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Warning: wasted $250 on a divorce coach who just read from a script
I hired this woman in Phoenix who claimed she'd help me navigate custody stuff, but every session was her reading bullet points off a PDF. Called my lawyer instead and got better advice for free. Anyone else get burned by so-called experts in this process?
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smith.elliot3mo ago
Hear you but sometimes a coach just helps you see what you already know.
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mark_chen623mo ago
Oh wow, I totally feel you on that one! Sometimes you just need someone else to point out the obvious stuff you've been overlooking because you're too close to the situation. I had a similar thing happen with a friend who literally just said "hey you always say that same worry" and it clicked for me. It's not about them having some magic secret, it's about having a second pair of eyes on your life when you're stuck in your own head. I think that kind of help can be really valuable even if it seems simple on the surface. Glad you found something that works for you!
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alice9283mo ago
Yeah same thing happened to me, @smith.elliot I get what you're saying about coaches helping you see things, but not when they're just reading off a script with zero real advice. What actually worked for me was joining a free local single parents meetup group. We swapped lawyer names, talked about what custody forms tripped us up, and honestly that peer advice was way more hands-on than any paid coach I tried. Sometimes real talk from people who've been through it beats paying someone to read a PDF at you.
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