Start Your Comeback: Rebuilding after Divorce, Empty Nest, and Loss of Spouse

What if you stopped measuring your progress by how far you still have to go and started measuring it by how far you've come? Businesses issue quarterly reports. Great coaches assess what's working and what needs adjustment. Today, we're doing the same thing for your comeback. In this episode, we're taking a Quarterly Comeback Report to determine where you are in your transition journey. Are you still in Shock? Living in Limbo? Beginning Reentry? We'll revisit some of the most powerful t...

Stuck in a Relationship That Isn’t Working? A Negotiation Expert on Divorce, Dating After Divorce, and How to Decide Whether to Stay or Go What if the hardest part of a relationship isn’t the conflict—but the indecision? In this powerful episode of Start Your Comeback, Toni Thrash sits down with Dr. Merideth Thompson, social scientist, negotiation expert, and founder of Partner Lab, for an honest conversation about relationships that linger long after they stop working. Dr. Thompson blends da...

Fear has a way of dressing up like anger, urgency, and endless what-ifs—especially when a marriage ends. We sat down with Dr. Lana Sneer, a licensed professional counselor, to unpack how to face the grief of divorce without letting it name your whole story. The throughline is simple but demanding: sit with fear long enough to hear what it’s saying, then move with intention toward hope, help, and a new vision. We talk about how fear crowds out healing, and why stillness is a first step, not a...

What if the smartest move after divorce isn’t to reinvent everything, but to slow down and stabilize? We take you inside the quiet work that makes a comeback possible: calming your nervous system, reducing chaos, and rebuilding simple routines that help you survive the early months without burning out. No hype, no rushing—just clear steps to get your feet back under you and protect your energy while life resets. We start by getting honest about emotions that refuse to disappear: grief, relie...

Holiday peace isn’t about getting every plan right. It’s about repairing well when plans break. We lean into a simple, steady framework—calm, clarity, and compassion—to guide tense moments, last‑minute schedule changes, and the emotional load kids carry moving between homes. You’ll hear scripts that lower the temperature fast, from “here’s what’s happening, here’s what we can do” to “I’m sorry—let’s reset,” so you can lead your home with confidence instead of control. We also unpack the invi...