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The Other Side of Potential
Over time, the conversations we choose to have begin to reflect what matters most.
If you’ve been part of this podcast, you’ve heard me speak about human development, systems thinking, and the ways we make meaning of our lives and work. That work continues—and remains at the core of my coaching and professional practice.
What has changed is the space where I am choosing to have a different kind of conversation.
After the death of my son, Michael, I felt called to create a more personal place—one that speaks directly to the experience of loss, and to the questions that emerge when life no longer looks the way it once did.
That space is now Beyond the Loss.
This podcast is for parents who have lost a child, and for those who support them. It is not about fixing grief or finding closure, but about understanding how we continue to live, to make meaning, and to become—after loss.
If you are looking for my current podcast,
you will now find me there.
I invite you to join me on Beyond the Loss.
You are welcome.
The Other Side of Potential
Episode 169: Prenups for a Healthy Marriage with Aaron Thomas
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Everyone wants to avoid a messy divorce at all costs. If you are a business owner though, this can add a whole extra layer of complications. Many people think that prenups are just for couples with trust issues, what they don’t realize is that the right prenuptial agreement can set you up for how you manage your finances during the marriage, avoid a lot of conflict over time, and may even help you to save the marriage altogether.
Today we are joined by Aaron Thomas, a Harvard Law School graduate and the owner and founder of Aaron Thomas Law in Atlanta, Georgia. Aaron specializes in family law, where he represents clients in cases of divorce, custody, and child support. Despite his many courtroom successes and a long list of impressive awards, Aaron's proudest achievements are providing quality, empathetic services to his clients, who are often going through one of the toughest periods in their lives.
Aaron is also known for his unique approach to pre-marital and post-marital agreements and is a firm believer that a prenup can actually help you stay married. Today he joins us to explain the ramifications of not having a written prenuptial agreement. To find out how marital property differs from separate property, how your business could become marital property without a prenup, how personal debt relates to marital property, and how to structure your accounts to avoid conflict, as well as many other valuable tips, tune in today! Whether you’re already married or not, this episode is for you!
What you’ll learn about in this episode:
- How planning for his own wedding led Aaron in the direction of prenuptial agreements.
- Why prenuptial agreements shouldn’t only address what happens in a divorce, but how your finances will be handled during the marriage itself.
- The number one thing engaged couples need to know: the difference between marital property and separate property.
- How even if you don't have a written prenuptial agreement, you still have a prenuptial agreement based on the jurisdiction that you live in.
- How your business could become marital property without a prenup.
- What a post-nuptial agreement is and why it may be beneficial to you if you are already married.
- Why unfair divorce settlements are so common.
- The three principles that Aaron bases his prenuptial agreements on: transparency, communication, and fairness.
- How you can unknowingly transfer separate property into marital property.
- How separate debt relates to marital property.
- How you should structure your accounts so that a spender and a saver can have a good financial relationship.
- Other ways that a prenup can help a marriage remain intact.
- Why Aaron often factors clauses about counseling into a prenuptial agreement.
- How even if divorce does occur, the prenup helps mitigate some of the impact on the children.
- Aaron’s advice to engaged couples on how to broach the subject of a prenup.