The 5 Mistakes People Make When Navigating Divorce

— And What to Do Instead

If you’re in the early stages of divorce, the decisions being made right now matter more than most people realize.

Join us for 55 minutes of real clarity, honest conversation, and grounded next steps. No empty affirmations. No legal advice. Just the hard-won wisdom we wish someone had handed us sooner.

Date: Wednesday September 2nd, 2026

Time: 10am PST (Designed to get you finished and back to your day by the top of the hour)

Location: Live on Zoom

⚠️ Note:This is a small, interactive session — not a passive webinar. To keep the environment safe and allow time for real questions, space is strictly limited.

Two smiling women sitting at a table in a warmly lit room with a chandelier and large window in the background. One woman has dark brown hair, wearing a gray cardigan. The other woman has curly red hair, wearing a brown jacket and jewelry.

What We’ll Walk Through:

Instead of trying to solve the next 30 years by noon, we are going to look at the 5 patterns we see over and over in our work—and exactly what to do instead:

  • Why fighting for specific assets out of immediate emotion almost always backfires.

  • The cost of overexplaining your boundaries and trying to "smooth things over" in difficult messages.

  • The structural and financial picture most people walk into negotiations completely unprepared for.

  • How to protect your personal peace and stay steady—even when you feel completely overloaded.

  • What it actually looks like to walk into this process prepared to make logical, long-term decisions.

Plus: A live 15-minute Q&A where you can ask your real questions—no topic off limits.

Hi, we're Katie & Marta — co-founders of The Bend.

Together we've worked with hundreds of people navigating high-stakes divorce, family conflict, and the kind of hard seasons that make you question everything.

We're both trained mediators and communication specialists. But more than that — we're women who've lived through hard things. We know what it's like to feel stuck, reactive, and unsure how to come back to yourself.

The Bend exists because we believe conflict doesn't have to destroy you.

You can bend without breaking. And you can show up with steadiness — even when everything around you feels like a storm.