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Celebrating Financial Growth: Reflecting on Your Progress After Divorce
Divorce brings with it significant financial changes, often introducing challenges and uncertainties around finances. Yet, it also opens up
Leslie Garske
Dec 5, 20243 min read
Managing Finances While Experiencing Divorce
Certainly, going through or after a divorce can be a challenging time, especially financially. Here are three tips to help manage your...
Leslie Garske
Mar 19, 20242 min read
A Divorce Preview - How a CDFA can help me see my financial future in a divorceÂ
The D-Word. Are you afraid to utter the words because you may not be able to stop the chain reaction that could follow? Many of our...
Leslie Garske
Feb 12, 20244 min read
Reasons Why You Should Update Your W-4 Form with Your Employer
Remember filling out a W-4 form when you were first hired? It’s the form that determines how much money your employer withholds from...
Guest Writer
Feb 6, 20242 min read
5 Top Financial Tips When Designing Your Parenting Plan
Having clear expectations when designing your parenting plan can help ensure smooth sailing as you move forward with co-parenting. The...
Leslie Garske
Feb 1, 20241 min read
Why Keep Up with the Joneses? : 5 Expert Strategies to Outsmart Lifestyle Inflation
Are you determined to achieve financial mastery and ward off the lurking threat of lifestyle inflation? Dive into these five expert-level...
Leslie Garske
Nov 8, 20231 min read
A Fair Divorce Settlement
By Leslie S. Garske Once you come to the realization that #divorce is a possibility, your mind quickly shifts to thoughts about your...
Leslie Garske
Sep 28, 20232 min read
Smooth Sailing Through Divorce: The Power of a Divorce Mediator and CDFA
By Leslie S. Garske Divorce can be one of life's most challenging journeys, filled with complex emotions and financial intricacies....
Leslie Garske
Sep 13, 20232 min read
8 Empowering Things to Know About Your 401K During Divorce
By SecondSaturday.com What’s Going to Happen to My 401k If I Get Divorced? Your 401k may represent the bulk of your retirement savings so...
Leslie Garske
Nov 17, 20224 min read
How Inflation Impacts Divorce
Rising inflation has come to dominate the news, and you may notice its effects as you pay higher prices at the gas pump and the grocery...
Leslie Garske
Aug 1, 20225 min read
5 Financial Challenges Women Face During & After Divorce
Divorce is a difficult process regardless of the circumstances. People have to go through the emotional pain of abandoning the dream of a...
Leslie Garske
Jul 9, 20223 min read
7 Steps To Financial Recovery After a Messy Divorce
Divorce can change your life. Especially, a messy one can be financially damaging, and you may have to give up your lifestyle. Your...
Leslie Garske
Jun 27, 20221 min read
How to Retool Your Retirement Plan After Divorce
When it comes to retirement, divorce can be disruptive at best and devastating at worst. This is especially true of divorce after age 50....
Leslie Garske
Apr 20, 20221 min read
Garske Divorce Mediation - Annual Tune Up Package
Having clear expectations when designing your parenting plan can help ensure smooth sailing as you move forward with co-parenting. The...
Leslie Garske
Apr 17, 20221 min read
Women Don’t Consult Financial Advisors When They Get Divorced. Here’s Why They Should
Financial stability is a top concern among women who divorce. Yet a new study finds that over 95% of women do not use a financial advisor...
Leslie Garske
Mar 22, 20221 min read
How Can Separate Property Become Marital Property?
Marital property, also known as marital assets, spousal assets or community property, matters when it comes to taxes, estate law and...
Leslie Garske
Mar 15, 20221 min read
12 Mistakes to Avoid When Divorcing Over 50
Divorce rates in the United States are declining—except for people over 50. In fact, since 1990, the divorce rate for people over 50 has...
Leslie Garske
Mar 12, 20221 min read
How to Avoid Mistakes in Retirement Planning
One of the best rules of thumb for retirement planning is to start saving early and never prematurely touch the money you’ve earmarked...
Leslie Garske
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Savings for Singles: Refinancing for the Recently Divorced
Divorce happens. And whether you’re consciously uncoupling or unceremoniously ending a failing relationship, splitting up for good can be...
Leslie Garske
Feb 14, 20221 min read
6 Steps to Feel in Control of Your Financial Landscape
It may seem like a daunting task at first, as divorce can feel like an exhausting and emotional roller coaster. However there are certain...
Leslie Garske
Feb 7, 20221 min read
Mindful Mediation Divorce Resources
Wisdom & Tools for the Journey
Explore our video library of interviews with experts in the divorce field - from therapists, to housing experts, to life coaches. The healing can begin now for you and your family, our hope is that these videos will encourage you on that path.
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