Dirty Laundry: The Divorce Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this Season 3 wrap-up, Amanda and Alex reflect on parenting, personal growth, and the most powerful themes of the year. They also introduce Toxic Summer — a curated drop of our most-shared episodes on divorce, toxic relationships, coercive control, and emotional survival. Whether you're recovering from a breakup, co-parenting with a narcissist, or trying to spot red flags...

Send us Fan Mail Christie shares her story of surviving a five-year abusive relationship and finding the strength to leave. She opens up about recognizing red flags, the healing process, and how she eventually found healthy love again. Christie now helps other survivors through her podcast "Dating After DV," offering hope that it's possible to break toxic patterns and build the rela...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Dirty Laundry, love and relationship coach Chantal Landreville breaks down the top 5 relationship killers and how to avoid them. Chantal is the author of Raise Your Love Signal and brings decades of insight into why relationships break down and how to build them back up. From emotional self-awareness to conflict resolution, she offers practical tools for showing...

Send us Fan Mail Wondering how to get divorced without going to court? What exactly does a family mediator do? And is mediation actually better than hiring a lawyer? In this episode of Dirty Laundry, we’re joined by Mary-Anne Popescu — the Executive Director of the OAFM (Ontario Association for Family Mediation) — to answer all your questions. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by our po...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Dirty Laundry, we sit down with Dr. Melissa Hershberg to talk about Ozempic, weight loss after 40, and what it really means to “glow up” after divorce. Dr. Hershberg is a family doctor, weight loss expert, and author who shares both her personal story and professional advice. We talk about the pressure women feel to look good after having kids or going through a...

Send us Fan Mail Should I get a divorce? Wondering if you should stay or leave your marriage? This episode covers divorce advice for women, co-parenting with a narcissist, and signs your marriage is over. It’s our 100th episode and we’re diving into the question so many people ask: Is my marriage really over? From cheating and emotional burnout to divorcing a narcissist or starting over as a singl...

Send us Fan Mail We’re back with Part 2 of our conversation with Danielle, the creator of Openly Committed . In this episode, we dive deeper into open relationships, the myths perpetuated by social media, and the raw truths about love, parenting, and emotional risk. Danielle shares what it’s really like to navigate non-monogamy, how social media shaped her views on divorce, and why honesty—not tra...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the DL we are really spilling the tea and asking all the questions about an open relationship from expert Danielle of Openly Committed . Jealousy? Rules? Falling in love? Is an open marriage a precursor to divorce? These are just the iceberg tip of the conversation - so stay tuned for part two next week ;) Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by our podcast gu...

Send us Fan Mail Leaving a toxic relationship doesn’t always mean the abuse ends. In this episode, Lindsay Abernathy — host of Bitch is a Bad Word   — breaks down what post-separation abuse really looks like and how to deal with it. From co-parenting with a narcissist to dealing with constant messages, she shares real stories and strategies that help you stay grounded. Lindsay opens up about her o...

Send us Fan Mail This week the A team is joined by Lindsay Abernathy, actor, podcast host, and domestic violence survivor. Lindsay sits down to share her story, her mission, her hope - that survivors can find a safe place to share and heal together. After a move from Canada to California for love and career, Lindsay soon found herself disappearing into her relationship.  Now, a DV advocate, Lindsa...

Send us Fan Mail This week A+A sit down with Sean Valentine of OV Family Law to discuss how you can opt for a lawyer to represent you in your divorce, and still remain amicable with your ex. In this episode, Sean explains how focusing clients on their goals, picking up the phone and chatting with opposing counsel, and limiting the number of nasty lawyer letters gets the best results for his client...

Send us Fan Mail This week Alex sits down with Lisa Shaw of Lifestyled By Lisa , a fashion stylist on a mission to build confidence in her clients via their wardrobe. Lisa has been in the fashion industry for 20+ years, and combined her love of style with a Life Coaching certification to build back her clients' confidence after life transitions - be it divorce, postpartum, new relationships o...

Send us Fan Mail This week Alex and Amanda chat with fellow Canadian Chantal Contorines , an expert on co-parenting with a narcissistic ex. Tune in and learn how to take back your power, assert control over what you can, and let go of all the things you can't. This is a powerful episode you do not want to miss, but please be warned, it does contain conversations around abuse and intimate part...

Send us Fan Mail For this week, the A team are interviewing each other - pour a cup of something and sit back while the team behind your favourite podcast spill the tea on who they are and why they do what they do! You'll learn about their pet peeves, their guilty pleasures, but also about their thriving private practices, Midtown Mediation and Forest Hill Mediation . This is the perfect epis...

Send us Fan Mail This week Amanda and Alex sat down with Samantha Boss, better known as The Ugly Side of Divorce , and chatted about the realities of co-parenting with a high-conflict ex.   Learn about specifics you must include as non-negotiables if you plan on successfully co-parenting, or, more than likely, parallel parent. Samantha works with clients one-on-one, hosts a master class and create...

Send us Fan Mail This week Alex and Amanda sit down with their hero, the one and only Dr. Landau. Dr. Barbara Landau is a renowned mediator, lawyer, psychologist, and author with decades of experience in conflict resolution. A trailblazer in family mediation, she has dedicated her career to helping families navigate separation with dignity and fairness. Dr. Landau is a sought-after speaker and aut...

Send us Fan Mail This week the A team sits down with Coach, Author, Podcaster, and creator of the Moving on Method, Michelle Dempsey . After her own divorce, Michelle turned her focus on how she could help others in a similar situation, on a similar path.  Michelle supports healthy coparenting, and passionately believes that she can help separating families create a life that their kids don't...

Send us Fan Mail A+A sit down with the brilliant and vulnerable, Breanne of T he Diary of a People Pleaser - another amazing example how one brave woman can support, empower and educate the masses, all while on her own growth journey. Turns out Alex always knew she was a people pleaser, Amanda, on the other hand, discovered she has tendencies in the middle of the episode - are you a people pleaser...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Amanda and Alex sit down with the Tina Swithin of One Mom’s Battle , to talk about the brutal realities of the family court system. After fighting to protect her own daughters from an abusive ex, Tina became an advocate, author, and relentless force for change exposing how the system prioritizes parental rights over child safety. This conversation will make you rethink...

Send us Fan Mail This week the brilliant and hilarious Jennifer Muscatel uses her platform @singlemomsociety_ to not only bring humour to divorce generally, but more specifically to point out the flaws of Family Law and how the court system is setting families up for failure. Her no BS approach will leave you both laughing and thinking, and the A team sits down with Jen to hear the personal storie...

Send us Fan Mail This week Amanda and Alex sit down with Toronto local, Amy Tseng, who shares her incredible story of overcoming adversity. She was newly pregnant when he walked out, and Amy realized that she could either be the victim of her own story, or rise up and rewrite the ending. So this single mom decided to build both a booming business, Dermedix , and a beautiful life for her and her da...

Send us Fan Mail This week Alex and Amanda sit down with the incredibly stylish entrepreneur Skye Katz of Skye Flowers Luxury Floral Design . Skye shares openly about her struggle with sobriety and how an intervention from family and friends got her into rehab. From rock bottom she rose to build a thriving business with two Ontario locations, all while raising three kids and maintaining a solid pa...

Send us Fan Mail This week the gals sit down with sleep expert Alanna McGinn of Good Night Sleep Site to get the inside scoop on all things sleep. Listen in to know if you should be sleep training your infant, how many hours your teen needs each night, and how you can prioritize your sleep during your divorce. A good night sleep is restorative, healing, and necessary for hormone management and gro...

Send us Fan Mail This week the A team sit down with the brilliant legal mind behind instagram sensation @LegallyNik Nikki, a single mom and solicitor in the UK, has committed her career to advocating for those exiting toxic marriages and supporting their efforts both in court and beyond. Today Amanda and Alex get to the heart of a question they are asked constantly: can you really ever co-parent s...

Send us Fan Mail Prepare yourself for the most beautiful and nurturing conversation of 2025. The A team is delighted to be chatting with their soul sisters, Helen Tansey and Mt Meikle of the Helen and Mt Podcast . Helen, a portrait photographer and mastermind behind her company Sundari Photography , and Mt, a fashion stylist and founder of La Closette are on a mission to change the narrative aroun...