Keep The Kids In Mind

Merry Telemaque, is the founder of Telemaque Solutions. Her 40 year career in family law spans from Child Protective Services to nearly two decades as a Family and Divorce attorney, and now as a Family and Divorce Mediator. Merry has dedicated her practice to helping families navigate separation, divorce and parenting disputes through mediation, by promoting resolution with clarity, dignity, and l...

Nicole Guena is an Intuitive Human Design Guide who helpswomen break free from the pattern of feeling like they have to hold everything together—and finally trust themselves instead. Her work focuses on women who are used to over-functioning in their relationships and lives, helping them understand their natural wiring, make aligned decisions, and create a life thatfeels more easeful, clear, and t...

Carol Covelli, LCSW, is a psychotherapist based in Brooklynwho provides online therapy throughout New York, New Jersey, and Florida. She works primarily with women over 40 navigating anxiety, relationship challenges, and the life transitions that often arise in midlife — including separation,divorce, and caring for aging parents. Her work focuses on helping women understand how earlier life experi...

Marcos Fernandez is a collaboratively trained New York family law attorney, certified Mediator, and Managing Attorneyat Vacca Family Law Group. With over a decade of experience in matrimonial and commercial law, he brings a steady, thoughtful approach to addressing and dividing complex finances and property constructively through non-adversarial divorce processes. Marcos also serves as Vice Presid...

Myra Salzer is an advocate for individuals who have inherited significant wealth. She is the founder and president of The Wealth Conservancy, where along with her team, she provides empowering coaching to help clients align their self-worth and net worth.   Myra coaches wealth holders on how to give to their kids, while enhancing relationships. She's emboldened by finances which enables her to...

Jonathan E. Taylor is a seasoned Award-Winning Wealth Management Advisor, Published Author, Mentor, and CEO / Founder of Eveready Financial ,  a Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company. Jon has a deep commitment to client service, which reflects his family's motto: "Whatever It Takes!" As a passionate advocate for financial literacy, Jon continues to inspire and educate, helpin...

Brigitte Zeitlin is a celebrated women’s nutrition coach and registered dietitian. She creates personalized, real-life wellness plans. Brigitte holds a master’s in Public Health Nutrition and worked at Mount Sinai Medical Center, before opening her private practice, BZ Nutrition. Connect with BrigitteInstagram handle: @brigittezeitlinrdWebsite Link: Bznutritionny.comIn each episode of Keep the Kid...

Alla Kurolapnik is a matrimonial and family law attorney with over twenty years experience in the area of matrimonial and family law. Alla started her legal career as a prosecutor at the Administration for Children’s Services, where she prosecuted parents for abuse and neglect of children. After leaving ACS, she worked for a number of prominent Manhattan law firms before starting her own small pra...

Allyson Holleb is a stylist and personal shopper with a superpower of helping people find their style and the clothes togo with it. For over 15 years, she's worked with women and men with a goal of taking the chore of getting dressed off their plate and helping them feel great and confident before they leave the house, so they can spend their energy on other things.  Connect with Ally: Website...

Lisa Lisser is the founder of LZL Coaching, a boutique coaching firm specializing in divorce and life transition. Lisa is your guide on the side, helping you navigate the overwhelm and emotions of divorce, as well as prepare you for mediation and co-parenting. Lisa’s background as an attorney, with a masters in Jewish education, along with experience in leadership development and spiritual counsel...

Ian Steinberg is a Partner with Berkman Bottger Newman & Schein, who focus on the mediation, negotiation, litigation and settlement of complex high net worth matrimonial and family law cases. He’s trained in mediation and collaborative law and specializes in pre and post nuptial agreements. Always sensitive to his clients’ emotional needs, Ian helps them obtain results that ensure a stable and...

Sarah Alvi is a New York based marriage and family therapistwho’s certified in sex therapy. She helps people dive into the complicated, messy and beautiful parts of being human. Sarah works with individuals, couples and multi partner relationships, with the goal of helping them cut through the noise, be it anxiety, depression, relationship chaos or just the chaos of everyday city life. Connect wit...

Dr. Randy Heller, received her doctorate in Family Therapy from Nova Southeastern University and wrote her dissertation on the  Role of the Mental Health Professional  working in Collaborative Divorce. Randy has held numerous positions as an Educator, Exceptional Student Specialist, and Family Therapist. Dr. Heller is licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) in Florida, New York, and Conn...

Laina Mason is a seasoned therapist with 15+ years experience helping people navigate the complexities of trauma, major life transitions, and emotional distress. Her work focuses on guiding clients through pervasive fear, sadness, and disconnection, the challenges that often impact relationships, self-worth, and the ability to embrace life fully. Through an integrative and empowering approach, Lai...

Nora Marcus, LMSW, is a New York based social worker, therapist, divorce coach, and mediator. She receivedher master’s degree from Columbia University School of Social Work. Nora merges fierce advocacy with compassionate solutions to foster long-term, positive change for her clients. Throughout her career, Nora has been committed to elevating underrepresented communities. At Autism Speaks, for sev...

Stacey Sonnelitter is a mother of four and a domestic violence survivor. When divorcing she found the courts prioritized her ex-husband's interests over the welfare of her children. Stacey's story highlights broader issues within the family court system, where she asserts that there is a pattern of favoring more influential parties regardless of evidence of abuse. Her fight includes effort...

Divorced with 2 small children, Jocelyn Greenky Underwood remarried a man who had 4 children. In this episode she gives her guidelines for a blended family. Aside from being a bonus mum, Jocelyn is an organization and staging expert and founder of Sider Road Design. She has been a Global Editorial Digital Director of 25 global magazines including: Elle, Home, Metropolitan Home, George, Mirabella,...

Hayden Morgan is a Brooklyn based Family and Divorce Mediator and Attorney who specializes in alternative family structures. He is the creator of Our Family Decides. Connect with Hayden: Website: https://ourfamilydecides.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haydenmorgan86/ In each episode of Keep the Kids in Mind, Family and Divorce Mediator, Rachel Green, chats with other industry professio...

Andrea Hirshman is a Divorce Mediator and Collaborative Divorce Attorney. After graduating law school she worked as a family lawyer in the courts and saw how the adversarial divorce process hurts families. She knew there had to be a saner approach and so, moved into mediation and collaborative law. Andrea's own family endured a very difficult divorce when she was a child. One of her proudest achie...

Stephen Linker is the Founder and CEO of Linker, LLC, a forensic accounting and business valuation services firm with offices in Huntington Station, New York. During the past 42 years, Steve has discovered hidden assets, unreported income, and performed more than 1,200 business valuations. He has been engaged as a financial neutral in collaborative divorce and divorce mediation matters. In divorce...

Dr. Randy Heller, received her doctorate in Family Therapy from Nova Southeastern University and wrote her dissertation on the  Role of the Mental Health Professional  working in Collaborative Divorce. Randy has held numerous positions as an Educator, Exceptional Student Specialist, and Family Therapist. Dr. Heller is licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) in Florida, New York, and Conn...

Cara Raich is a strategic conflict advisor, mediator and facilitator who began her career as an attorney. After she left law firm life, she spent over a decade in private practice as a family and divorce mediator. During this time, she became interested in how the core principles of conflict resolution can help groups of people to have productive, impactful and transformative dialogues about chall...

Cara Raich is a strategic conflict advisor, mediator and facilitator who began her career as an attorney. After she left law firm life, she spent over a decade in private practice as a family and divorce mediator. During this time, she became interested in how the core principles of conflict resolution can help groups of people to have productive, impactful and transformative dialogues about chall...

Teresa Ombres is a divorce mediator, attorney and collaborative attorney, with a private practice in Great Neck, New York. She spent many years on the board of the Family and Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York and the board of the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals. Connect with Teresa https://divorcelab.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/teresa-ombres-5012016/ Connect wi...

Nellie is a wife, mother to 4 teenage daughters, and author and speaker in the space of Family Life & Leadership. She focuses on helping parents love & lead their teen/tween daughters in a way that teaches them to love & lead themselves while building a strong foundation of worth, esteem & confidence all before they leave home! Her background is in biology and psychology, from hump...