NAVIGATING THE 7Cs® OF A BETTER DIVORCE

FOR WOMEN

The Journey From We to Me

The Book · The Workbook · The Course

You didn't just lose a marriage.

You lost your identity, your certainty, and your sense of what comes next.

This programme gives you a structured, compassionate roadmap back to yourself - and forward into the life you deserve.

Is this you?

You're going through a divorce - or you've been through one and you're still trying to find your footing. You're holding it together on the outside, but inside you feel overwhelmed, confused, and perhaps a little lost. You want to move forward, but you're not quite sure who you are any more, or where to begin.

You want more than just legal advice or practical checklists. You want to understand what's happening to you emotionally - and to come out of this not just surviving, but genuinely thriving.

If that sounds familiar, you're in exactly the right place.

The Transformation

Navigating the 7Cs® of Divorce is not about getting through your divorce. It's about growing through it - so that what comes next is something you've chosen, not something that simply happened to you.

Where you are now

  • Overwhelmed by decisions, emotions, and uncertainty

  • Unsure of your identity outside of the relationship

  • Struggling to communicate without conflict

  • Worried about the impact on your children

  • Anxious about your financial future

  • Feeling isolated, as though nobody truly understands

  • Exhausted by conflict and the energy it consumes

  • Neglecting your own wellbeing while holding everything else together

Where you will be

  • Clear on your priorities and confident in your decisions

  • Reconnected with who you are - and excited about who you're becoming

  • Communicating with calm and clarity, even in difficult situations

  • Equipped to protect and support your children through the transition

  • Financially informed, empowered, and planning for your future

  • Anchored in a strong support network of people who genuinely get it

  • Managing conflict constructively - or choosing not to engage

  • Caring for yourself as the priority, not an afterthought

How The Transformation Happens

At the heart of this programme is the Navigating the 7Cs® framework - a proven, structured pathway through the seven critical dimensions of divorce that every woman must navigate. Developed by Dr Sue Palmer-Conn (The Divorce Doctor) from over 25 years of clinical and coaching experience, the framework is designed to meet you exactly where you are.

Unlike generic self-help books or legal guides, the 7Cs® framework recognises that divorce is not a single event - it is a complex, layered transition that touches every area of your life simultaneously. The programme works on three interconnected levels:

The Book

Read, absorb, and understand.

Each chapter guides you through one of the 7Cs® with compassionate, research-backed insights that help you make sense of what you're experiencing. Real stories, practical frameworks, and the voice of someone who has been exactly where you are.

The Workbook

Reflect, explore, and take action.

The companion workbook transforms insights into personal action. Guided journalling prompts, exercises, and templates aligned to each chapter help you do the inner work - not just understand it. This is where thinking becomes doing.

The Course

Learn, integrate, and transform.

The online course brings the 7Cs® to life through expert video teaching, interactive exercises, downloadable resources, and guided reflection. Each module is delivered in accessible, self-paced sessions so you can work through the programme in a way that fits around your life - returning to any module whenever you need it most.

Think of it this way: the book is your compass. The workbook is your navigation journal. The course is your co-pilot - there alongside you, step by step, as you chart your course from WE to ME.

What You Will Gain

By the time you complete the full programme, you will have:

  • A clear, confident sense of your own identity - independent of your marriage and your ex-partner

  • Practical communication strategies that reduce conflict and protect your energy

  • A strong, intentional support network - and the knowledge of who truly belongs in your circle

  • A working toolkit for navigating conflict constructively, whether in mediation, co-parenting, or day-to-day interactions

  • A child-centred approach to helping your children through the transition with love and stability

  • Financial clarity - an honest picture of where you stand and a foundation for planning your independent future

  • A sustainable, personal self-care practice rooted in your unique needs - not a generic wellness checklist

  • Lasting resilience: the skills, insights, and self-knowledge to thrive through change, not just survive it

What's Inside: The 7 Modules

Each module corresponds to one of the 7Cs® - a dedicated chapter in the book, a dedicated section of the workbook, and a dedicated online learning module. Together they form a complete, integrated programme.

Module 1: Clarity

Finding your ground before you move forward. This module helps you cut through the fog of shock, grief, and overwhelm to understand what you truly want - and who you truly are. You'll explore your values, your vision for your future, and how to make decisions from a place of clarity rather than crisis.

Includes: Expert teaching video · Guided values exercise · Decision-making framework PDF · Workbook journal prompts

Module 2: Communication

Speaking and listening with power and purpose. Divorce demands difficult conversations - with your ex-partner, your solicitor, your children, your family, and your employer. This module equips you to communicate clearly, calmly, and effectively in every context.

Includes: Expert teaching video · Communication styles assessment · Scripts and templates PDF · Difficult conversations guide · Workbook reflection exercises

Module 3: Connections

Rebuilding your world, one relationship at a time. You are not meant to navigate this alone. This module helps you map your support network, identify who truly supports your growth, and build new connections that sustain you through the transition and beyond.

Includes: Expert teaching video · Support network mapping exercise · Boundary-setting guide PDF · Workbook action plan

Module 4: Conflict

Turning conflict from an obstacle into an opportunity. Whether you're facing a high-conflict ex-partner, a disputed financial settlement, or tension within the family, this module gives you evidence-based tools to manage conflict in a way that protects you and your children.

Includes: Expert teaching video · Conflict styles assessment · NCDR options overview PDF · De-escalation strategies guide · Workbook scenario exercises


Module 5: Children

Keeping your children at the heart of everything. This module addresses one of the most emotionally charged areas of divorce: your children's wellbeing. You'll learn how to talk to children at different stages, how to co-parent effectively, and how to shield them from adult conflict while validating their experience.

Includes: Expert teaching video · Age-appropriate conversation guide PDF · Co-parenting framework · Children's wellbeing checklist · Workbook reflection prompts

Module 6: Cash

Taking control of your financial future. Financial anxiety is one of the most common and debilitating aspects of divorce. This module helps you understand your financial position, know your rights, and begin building a financially independent future - with confidence rather than fear.

Includes: Expert teaching video · Financial inventory worksheet PDF · Understanding financial disclosure guide · Budget planning template · Workbook goal-setting exercises

Module 7: Care

Putting yourself first - without guilt. The final C is often the hardest for women to embrace: genuine, unapologetic self-care. This module helps you build a sustainable, personalised practice that restores your energy, nurtures your identity, and equips you to flourish in your next chapter.

Includes: Expert teaching video · Personal care audit exercise · Wellbeing toolkit PDF · Your Next Chapter vision-setting activity · Workbook journalling prompts


PLUS BONUS: A dedicated appendix module on Court - covering everything you need to know if your divorce does proceed to litigation, including what to expect, how to prepare, and how to protect yourself.

Everything You Get

The programme has been designed so that every element works together - giving you learning, reflection, and action in an integrated, accessible format.

Course Resources

  • 7 expert teaching videos — one per module, delivered by Dr Sue Palmer-Conn

  • 7 guided reflection exercises, designed to deepen your insights from each module

  • Downloadable PDF guides and toolkits for every module, yours to keep

  • Assessment tools and frameworks to personalise your learning (including communication styles, conflict styles, and wellbeing audits)

  • Templates and scripts you can use immediately (financial inventory, co-parenting plan, difficult conversation guides)

  • Your Next Chapter vision-setting activity - a powerful closing exercise to anchor your transformation

  • Self-paced access - work through the modules at a pace that suits you, and revisit any time

Book and Workbook

  • The full Women's Edition of Navigating the 7Cs® of a Better Divorce: The Journey from WE to ME - a warm, authoritative, deeply human guide to your divorce journey

  • The companion workbook - structured exercises, journalling prompts, and reflection activities aligned to every chapter of the book

  • Written by a Chartered Psychologist and Certified Divorce Coach with lived experience of the very transitions she describes

The Woman Behind The Programme

Dr Sue Palmer-Conn - The Divorce Doctor

Sue Palmer-Conn is not simply an expert in divorce. She is someone who has lived it.

With over 25 years of clinical and coaching experience, Sue is a Chartered Psychologist, Certified Divorce Coach, and Certified Discernment Counsellor. She is the co-founder and Principal of the Divorce Coaching Academy (DCA) - the UK's only externally accredited divorce coaching training programme - and the creator and registered trademark holder of the Navigating the 7Cs® framework.

She is also an Amazon bestselling author, a National Teaching Fellow, and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She holds an MBA, and has spent decades working at the intersection of psychology, coaching, and human transition.

But more than any of her credentials, Sue brings something rarer: the perspective of someone who has navigated the journey from WE to ME herself - and emerged with clarity, purpose, and an unshakeable commitment to helping other women do the same.

"You are the Pilot of your own journey. You are always in command. My role - and the role of this programme - is to be your Navigator: alongside you, reading the charts, and helping you find the clearest possible route forward."

Sue writes and teaches under the brand The Divorce Doctor, and everything she creates is grounded in the belief that divorce, whilst painful, can be one of the most profound acts of self-reclamation a woman ever makes.

Your Investment

The Book

£24.99

  • Navigating the 7Cs® of a Better Divorce for  Women

  • All 7 chapters + Court appendix

  • Research-backed insights and practical frameworks

  • Real stories from women who've been where you are

  • Written by a Chartered Psychologist with lived experience

  • Available in paperback and eBook on Amazon

The course

£29.99

  • 7 expert teaching video modules

  • Downloadable PDF guides, toolkits and templates

  • Guided reflection and assessment exercises

  • Self-paced - learn at your own pace, revisit anytime

  • Your Next Chapter vision-setting activity

  • Immediate lifetime access

⭐  BEST VALUE  ⭐

The complete Programme

£49.98

Book + Workbook + Course

  • Everything in the Book

  • Everything in the Course

  • The companion Workbook - your personal navigation journal

  • A fully integrated learning experience across all three formats

  • The complete toolkit for your journey from WE to ME

  • Includes a pdf version of the book

The Add-Ons £499

  • 12 Week group support programme with a trained navigator

  • Groups of up to 10 people who will become your cheer leaders

  • OR one-to-one coaching

The Journey From WE to ME Begins Here

Divorce is not the end of your story. It is the beginning of a chapter you haven't written yet - one in which you are the author, the protagonist, and the woman who chose herself.

The Navigating the 7Cs® programme gives you the framework, the tools, and the guidance to write that chapter well.

You are the Pilot. This is your flight plan. Let's navigate it together.

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Navigating the 7Cs® is a registered trademark of Dr Sue Palmer-Conn.

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