# Navigating High-Stakes Divorce: A Top Attorney's Honest Guide

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Podcast: [Healthy Happy Wise Wealthy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/healthy-happy-wise-wealthy-7358264)
Published: 2026-08-06T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://healthyhappywisewealthy.com/index.php/podcast/navigating-high-stakes-divorce-a-top-attorneys-honest-guide/
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## Resource

🎙️ Welcome to Healthy Happy Wise Wealthy! In this candid and deeply helpful episode, Mary Meyer sits down with Lisa Zeiderman, managing partner of Miller Zeiderman LLP and one of New York's most respected divorce attorneys, to demystify one of life's hardest transitions. If you've ever felt overwhelmed, blindsided, or unsure where to turn while facing divorce, this conversation offers real clarity and genuine hope. With warmth and straight-talking wisdom, Lisa explains what people so often get wrong, why stamina matters more than almost anything, and how transparency with finances can save you time, money, and heartache. Together, she and Mary tackle the emotional and practical realities of custody, the damage of parental alienation, the truth about hiding assets, and why common sense is your greatest ally in court. Drawing on Lisa's years at the crossroads of law and financial strategy, and Mary's own lived experience, this episode is both a practical roadmap and a compassionate reminder that you are stronger than you feel right now. You're not alone if divorce feels impossible to navigate, and as Lisa reassures us, there truly is life, and even joy, on the other side. 🌟 Topics Covered: The biggest misconceptions people carry into divorce Why stamina and staying strong are essential The difference between a therapist and a divorce lawyer Protecting your children and avoiding parental alienation Why hiding assets always backfires The power of financial transparency The do's and don'ts that come down to common sense Rebuilding and rediscovering life after divorce Key takeaways: Go in realistic about time, cost, and outcomes Take care of yourself so you don't get worn down Shield your children; never use them as messengers or shields Transparency speeds things up and low…

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