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CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf

Ending the cycle of bad relationships + navigating divorce

CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I interview Karen McMahon, Certified High Conflict Divorce Strategist and Founder of Journey Beyond Divorce. We talk about how codependency is a magnet for disordered and dysfunctional relationships and the secret to attracting healthier partners, and how to overcome pain, isolation and self doubt as you negotiate your divorce settlement.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Dr Caroline Leaf and welcome to my podcast Cleaning Up the Mental Mess.

0:09.2

There is a journey beyond divorce.

0:13.0

And today I talk with Karen McMahon, who's a certified life coach and founder of Journey Beyond Divorce,

0:19.0

about her unique approach to the challenges and complexities of breakup and divorce.

0:24.9

We talk about how to examine what behaviors and beliefs and trauma have been brought to the relationship

0:30.2

that didn't serve it.

0:31.4

We talk about how she guides people through the foreign land of divorce in a way that builds confidence and possibility.

0:37.5

We also talk about her own journey of personal transformation after her divorce and what are some common challenges

0:43.8

that individuals may face during this journey and how to manage them. This is a great

0:48.1

and useful fantastic talk so let's dive in.

0:57.0

Karen, it's so great to talk to you. Now this is such a relevant topic to talk about divorce and it's also kind of one of those

1:01.4

topics that people you know don't want you talk about as much as they

1:04.3

they showed and there's so much involved and you're really aren't expert not only you had your own personal experience

1:10.1

but you help people with getting through the whole issue of the divorce.

1:14.0

So there's so many topics which you can cover but you're the expert and I just want you to just start by giving my

1:19.2

audience a little bit of a background about who you are, what you did and why you do what you do.

1:24.0

Thank you so much.

1:25.0

Thank you for inviting me on.

1:26.0

I love your show.

1:28.4

You know, I think like so many out of my pain came my purpose and so I was in I was I was not young I was 34 when I met my my

1:39.3

husband and it was only a couple of years in when it was just really tumultuous and confusing.

1:45.0

I went through a three and a half year, very high conflict divorce, you know, attorneys, police,

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