The Afterwife Hours

The conversation you've been dreading? This is your roadmap. In this episode, I will walk you through the three things your kids need to hear before, during, and after you tell them your family is changing. Not the legal details. Not the timeline. The three things their nervous systems are actually scanning for the moment you say "we need to talk." You'll learn why over-explaining backfires, why t...

If you've ever told yourself your kids didn't notice — this episode is for you. When a child grows up in a home where emotions aren't safe, conflict is constant, and mom has learned to disappear herself just to keep the peace, they don't come out unscathed. They come out trained. Trained to hide what they feel, distrust what they know, and perform "fine" for everyone around them. In this episode,...

You stayed because you loved them. You're still stuck because your nervous system doesn't know the difference between love and survival. Today we're talking about why — and what it actually takes to get out. You're smart. You're capable. You've built a whole life. And somehow you are still in a relationship that is slowly dismantling you — and you can't figure out why you can't just leave. This ep...

You didn't leave because it wasn't bad enough. You stayed because your body was still hoping. This episode is about the moment — not the big fight, not the lawyer's number saved in your phone — but the quiet moment when you finally realized you had stopped asking yourself what you wanted. Not him. Yourself. That moment is what we're talking about today. I call it the Invisible Eraser. It's what ha...

Can I say the quiet part out loud? A lot of women in unhappy marriages aren't staying because they think it's fixable. They're staying because they're exhausted, scared, and if they're being honest — secretly hoping he'll just leave first. That way they don't have to carry the guilt. The blame. The fear of being the one who broke the family. This episode is about that. The waiting. The paralysis....

You didn't stumble onto this podcast by accident. Welcome to The Afterwife Hours. I'm Kerrie — mom of three, licensed clinician with 20+ years of experience, and someone who has personally navigated a high-conflict divorce while raising young kids, working full time, and trying to figure out who I was on the other side of it. This first episode is my story — and why I built something I wish had ex...