The Divorce Coach

Looking for help through divorce?

The One-Stop Divorce Workshop

Bank holiday weekends should see families enjoying days out together. If the picture has been altogether different for your clients (or anyone you know) over this weekend because they are looking for help with divorce, then we may be able to help at the One-Stop Divorce Workshop this coming weekend in London.

We have a couple of seats left - great value at £55 - at our One-Stop Divorce Workshop a half day workshop on Saturday 31 May in Hampton, Middlesex bringing together a number of divorce professionals to help attendees plan ahead for a best possible split. Magic wands are not guaranteed, an informal setting, a warm welcome and professional help are.

How do I split successfully?

Divorce Help in London

At our 'How to successfully split' divorce workshop last Saturday with a divorce lawyer and financial and children experts we all learnt how such a coming together of knowledge (from the experts) and thirst for knowledge (from the participants) can be so valuable.

This is what the participants said:

There is help -  am not on my own…I am less panicked – it is a process but will come to an end!
It is great to be offered and plugged into a smorgasbord of all legal and non-legal types of services and support. ...it is nice to have a word of mouth referral and meet and speak to service providers first before arranging meetings.'
Jules, separated.

‘The atmosphere was relaxed and supportive, it was good to meet the professionals and learn that there is support out there. Much better than trawling through the internet!
Meeting the experts over lunch and having a !:2:1 with the lawyer were invaluable.
I would highly recommend this course.’
Felicity, just starting the divorce process.

A good and interesting group of professional women who have had similar experiences and were prepared to share their expertise.’
Brenda, finished the divorce process.

All agreed the divorce workshop had really worked for them. The next workshop is on 29th March in Wimbledon. Book soon as places are limited.

More Financial Divorce Help - in Wimbledon

Back to the drawing board to re-schedule more The response to last Saturday's 'How to successfully split the Finances' workshop in Hampton was fantastic and we received lots of very positive feedback and ideas of how we can make it even better. More here.

We're going to run this finances in divorce workshop in Wimbledon, SW19 (as well as Hampton on 23 Feb) starting late March. If you are interested in the divorce workshop concept, either to learn yourself or on behalf of a friend or a client going through or facing divorce, then do get in touch with me at kirsten@divorcecoaching.co.uk or call 0208 123 9046.

Kirsten Gronning

Enabling divorcing people to make best possible decisions

Ours wasn't a fair or free or on YouTube

Divorce Help in West London

The Divorce Coach 'How to Successfully Split' first half day divorce workshop with divorce experts took place at the same time as the very first Vienna Divorce Fair on 27 October 2007. Like the Vienna fair, it stemmed from our desire to satisfy a similar need for inexpensive and useful information for people being divorced, driving the divorce or separating.

Ours wasn't a fair (it's an informal but professional workshop) or free (at just £45) or on YouTube (we respect confidentiality!) or even in Vienna (being in London) but we are repeating it this Saturday 19 January and on 23 February and then at least monthly in South and West London. This is what an attendee said:

'The workshop made me feel far more positive. When I arrived I felt as if I was going to a funeral; when I left I felt a lot more optimistic.'

You can read more here and book on-line.

Financial Divorce Help in London - last places

Inspirational divorce workshops where people can learn in a cost and time-effective manner

Following valuable feedback from our attendees at our October workshop, we are piloting a How to Successfully Split the Finances workshop in W London (Hampton, Middlesex) on 19 January (pm) for the first ten applicants and running it again in the afternoon of 23 February. We'll be going into greater detail about the financial side of divorce with the help of financial and divorce experts and inviting questions from attendees in advance designed to help them see how they can best tackle this area of divorce, often considered the most difficult.

Click here for details of the workshop and book on-line now for the last places available.

Here's what one of the attendees said:

'The workshop made me feel far more positive. When I arrived I felt as if I was going to a funeral; when I left I felt a lot more optimistic.'

Kirsten Gronning The Divorce Coach

t: +44 (0)208 1239046

The Divorce Coach January newsletter

Simplifying the Split

How do I divorce with least cost and emotion?

We didn't promise magic wands at our How to Successfully Split workshop on Saturday 27 October in Hampton, London; we offered a unique collabaration of divorce professionals and workshop participants looking for cost-effective support and answers through marital breakup. I have to admit that I didn't know what to expect in advance but I was delighted that my gut feeling that we were fulfilling an unfulfilled need was proved right - by feedback from both attendees and my wonderful co-presenters and facilitators.

Bookings were slow initially, but wasn't that to be expected? Where has there been a 'divorce workshop' before? And what is a 'divorce workshop' anyway?

Fortunately, I took inspiration from my business coach Karen Skidmore, founder of CanDoCanbe.com who ran her first workshop with just two people two years ago and was determined not to cancel. Karen now runs workshops in collaboration with the University of Surrey which have a waiting list. She helped me see that by aiming at twenty five attendees, I would be more likely achieve that than if I aimed at ten. And she was right - attendance wasn't that far off my goal of twenty five.

What worked for the participants?

'I found the how to successfully split workshop extremely helpful, great to meet the people you e-mail and speak to on the telephone and of immeasurable help.' Paul, participant

Feedback from the co-facilitators

'The atmosphere was relaxed and informal and conducive to open discussion. This is an ideal opportunity to gain a greater understanding about the divorce process, how to tackle issues and what options are available to them.'  Cheryl Fisher divorce mortgage specialist www.financematters.com

How will we help people attending the next How to Successfully Split workshop on Saturday 12 January 2008?

Frankly, by doing much the same: bringing together divorce professionals to help participants plan ahead knowing about the best resources available to them. Click here for the October programme. We guarantee a warm welcome and professional help and strive to be inspirational in reaching solutions based around a best possible split. Places are limited - reserve your place by reading more and following the instructions here

How Do I Divorce?

How Can I Divorce?

Does this sound like you?

• 'I am terribly unhappy in my relationship but..'
• I need to end it, calmly and honestly if only..'.
• 'I want to make the best possible split for my family and myself but I don't know where to start.'

What would you like to be saying?

• 'I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.'
• 'I now know who can help me…'
• 'I'm taking control and can see a new life is possible'

In my view, divorcing people get stuck and don't progress because:

• They can't find the right people to talk to
• They are unable to tap into the solutions and information they need to move forward
• They are so fearful they are unable to see that change can be good


How can it be different?

• By learning how to save money through divorce
• By getting the tools to work out how to afford to divorce
• By seeing the importance of putting the children first

Oh yes - that easy?

'How To Successfully Split' is a half day workshop on Saturday 27 October in Hampton, Middlesex bringing together a number of divorce professionals to help attendees plan ahead for a best possible split with the best resources available to them. Magic wands are not guaranteed, an informal setting, a warm welcome and professional help are.

Read more in my blog here and about the programme here where you can also book on-line.

Who do you know having a hard time in their marriage?

Everybody knows somebody who’s sad because they’re going through marriage or serious relationship break-up, or thinking it’s a possibility. And often what really gets them down is the fear – fear because they don’t know what’s round the corner, what’s going to happen to the children or how they’ll afford it.

As a friend, what can you do to help? If they’re lucky, you can talk to them, but do you really know what’s going on for them? Even if you’ve been down that route yourself, is their experience going to be the same as yours? How do they deal with the fear?

Finding out as much as they can about the process is a good way to start - by learning what options are available, what they can do, who can help – they’ll empower themselves and start to see there is a way forward, if they are willing to find it.  They can do this here if they live in London or the Home Counties:

How To Successfully Split Workshop on Sat 27 October 9.15 – 1.0 pm £45 Hampton, Middlesex

This workshop is aimed to help them by learning from divorce experts in an informal environment. These people are passionate about helping people through relationship breakup and are joining me in an unusual initiative to inform, discuss and reduce the fear around separation and divorce. We will help attendees see what options are available to them and how they might best go through the process and achieve a best possible split.

You can read more by clicking the link here

In order to bridge the gap between the legal and counselling services traditionally available and the more informal advice from friends and family, we are now offering The Divorce Coach eCourse, a short, snappy and inexpensive downloadable seven-part eCourse entitled ‘How To Successfully Split’ to enable you to help yourself achieve a best possible split.

Download it to your PC and read it in the comfort of your home over two weeks. You can read more by clicking the link here

• Download it to your PC and work through it in your own time
• It's a raft of information pulled together by The Divorce Coach over many years of dealing with separation and divorce
• Amounting to just fourteen pages (in seven instalments) over a two week period
• It will really help you clarify the many issues which are likely to be presenting themselves at such a difficult time.

On receipt of your payment the first part, Part 1, will be sent to you. The subsequent 6 parts will be sent at equal intervals over the remaining two weeks allowing you time to complete each part before moving onto the next part. Click here to learn more

The eCourse ‘How to Successfully Split’  is currently available for just £39 ($79/EUR55)

How To Successfully Split - a Divorce Workshop in SW London

Getting Through Divorce

We - The Divorce Coach  - are hosting a half day workshop How To Successfully Split next month in Hampton, Middlesex bringing together divorce experts to help people clarify their options pre-divorce and provide solutions through relationship breakdown.

If you're looking for some answers to face up to an imminent breakup or you need divorce support and information to get through relationship breakdown, you'll find help and solutions at this half day Saturday workshop.

Where are you heading:

1. Messy and litigious divorce, family assets seriously eroded through litigation; you never want to see your ex again;
2. Neither amicable or straightforward with assets dented; a reasonable relationship might be possible for the sake of the children - if you both work at it;
3. Amicable split with family assets more or less intact; both of you recognising a different relationship is a possibility and best all round?

If you fall into the latter category - congratulations. But the chances are that if you are reading this, whether for yourself or someone close to you, you are foreseeing or experiencing complications and this workshop is for you if you live in or around West London, Surrey or Middlesex. If you live further afield then our downloadable eCourse How To Successfully Split will be available next week to give you some tools to progress through the process.

Divorce Experts
We are delighted to welcome a number of divorce experts to present and help you clarify your options including:

• MiD (Mediation in Divorce, Twickenham) - conflict resolution methods and children's issues
• a Financial Consultant - how best to prepare for a financial split: the 'financial divorce'
• a Family Lawyer - the 'legal divorce' & what this might mean to you

If your relationship has broken down and you don't which way to turn, or if you are feeling angry and confused as you go through the divorce process, then do come along and listen - participate too - at this unusual and inexpensive collaboration of divorce experts which will inspire you to find solutions through divorce.

Book now to ensure your place now on our website here.