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. 6d ago

    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.

  2. Sep 23

    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.

  3. Sep 16

    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.

  4. Sep 9

    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.

  5. Sep 2

    Astrology, Free Will & Finding Your Way Through Hard Seasons

    Astrology can be more than a horoscope or a prediction about your future. In this episode of The Crazy Ex-Wives Club, Erica explores how she uses astrology as a tool for self-awareness, curiosity, and navigating hard seasons—without giving away her power or free will. After moving through an intense eclipse season, Erica looks at what her own chart helped her understand about exhaustion, visibility, work, relationships, and the feeling of being stuck in the mud when you're actually in the middle of something being built. The planets don't control you. You still get to drive the bus. Astrology can simply offer another perspective on the energy, pressure, and themes that may be showing up in your life. 🔑 What You'll Learn Why astrology doesn't have to be about predicting your future or controlling your choicesHow understanding your personal chart can help you recognize patterns and stop judging yourself for themWhy Erica uses astrology for curiosity, not controlHow the moon became a grounding rhythm for navigating difficult seasons and creating a natural monthly resetThe difference between feeling like a victim of your circumstances and getting curious about what a season is asking you to learnHow to use the energy of the new moon and full moon to reflect, reset, celebrate, and move forwardWhy sometimes the “mud” you're fighting through isn't failure—it's the foundation being built 🌟 Resources & Links Join The Wild Woman: The Wild Woman is your space to define who you are becoming and move closer to her each month. Every month you get two guided practices delivered straight to your inbox. https://www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com/wildwoman Snag Karla's 7 Figure Business blueprint - Your Million Dollar AI Business Coach at your Finger Tipshttps://www.karlamaree.co/a/2148105783/TncuVWtD ✨ Ready to Move Forward? If this episode made you curious about how you can use the planets as a tool for greater self-awareness, Erica invites you to join The Wild Woman for September. It's a monthly container designed to help you get clear on what's getting in the way, focus on one piece of your life at a time, and keep moving forward through the hard seasons. And because it's Erica's birthday month, September members get something extra: a live call with Erica, beginning with a guided meditation and grounding practice, followed by an open Q&A where she'll stay until everyone's questions have been answered. You can join for the month, stay as long as you want, and leave whenever you feel complete. Join The Wild Woman: https://www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com/wildwoman If this episode resonated with you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and come hang out with us in The Crazy Ex-Wives Club.

  6. Aug 26

    Dolly Parton's 10 Lessons for Living Your Life On Purpose

    What can Dolly Parton teach us about divorce recovery, reinvention, authenticity, and becoming who you were always meant to be? In this solo episode, Erica reflects on Dolly’s unapologetic approach to life and shares 10 powerful lessons for women rebuilding after divorce or any major life transition—from finding yourself and doing it on purpose, to paving a new road, growing deeper roots through the storms, embracing what you love, and extending grace to yourself along the way. This is your invitation to stop letting other people define your next chapter, own your story, find joy in the little things, and live fully and unapologetically. 🔑 Key Takeaways Find yourself—and do it on purpose. Your next chapter is yours to create.Pave a new road. Stop letting other people’s expectations define what’s possible.Let the storms deepen your roots. Hard seasons can build resilience, strength, and self-trust.Own what you love. Embrace the parts of yourself you’ve been afraid to show.Give yourself grace and honor your story. Your past helped shape the woman you’re becoming. 🌟 Resources & Links The Selenite Sleep Ritual + Stone Sleep evaded me for years during my divorce. This simple practice helped my mind and body reset for the night and shift out of survival mode. Selenite Heart Stone - ETSY ✨ Your Invitation Take one Dolly lesson with you today. Which one hit you the hardest? Ask yourself: Am I actually living this—or am I still holding myself back because of what someone else might think? You don't have to become Dolly. You get to become more fully you. Subscribe to The Crazy Ex-Wives Club, share this episode with a woman who needs the reminder, and join The Club for more support as you rebuild your life on purpose.

  7. Aug 19

    What Kind of Woman Will You Be After Divorce?

    What if you could consciously uncouple—even when your ex refuses to participate? In this episode of The Crazy X Wives Club, Erica explores what it really means to move through divorce, co-parenting, grief, and conflict from a place of values instead of wounds. Drawing from a deeply triggering experience in Hawaii, Erica shares how she spiraled, processed the anger and grief, rewrote the story, and ultimately chose to take her power back. Because conscious uncoupling doesn't require two people. It only requires you. 🔑 Key Themes & Takeaways Conscious uncoupling can be a choice you make alone. Your ex doesn't have to agree, participate, or even know that's what you're doing.Pause before you react. When you're triggered, give yourself space to feel everything before deciding what deserves to be said or done.Get the ugly truth out somewhere safe. Write it down, journal, or record a voice memo—but don't necessarily hand your rawest emotions to someone else and fuel the spiral.Rewrite the story without judgment. Once the emotion settles, challenge the assumptions, blame, and “us vs. them” thinking. Ask what is actually true and what your values would have you do instead.You can rise above without giving up your boundaries. Choosing compassion doesn't mean letting people walk all over you. You can hold your ground while responding from care rather than hurt.Put your child's well-being ahead of your personal pain. Co-parenting may require you to carry difficult emotions without allowing them to spill onto your child.Stop waiting for your ex to change. Your healing and your identity after divorce are not dependent on whether your ex apologizes, validates your perspective, or becomes a better person.Your rebirth has to become a priority. Healing means learning your own heart, understanding where your wounds came from, and intentionally rebuilding the life and identity you want. 🌟 Resources & Links The New You Blueprint is a 90-minute guided experience designed to help you: Get clear on who you're becomingRelease grief that's still sitting in your bodyIdentify what needs to changeCreate a plan for rebuilding your lifeDecide what—and who—needs to come with you into your next chapter Use code FRIENDS for $100 off the New You Blueprint. https://www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com/blueprint https://www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com/blueprint https://www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com/blueprint Connect with Erica, take her freq quiz or submit an episode topic at www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com

  8. Aug 12

    50/50 Custody: Is Equal Time Actually Best for Your Kids?

    What if 50/50 custody isn’t always the same thing as doing what’s best for your kids? In this episode of The Crazy Ex-Wives Club, Erica gets real about custody arrangements, 2-2-3 schedules, transitions between homes, and the emotional toll divorce can take on children. After living through the realities of co-parenting herself, Erica shares why she ultimately chose a custody arrangement based less on what felt “fair” and more on what gave her son stability, predictability, and the support he actually needed. The goal isn’t to tell every family what their custody schedule should look like. It’s to help parents step back, put ego aside, and ask a harder question: What arrangement works best for my child? 🔑 Key Themes & Takeaways Equal time doesn’t automatically mean equal benefit. A 50/50 schedule may work beautifully for some families and create unnecessary stress for others.Reduce transitions when you can. Constantly moving between two homes can be difficult for young children. A predictable schedule with the same days each week may provide more stability.Make custody schedules predictable. A simple visual calendar can help children understand where they’ll be, what’s coming next, and when they’ll see each parent.Parenting time should reflect reality. If a parent consistently isn’t available during their scheduled time, it may be worth reconsidering whether the schedule actually serves the child.Separate what you want from what your child needs. Fighting for equal time because it feels fair is different from advocating for the arrangement that genuinely supports your child.Custody arrangements can evolve. What works for a toddler may not be what works for a school-age child or teenager. Keep paying attention to what your child needs in each season.Help kids through transitions instead of trying to eliminate their feelings. Give them language for the sadness, anger, or resistance that can come with moving between two homes.The quiet nights matter, too. Time away from your kids can be painful, but it can also become an opportunity to heal, rebuild your identity, and strengthen your internal authority. 🌟 Resources & Links If the quiet nights feel too long, the emotions feel too big, or you’re struggling to find yourself after divorce, The Wild Woman is a monthly container designed to help you rebuild your relationship with yourself and develop your internal authority. https://www.thecrazyexwivesclub.com/wildwoman

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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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