The Crazy Ex-Wives Divorce Club

Erica Bennett
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Welcome to The Crazy Ex-Wives Club, a podcast dedicated to helping women navigate the emotional journey of divorce and all that comes with it. Whether you're struggling with the decision to leave, dealing with the aftermath of a difficult divorce, or trying to figure out how to co-parent with your ex, this podcast has got you covered. The Crazy Ex-Wives Club offers advice, tips, and strategies to help women move through each stage of the process.

  1. 1 day ago

    Co-Parenting After Divorce: The New Girlfriend, the Double Standard, and the Christmas Betrayal

    Co-parenting after divorce can get complicated when an ex introduces a new girlfriend, double standards emerge, and the boundaries you worked so hard to establish suddenly stop applying. In this episode of the Crazy Ex-Wives Club, Erica launches a new series, “She Asked the Internet, and I’m Answering,” where she takes real-life situations from divorce communities and offers the grounded, healing-centered perspective women need to move forward. Today’s story involves a cooperative co-parenting relationship that changes when a new girlfriend enters the picture, a frustrating double standard around new partners, and a Christmas trip that turns into a betrayal of trust. But the bigger question isn't whether this woman is right. It's whether fighting to prove it will actually protect her children or cost her the peace she's working so hard to create. Because you can be right about what happened and still choose not to fight every battle. 🔑 Key Themes & Takeaways Act from truth, not your wounds. Anger and urgency can feel the same whether you're responding to a genuine injustice or trying to prove you're right. Learn to recognize the difference before deciding what to do next.Choose your battles wisely. Not every double standard deserves your time and energy. Ask yourself whether taking action protects your children or simply keeps you locked in a battle your ex may never stop fighting.Stop expecting the new girlfriend to fix your co-parenting relationship. Your ex is responsible for the agreements you've made and the communication you share. A new partner may choose to build a relationship with you, but she isn't required to.You can set boundaries without controlling the outcome. You cannot dictate how your ex behaves, who he dates, or how he chooses to parent. You can decide what you will participate in, communicate your expectations, and change how you respond.Protect your peace, not your need to be right. Healing after divorce means learning to let go of what you cannot control without losing yourself in the process. Your children benefit when they see you model discernment, healthy boundaries, and emotional resilience. ✨ Join the Conversation Do you agree with Erica's take? Would you have let the kids go on the Christmas trip, or would you have drawn a line? Leave a comment and share your perspective. Your experience might help another woman navigating the complicated realities of divorce and co-parenting. Have a situation you want Erica to weigh in on? Find a post in a divorce community or share your own story by sending Erica a DM on Instagram. Your submission could inspire a future episode of “She Asked the Internet, and I’m Answering.” And if this episode resonated with you, follow or subscribe to the Crazy Ex-Wives Club, share it with a woman who needs to hear this message, and join The Club. Remember: You aren't crazy for wanting honesty, consistency, and basic mutual respect. But hoping someone will show up differently and requiring them to do so are two very different things. Choose your battles. Protect your peace. Build your next chapter. 🌟 Resources & Links Find more ways to change your post-divorce experience at www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com. From the divorce membership (The Club) to self guided rituals to reset your month (Wild Woman), there are programs ready to help you get unstuck and get on with your life.

  2. 21 Oct

    What Is Reiki Healing? Could It Help You Feel Like Yourself Again After Divorce?

    Can Reiki healing help you reconnect with yourself after divorce? In this episode of The Crazy X-Wives Club, host Erica sits down with Reiki Master Jody Lemieux to explore energy healing, emotional release, and the journey back to your own inner wisdom. Divorce and separation can leave you feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, and unsure of what comes next. Reiki is one alternative healing practice that may offer a space to slow down, relax, and reconnect with yourself as you navigate life's next chapter. Jody shares what Reiki is, what happens during a session, and how practices like meditation, emotional awareness, and speaking your truth can support your personal healing journey. Key Takeaways What if healing after divorce starts with your energy? Explore Reiki and how this alternative healing practice may help you slow down, reconnect with yourself, and make space for what you're feeling.What happens when you stop pushing your emotions away? Jody shares how she learned to see emotions as sacred rather than scary—and why changing your relationship with them can be so powerful.Therapy, massage, or Reiki? How do you know what you need? Discover how to tune out the noise, listen inward, and explore which forms of support feel right for you.Everyone has an opinion about your life. How do you hear your own truth? Learn Jody's approach to reconnecting with your inner wisdom instead of relying on everyone else to tell you what to do.How do you speak your truth without creating more conflict? Explore the connection between honest communication, taking responsibility for your words, and learning to listen without becoming defensive. Learn More About This Week's Guest: Jody  Lemieux https://divinelightconsultants.com/ Jody Lemieux is a wife, a mother, and is curiously guided to explore what it means to live, love, and grow with intention. Married to her high school sweetheart for nearly three decades, she knows that love can ask us to grow in ways we never expected. Her own journey through disconnection, awakening, and renewed connection has become the foundation of her work as a Reiki Master Practitioner, intuitive guide, and spiritual mentor, where she invites others to reconnect with their inner wisdom, speak their truth, and create deeper connection with themselves and the people they love. Join Jody for a FREE event November 4th, 7pm EST. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/V71t2xqNTHaeVJHXvBdtQA#/registration Ready to stop questioning yourself and start trusting the woman you're becoming? My name is Erica Bennett, host of The Crazy Ex-Wives Club and I help women through the part of divorce nobody prepares you for: the emotional aftermath that keeps hijacking you long after the papers are signed. My work is not therapy and it’s not mindset fluff. It’s deep 1:1 work — nervous system regulation, clearing the old patterns at the root, and actually reclaiming who you are on the other side so you get results in weeks, not years. If you are feeling the call of curiosity, I offer a free call to see if we are a fit. Learn More Here: https://www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com/freecall Learn More about Erica, her programs and how to work together. https://www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com https://www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com https://www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com

  3. 14 Oct

    Stories from the Other Side: What It Takes to Find a Love Worth Marrying

    What does it take to find love after divorce—and build a relationship that leads to marriage? In this episode of The Crazy Ex-Wives Club, Erica Bennett welcomes back Brynn Daylor to share her journey from divorce and self-discovery to marrying the love of her life. Together, they explore vulnerability, self-worth, attachment patterns, and the realities of finding a partner who sees you for who you truly are. Because healthy love isn't about finding someone perfect. It's about finding someone you can grow with without losing yourself. 🔑 Key Takeaways You don't have to be perfect to be loved. Brynn met her now-husband in an unexpectedly vulnerable moment, proving that authentic connection doesn't require a perfect meet-cute.Healthy relationships reveal your patterns. Love can bring old wounds and attachment behaviors to the surface, giving you opportunities to grow.Know what you will and won't accept. Learn the difference between a partner's quirks you can embrace and unmet needs that matter.Communicate instead of expecting mind-reading. Ask for what you need, whether it's reassurance, a listening ear, or space to process.Build self-worth through action. Confidence grows when you take risks, trust your intuition, and show up as your authentic self. Meet This Weeks's Guest Bryn DaylorLearn more about Brynn, her podcast and the work she does to help women tell their stories.https://bryndaylor.co Resources & Links The Club: Looking for the space to meet other divorced women and build the life you want? Welcome to The Club. Use code FREEMONTH2026 for $149 off. https://www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com/theclub

  4. 7 Oct

    When Overwhelm Hits and You Want to Burn It All Down

    What happens when life gets hard and your first instinct is to reach for the thing that will make you feel better right now?Maybe it’s the cocktail after a long day. The chocolate at 8 p.m. The French fries. The impulse purchase. The situationship text. Whatever your version is, self-sabotage can feel incredibly convincing in the moment.But what if that urge isn’t a character flaw or a lack of discipline? What if it’s your nervous system looking for the fastest possible route to relief?In this episode of the Crazy Ex-Wives Club, Erica breaks down what’s really happening when overwhelm sends you reaching for short-term comfort — and how to create a pause between the urge and the action.What You’ll Learn Why self-sabotage is often an emotional need wearing a convincing costume.The three steps to use when the wave of self-sabotage hits.How small, intentional choices rebuild confidence, momentum, and trust in yourself.Why “one more day” can be more powerful than committing to a massive overhaul.How the pause between an emotional urge and your action becomes your power of choice.🌟 The Wild WomanIf you’re stuck in the cycle of two steps forward, one step back, The Wild Woman is designed to help you break that pattern.Every month, you get clear on what you’re calling in now — not an overwhelming year-long overhaul, but one meaningful thing you want to move the marker on this month.Then you work through the emotional dysregulation that gets stirred up as you make those changes, so you can stay in control of your choices instead of letting overwhelm, old patterns, or emotional urges drive the bus.It’s about consistency, awareness, and putting yourself in the room when you’re tempted to burn it all down.Learn more about The Wild Womanhttps://www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com/wildwomanhttps://www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com/wildwomanhttps://www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com/wildwoman✨ Your Challenge This WeekWhat is your version of the old fashioned or the dark piece of chocolate?What do you reach for when life gets hard?Name it — not to shame yourself, but to become aware of it.Because when you know what your nervous system reaches for, you can begin to build the pause between the urge and the action.And that pause is where your power lives.You don't have to be perfect. You don't have to overhaul your entire life overnight.You just have to ask:Can I make this choice for one more day?The five minutes of quick relief isn't worth the cost of who you're becoming.You can do hard things. You already are.

  5. 30 Sept

    Stop Outsourcing Your Thinking: The Power of Pondering

    What if the answer you’re looking for isn’t in the next podcast, Google search, or AI prompt—but in giving yourself enough quiet space to actually think? In this episode of the Crazy Ex Wives Club, Erica explores pondering as a lost skill and why slowing down can help you reconnect with yourself, your needs, and the answers you already carry. 🔑 Key Takeaways Pondering isn’t overthinking. It’s creating space to get curious, reflect, and hear what you actually think.We can easily outsource our thinking to AI, podcasts, Google, and other people—and lose touch with our own answers.Putting yourself last has a cost. When you never make time for yourself, you can lose the thread back to what you actually need.Small steps create change. You don’t need a life overhaul. One small, consistent choice can start shifting everything.Your answers need space. Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is stop consuming and simply sit with a question. 🌟 Resources Visit www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com to learn more about programs and private coaching to support you in your journey. The Wild Woman is your monthly reset to build the life you want, one month at a time. Each month you will receive journal prompts and a guided somatic full-body reset to help you get there. https://www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com/wildwoman✨ Your Pondering Challenge Put down the podcast. Close the AI tab. Sit with one question for 10 minutes and see what comes up. You may already know more than you think you do—you just need to give yourself enough space to hear it. If this episode resonated with you, subscribe, share it with someone who needs to hear it, and join The Club.

  6. 23 Sept

    Rebuilding Self-Trust After Divorce: How to Listen to Your Body

    What if the answer to “Do I stay or do I go?” isn’t found in another person’s opinion—but in learning to trust yourself again? In this episode of the Crazy X-Wives Club, Erica sits down with transformation coach Andrea Wood to talk about rebuilding self-trust after divorce, reconnecting with your body, and learning to hear the inner knowing that can get buried beneath fear, guilt, responsibility, and overthinking. Andrea shares her own story of spending years in the “in-between” before becoming ready to face what she already knew. Together, Erica and Andrea explore what happens when we slow down, stop abandoning ourselves, and begin listening to the signals our bodies have been sending all along. 🌟 Resources & Links Join The Club: Last year, I launched a private, online community for women who refuse to let the past define the future. Part sister-circle, part rise the F up, this space meets live each week to help you navigate life after divorce with love, grace and a bit of becoming unfuckwithable. https://www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com/theclub P.S. The offer is evolving, so if you are interested, now is the time before the monthly fee increases in October 2026. 🎙 Meet This Week's Guest: Andrea Wood Learn more about Andrea’s work as a transformation coach and explore her offerings for women. Check or her offerings and retreats: https://reclaim-rise.com/ This Week's Must Read: P***y: A Reclamation by Mama Gena. https://a.co/d/07AcnboQ ✨ Ready to Trust Yourself Again? If you’re navigating divorce and finding yourself constantly second-guessing what you want, what you need, or what comes next, start small. Slow down. Listen to your body. Notice what feels good, what feels uncomfortable, and what your intuition has been trying to tell you. Self-trust isn’t rebuilt in one big moment. It’s rebuilt through hundreds of tiny moments when you choose to listen to yourself.If this episode resonated with you, subscribe to the podcast, share it with another woman who needs to hear it, and come join us inside The Crazy Ex-Wives Club.

  7. 16 Sept

    When Life Feels Unfinished: How to Find the Good That’s Already Here

    What if you could love the chapter you’re in before everything is figured out? In this birthday reflection, Erica gets honest about what it feels like to reach another year when parts of life still feel unfinished. Instead of waiting for everything to fall perfectly into place, she explores how to become present enough to notice the good that’s already here—and how those small moments can completely change the way we experience a rebuild. Because sometimes the Gerber daisies are already on the table. We’re just too focused on what’s missing to see them. Key Themes & Takeaways You can't force gratitude. When life feels messy or unfinished, pretending everything is wonderful doesn’t help. Instead, get present enough to notice what’s actually here. The good may already be in front of you. Erica’s story about walking right past her favorite Gerber daisies becomes a powerful reminder that we can overlook the very things that bring us joy when we’re focused on everything that hasn’t happened yet.The rebuild doesn’t happen in a straight line. Erica breaks rebuilding into three phases: when everything sucks, when you stop fighting it, and the “wobble”—those intense highs and lows that can make you wonder if you’re moving backward.You can’t go backwards. The things that once grounded you may not feel the same forever because you’ve changed. The goal isn’t to recreate an old version of happiness; it’s to discover what brings you joy now.Celebrate the chapter you’re actually living. You don’t have to wait for the “hell yes” year. The unfinished years count, too. Showing up and doing the work when nothing feels complete is something worth celebrating.Small moments create momentum. A free birthday coffee. Dinner with friends. Flowers. A favorite dessert. A beautiful cloud. When you string enough of those moments together, life can begin to feel different—even before the big pieces change. 🌟 Resources & Links If you are struggling to find the forward momentum, come join us in The Wild Woman. Each month you will be guided to find your inner truth through intention setting and a deep, somatic ritual. https://www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com/wildwoman ✨ A Note From Erica Not every birthday is a hell yes. Not every year is a magical list of everything you dreamed would happen. But every chapter has the ability to surprise and delight you when you become present enough to let it. The Gerber daisies are already on the table. The cheesecake is in the fridge. The good is already here. You just have to slow down enough to let it land. If you’re in the middle of your own rebuild, don’t wait until everything is finished to celebrate yourself. You’re doing the work. You’re showing up. And that matters. If this episode resonated with you, subscribe, share it with someone who needs the reminder, and join The Club for more support as you navigate your own next chapter.

  8. 9 Sept

    The Cost of Quiet: Communication & Healing After Divorce with Colette Fehr

    Communication, healthy conflict, emotional triggers, attachment styles, and healing after divorce are at the heart of this conversation with licensed psychotherapist and author Colette Fehr. Colette is the author of The Cost of Quiet: How to Have the Hard Conversations That Create Secure, Lasting Love, a powerful guide to understanding what happens when we suppress our needs instead of communicating them—and how to break those patterns. In this episode, Erica and Colette talk about: 🔑 Key Themes & Takeaways Why healthy conflict can save a relationship instead of destroying it.How attachment styles and nervous-system responses influence the way we communicate.Why our triggers aren't always about our partner—and how to respond instead of react.The importance of inner child healing and self-responsibility in healthy relationships.How suppressing needs and avoiding hard conversations can create resentment and emotional distance.Why clearly communicating your needs can create secure, lasting love. 🌟 Resources & Links Join The Club for community, support, and resources for navigating life, relationships, divorce, and everything in between. https://www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com/theclub Connect with This Week's Guest: Colette Fehr Learn more about Colette, her work as a licensed psychotherapist, and her relationship resources. https://www.colettejanefehr.com The Cost of Quiet Get Colette Fehr's book and learn how to have the hard conversations that create secure, lasting love. https://www.colettejanefehr.com/new-book Insights from the Couch Colette's podcast covering relationships, divorce, midlife, reinvention, perimenopause, menopause, and more. Love Thy Neighbor Colette's relationship podcast featuring conversations about love, relationships, pop culture, and different perspectives on modern relationships. ✨ Stay Connected If this episode resonated with you, subscribe to the podcast, share it with someone who needs to hear it, and join The Club. And remember: healing your relationship patterns starts with learning to understand yourself, communicate your needs, and respond instead of react.

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Welcome to The Crazy Ex-Wives Club, a podcast dedicated to helping women navigate the emotional journey of divorce and all that comes with it. Whether you're struggling with the decision to leave, dealing with the aftermath of a difficult divorce, or trying to figure out how to co-parent with your ex, this podcast has got you covered. The Crazy Ex-Wives Club offers advice, tips, and strategies to help women move through each stage of the process.

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