Better Because of Divorce

Julie Steed
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You built a life. Divorce dismantled it. Now what? Better Because of Divorce is the podcast for women who are ready to stop surviving and start building a real, full, unapologetically-their-own life on the other side of everything they've lost. Hosted by Julie Steed, certified life coach, health and wellness coach, founder of the FIERCE Sisterhood, and divorced empty nester, this podcast exists for the woman who did everything right and still found herself starting over after divorce, wondering who she is, what comes next, and whether the best parts of her life are behind her. They aren't. Every week Julie brings honest, story-forward conversations about life after divorce. The identity work, the emotional healing, the financial fear, the milestone moments, the relationships, the community, and the profound possibility of becoming more yourself on the other side of the hardest season of your life. This is not a podcast about surviving divorce. It is a podcast about what becomes possible when you stop waiting and start moving. Real women. Real transformation. Real proof that life after divorce and starting over after divorce at any age can be the beginning of something extraordinary. This podcast is a reminder that you are better because of your divorce.

  1. 6d ago

    🔥 Episode 101: I'm 55 Today - What 5 Years of Not Waiting Actually Looks Like

    Five years ago today was my 50th birthday. I had just filed for divorce less than a month prior. And today, on my 55th birthday, I want to show you what five years of not waiting actually looks like. Not the highlight reel. The real version. The losses and the wins and the trips and the grief and the businesses and the babies and the heartbreak and the joy, all of it happening simultaneously the way life after divorce actually does. In five years I have moved three times and bought my own home. I left my nine-to-five as a college lecturer and built a full-time coaching business from nothing. I created the FIERCE Sisterhood, the Legacy Club, and a retreat. I got certified as a life coach and a nationally board certified health and wellness coach. I watched my oldest daughter start medical school and my youngest find her passion in marine geology. I lost my mother. I traveled to Iceland with my dad, Croatia with my best friend, Las Vegas with my girls. I found an incredible man. I built a life. All of it on my own terms. By myself. But here's what this episode is really about. The women who have been watching my Facebook page for years, still in pain, still waiting, and the women inside the FIERCE Sisterhood who joined less than a year ago and are already building lives that astonish me. The difference between those two groups is not circumstances. It is not luck. It is one decision. Five years goes fast. And it goes whether you participate in it or not. Join me for my free masterclass — Afraid You'll Be Alone Forever? Register here:  👉 Afraid You'll Be Alone Forever? The Masterclass. About Julie: After 23 years of marriage and a betrayal she never saw coming, Julie  found herself starting over from scratch. No roadmap. No guarantee it would be okay. Just the decision that her life was worth rebuilding. Julie is now a Certified Life Coach, a Health and Wellness Coach, and founder of the FIERCE Sisterhood — a transformative community for divorced women ready to rebuild their lives from the inside out. She hosts the Better Because of Divorce podcast because she believes divorced women deserve more than surface-level positivity. They deserve real, lasting transformation. She knows what it costs to start over. And she knows what's possible on the other side. Connect with Julie: 🔥 For more information about the FIERCE Sisterhood: Email SISTERHOOD to julie@juliesteedcoaching.com 🎤 Listen to Better Because of Divorce: Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts 💬 Join the private Facebook community: Find us on Facebook here 🌐 Learn more: juliesteed.com This podcast provides information only, and does not provide any financial, legal, medical or psychological s...

  2. Sep 24

    🔥 Episode 100: What Starting Over After Divorce Actually Looks Like Two Years Later

    One hundred episodes. Two years of showing up every single week for women who are navigating divorce and empty nest and everything that comes with it. And for episode 100 I'm not talking about strategies or frameworks or what to do next. I'm talking about what happens when you actually do it. When I started this podcast I was teaching full time at a university, newly divorced, and building something on the side with no guarantee it was going to work. I was also starting over after a long marriage to a man who brought in significant income and learning for the first time in my life that I could take care of myself. Two years later, I have a full private coaching practice, and I walked away from the job that felt safe. It still frightens me. Regularly. And it has given me more freedom than I have ever experienced in my entire life. Starting over after divorce IS scary. And it is exactly the thing that leads to freedom. Not someday in the future. When you decide. Thank you for being here. For listening. And for acting. You are the reason this podcast exists. Join me for my free masterclass — Afraid You'll Be Alone Forever? Register here:  👉 Afraid You'll Be Alone Forever? The Masterclass. About Julie: After 23 years of marriage and a betrayal she never saw coming, Julie  found herself starting over from scratch. No roadmap. No guarantee it would be okay. Just the decision that her life was worth rebuilding. Julie is now a Certified Life Coach, a Health and Wellness Coach, and founder of the FIERCE Sisterhood — a transformative community for divorced women ready to rebuild their lives from the inside out. She hosts the Better Because of Divorce podcast because she believes divorced women deserve more than surface-level positivity. They deserve real, lasting transformation. She knows what it costs to start over. And she knows what's possible on the other side. Connect with Julie: 🔥 For more information about the FIERCE Sisterhood: Email SISTERHOOD to julie@juliesteedcoaching.com 🎤 Listen to Better Because of Divorce: Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts 💬 Join the private Facebook community: Find us on Facebook here 🌐 Learn more: juliesteed.com This podcast provides information only, and does not provide any financial, legal, medical or psychological s...

  3. Sep 17

    🔥 Episode 99 - Milestone Moments After Divorce: How to Show Up Fully When It's Complicated

    My daughter received her white coat last week. For those who don't know, a white coat ceremony is the moment a medical student takes the oath that marks the formal beginning of their journey as a physician. It was one of the most extraordinary moments of my life. And I was not alone in that room. My ex was there. His fiancée. His parents. My daughter quietly navigating which side of the family to have lunch with. Everyone trying to be diplomatic. Everyone trying to make it work. And underneath all of it, my own feelings. Very much present. Very much real. In this episode I'm talking about milestone moments after divorce. Not just white coat ceremonies. Graduations. Weddings. Births. Birthdays. Every moment that matters and brings the whole complicated post-divorce family into one room. Because here's what I know. Those moments don't stop coming just because you got divorced. And your child, whatever their age, deserves a parent who shows up fully for them. Not around the complexity. Not in spite of it. Inside it. Fully present. Celebrating them first. The precious moments are coming whether you feel ready or not. And you deserve to be there for every single one of them. Join me for my free masterclass — Afraid You'll Be Alone Forever? Register here:  👉 Afraid You'll Be Alone Forever? The Masterclass. About Julie: After 23 years of marriage and a betrayal she never saw coming, Julie  found herself starting over from scratch. No roadmap. No guarantee it would be okay. Just the decision that her life was worth rebuilding. Julie is now a Certified Life Coach, a Health and Wellness Coach, and founder of the FIERCE Sisterhood — a transformative community for divorced women ready to rebuild their lives from the inside out. She hosts the Better Because of Divorce podcast because she believes divorced women deserve more than surface-level positivity. They deserve real, lasting transformation. She knows what it costs to start over. And she knows what's possible on the other side. Connect with Julie: 🔥 For more information about the FIERCE Sisterhood: Email SISTERHOOD to julie@juliesteedcoaching.com 🎤 Listen to Better Because of Divorce: Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts 💬 Join the private Facebook community: Find us on Facebook here 🌐 Learn more: juliesteed.com This podcast provides information only, and does not provide any financial, legal, medical or psychological s...

  4. Sep 10

    🔥 Episode 98: What If You Convinced Yourself You Don't Deserve More After Divorce & Empty Nest?

    What if the life you want after divorce isn't out of reach? What if you just can't see it yet? There is a particular kind of stuck that doesn't look like stuck from the outside. You have a roof over your head. People who love you. Enough to get by. And you've told yourself, quietly and repeatedly, that wanting more is ungrateful. That bigger lives are for other people. That your job is to be content with what you have. But here's the truth. You can't find a future you can't see. And the reason you can't see it has nothing to do with whether it's available to you. It has everything to do with the story that's been sitting in front of it blocking the view for longer than you realize. In this episode we're talking about the women who don't join the Sisterhood because they've convinced themselves they don't need it or don't deserve it. And why that belief that quiet, humble-sounding, completely understandable belief, is the exact story keeping them from the life that's waiting for them. We cover where that story comes from and why it sounds so much like gratitude. Why happiness is not a finite resource and your abundance does not take anything from anyone else. Why fear keeps women from doing the work that would set them free. And what becomes possible the moment that story is finally found, named and released. Big lives aren't for everybody. But if you're listening to this podcast — you are not everybody. Join me for my free masterclass — Afraid You'll Be Alone Forever? Register here:  👉 Afraid You'll Be Alone Forever? The Masterclass. About Julie: After 23 years of marriage and a betrayal she never saw coming, Julie  found herself starting over from scratch. No roadmap. No guarantee it would be okay. Just the decision that her life was worth rebuilding. Julie is now a Certified Life Coach, a Health and Wellness Coach, and founder of the FIERCE Sisterhood — a transformative community for divorced women ready to rebuild their lives from the inside out. She hosts the Better Because of Divorce podcast because she believes divorced women deserve more than surface-level positivity. They deserve real, lasting transformation. She knows what it costs to start over. And she knows what's possible on the other side. Connect with Julie: 🔥 For more information about the FIERCE Sisterhood: Email SISTERHOOD to julie@juliesteedcoaching.com 🎤 Listen to Better Because of Divorce: Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts 💬 Join the private Facebook community: Find us on Facebook here 🌐 Learn more: juliesteed.com This podcast provides information only, and does not provide any financial, legal, medical or psychological s...

  5. Sep 3

    🔥 Episode 97 - You Are Never Alone: The Healing Power of Community After Divorce

    Here's something nobody tells you when your marriage ends. The most dangerous thing you can do right now is try to heal from divorce alone. Not dangerous in a dramatic way. Dangerous in the quiet, slow, barely-noticeable way that keeps women stuck for years, carrying the same grief, the same pain, the same patterns, with no one to witness it, reflect it back, or show them another way. Healing after divorce was never meant to be a solo project. In this episode I'm talking about what happens when it finally isn't. I recently spent time with a group of sisters in Destin. And what I watched happen in that room, the laughter, the love, the particular energy of women who have been through something real and don't have to explain themselves to each other, reminded me of everything I believe about why community changes the speed and the quality of healing after divorce completely. We cover why isolation is the enemy of healing after divorce, and what it actually costs you to white-knuckle your way through this alone. What it feels like to be in a room where you don't have to explain yourself because everyone already knows. And why the women who heal fastest are never the ones who trY hardest; they're the ones who stopped trying to do it alone. Healing after divorce takes so much longer without the right people around you. Some women never fully heal at all. Not because they aren't capable. Because they tried to do something alone that was never meant to be done that way. Join me for my free masterclass — Afraid You'll Be Alone Forever? Register here:  👉 Afraid You'll Be Alone Forever? The Masterclass. About Julie: After 23 years of marriage and a betrayal she never saw coming, Julie  found herself starting over from scratch. No roadmap. No guarantee it would be okay. Just the decision that her life was worth rebuilding. Julie is now a Certified Life Coach, a Health and Wellness Coach, and founder of the FIERCE Sisterhood — a transformative community for divorced women ready to rebuild their lives from the inside out. She hosts the Better Because of Divorce podcast because she believes divorced women deserve more than surface-level positivity. They deserve real, lasting transformation. She knows what it costs to start over. And she knows what's possible on the other side. Connect with Julie: 🔥 For more information about the FIERCE Sisterhood: Email SISTERHOOD to julie@juliesteedcoaching.com 🎤 Listen to Better Because of Divorce: Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts 💬 Join the private Facebook community: Find us on Facebook here 🌐 Learn more: juliesteed.com This podcast provides information only, and does not provide any financial, legal, medical or psychological s...

  6. Aug 27

    🔥 Episode 96: What Dolly Saw

    What Dolly Saw - And What I See in You The world lost Dolly Parton this week. And I couldn't let this moment pass without talking about what she meant, not just as an icon, but as a woman who spent her entire life doing one extraordinary thing. She saw possibility in people. In children who didn't have books. In employees at a theme park in Tennessee. In anyone who crossed her path. She didn't see who they were performing or who they were trying to be. She saw the real version. The best version. The one hiding underneath everything the world had piled on top of them. And because she saw it, they became it. This episode is about that gift. And about what possibility after divorce actually looks like when someone finally sees it in you. I went to Dollywood for the first time this year. And I want to tell you what I notice, because it stopped me cold and made me think about everything I do inside the FIERCE Sisterhood. We also talk about the women who walk into the Sisterhood dragging their dreams behind them in a box that's been taped shut and padlocked. Who come in brokenhearted and broken in the bank account and convinced that the life they want belongs to someone else. And what happens when someone finally sees them. Really sees them. Possibility after divorce is real. It's specific. And it's been waiting inside that box the whole time. Join me for my free masterclass — Afraid You'll Be Alone Forever? Register here:  👉 Afraid You'll Be Alone Forever? The Masterclass. About Julie: After 23 years of marriage and a betrayal she never saw coming, Julie  found herself starting over from scratch. No roadmap. No guarantee it would be okay. Just the decision that her life was worth rebuilding. Julie is now a Certified Life Coach, a Health and Wellness Coach, and founder of the FIERCE Sisterhood — a transformative community for divorced women ready to rebuild their lives from the inside out. She hosts the Better Because of Divorce podcast because she believes divorced women deserve more than surface-level positivity. They deserve real, lasting transformation. She knows what it costs to start over. And she knows what's possible on the other side. Connect with Julie: 🔥 For more information about the FIERCE Sisterhood: Email SISTERHOOD to julie@juliesteedcoaching.com 🎤 Listen to Better Because of Divorce: Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts 💬 Join the private Facebook community: Find us on Facebook here 🌐 Learn more: juliesteed.com This podcast provides information only, and does not provide any financial, legal, medical or psychological s...

  7. Aug 20

    🔥 Episode 95: Rebuilding Identity After Divorce. The Ripple Effect of Who You Choose to Become

    Every choice you make right now is sending a ripple. Into your children, your grandchildren, your friends, and all of your relationships. And the ripple doesn't wait for you to be ready. It doesn't ask for your permission. It just moves. In this episode we're talking about the two very different legacies available to every woman who is rebuilding her identity after divorce. The legacy of the woman who never came back. And the legacy of the woman who became more herself than she had ever been inside the marriage. Both are possible. You get to choose which one you leave. We talk about what actually separates those two legacies, and it isn't time, and it isn't strength. It's identity. Specifically whether you find your way back to the woman who got buried under years of shrinking, silencing, giving up her voice, her dreams and her imagination to make room for everyone else. Because here's what divorce reveals that most women don't see until someone names it for them. She isn't gone. She is buried. And rebuilding your identity after divorce, really rebuilding it, not just surviving, is the work of unburying her. That work changes everything. Not just for you. For everyone watching you do it. Join me for my free masterclass — Afraid You'll Be Alone Forever? Register here:  👉 Afraid You'll Be Alone Forever? The Masterclass. About Julie: After 23 years of marriage and a betrayal she never saw coming, Julie  found herself starting over from scratch. No roadmap. No guarantee it would be okay. Just the decision that her life was worth rebuilding. Julie is now a Certified Life Coach, a Health and Wellness Coach, and founder of the FIERCE Sisterhood — a transformative community for divorced women ready to rebuild their lives from the inside out. She hosts the Better Because of Divorce podcast because she believes divorced women deserve more than surface-level positivity. They deserve real, lasting transformation. She knows what it costs to start over. And she knows what's possible on the other side. Connect with Julie: 🔥 For more information about the FIERCE Sisterhood: Email SISTERHOOD to julie@juliesteedcoaching.com 🎤 Listen to Better Because of Divorce: Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts 💬 Join the private Facebook community: Find us on Facebook here 🌐 Learn more: juliesteed.com This podcast provides information only, and does not provide any financial, legal, medical or psychological s...

  8. Aug 13

    🔥 Episode 94: Why Is My Life So Hard? What the Highest Highs and Lowest Lows Taught Me About Being Alive After Divorce

    This summer I was in the room when my daughter got the call that she was accepted to medical school. And I was also the one who had to tell my other daughter that her best friend had been killed in a car accident on his way to our house. One moment she was laughing and waiting for him to walk through the door. The next, life was changed forever.  In between those two moments I was floating on a sailboat in the Adriatic Sea, witnessing the most beautiful, clear water I've ever seen. The highest highs and the lowest lows. At the same time. With no pause in between. And if you have ever looked at your life and thought, why is this SO HARD? This episode is for you. Because here's what I know now that I didn't know before coaching. Life is not happening to you. It is happening. And you get to choose how you meet it. In this episode I'm getting real about what this summer actually looked like, the grief, the joy, the beauty, the devastation, and what coaching taught me about how to hold all of it without being destroyed by any of it. We also talk about something nobody says out loud enough. Coaching is not better than therapy. But it is different. And if you have been using therapy as your only tool and wondering why you're still stuck, this episode might be the most important thing you listen to today. Your life is not too hard. You are just missing some skills. And those skills change everything. Join me for my free masterclass — Afraid You'll Be Alone Forever? Register here:  👉 Afraid You'll Be Alone Forever? The Masterclass. About Julie: After 23 years of marriage and a betrayal she never saw coming, Julie  found herself starting over from scratch. No roadmap. No guarantee it would be okay. Just the decision that her life was worth rebuilding. Julie is now a Certified Life Coach, a Health and Wellness Coach, and founder of the FIERCE Sisterhood — a transformative community for divorced women ready to rebuild their lives from the inside out. She hosts the Better Because of Divorce podcast because she believes divorced women deserve more than surface-level positivity. They deserve real, lasting transformation. She knows what it costs to start over. And she knows what's possible on the other side. Connect with Julie: 🔥 For more information about the FIERCE Sisterhood: Email SISTERHOOD to julie@juliesteedcoaching.com 🎤 Listen to Better Because of Divorce: Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts 💬 Join the private Facebook community: Find us on Facebook here 🌐 Learn more: juliesteed.com This podcast provides information only, and does not provide any financial, legal, medical or psychological s...

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You built a life. Divorce dismantled it. Now what? Better Because of Divorce is the podcast for women who are ready to stop surviving and start building a real, full, unapologetically-their-own life on the other side of everything they've lost. Hosted by Julie Steed, certified life coach, health and wellness coach, founder of the FIERCE Sisterhood, and divorced empty nester, this podcast exists for the woman who did everything right and still found herself starting over after divorce, wondering who she is, what comes next, and whether the best parts of her life are behind her. They aren't. Every week Julie brings honest, story-forward conversations about life after divorce. The identity work, the emotional healing, the financial fear, the milestone moments, the relationships, the community, and the profound possibility of becoming more yourself on the other side of the hardest season of your life. This is not a podcast about surviving divorce. It is a podcast about what becomes possible when you stop waiting and start moving. Real women. Real transformation. Real proof that life after divorce and starting over after divorce at any age can be the beginning of something extraordinary. This podcast is a reminder that you are better because of your divorce.

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  • Creator
    Julie Steed
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    103
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Better Because of Divorce
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