<![CDATA[The Divorce Awakening]]>The podcast that helps you wake the f**k up after divorce — with coaches Delia Monk and Sam Brindle.

You haven't failed. Your life isn't over. Divorce is the perfect chance to find out who you truly are, what you really want, and to build a life better than you can ever imagine. 

Join us as we talk about all the big stuff you suddenly find yourself questioning, like purpose, career changes, dating, spiritual shit, and falling in love with… yourself.

Welcome to the most liberating chapter of your life.

]]>https://riverside.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:42:18 GMTFri, 12 Jun 2026 19:38:38 GMT60Delia Monk and Sam Brindle<p>The podcast that helps you wake the f**k up after divorce — with coaches Delia Monk and Sam Brindle.<br /><br />You haven't failed. Your life isn't over. Divorce is the perfect chance to find out who you truly are, what you really want, and to build a life better than you can ever imagine. </p><p></p><p>Join us as we talk about all the big stuff you suddenly find yourself questioning, like purpose, career changes, dating, spiritual shit, and falling in love with… yourself.<br /><br />Welcome to the most liberating chapter of your life.</p>episodicDelia Monk and Sam Brindledelia@deliamonk.comno<![CDATA[Episode 5: Surving Summer as a Solo Parent]]>It's the last day of school in Spain. Sam has four kids. Three months of summer ahead. A business that can't go on pause. And this morning she woke up completely overwhelmed.

By 11am, she'd completely turned it around.

This week on the Divorce Awakening Podcast, Delia and Sam recorded this one in real time — kids walking through the door by the end of it — talking through the exact moment the summer overwhelm hits and what you can actually do about it.

In this episode, you'll learn:

🔥 The negative thought spiral that starts the second school breaks up — and the one question that stops it dead

🔥 Why you're not actually dreading this summer, you're dreading the stories your mind has invented

🔥 What Sam did when she fell back into old habits last night — and how she shifted her entire energy today before midday

🔥 The reason your kids are stressed is probably not what you think it is

🔥 How to respond to "can we go to the water park?" without ruining everyone's day including your own

🔥 Why expectations are the thing quietly making solo parenting so much harder than it needs to be

Solo parenting in summer is intense. The kids are louder, the days are longer, the mental load doesn't stop. But the only thing standing between you and a peaceful summer isn't money or childcare or a better ex. It's the stories you're already telling yourself about how it's going to go.

This episode is the reset you didn't know you needed before summer properly kicks off.

Listen now.

]]>c17f1618-7d36-488d-8cf4-c4fbabdc86ecFri, 19 Jun 2026 17:04:55 GMT<p>It's the last day of school in Spain. Sam has four kids. Three months of summer ahead. A business that can't go on pause. And this morning she woke up completely overwhelmed.<br /></p><p><b>By 11am, she'd completely turned it around.</b><br /></p><p>This week on the Divorce Awakening Podcast, Delia and Sam recorded this one in real time — kids walking through the door by the end of it — talking through the exact moment the summer overwhelm hits and what you can actually do about it.<br /><br />In this episode, you'll learn:<br /></p><p>🔥 The negative thought spiral that starts the second school breaks up — and the one question that stops it dead<br /></p><p>🔥 Why you're not actually dreading this summer, you're dreading the stories your mind has invented<br /></p><p>🔥 What Sam did when she fell back into old habits last night — and how she shifted her entire energy today before midday<br /></p><p>🔥 The reason your kids are stressed is probably not what you think it is<br /></p><p>🔥 How to respond to "can we go to the water park?" without ruining everyone's day including your own<br /></p><p>🔥 Why expectations are the thing quietly making solo parenting so much harder than it needs to be<br /></p><p>Solo parenting in summer is intense. The kids are louder, the days are longer, the mental load doesn't stop. But the only thing standing between you and a peaceful summer isn't money or childcare or a better ex. It's the stories you're already telling yourself about how it's going to go.<br /></p><p>This episode is the reset you didn't know you needed before summer properly kicks off.<br /></p><p>Listen now.</p>no00:27:02Episode 5: Surving Summer as a Solo Parentfull<![CDATA[Episode 4: Identity Shifts & Career Changes After Divorce]]>Episode 4: Identity Shifts & Career Changes After Divorce

Delia spent $12,000 on a rebrand. Two weeks after launching it, she burnt the whole thing down.

Was she reckless, or was it just a sign she did enough inner work to know when something — however expensive, however beautiful — isn't right anymore?

This week on Divorce Awakening, Sam and Delia get into one of the most undertalked side effects of divorce: the moment you realise the career you built doesn't fit the person you've become.

In this episode, you'll hear:

🔥 Sam and Delia's career journeys — and how divorce shifted everything for them (in very different ways)

🔥 Why your business can stop feeling like yours after divorce — and what that resistance to promoting yourself is actually telling you

🔥 The difference between becoming a different person after divorce and becoming who you actually are — and why it matters

🔥 What to do when your career feels completely out of whack post-divorce (and you're not sure what comes next)

🔥 Why working for yourself can feel more stable than a job — even when it absolutely isn't on paper

If you've ever found yourself staring at a career that made perfect sense five years ago and thinking who even is this for anymore — this episode is going to feel uncomfortably relatable.

🎧 Listen now — and maybe start asking yourself what you'd do if you actually let yourself have goals.


]]>4ca79316-df92-43e8-b931-9f3de06a1a98Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:17:14 GMT<h1><b>Episode 4: Identity Shifts &amp; Career Changes After Divorce</b></h1><p><b>Delia spent $12,000 on a rebrand. Two weeks after launching it, she burnt the whole thing down.</b></p><p></p><p>Was she reckless, or was it just a sign she did enough inner work to know when something — however expensive, however beautiful — isn't right anymore?</p><p></p><p>This week on <b>Divorce Awakening</b>, Sam and Delia get into one of the most undertalked side effects of divorce: the moment you realise the career you built doesn't fit the person you've become.</p><p></p><p>In this episode, you'll hear:</p><p></p><p>🔥 Sam and Delia's career journeys — and how divorce shifted everything for them (in very different ways)</p><p></p><p>🔥 Why your business can stop feeling like yours after divorce — and what that resistance to promoting yourself is actually telling you</p><p></p><p>🔥 The difference between <i>becoming a different person</i> after divorce and <i>becoming who you actually are</i> — and why it matters</p><p></p><p>🔥 What to do when your career feels completely out of whack post-divorce (and you're not sure what comes next)</p><p></p><p>🔥 Why working for yourself can feel <i>more</i> stable than a job — even when it absolutely isn't on paper</p><p></p><p>If you've ever found yourself staring at a career that made perfect sense five years ago and thinking <i>who even is this for anymore</i> — this episode is going to feel uncomfortably relatable.</p><p></p><p>🎧 Listen now — and maybe start asking yourself what you'd do if you actually let yourself have goals.</p><p><br /></p>no00:24:06Episode 4: Identity Shifts & Career Changes After Divorcefull<![CDATA[Episode 3: How to Stop Being Triggered by Your Ex]]>Episode 3: How to Stop Being Triggered by Your Ex

You see his name on your phone. Your heart rate spikes. The rage arrives before you've even opened the message.

Sound familiar? This week on Divorce Awakening, Sam and Delia get into the one thing nobody warns you about — that your ex doesn't have to be in the same room to completely hijack your nervous system.

In this episode, you'll hear:

🔥 What "being triggered" actually means — and why your reaction often has nothing to do with what just happened

🔥 The wounded inner child explained (without the woo — well, mostly without the woo)

🔥 Whether someone can just be... a dick. And why it almost doesn't matter either way

🔥 Delia's trigger diary — the simple tool that helped her spot the patterns

🔥 Delia's full six-step Trigger Plan that lived on her bathroom wall and genuinely saved her from replying with "dick energy"

🔥 Why replying when triggered is the single worst thing you can do — and what to do instead

🔥 The question that changes everything when you're triggered beyond a point of return

If there's one episode to send to a friend who's deep in the trenches of a high-conflict co-parenting situation, this is it.

The power to change how you feel is yours. Not his. Yours.

🎧 Listen now — and maybe don't reply to that message just yet.

]]>a36edcef-4b6b-44eb-92a9-06db81f29166Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:15:14 GMT<h1><b>Episode 3: How to Stop Being Triggered by Your Ex</b></h1><p><b>You see his name on your phone. Your heart rate spikes. The rage arrives before you've even opened the message.</b></p><p></p><p>Sound familiar? This week on <b>Divorce Awakening</b>, Sam and Delia get into the one thing nobody warns you about — that your ex doesn't have to be in the same room to completely hijack your nervous system.</p><p></p><p>In this episode, you'll hear:</p><p>🔥 What "being triggered" actually means — and why your reaction often has nothing to do with what just happened</p><p>🔥 The wounded inner child explained (without the woo — well, mostly without the woo)</p><p>🔥 Whether someone can just be... a dick. And why it almost doesn't matter either way</p><p>🔥 Delia's trigger diary — the simple tool that helped her spot the patterns</p><p>🔥 Delia's full <b>six-step Trigger Plan</b> that lived on her bathroom wall and genuinely saved her from replying with "dick energy"</p><p>🔥 Why replying when triggered is the single worst thing you can do — and what to do instead</p><p>🔥 The question that changes everything when you're triggered beyond a point of return</p><p></p><p>If there's one episode to send to a friend who's deep in the trenches of a high-conflict co-parenting situation, <b>this is it.</b></p><p></p><p>The power to change how you feel is yours. Not his. Yours.</p><p></p><p>🎧 Listen now — and maybe don't reply to that message just yet.</p>no00:18:25Episode 3: How to Stop Being Triggered by Your Exfull<![CDATA[Episode 2: The Emptiness After Divorce]]>"I would close my laptop on a Monday evening and think... what do I do now?"

That empty feeling when the kids leave for their dad's? Sam knows it intimately. And her solution for far too long was simple: beer, Netflix, repeat.

Welcome back to Divorce Awakening.

This week, Delia and Sam get real about the bit nobody warns you about — the messy, lonely, "I've made the decision but I have NO idea how to actually live now" middle.

In this episode, you'll hear:

🔥 Sam's brutally honest take on 50/50 co-parenting weeks — and the silence that hits when the kids walk out the door

🔥 The unglamorous truth about numbing out — and why there's zero judgment here

🔥 Why guilt might be the single biggest waste of time for divorced mums — and the difference between real guilt and just... self-flagellation with a saucepan

🔥 The "vibration" talk: how living in guilt, fear and anxiety actually shapes every decision you make (and not for the better)

🔥 How being triggered by someone is actually information about YOU

🔥 The honest conversation about jumping into a new relationship vs. doing the work — no judgment, but one big question to ask yourself

This episode is for anyone who's ever felt like they're just going through the motions — surviving the week, numbing the silence, and wondering if there's another way to live.

Spoiler: there is. And it starts with one small choice.

Listen now — and ask yourself: what's your version of the Monday beer?

]]>f9e79bdb-6d5c-4bde-b1fa-8adf152c9937Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:44:04 GMT<p><b>"I would close my laptop on a Monday evening and think... what do I do now?"</b></p><p></p><p>That empty feeling when the kids leave for their dad's? Sam knows it intimately. And her solution for far too long was simple: beer, Netflix, repeat.</p><p></p><p>Welcome back to <b>Divorce Awakening</b>.</p><p></p><p>This week, Delia and Sam get real about the bit nobody warns you about — the messy, lonely, "I've made the decision but I have NO idea how to actually live now" middle.</p><p></p><p>In this episode, you'll hear:</p><p>🔥 Sam's brutally honest take on 50/50 co-parenting weeks — and the silence that hits when the kids walk out the door</p><p>🔥 The unglamorous truth about numbing out — and why there's zero judgment here</p><p>🔥 Why guilt might be the single biggest waste of time for divorced mums — and the difference between <i>real</i> guilt and just... self-flagellation with a saucepan</p><p>🔥 The "vibration" talk: how living in guilt, fear and anxiety actually shapes every decision you make (and not for the better)</p><p>🔥 How being triggered by someone is actually information about YOU</p><p>🔥 The honest conversation about jumping into a new relationship vs. doing the work — no judgment, but one big question to ask yourself</p><p></p><p>This episode is for anyone who's ever felt like they're just going through the motions — surviving the week, numbing the silence, and wondering if there's another way to live.</p><p></p><p>Spoiler: there is. And it starts with one small choice.</p><p></p><p>Listen now — and ask yourself: what's <i>your</i> version of the Monday beer?</p>no00:15:20Episode 2: The Emptiness After Divorcefull<![CDATA[Episode 1: Welcome to the Divorce Awakening]]>"I cannot do this." Three words. Three o'clock in the morning. New Year's Eve.
That's how Sam told her husband their marriage was over. Messy? Yes. Necessary? Also yes.

Welcome to the very first episode of Divorce Awakening — hosted by friends and coaches Delia Monk and Sam Brindle, two Brits living just outside Barcelona who are using everything they've learned in their own messy divorces to help you walk through yours.

In this episode, you'll meet your hosts for the first time and hear:
🔥 How Sam's "divorced!" reveal became a lightning-bolt moment for Delia — years before her own marriage ended
🔥 Why your brain will fight you tooth and nail to keep you in something that isn't working (and how to over-ride it)
🔥 The Bali holiday from hell — proof that sometimes the universe needs a tropical backdrop to deliver the final nail in the coffin
🔥 The Excel spreadsheet that still haunts Sam's dreams (and the Great Air Fryer Betrayal of Delia's divorce)

If you've ever felt like you're white-knuckling your way through a decision your gut already made — this episode is your sign.

Listen now and find out: what's actually waiting for you on the other side...

]]>f40565e3-76d1-49fe-9d8c-d35501c0f3a7Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:30:02 GMT<p>"I cannot do this." Three words. Three o'clock in the morning. New Year's Eve.<br />That's how Sam told her husband their marriage was over. Messy? Yes. Necessary? Also yes.<br /><br />Welcome to the very first episode of Divorce Awakening — hosted by friends and coaches Delia Monk and Sam Brindle, two Brits living just outside Barcelona who are using everything they've learned in their own messy divorces to help you walk through yours.<br /><br />In this episode, you'll meet your hosts for the first time and hear:<br />🔥 How Sam's "divorced!" reveal became a lightning-bolt moment for Delia — years before her own marriage ended<br />🔥 Why your brain will fight you tooth and nail to keep you in something that isn't working (and how to over-ride it)<br />🔥 The Bali holiday from hell — proof that sometimes the universe needs a tropical backdrop to deliver the final nail in the coffin<br />🔥 The Excel spreadsheet that still haunts Sam's dreams (and the Great Air Fryer Betrayal of Delia's divorce)<br /><br />If you've ever felt like you're white-knuckling your way through a decision your gut already made — this episode is your sign.<br /><br />Listen now and find out: what's actually waiting for you on the other side...</p>no00:20:40Episode 1: Welcome to the Divorce Awakeningfull