At Divorce Tool Box, we recognize that divorce help is not “one size fits all.” While some areas of concern apply to all divorcing couples, there are many questions which are specific to those with children alone. That’s why we’ve created two versions of Divorce Tool Box: Divorcing With Children, and Divorcing Without Children.
Explore the tabs below to learn more about our Divorcing Without Children program. If you would like more information about the Divorcing With Children program, you can find that here.
SESSION 1 – FOCUS ON YOU
SESSION 2 – MONEY MATTERS
SESSION 3 – CREATING YOUR DIVORCE TEAM
SESSION 4 – CREATING YOUR ACTION PLAN
SESSION 1 – FOCUS ON YOU
SESSION 1 – FOCUS ON YOU
Before you begin working toward divorce, you must become psychologically fit to balance the demands of a stressful life transition. Emotions can be at an all time high, making concentration and coping difficult. Take charge of your divorce by learning to take care of you!
- Learn how to identify divorce stressors, apply techniques to reduce them and learn to effectively manage your divorce
- Identify the shifting of responsibilities and additional demands created by divorce, and learn to balance them well
- Almost every person who experiences divorce faces grief, whether they were the one to pursue the divorce, or their partner was. Learn to identify the grief stages and how to transition through them in a healthy manner
- Learn how to protect your professional life during divorce by maintaining your emotional health and productivity at work
- Your physical and mental health can be affected during divorce. Learn how to protect both to enhance your endurance in the midst of stress
The goal of session one is to focus on you – where you are in your divorce, your emotional process, and how you can best cope with the challenges you face.
SESSION 2 – MONEY MATTERS
SESSION 2 – MONEY MATTERS
Learn the basics concerning your assets, liabilities and personal property. Why? Because your future financial security depends on your level of financial awareness in the divorce process.
- Discover why you need both pre-divorce and post-divorce budgets, and how to create them
- Learn to approach your divorce with a business mindset by setting aside the emotional issues for a time
- Create specific financial goals for your Divorce Action Plan, improving your chance for a successful outcome
- Gain our detailed strategy for handling the division of your personal property, or dividing all household items between two spouses—one of the most emotionally draining tasks of divorce
- Division of assets and liabilities requires a lot of preparation. Learn what information to gather and complete key homework tasks within this session, putting yourself well on the way to good organization and planning
- Divorce Tool Box offers a number of financial examples for consideration as you begin the process. Learn how every decision should be made with an understanding of the present, as well as how the decision will affect your future
SESSION 3 – CREATING YOUR DIVORCE TEAM
SESSION 3 – CREATING YOUR DIVORCE TEAM
Choosing the right professional team for your particular needs during divorce can make all the difference.
- Evaluate professional needs in relation to the complexity of your divorce. Obviously, you’ve already chosen your first professional team member, Audrey Silcox of Divorce Tool Box. While Divorce Tool Box provides valuable insight and planning tools for many areas of divorce, you may desire additional assistance as your divorce progresses
- Learn what your divorce team might look like. Your professional team may consist of experts in various fields—legal, financial, counseling— who can help you be well-informed, prepared and healthy during your divorce
- Consider how to expand your team, and how to evaluate potential team members by considering the benefit their expertise and experience may offer in your divorce
SESSION 4 – CREATING YOUR ACTION PLAN
SESSION 4 – CREATING YOUR ACTION PLAN
With our Divorce Action Plan Template, you can make decisions in advance, become organized, and draft a divorce plan that helps your legal professional to advocate effectively for your needs. Knowing exactly what you want—and why—can boost your chance of legal success and reduce costs. After printing and completing the included Divorce Action Plan Template, you’ll be able to systematically:
- Apply the information you’ve learned from the previous sessions
- Gather and record information related to your assets, liabilities and personal property
- Identify your personal and financial goals
- Simplify, organize and document your decisions
When completed, your template outline becomes your Divorce Action Plan. Doing this work now will enable you to enter the legal phase of your divorce more confident about your decisions, and with the ability to explain the reason for each decision in the event you need to justify your desires to your spouse or your attorney.
As you move through the subject matter on the template, you will be able to review your notes, review applicable sessions online, and be confident that you haven’t overlooked important topics for you and your family. Walk into the legal arena prepared!
