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Dirty Laundry: The Divorce Podcast
Honest, expert-backed conversations about divorce, co-parenting, and moving forward.
Hosted by professional mediators Alex Howard and Amanda Silver, Dirty Laundry dives into the real questions women ask when navigating separation, custody battles, toxic relationships, and dating again. This is your safe space to learn, reflect, and take back control — no shame, no sugarcoating.
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Episodes
- Dirty Laundry: The Divorce Podcast
S3 E39: Top 5 Things That Kill Relationships With Chantal Landreville
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Dirty Laundry, love and relationship coach Chantal Landreville breaks down the top 5 relationship killers and how to avoid…
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S3 E38: How to Choose the Right Mediator: Our sit-down with the director of our organization Mary-Anne Popescu
Send us Fan Mail Wondering how to get divorced without going to court? What exactly does a family mediator do? And is mediation actually better than hiring a…
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S3 E37: Ozempic, Wegovy, Divorce, Weight Loss & Reinvention After 40 With Dr. Melissa Hershberg
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Dirty Laundry, we sit down with Dr. Melissa Hershberg to talk about Ozempic, weight loss after 40, and what it really means…
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S3 E36: Episode 100: Our Most Talked-About Topics: Should I Leave My Marriage? Divorce, Narcissists & Co-Parenting
Send us Fan Mail Should I get a divorce? Wondering if you should stay or leave your marriage? This episode covers divorce advice for women, co-parenting with a…
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S3 E35: This week on the DL: The Open Marriage, pt. 2 of 2
Send us Fan Mail We’re back with Part 2 of our conversation with Danielle, the creator of Openly Committed. In this episode, we dive deeper into open…
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S3 E34: This week on the DL: The Open Marriage, pt. 1 of 2
Send us Fan Mail This week on the DL we are really spilling the tea and asking all the questions about an open relationship from expert Danielle of Openly…
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S3 E33: This week on the DL: Co-Parenting with a Narcissist – Why Going No Contact Is Non-Negotiable (Bitch is a Bad Word, Pt. 2)
Send us Fan Mail Leaving a toxic relationship doesn’t always mean the abuse ends. In this episode, Lindsay Abernathy — host of Bitch is a Bad Word — breaks…
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S3 E32: This week on the DL: B!tch is a Bad Word pt. 1 of 2
Send us Fan Mail This week the A team is joined by Lindsay Abernathy, actor, podcast host, and domestic violence survivor. Lindsay sits down to share her…
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S3 E31: This week on the DL: The Good Lawyer
Send us Fan Mail This week A+A sit down with Sean Valentine of OV Family Law to discuss how you can opt for a lawyer to represent you in your divorce, and…
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S3 E30: This week on the DL: The Unexpected Psychological Benefits of Fashion
Send us Fan Mail This week Alex sits down with Lisa Shaw of Lifestyled By Lisa, a fashion stylist on a mission to build confidence in her clients via their…
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S3 E29: This week on the DL: You Divorced a Narcissist-Now What?: A Conversation with Chantal Contorines
Send us Fan Mail This week Alex and Amanda chat with fellow Canadian Chantal Contorines, an expert on co-parenting with a narcissistic ex. Tune in and learn…
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S3 E28: This week on the DL: Amanda and Alex Get Personal
Send us Fan Mail For this week, the A team are interviewing each other - pour a cup of something and sit back while the team behind your favourite podcast…
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S3 E27: This week on the DL: High Conflict Parenting Plans with Samantha Boss
Send us Fan Mail This week Amanda and Alex sat down with Samantha Boss, better known as The Ugly Side of Divorce, and chatted about the realities of…
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S3 E26: This week on the DL: A Conversation with the Queen of Mediation, Dr. Barbara Landau
Send us Fan Mail This week Alex and Amanda sit down with their hero, the one and only Dr. Landau. Dr. Barbara Landau is a renowned mediator, lawyer…
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S3 E25: This week on the DL: Michelle Dempsey on How to Move On
Send us Fan Mail This week the A team sits down with Coach, Author, Podcaster, and creator of the Moving on Method, Michelle Dempsey. After her own divorce…
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S3 E24: This week on the DL: Sneaking a Peek into the Diary of a People Pleaser
Send us Fan Mail A+A sit down with the brilliant and vulnerable, Breanne of The Diary of a People Pleaser - another amazing example how one brave woman can…
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S3 E23: This week on the DL: One Mom’s Battle With Family Court – And How She’s Fighting Back
Send us Fan Mail This week, Amanda and Alex sit down with the Tina Swithin of One Mom’s Battle, to talk about the brutal realities of the family court system…
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S3 E22: This week on the DL: The Single Mom Society on Using Humour to Fight Back
Send us Fan Mail This week the brilliant and hilarious Jennifer Muscatel uses her platform @singlemomsociety_ to not only bring humour to divorce generally…
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S3 E21: This week on the DL: How This Mom Rewrote her Story
Send us Fan Mail This week Amanda and Alex sit down with Toronto local, Amy Tseng, who shares her incredible story of overcoming adversity. She was newly…
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S3 E20: This week on the DL: Skye Katz Shares her Sobriety Story
Send us Fan Mail This week Alex and Amanda sit down with the incredibly stylish entrepreneur Skye Katz of Skye Flowers Luxury Floral Design. Skye shares openly…
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S3 E19: This week on the DL: Are you Getting Enough Sleep?
Send us Fan Mail This week the gals sit down with sleep expert Alanna McGinn of Good Night Sleep Site to get the inside scoop on all things sleep. Listen in to…
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S3 E18: This week on the DL: Can you Co-Parent with a Toxic Ex?
Send us Fan Mail This week the A team sit down with the brilliant legal mind behind instagram sensation @LegallyNik Nikki, a single mom and solicitor in the…
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S3 E17: This week on the DL: Stepping into Your Power as You Age
Send us Fan Mail Prepare yourself for the most beautiful and nurturing conversation of 2025. The A team is delighted to be chatting with their soul sisters…
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S3 E16: This week on the DL: Natalie Westlake Tells her Story pt. 2 of 2
Send us Fan Mail Buckle up DL fam, it's the highly anticipated part two of celebrated entrepreneur and executive, Natalie Westlake. Jump right back into…
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S3 E15: This week on the DL: Natalie Westlake Tells Her Story pt. 1 of 2
Send us Fan Mail Welcome back DL fam! For the first episode of 2025, the A team is dropping part one of an amazing story. For the first time, Disruptive…
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S3 E14: This week on the DL: Disordered Eating and Divorce pt.2 of 2
Send us Fan Mail The much anticipated part two of our episode on eating disorders with Dr. Mafrici and Dr. Foster of the Toronto Psychology + Wellness Group…
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S3 E13: This week on the DL: Disordered Eating and Divorce pt.1 of 2
Send us Fan Mail This week the A team is joined by another bestie duo! Dr. Nina Mafrici and Dr. Michele Foster join in studio to chat all things disordered…
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S3 E12: This week on the DL: Grieving Your Way Through the Holidays
Send us Fan Mail If this is your first holiday alone, or maybe the last you'll be in your marriage, or are just one of the millions of people who struggle with…
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S3 E11: This week on the DL: Intimate Betrayal: Surviving Infidelity
Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Amanda and Alex sit down with psychotherapist Lauren Larusso, and get into the nuance of an affair. After having her world…
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S3 E10: This week on the DL: Vitamin GEE
Send us Fan Mail A leading beauty expert, an entrepreneur, podcast host and a spiritual goddess, Amanda and Alex sit down with Stephanie Gee of Gee Beauty to…
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S3 E9: This week on the DL: The Hollywood Divorce
Send us Fan Mail Pop the corn and pour yourself a drink because the A team is headed to Hollywood this week! Alex and Amanda are joined by E News personality…
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S3 E8: This week on the DL: The American Divorce
Send us Fan Mail Just in time for election week, the A team is bringing you a behind the scenes peek at what divorce looks like for our neighbours down south…
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S3 E7: This week on the DL: Divorce Horror Stories
Send us Fan Mail Happy Halloween from the A team! Leaning into this spooky day, enjoy some real life scary stories about divorces gone terribly wrong! From…
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S3 E6: This week on the DL: Erasing Family
Send us Fan Mail As mediators, Amanda and Alex know that there are two sides to every story, and that is why they are delighted to chat with Ginger Gentile…
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S3 E5: This week on the DL: Holding the Calm
Send us Fan Mail An exciting episode for those of you struggling to keep your cool during your divorce, or, quite frankly, in any sort of human interaction! As…
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S3 E4: This week on the DL: Dollars and Divorce
Send us Fan Mail Join the A team this week as they chat with Nikki Tucker, divorce financial analyst, corporate banker, creator of the FIIRM approach. Nikki…
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S3 E3: This week on the DL: Dating After 50
Send us Fan Mail Divorce can happen at any age, so why limit yourself after the dust has settled? Tune in this week to hear all about expert dating coach…
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S3 E2: This week on the DL: The Foreign Affair pt. 2 of 2
Send us Fan Mail How wild is Monica's story? If you missed last episode, pause now and go back - for this two part-er, you need to hear the story from the…
Dirty Laundry: The Divorce PodcastS3 E1: This week on the DL: The Foreign Affair pt. 1 of 2
Send us Fan Mail Welcome back! It's season three and have we got a story for you! On the first episode of the much anticipated third season, Amanda and Alex…
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S2 E42: This week on the DL: The Recap
Send us Fan Mail As the A team says goodbye to Season Two and hello to a much needed summer vacation, the hosts reminisce about their favourite episodes. If…
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S2 E41: This week on the DL: The Secret to Fighting Better
Send us Fan Mail We all know that in relationships, there will be conflict - you will inevitably end up fighting...but there is productive fighting, and…
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S2 E40: This week on the DL: Does Couples Counselling Actually Work?
Send us Fan Mail Ooooh this is a good one! As a pair that believe(d?) in therapy, couples' and otherwise, Amanda and Alex got into the nitty gritty on its…
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S2 E39: This week on the DL: Addiction and Where to Turn for Help
Send us Fan Mail Addiction affects more than just the person with the affliction, and that's why this week on the DL Alex chats with Michelle from JACS…
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S2 E38: This week on the DL: Organization as Self Care
Send us Fan Mail This week's episode is all about "out with the old, in with the new" with organizational experts Danielle and Amalia from Perfectly Put…
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S2 E37: This week on the DL: The Stepmom
Send us Fan Mail This week the A team is joined by Jamie Simkins, a registered therapist, stepmom coach, and blended family expert. We all know how hard…
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S2 E36: This week on the DL: The Empowered Divorce: Women and Finances
Send us Fan Mail The team is delighted to be joined this week by Elizabeth Naumovski of Empowered Television, an award-winning Bay Street alum on a mission to…
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S2 E35: This week on the DL: Sex, Porn, Therapy - the Male Perspective
Send us Fan Mail This week Amanda and Alex sit down with Eric Pierni, Psychotherapist and Founder of Men Therapy Toronto, an exclusive therapy clinic for men…
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S2 E34: This week on the DL: the Gay Husband, the New Husband, and the Mormon Wife
Send us Fan Mail Buckle up listeners, the DL team has an episode for you! This week, Alex and Amanda are honoured to sit down with Jessica Frew, host of The…
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S2 E33: This week on the DL: A Mother's Day Tribute
Send us Fan Mail One of the best parts of this podcast is bringing relatable, honest and vulnerable stories to the world. Through storytelling, people feel…
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S2 E32: This week on the DL: Amanda versus the Matchmaker
Send us Fan Mail A DL first! Amanda Silver takes on the guest solo. While Alex was taken out by the norovirus, Amanda was given carte blanche to interview…
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S2 E31: This week on the DL: The Term, “Parental Alienation” and Why It Needs to Go!
Send us Fan Mail This week is an incredibly important episode and the A team is beyond lucky to sit down with Suzanne Zaccour, Director of Legal Affairs for…
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S2 E30: This week on the DL: Divorcing a Narcissist
Send us Fan Mail This week's episode has been the most requested by our listeners - how do you divorce a narcissist? The ladies sit down with Clinical…
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S2 E29: This week on the DL: Kids and Transitions
Send us Fan Mail Alex and Amanda sit down this week to discuss all things transitions. We see it every day, not just in divorce, but the real question is how…
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S2 E28: This week on the DL: Who Even Are Alex & Amanda?
Send us Fan Mail This week's episode is all about Amanda and Alex; who they are, why they got into this biz in the first place (I mean let's be honest, no…
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S2 E27: This week on the DL: Breaking Free with Shannon Talbot
Send us Fan Mail This week Amanda and Alex sit down with Author, Speaker and Life Coach, Shannon Talbot. Currently promoting her book, Breaking Free: Stop…
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S2 E26: This week on the DL: Divorce Diaries x Dirty Laundry
Send us Fan Mail Tune in to hear special guest and comedienne, Michele Traina, as she shares her journey from divorce to the stage. Michele brings her…
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S2 E25: This week on the DL: The Work Boyfriend
Send us Fan Mail This week we have the author of the much anticipated rom com novel The Work Boyfriend in the Dirty Laundry studio! The ladies sit down with…
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S2 E24: This week on the DL: What is Coercive Control?
Send us Fan Mail This week the team is bringing you a heavy, but incredibly important, episode: Coercive Control with Behavioural Scientist, expert Trish…
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S2 E23: This week on the DL: Who Keeps the Embryo in the Divorce?
Send us Fan Mail Who gets to keep the embryo after divorce? Does the child that came to be due to sperm or egg donation have a stake in your estate when you…
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S2 E22: This Week on the DL: Asking for a Friend: Sleep-Divorce, Threesomes…Yup We Are Going There
Send us Fan Mail All those awkward questions you've been dying to have answered? The A team is hooking you up on this week's episode as we talk threesomes…