The divorce was the easy part. Now you have to face your money. Your relationship with money is on fire, and the smoke is choking you. Divorce has a way of doing that. It’s not just the legal fees and the splitting of assets; it’s the quiet terror in the middle of the night when you stare at the ceiling and wonder, “How will I survive?” It’s the hot shame that floods your face when your card is declined at the grocery store. It’s the corrosive resentment that eats at you when you see your ex-partner’s life seemingly untouched, while you’re counting pennies to afford a cup of coffee. We’re told to be “smart” with our money. To budget. To invest. To be responsible. But no one tells you what to do when the very foundation of your financial life has been ripped out from under you. No one tells you how to handle the visceral, gut-wrenching fear that you are no longer safe. That you are alone. That you have failed. This isn’t about spreadsheets; this is about survival. It’s about the primal fear of not having enough, a fear that has been weaponized against you, and that you