Katie Kimball Dyer

Divorce is often described in terms of what needs to be divided: the house, the bank accounts, the retirement assets, the furniture, the debt. But anyone who has lived through a separation knows that divorce is not only about dividing assets. It is about untangling a life. In Episode 8 of The Heart of Finance, Katie Kimball Dyer spoke with Amy Smith of Aligned Mediation Services about how mediation can create space for the human side of divorce. Their conversation covered finances, legal...

How Basic Needs Shape Big Money Conversations Not every tense conversation is a relationship crisis. Sometimes, everyone just needs lunch. That may sound too simple for something as serious as money, divorce, mediation, estate planning, or major life transitions. But anyone who has tried to discuss a hard topic while hungry, exhausted, dehydrated, overstimulated, or emotionally flooded knows the truth: the body comes into the conversation too. At The Heart of Finance, we believe money...

When we imagine making progress with money, we tend to picture the visible milestones. The debt gets paid off. The savings account reaches a big goal. The house gets purchased. The new job begins. The investment account hits a certain number. Those moments can absolutely matter. But most financial change does not begin with the part everyone else can see. It begins much earlier. In Episode 8 of The Heart of Finance, Katie Kimball Dyer and Elizabeth Neal, founder of The Sacred Return, talk...