Category: Finances

Stories of Rebuilding Financially After Divorce

Stories of Rebuilding Financially After Divorce

What if everything you’ve been told about financial devastation after divorce is wrong?

This season finale brings you something different: real stories from real divorced Christian women who rebuilt their financial lives from the ground up. Grace shares how she went from budget deficit to financial peace while taking it one small step at a time. Jenny reveals how she built a six-figure business starting with just an iPad in her bedroom after 36 years as a stay-at-home mom. Kimberly talks about moving into a $3,000 trailer and eventually buying her dream house. Diana explains how she transformed her relationship with money itself.

These aren’t fairy tales. These are messy, honest accounts of women who started with nothing, made mistakes, pivoted, learned, and kept going. No one ate cat food. No one ended up destitute. But they all had to get curious, ask questions, and take one brave step at a time.

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Retiring the Idea of Retirement After Divorce

Retiring the Idea of Retirement After Divorce

What if everything you’ve been told about retirement is wrong—especially after divorce?

In this episode, Natalie and Diana explore why the traditional retirement model might actually be keeping you stuck in fear and financial anxiety. You’ll discover how retirement is just a cultural construct from 1889 that may not serve your post-divorce life at all—and what to do instead.

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Buying, Selling, and Renting After Divorce: A Guide for Christian Women

Buying, Selling, and Renting After Divorce: A Guide for Christian Women

In Season 3, Episode 8 of the Divorced Christian Woman Podcast, Natalie and Diana sit down with Diane Wallenta, a certified divorce lending specialist with 25 years in the mortgage industry. If you’re confused about whether you can afford to buy, whether you’re “too old” to get a mortgage, or whether you should just keep renting, this conversation is for you.

You’ll learn the truth about age limits, what lenders actually look at when you’re divorced, how to rebuild your credit after divorce, and why your gut instinct about your budget matters more than what you “qualify” for. Diane breaks down the numbers without the intimidation and gives you the roadmap for making the housing decision that’s right for your unique situation.

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Living Your Rich Life

Living Your Rich Life

Today we’re going to explore something you probably never expected to find after divorce: abundance. Not the kind with a big bank account. The kind that fills your soul.

You’ll hear about the shift that happens when you stop waiting for heaven and start creating it now. There’s a perspective change that transforms your ex from villain to… something surprising. And you’ll discover why one woman says she makes poverty look good and absolutely means it as a compliment.

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Estate Planning and Insurance After Divorce

Estate Planning and Insurance After Divorce

Let’s talk about everyone’s favorite topic: death and disaster! Kidding. Kind of.

In this episode, I sat down with Leah Hadley (who has so many professional credits after her name, that I’ll just let you scroll down to see all of them. Trust me. She’s qualified.) to tackle the post-divorce brain bender that is estate planning and insurance.

If you’ve ever wanted to scream into the void because you don’t know what kind of health insurance to get or who should get your vintage Corelle dishes when you die, this episode is for you.

Because as Leah and I discussed, doing nothing is still doing something. But is it really what you WANT to do?

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Building a Business After Divorce

Building a Business After Divorce

So, you want to start a business?

In this episode, Diana and I share our not-so-glamorous but totally doable journeys of starting businesses from the ground up.

We’ll help you get clear on whether building a business is even for you, how to start small, test your ideas and how to make peace with imperfection. You’ll walk away with tangible steps and permission to start messy.

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