Wednesday, February 6, 2008- 8:30 pm Eastern
How To Talk To Your Children About Divorce

Okay, you have decided to divorce. Now what? How do you tell your children? The biggest casualty in any divorce is the children. Children are resilient and can make it through just about anything however, the chances of them coming out whole and healthy are greater when their parents are able to communicate openly and honestly with them about the divorce process. Find out how to help your children survive and thrive during and after the divorce process by gaining the skills you need to talk to your kids about divorce.

Some of the topics that will be covered are:

1.  How to explain to your children what divorce is?  How it will affect them?

2.  Should you be open and honest with your children about divorce?

3.  How to divide the children's time between households and maintain stability.

4.  Helping your children learn how to deal with the anger from divorce.

5.  How to remind your children that divorce is NOT their fault.

6.  Ways to keep open communication with your children after divorce.

7.  How to keep your children from pitting one parent against the other.

8.  How to maintain a healthy balance between working and being a single parent.

Treasia Stepp

Although, Treasia is not a parenting coach or child psychologist she comes to the call with a great deal of experience. What Treasia brings to the table doesn’t come from a textbook but from true practical experience. In a sense, Treasia has been there done that and wants to share with you all that she has learned over the course of her three divorces so you can avoid the pit falls and communication barriers, she experienced. Treasia Stepp is a success story – what she has to share works because she has put it into practice not just read it out of a book. She has been married and divorced three times and has viewed each experience as a learning opportunity. As a result has been able to build a foundation from which to build a successful marriage, home life, be a co-parent of her teenage daughter and step-parent of her new husband’s two children as well as a business owner – Southern Bell Invitations.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:30 pm Eastern
Finding That Balance In Your Life -- During Divorce

When life throws you a major curve ball, such as a divorce, chaos ensues. Everything that you have ever thought to be true is in question. Typically it marks the death of one life and the beginning of another. The gap between is all about riding the rapids of emotional turbulence. Luckily by grand design you have the skills that can help you not only navigate the ‘between’ zone, but also come out of it more whole, more centered and with a stronger relationship with yourself than ever before. You just may not have found them yet. Join Dawna Jones as she helps you uncover those hidden skills and shows you how to use them to reconnect, so you can begin to gain the inner freedom to be you – and find the balance you so desperately seek. Balance is about the power to choose – what will you choose?

Dawna Jones

Dawna Jones’s reputation as an Evolutionary Provocateur fits perfectly with her mission in life: to help individuals and companies master the invisible forces that drive achievement. Combined with 25 years of professional facilitation experience, she brings eighteen years of being a single parent running her own business to this subject. Her experience with using the signals of imbalance to achieve well being will save you a lot of time. 

Dawna is the owner of From Insight to Action and is the host of the Evolutionary Provocateur podcast out of London, England on www.management-issues.com which delivers customized learning lab programs to companies and individuals to release creative talent and innate wisdom.

Find out more about Dawna Jones at http://www.FromInsightToAction.com

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:30 pm Eastern
Getting Back in the Game - Networking As a Job Search Strategy

Cheryl Palmer, an executive career coach, will be conducting a teleseminar for individuals on how to use networking as a job search tool. 

The following topics will be discussed: 

• Networking as a long-term career strategy
• How to stay in touch with your network while balancing other parts of your life
• How to raise your visibility inside and outside of your current network

Cheryl Palmer

Cheryl Palmer, M.Ed. is a career coach and a professional resume writer.  She has been a guest on a radio show entitledInsight on Coaching hosted by Tom Floyd where she discussed the needs of Generation X in the workplace and how managers from other generations can get the best out of this segment of the workforce.  In addition, she was a guest on the radio show “Balance and Wisdom” where she discussed networking for your career with hosts Barbara Phillips and Joanie Winberg.

In an article on Hot Jobs’ website entitled “The Art of Being Assertive,” Cheryl was quoted as a subject matter expert on how assertiveness can help a person advance in his or her career. Cheryl also has a background in training and curriculum design on career development topics.  She does workshops on career choice and various aspects of the job search process such as resume writing, interviewing skills, and networking.

Find out more about Cheryl at at www.calltocareer.com.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:30 pm Eastern
Navigating the Financial Aspects of Divorce

Divorce Financial Planning is the aspect of divorce that probably keeps people awake most at night. Will I be financially OK after divorce? Do I need alimony? Can I afford to pay my spouse alimony? Can I afford to keep the house? Can I keep my pension or will I have to give half to my spouse? Will I have to go back to work, and if so, what will I do and how much do I need to earn? Are you plagued with some or all of these questions? If you are having a difficult time navigating through the financial aspect of your divorce; let Janet Bouma, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst be your guide. Janet will provide you with the compass you need to help guide you toward post-divorce financial security.

Janet Bouma

is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA), a Regional Director for the Institute for Divorce Financial AnalystsTM nationally, and is the Managing Member for J. Bouma & Associates, LLC, in Pittsburgh, PA. As a practicing CDFA for the past six years, she has worked with hundreds of spouses and their attorneys, and/or mediators, assisting her clients in the equitable distribution process of divorce.

Janet's areas of expertise include divorce financial planning-- providing financial illustrations and projections for Equitable Distribution, QDRO preparation, Present Value Pension Calculations, Budget Preparation, Asset Analysis and expert court testimony. In addition, Janet's associates provide expertise in the areas of forensic accounting, taxation, business valuations, and real estate evaluations.

Find out more about Janet at at Bouma Divorce Solutions.

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 8:30 pm Eastern
Build Your Confidence and Build Your Bottom Line

A common casualty of divorce is one’s self esteem. Rebuilding your self-esteem and your self confidence is essential not only in divorce recovery but also in your financial recovery. By building your self confidence you can in turn increase your bottom line – which is very important for many women who are recently divorced and are now solely responsible for not only their financial health but their children’s as well. Learn from the expert on how to build your confidence and increase your bottom line. Denise Michaels will show you how to blow the lid off “the internal glass ceiling,” allowing you to stretch outside of your comfort zone towards your full potential.

Denise Michaels

Michaels is a dynamic marketing mentor with expertise in copywriting, public relations, strategic planning and sales. Those who take her straight-from-the-hip, down-to-earth, time-tested advice and run with it get measurable results.

An entrepreneur, public speaker and business coach, Michaels possesses a unique blend of common-sense psychology, extraordinary insights into what makes people ‘tick’ combined with the ‘Mars/Venus’ differences of men and women in the rough and tumble world of marketing.  Delivered with warmth, humor and common sense – she’s created an all-new niche: “Testosterone-Free Marketing.” 

Her innovative book, “Testosterone-Free Marketing: The Yin and Yang of Marketing for Women” (Personal Transformation Press) is available at http://www.tfmbook.com  Michaels’ goal is to help women “Revolutionize their capacity to flex their marketing muscle.”

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 8:30 pm Eastern
Dating After Divorce - Are You Ready?

• Are you tired of being alone?
• Do you want to share your life with someone special?
• Are you ready to start dating again, just not sure how to get started?
• Are you afraid of another failed relationship?
• Do you want to gain the tools you need to attract the right partner into your life?

If you answered yes to any of these questions then join Lisa Fredette as she shares with you the secrets of attracting the right partner into your life. Lisa will reveal the common dating traps, the steps toward finding your soul-mate and how to determine if you are ready for love.

Lisa Fredette

Lisa Fredette, the Divorce Recovery Coach - is a CTA certified life coach and a licensed relationship coach with Relationship Coaching Institute.  She is the founder of Passionate about Life Coaching and Passionate About Life Coach Divorce Recovery Coaching Club. Her business focus is on supporting women who are motivated to take their divorce recovery to the next level. In addition, Lisa supports singles in finding the “right” life partner. Lisa supports her clients in the divorce recovery process through one on one coaching, group coaching programs, teleseminars, workshops and her Turning your Divorce into a Celebration of Life e-book series.

Lisa is a featured columnist in the Women’s Online Magazine http://www.womensonlinemagazine.com, and host of the Living Passionately Radio Show http://www.blogtalkradio.com/womanly-insights-noon

Find out more about Lisa at lisafredette.com.

"Clarity, Strength, Freedom, Insight, Action, Turning Point, Support, Awareness are the simple and easy to follow steps Dawna H. Jones presents in a clever interesting Octopus Way. If you ever wanted more hands to stir the pot to ultimate success Dawna gives them to you." -- Robert G. Allen, Millionaire Maker, Author of New York Times best sellers Nothing Down, Creating Wealth, Multiple Streams of Income, Multiple Streams of Internet Income and co-author of One Minute Millionaire.

An article with pointers on how to network your way to success by Cheryl Palmer.

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