{"podcast":{"title":"Divorce Happens","slug":"divorce-happens-6931880","podcast_index_feed_id":6931880,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/divorce-happens/","website_url":"https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/divorce-happens","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4ef67130-0ef6-4ddc-8223-01a75a67ba34/show-cover.jpg","author":"Fresh Starts Registry","episode_count":299,"summary":"Welcome to Divorce Happens, the podcast where we inspire, educate, and support you through divorce and beyond so that you can start fresh on the next phase of your journey. Produced by Fresh Starts Registry, the only divorce registry platform for everything you need to begin again, including home items, hype team, and everything in between. Remember, divorce happens...and then, we start fresh. We're here to support you before, during, and after divorce. Hosted by Olivia Dreizen Howell, the co-founder and CEO of Fresh Starts Registry.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-10T04:24:06.385376+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/divorce-happens-6931880"},"episode":{"title":"What to Do With Yourself After You've Told Your Spouse You Want a Divorce","slug":"what-to-do-with-yourself-after-you-ve-told-your-spouse-you-want-a-divorce","published_at":"2026-07-09T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/divorce-happens-6931880/what-to-do-with-yourself-after-you-ve-told-your-spouse-you-want-a-divorce","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/divorce-happens-6931880","url":"https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/divorce-happens","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c87aa242-c0bb-4620-ade4-8a9a05c3f2ff.mp3","summary":"Everybody talks about how to say the words. Almost nobody talks about the bathroom-floor hours right after. In the final episode of this Divorce Happens series, host Olivia Howell goes straight to the moment listeners rarely hear addressed anywhere else: you've just told your spouse you want a divorce, the words are out and can't be taken back, and instead of feeling free, you feel shaky, numb, and quietly confused about why relief hasn't arrived. Olivia meets that exact feeling head-on, with a single, steadying message — you did the hard thing, and you just moved through one of the biggest moments of your entire life. What makes this closing episode so validating is the plain, physiological explanation Olivia offers for that floaty, unrelieved feeling. Even a conversation that goes “well” floods the nervous system, she explains, because the body doesn't distinguish between brave and dangerous — it just registers overwhelm. From there, she hands listeners real permission: no rule says logistics have to start today, no lawyer has to be called tonight, and tending to the body first — a walk, slower breathing, a phone call to the right friend — isn't a detour from being productive, it's what actually makes every next decision clearer. She also offers grounded scripts for a spouse who keeps circling back to relitigate the conversation, along with permission to withhold details on logistics until they've had time to think. As the finale of the full series, this episode closes with something larger than a single conversation: the reminder that the goal was never to do any of this perfectly or fearlessly, only honestly — and that listeners already did that. The actionable takeaway is small and deliberately doable: text one trusted person three words, do one thing that grounds…","meta_description":"Everybody talks about how to say the words. Almost nobody talks about the bathroom-floor hours right after. In the final episode of this Divorce Happens s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":328,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/divorce-happens-6931880/episodes/what-to-do-with-yourself-after-you-ve-told-your-spouse-you-want-a-divorce/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/divorce-happens-6931880/what-to-do-with-yourself-after-you-ve-told-your-spouse-you-want-a-divorce.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}