An interview with family law attorney Laura A. Wasser, Esq. Curt and Katie talk with Laura about the process of divorce, collaboration among professionals, and the creation of her online divorce mediation platform, it’s over easy. It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. We are human beings who can now present ourselves as whole people, with authenticity, purpose, and connection. Especially now, when therapists must develop a personal brand to market their practices. To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age. Interview with Laura A. Wasser, Esq. C.E.O. of it’s over easy & Host of The Divorce Sucks! Podcast Attorney Laura Allison Wasser is an author, entrepreneur, and Family Law expert. She is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the online divorce platform, it’s over easy. Laura has represented celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Ryan Reynolds, Angelina Jolie, Jimmy Iovine, Maria Shriver, and Stevie Wonder, but she maintains that divorce is the great equalizer—it terrifies everyone. Laura’s made it her mission to change that by creating it’s over easy, which gives divorcing couples an easy to use resource to dissolve their marriage that is accessible (and affordable) to everyone. In 2013, Laura authored the New York Times best-seller, It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way: How to Divorce Without Destroying Your Family and Bankrupting Yourself. This year, she created it’s over easy and launched the weekly Divorce Sucks! Podcast Hosted By Laura Wasser. By simplifying the divorce process online and sharing her vast experience in Family Law with her audience, couples are empowered to reclaim control over their own destinies. Laura is determined to change the face of divorce by providing education, tools and support for families going through the process. As a graduate of the UC, Berkeley, Laura earned her law degree from Loyola Law School. She has been named one of the California Daily Journal’s Top 100 Lawyers and Top 50 Women Attorneys every year for the last seven years (2012-2018). She has been featured on The Hollywood Reporter’s Power Lawyers, Los Angeles Magazine’s Super Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America. In June 2008, Laura received the Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law Zephyr Ramsey Award and in 2011, she was the recipient of the Century City Chamber of Commerce Women of Achievement Award. Laura received the Brady Center Advocate Award in 2013. In 2016 Laura was honored by A Place Called Home at their Gala For The Children. Laura is frequently called upon as the preeminent voice on TV, in print and across the media landscape in newsworthy matters regarding Divorce and Family Law. Earlier this year, Laura participated as a featured speaker at both the 2018 Women In The World Summit and Girlboss Rally. Profiles and interviews on Laura can be found in Vogue, Bloomberg News, Porter Magazine, Interview, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, The Hollywood Reporter, People Magazine, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Town and Country, Parenting magazine and more. In this episode we talk about: Laura’s background in Family Law, her book It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way How Laura perceives the importing distinctions between being an empathic “divorce” lawyer and being a therapist How people can navigate through divorce by yourselves, without needing to bring in a divorce attorney The different mechanisms to get a divorce and how to decide which referral to make How Laura collaborates with therapists and decides to refer to therapists The importance of handling divorce well for moving forward in your life Her opinions on how to help families get through the process Boundaries that attorneys should set within their work Her referral network, how she develops her referral network The turn off of therapists talking too much about their own experiences Reminding ourselves that we are