Episode 87: The Four Words Costing You More Than Money After Divorce and Empty Nest

Better Because of Divorce · Jun 25, 2026 · 15m

"I can't afford it." Four little words that sound completely reasonable. Four words nobody ever pushes back on. Four words that end the conversation every single time.

And sometimes they're simply true. But a lot of the time, those four words are hiding something much deeper.

In this episode of Better Because of Divorce, host and certified life coach Julie Steed unpacks what often lives underneath "I can't afford it." And it's almost never really about money. It's about risk. It's a quiet, deep lack of trust that if you take a chance and it goes sideways, if you get hurt again, you won't be…