Learning How to Say YES to the Biggest NO in Your Life with Coach and Author, Andrea Hipps on The Divorce & Beyond Podcast with Susan Guthrie, Esq. #181

In this episode Susan Guthrie speaks with new friend, Andrea Hipps, a Certified Divorce Coach and Author, about her innovative and truly effective approach to moving through the pain of your divorce in order to find your future and to create a healthy two address home for your children. There are few experiences in life that can involve more pain than divorce and many people have great difficulty in moving past that pain, and some never do.  Andrea Hipps understands that pain.  She experienced it herself years ago when she divorced and and found a way to face that pain and work with it based upon a questions a friend asked her.  That question started out with "What would it be like . . ." and although Andrea's initial reaction when the friend asked her was 'Hell no!', she eventually came to see that that "what if" held the key to breaking the cycle of pain and creating a new and wonderful future. If you can't imagine how you are going to co-parent with your ex, this episode is truly a must for you because embedded in the question you must ask yourself, is the key to creating an asset based future for your reconstructed family.  A future where your children can thrive in what Andrea calls a "two address home." In this episode you will hear: What the key to breaking your life open is. How her Husband's "Proclamation of Disconnection" led to Andrea's own inward journey. What an Asset Based Approach to the future looks like and how it benefits you and YOUR KIDS! Why mediators start your process with a discussion of what you want for your children (insider secret from Susan) How finding some genuine "yesses" about your ex will help you create that "two address home" and MUCH MORE! More information about This week's Special Guest,  Andrea Hipps: Andrea Hipps, LBSW is a Certified Divorce Coach® who helps parents all along the divorce continuum resolve their divorce debris and create beautiful two-address families for their kids. She's the author of the internationally bestselling book “The Best Worst Time of Your Life: Four Practices to Get You Through the Pain of Divorce” which outlines the four practices you need to create wholeness and healing for you and your kids before, during, and after divorce. As a regular contributor to our nation’s divorce recovery conversation, she's been featured on NBC, ABC, FOX and the CW discussing how we can do divorce better for the sake of ourselves and our families. Her website is: https://www.andreahippsdivorcecoach.com/ where you can purchase her book, “The Best Worst Time of Your Life: Four Practices to Get You Through the Pain of Divorce” for only $10 inclusive of shipping, by mentioning "BEYOND" Follow Andrea on Instagram for great tips, advice and MORE! https://www.instagram.com/andreahippsdivorcecoach/ ********************** SUSAN GUTHRIE, ESQ., the creator and host of The Divorce and Beyond Podcast, is nationally recognized as one of the top family law and divorce mediation attorneys in the country.  She is one of the Co-Chair's of the American Bar Association's DR Section Mediation Committee and is the Founder of Divorce in a Better Way which provides a curated selection of resources and information for those facing divorce and other life changes.  Susan has created a website of curated resources for those facing divorce.  Find out more at www.divorceinabetterway.com. *****************************************************************************    THE DIVORCE & BEYOND MEMBERS ONLY COMMUNITY IS LIVE!! Subscribe now for only $10 per month and take your Divorce & Beyond experience BEYOND!! D & B Members Only will receive a number of benefits including: Ad and Interruption Free Podcast Archive BONUS Members Only Podcast Episodes monthly Downloadable Worksheets, Spreadsheets and Other Forms  Access to the "Ask Susan Anything" Forum where you can ask your questions and learn from the answers to others. SUBSCRIBE HERE! ***************************************************************