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The Financial Questions Divorcing Women Must Answer — Before It's Too Late | EU 140 with Chris Chen

Experts Unleashed
May 14, 2026•1 min read
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In this episode of Experts Unleashed, I sit down with Chris Chen from insightfinancialstrategists.com to explore what financial planning actually looks like when life falls apart. We talk about why regular financial planning is about applying the rules — and divorce financial planning is about applying the exceptions, how Chris went from economics dreams and a tech career to building a fee-only advisory practice dedicated entirely to women navigating divorce, and why most women wish they had found him before the divorce even started. I also share insights on the three financial questions every divorcing woman must answer, why wanting to keep the house is often the worst financial decision, and what knowledge truly does for someone in the middle of an emotional maelstrom. Plus, we get into RSUs, stock options, the 401k exception almost no one knows about, and why we're not in the money business at all — we're in the people business.

YOU'LL DISCOVER:

➡️ Niche Divorce For Women [07:20]

➡️ Why Divorce Planning [09:46]

➡️ Common Post Divorce Mistakes [16:01]

➡️ Divorce Settlement Pitfalls [28:04]

➡️ Finding Clients Online [37:40]

…And much more!

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I wrote and self-published a Kindle book teaching engineers how to pass the Fundamentals of Engineering certification exam. And while it was successful, I quickly realized selling ebooks wasn’t going to make enough money to feed my family. I started selling a course on career development for engineers. That didn’t go well either.

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