Taking the Next Step: How to Create Your Divorce Game Plan
When you’re facing divorce, it’s easy to feel like you’re standing in the middle of a storm — papers flying, emotions swirling, and no idea which way to turn. You’ve learned the basics of what’s ahead. You understand what a divorce coach does. Now it’s time to roll up your sleeves and create a plan that puts you back in control.
This is where your Divorce Game Plan comes in. It’s more than just a checklist — it’s a roadmap to help you move forward with clarity, confidence, and purpose.
1. Know Your Priorities
Before you can chart your course, you need to know what matters most to you.
Is it creating a stable home for your children?
Protecting your financial security?
Preserving your emotional well-being?
Write down your top three priorities. These will be your compass when decisions feel overwhelming.
2. Understand Your Options
Divorce isn’t one-size-fits-all. You might choose mediation, collaborative divorce, or traditional litigation.
Knowing your options — and the pros and cons of each — can help you make decisions that align with your values, budget, and goals.
3. Build Your Support Team
Think of your divorce like a major life project. You wouldn’t build a house without a crew, and you shouldn’t navigate divorce without support.
Divorce Coach – Your thinking partner, sounding board, and strategist.
Attorney – Legal guidance and protection of your rights.
Therapist – Emotional healing and mental health support.
Financial Expert – Clarity on budgets, assets, and long-term planning.
4. Create a Timeline
Having an idea of “what happens when” can make the process feel less chaotic. Your timeline should include:
Filing deadlines
Mediation or court dates
Financial disclosure submissions
Personal goals, like moving dates or starting new routines
5. Stay Flexible
Even the best-laid plans may need adjusting. Life happens — negotiations stall, emotions flare, unexpected opportunities arise. A good Game Plan gives you direction and room to adapt.
How a Divorce Coach Can Help You Build (and Stick to) Your Plan
As your divorce coach, I help you break down what feels impossible into manageable, actionable steps. Together, we’ll:
Identify your priorities and goals
Explore your divorce options
Connect you with trusted professionals
Keep you focused and grounded when emotions run high
You don’t have to navigate this alone. With a clear Game Plan, you can move forward knowing you have a strategy — and the support — to get through this chapter and into the next.
Ready to start building your Divorce Game Plan? Let’s talk. Your first consultation is where we’ll take the first step toward your new life — one that you design.
With care,
Lisa
Time To Thrive | Certified Divorce Coach
timetothriveia@gmail.com
