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Next Chapter Coaching

Move from overwhelmed and uncertain to clear, confident, and ready for what comes next.


I guide women through divorce and major life transitions with emotional clarity, financial confidence, and a practical plan forward.

When life changes unexpectedly, it can be difficult to know what to do first — or even what you want next. You may be navigating divorce, rebuilding after loss, facing important financial or legal decisions, or simply realizing that the life you’ve been living no longer fits the woman you’re becoming.

You don’t have to figure it all out at once.

Through private Next Chapter Coaching, we work together to quiet the overwhelm, understand where you are now, identify what matters most, and create a clear path forward — one decision and one next step at a time.

Drawing on more than three decades of financial-services experience, my work as a Certified Divorce Coach®, Certified Grief Educator, and CFP Board Emeritus®, along with my own experience rebuilding after divorce, I bring together both the emotional and practical sides of major life transitions.

Because sometimes the reason you’re struggling isn’t that you don’t know what to do.

It’s that grief, fear, and overwhelm are making it difficult to act on what you already know.

Together, we change that.

The Program

The Next Chapter Reset

An 8-week private coaching experience designed to help you move from overwhelmed and uncertain to clear, confident, and ready for what comes next.

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01

Stabilize

We begin with where you are right now — emotionally and practically — so everything doesn’t feel equally urgent. We identify what needs your attention now and create space to think more clearly.

02

Clarify

We uncover your priorities, the decisions in front of you, the resources available to you, and what you want your next chapter to look like.

03

Act

We turn that clarity into a practical plan so you can begin making confident decisions and taking the next right steps forward.

Your Next Chapter Is About More Than One Thing

Major transitions don’t happen neatly in one area of your life. That’s why my coaching considers the whole woman — not just the problem that brought you here.

Emotional Clarity

Navigate grief, fear, overwhelm, identity shifts, and the emotions that can make moving forward feel impossible. We’ll create space for what you’re feeling while helping you regain clarity and confidence.

Financial & Practical Confidence

Organize what needs your attention, understand the questions to ask, identify appropriate professional resources when needed, and approach important financial and legal decisions with greater confidence.

Your Life Forward

Your next chapter isn’t simply about getting through what happened. It’s about intentionally creating what comes next — your relationships, family, wellbeing, purpose, work, dreams, and the life you want to live.

Is Next Chapter Coaching Right for You?

You may be in the right place if you’re:

  • Facing, considering, or moving through divorce
  • Rebuilding after loss or another major life transition
  • Overwhelmed by decisions and unsure what to tackle first
  • Adjusting to a new financial reality or new responsibilities
  • Feeling stuck between the life you had and the life you want
  • Ready to stop simply coping and begin intentionally creating what comes next

You don’t need to have everything figured out before we talk.

That’s what the conversation is for.

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Susan Kommor can be found in the Grief Counselor directory at Grief.com.

Certified Grief Counselor