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Divorce with Carolyn
Divorce with Carolyn is real talk for women about the hard parts of divorce and the beautiful life waiting on the other side. I've been through two divorces, spent years coaching women inside Women's Divorce Academy, and I'm here to be the divorce bestie you didn't know you needed — straight with you, cheering you on, and always bringing you back to what matters.
Episodes
30 episodes
Keep the ambition, lose the perfectionism: Mel Wilson on career and young kids after divorce
When Carolyn started working at News Corp, Mel Wilson was her boss – a journalist who seemed to have everything together. Carolyn had no idea Mel was going through a separation too.Ten years on, Mel talks about what was happening underne...
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"He took everything so I got to start again": Di Geddes on cancer, divorce and rebuilding at 50
A note on this episode: Di describes emotional and financial abuse in her marriage. If anything here lands close to home, the support services below are available any time.Di Geddes knew her marriage was in trou...
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Raising emotionally intelligent kids when you're doing it on your own
Carolyn's children were twelve, six and four when she separated. They're teenagers and young adults now, and their verdict on divorced parents is two Christmases, more holidays, and the nuisance of footy boots left at the wrong house.The...
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Emotional intelligence for mums when your life is on fire
Carolyn invited Stephanie Pinto on to talk about raising emotionally intelligent children. The conversation kept turning back to the mothers.Because emotional intelligence is straightforward enough to explain and almost impossible to pra...
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High conflict co-parenting: what I'd do differently
Ten years on from separation, Carolyn is still in regular conflict with her ex-husband. It looks different now than it did at the start – but there always seems to be something in the process.In this solo episode she opens up the arrange...
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The lesson Helene's first divorce taught her that made her second one easier
Episode summaryHelene has been through two separations so she's in a rare position: she can look back and see exactly what was different the second time round, and why it made all the difference to how she got through it. In this ...
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Get your feelings out of your head and onto the page with Rachel Smith
If you've ever lain awake trapped in a thought loop or composing a message you'll never send, this conversation is for you. Journalist and copywriter Rachel Smith joins Carolyn to talk about what writing can do that talking can't. ...
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Can't afford to leave? Here's where to start...
Content warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence, including deaths. There are links to support services below.If you've sat at the kitchen table late at night working out whether yo...
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ADHD, divorce and co-parenting with Sharon Collon
This week, Carolyn sits down with Sharon Collon from The Functional Family to talk about parenting through separation when ADHD is part of the picture – whether that's your child's, your own, or both. Sharon breaks down why transit...
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Can you really build your business while getting divorced? With Karen Dennett
Starting or rebuilding a business while your marriage is ending sounds like the worst possible timing – but for business mentor Karen Dennett, it was exactly when things started looking up. In this conversation, Karen and Carolyn t...
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Finding a softer kind of joy with Charu Moorjani
Charu Moorjani had everything she thought she was supposed to want. Married at 23, on the right life path, ticking all the boxes in the right order. But on day one of her honeymoon, her body gave her a message she couldn't ignore — she was admi...
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'No one's coming to save you' – How Angela rebuilt after her husband's affair
Angela knew her marriage was over long before either of them did anything about it. What followed – infidelity, separation, court proceedings, full-time sole parenting in a regional town on a very low income – was by any measure a brutal few ye...
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Child support in Australia — How the system works and what to do when it doesn't
Download your FREE Child Support Paper Trail guide: https://www.womensdivorceacademy.com/child-support-paper-trailIf you've ever felt like the child sup...
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Patricia left an abusive marriage - and discovered a world of pleasure
Patricia left her marriage with a washing machine, a toddler, and a baby on the way - with no family nearby or government support - and built a life from there that she never thought possible. Patricia is the author of The Pleasure ...
She gave him a hall pass, but her body already knew it was over - Sarah's story
Sarah Gallucci gave up her journalism career at 24, became the primary parent, and spent 13 years holding everything together in a marriage that looked fine from the outside. Her body knew it was over long before she did — she just kept overrid...
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Is your ex tracking you? Surveillance, stalking and safety when leaving
Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion of domestic and family violence, including coercive controlling behaviour. Support is available - links below.Ex-detective Anthony Macklin has seen it all – burner phones hidden b...
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Alone Doesn't Have To Mean Lonely with Dr Marny Lishman
Psychologist Dr Marny Lishman on why being alone is an unexpected gift – and why the messy middle of healing does the real work.Alone and lonely get treated as though they mean the same thing. They don't.
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"I thank my younger self every day for having the guts to leave" - Carrie's story, 10 years on
Ten years ago, Carrie left a 16-year marriage. She had three young daughters, no certainty about what came next, and a question she couldn't shake: Am I allowed to do this?Ten years on, her daughters have told her they're glad s...
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Your divorce doesn't have to become trauma — Rage, healing, and what sets you free
Your divorce doesn't have to become trauma. That's not a platitude – it's something somatic therapist Natalia Rachel can explain precisely, and it changes everything about how you approach recovery.Natalia draws a clear line between dist...
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How to build your divorce support network
Building a support network during divorce isn't optional – it's infrastructure. In this conversation, Carolyn talks with her close friend Gillian about the real art of asking for help: why it feels so hard, how to do it practically, and who bel...
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From betrayal to her best life: How Alyssa turned heartbreak into happiness
Alyssa thought she'd married the love of her life. What she didn't know was that her husband had been deceiving her in almost every way imaginable - an affair, gambling debts, drug use, and lies that unravelled her entire sense of reality. When...
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What Divorce Really Does To Kids: A Candid Conversation With My Son, Connor
In this special episode, Carolyn is joined by her 21-year-old son Connor for an honest, warm, and sometimes confronting conversation about what it's really like to grow up through parental separation. Connor experienced two of Carolyn's separat...
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Follow the money: What a forensic accountant wants every divorcing woman to know
Ever stared at a pile of financial documents and felt completely out of your depth? Me too – but Julie Garis is here to help. Julie is a forensic accountant who specialises in helping women navigate the financial side of separation and property...
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5 divorce mistakes I see women making – and what to do instead
If you're going through separation or divorce right now, this episode is for you. After seven years running Women's Divorce Academy and walking alongside over 800 women, I've seen the same 5 mistakes come up again and again – not because women ...
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What divorce stress does to your body, and how food (even potatoes!) can help
Carolyn speaks with clinical nutritionist Susie Allen about what divorce and chronic stress actually do to your body – and what you can do about it. Susie draws on her own experience of two divorces and her clinical work to explain how the nerv...
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