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What is a Divorce Doula?
A Divorce Doula specializes in coaching people before, during and after divorce.
You may be familiar with the concept of a birth doula who supports a woman going through labor and birth, or a postpartum doula who helps in the early days after the baby is born and the mother recovers. They provide nurture, guidance, and support as the new mother transitions into the new phases of life and motherhood.
Similarly, a Divorce Doula provides nurture, guidance and support to people going through another major life transition. You may be a parent caring for your children while also trying to care for yourself, manage your career, transition financially, and trying to navigate the legal system. It's a lot for someone to manage on their own. Having experienced support can make all the difference.
While divorce can be incredibly challenging, it is also an opportunity to reawaken our individual gifts and find our superpowers. A Divorce Doula can help guide you through this process as you build a life that is rich, rewarding, and uniquely your own. Let's connect
What about my Attorney?
Going through a divorce takes a team. You want the best team possible that is focused on getting you the best outcomes possible. Having a great attorney on your team is critical, and potentially costly. You want to utilize them as effectively and efficiently as possible and keep them focused on your legal matters.
I speak from experience. Efficiency wasn't always top of mind at the beginning of my divorce when the emotions and overwhelm ran high. I quickly realized if I spent the first half of my meeting emotional and upset, I was paying for my own tears, running up my bill and not covering the critical items that needed my attention.
I soon learned that I needed to treat those meetings just like important business meetings and come prepared with objectives and prioritized agendas. I had other members of my "team" I could call on to provide the additional emotional and practical support I needed.
This is where a Divorce Doula can help. We can help you create a plan and figure out where to start or what needs to be completed, and by when. I’ve been in project management and consulting for 20+ years and am very skilled at making the impossible and overwhelming, manageable. Let's connect
A Divorce Doula can help you
Prepare for upcoming meetings with your attorney
Organize your agenda and questions so that you can make sure you get the answers you need
Create organizing strategies and timelines to meet court-mandated deadlines or requests
Prepare emotionally to face highly charged, challenging situations
Process and think through your next steps after those tough meetings or interactions
What don't you do? (Disclaimer)
At Seattle Divorce Doula, we are good at many things, but we are not attorneys, doctors, medical professionals, licensed mental health care providers, or financial advisors. We cannot provide professional advice in those areas.
If you need additional resources or expertise, we will gladly share information and referrals we are aware of, as well as support you in mobilizing the right support team for you.
We embrace the saying "It takes a village" and believe we all need our villages.