and Income: Uncovering Financial Fraud in Divorce

Today we're speaking with Krista Shelton, a Certified Fraud Examiner and former special agent for the IRS. She has her own firm, Focused Forensic Solutions, where she and her team aids clients in uncovering facts, decoding details, and finding resolution during challenging financial crime investigations. Welcome, Krista.

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Divorcing with Intention: A Professional's Guide to Intentional Divorce
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

Divorcing with Intention: A Professional's Guide to Intentional Divorce

Today we are speaking about “Divorcing with Intention: A Professional's Guide to Intentional Divorce” with Leah Hadley, a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst and Accredited Financial Counselor. Leah is based in Cleveland, Ohio and recently focused her practice on “Intentional Divorce Solutions” where she guides her clients to financial independence through thoughtful and strategic planning.

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Moving from Arbitration to Mediation in Business Disputes
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

Moving from Arbitration to Mediation in Business Disputes

Today we are talking about moving from arbitration to mediation in business disputes with Margeaux Thomas. Margeaux has worked for entrepreneurs and small business owners, specializing in commercial landlord/tenant disputes, business partnership disputes, and contract disputes, including franchise, partner, shareholder, non-compete, and non-solicitation. She is located in the D.C area.

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Premarital Agreements: Protecting Assets Before Your Second Marriage
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

Premarital Agreements: Protecting Assets Before Your Second Marriage

Today we are talking about Premarital Agreements: Protecting Assets Before Your Second Marriage or really any marriage with Susan Myers. Susan has been practicing family law in the Houston area since 1982 and she formed her own firm, Myres & Associates, in 2011. Her strength is being able to see options and alternate paths to achieve the realistic goals of her clients.

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Coping with Narcissistic Behavior During the Divorce Mediation Process
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

Coping with Narcissistic Behavior During the Divorce Mediation Process

Today we are speaking with Victoria McCooey about Coping with Narcissistic Behavior During the Divorce Mediation Process. She is a Narcissist Divorce Coach, a Motivational Speaker and the creator of the Reclaim Your Power System™ based in New York. She helps her clients reclaim their power in order to make life-altering decisions from a place of strength instead of fear.

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Co-Parenting Styles: Conflicted, Cooperative, and Parallel Strategies
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

Co-Parenting Styles: Conflicted, Cooperative, and Parallel Strategies

Today we will discuss Co-Parenting Styles: Conflicted, Cooperative, and Parallel Strategies with Cristin Terri. Cristin is based in Cape Town, South Africa. She is a certified divorce coach, co-parenting specialist, holistic counselor, and meditation teacher and offers valuable support to individuals going through the challenging process of divorce.

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The Rapid Rise of Mediation: Creating Efficient Dispute Resolutions
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

The Rapid Rise of Mediation: Creating Efficient Dispute Resolutions

Today we are with Joseph Panetta from Immediation: a holistic legal dispute resolution platform that combines multiple processes and apps into one customizable interface. In this episode we talk about The Rapid Rise of Mediation: Creating Efficient Dispute Resolutions.

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Insights from My Second Divorce: Creating Self Awareness
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

Insights from My Second Divorce: Creating Self Awareness

Today we are speaking with Leah Marie Mazur about her personal insights from her first and second divorce and how this journey helped her gain clarity and self-awareness. Leah is a certified Divorce Recovery Coach in Buffalo New York and founder of Mindfully Ready. She specializes in helping her clients heal after divorce so they can create a healthy, happy, and fulfilling new chapter for themselves and their kids.

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Creating Post-Divorce Budgets for a Secure Financial Future
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

Creating Post-Divorce Budgets for a Secure Financial Future

Today we are speaking with Amy Adler, a CPA, Certified Fraud Examiner, and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst about creating post-divorce budgets to secure a stable financial future. She is based in Austin, Texas and brings a unique blend of financial expertise and personal experience to divorce support. With a background in public accounting, internal audit, fraud investigation, and corporate accounting, she now uses her skills to help others navigate divorce. Her mission is to minimize the stress, time, and cost of divorce, ensuring clients are well-prepared for a brighter future.

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Lessons from a Narcissist Divorce Coach: Reclaim YourSELF
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

Lessons from a Narcissist Divorce Coach: Reclaim YourSELF

In this episode, we talk about divorce, narcissism, lessons from a divorce coach, and how to reclaim your life back. We speak with Victoria McCooey who is a Narcissist Divorce Coach, motivational speaker, and creator of the system called “Reclaim Your Power.” She's based in New York, but she services clients around the world, and helps people not only in the divorce process, but anytime they’re in a relationship with a narcissist.

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Overcoming Financial Abuse: Insights From a Financial Analyst
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

Overcoming Financial Abuse: Insights From a Financial Analyst

In this episode, we discuss overcoming financial abuse and insights from a financial analyst with Leah Hadley. Leah's a CDFA or Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, and an Accredited Financial Counselor. Leah is based in Cleveland, Ohio, and she's committed to working with people in a very compassionate fashion, and offers them financial guidance through different life issues such as divorce.

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Divorce Mindset: Creating Clarity and Confidence Through Meditation
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

Divorce Mindset: Creating Clarity and Confidence Through Meditation

In this episode we speak with discuss creating clarity and confidence through meditation with Cristin Terri. Cristin is based in Cape Town, South Africa. She's a certified divorce coach. She's a co-parenting specialist, a holistic counselor, and a meditation teacher. She's also getting trained in mediation and she supports people going through the process of divorce.

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The Divorce Journey: Navigating Pre and Post Divorce Challenges
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

The Divorce Journey: Navigating Pre and Post Divorce Challenges

Hi, welcome to MediatorPodcast.com, a podcast and video series about mediation, negotiation, and collaboration. My name is Melissa Gragg, and I'm a valuation expert and a divorce mediator in St. Louis, Missouri. Today we'll discuss the divorce journey with the founder of Foundations Divorce Solutions and Foundation's Coaching Group, Caroline Pak. Caroline is a certified divorce and transitions coach, a life coach, a mediator, and a certified divorce financial analyst based in Seattle, Washington.

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Lessening Anxiety Around Divorce: Tips From a Financial Consultant
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

Lessening Anxiety Around Divorce: Tips From a Financial Consultant

In this episode, we discuss lessening anxiety around divorce with Olivia Summerhill. Olivia is the founder of a financial consulting company helping affluent women maintain their lifestyles and thrive post divorce by educating and empowering them financially. Having over a decade of experience in wealth management and private banking, Olivia dedicates her time to protecting women. Her niche serves famous and high profile women who need help navigating the financial complexities of divorce. She also consults with financial advisors and family offices to help their clients avoid divorce mistakes.

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Tapping Into Your Intuition to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

Tapping Into Your Intuition to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence

Today we're actually going to talk about something that I really enjoy talking about, but we're gonna tap into our intuition. So how do you tap into your intuition and increase your EQ or emotional intelligence with mediator? Alice Shikina, she's based in California and she has a ton of emotional intelligence, which helps her mediate these cases.

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Mediation Settlement Negotiations: Dealing with Emotional Stress
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

Mediation Settlement Negotiations: Dealing with Emotional Stress

Today we will discuss issues around mediation, settlement negotiations, and dealing with emotional stress. In the mediation, I'm going to be speaking with another mediator and negotiation coach, Alice Shikina, who's based in California. She has a tremendous amount of emotional intelligence and empathy that she uses to successfully mediate case after case. She also has a very unique background with over 20 years of theater experience.

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Divorce Mediation: Parenting Plans and Child Custody
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

Divorce Mediation: Parenting Plans and Child Custody

In this episode, we'll discuss divorce, mediation and parenting plans or child custody with Michelle Weinberg. Michelle's a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 20 years of experience, but now focuses her practice specifically and solely on divorce mediation in New Jersey. In 2011, she co-founded Westfield Mediation with an attorney Randi Albert, and she's also a member of the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators and volunteers at several organizations in her spare time.

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Divorce exEXPERTS – Resources for Divorcing Couples
Melissa Gragg Melissa Gragg

Divorce exEXPERTS – Resources for Divorcing Couples

We are speaking with T.H. Irwin and Jessica Klingbaum, the “exEXPERTS”, about advice and resources for divorcing couples. They are divorce mentors and their mission is to educate, empower and support people to make the best decisions for their outcomes.

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