Your Divorce Village: Support Group Agreement

Welcome

First, I want you to know: showing up here is an act of courage. Choosing to invest in yourself during one of life's hardest transitions takes strength—and you deserve support as you navigate this chapter.

By signing this agreement, you're joining Your Divorce Village, a 6-week group coaching program I facilitate. This document outlines what you can expect, what I'm asking of you, and how we'll create a brave, supportive space together.

1. What This Group Is

Your Divorce Village is a peer-supported group coaching program for women navigating divorce. It's a place to feel less alone, gain clarity, and move forward with intention.

Together, we will:

  • Share emotional support with others who truly understand what you're going through

  • Explore frameworks for approaching your divorce thoughtfully and intentionally

  • Discuss ways to keep your children at the center of your decisions

  • Build genuine community during a time that can feel isolating

This group is not therapy, legal advice, or financial counseling. I encourage you to build a team of professionals—therapist, attorney, financial advisor—alongside this work. You deserve comprehensive support, and this group is one important piece of that.

2. Confidentiality

What's shared in this group stays in this group. This is how we create the safety that allows for real honesty and connection.

You agree to keep confidential:

  • Everything shared by other group members—their names, stories, and personal details

  • The identity of other group members

  • Any details discussed during our sessions

A note on safety: While I'm not a licensed professional or mandatory reporter, I take your safety seriously. If I become aware of imminent harm to you, a child, or another person, I have an ethical responsibility to take appropriate action. This might mean encouraging you to seek professional help, or in rare cases, contacting emergency services.

What you can share outside the group:

  • General insights or lessons you've learned (without identifying anyone)

  • The fact that you participated in a divorce support group

  • Your own story and experience—it's yours to tell

3. How We Show Up for Each Other

This is how we create a space where everyone feels safe to be honest and vulnerable:

Listen with an open heart. Hear others without judgment, even if you would make different choices. Everyone's path looks different.

Speak from your own experience. Use "I" statements when sharing. Speak to your own feelings and situation rather than generalizing or speaking for others.

Witness, don't fix. Your role is to validate and support—not to solve problems or give advice unless someone specifically asks. Sometimes being truly heard is the most powerful gift.

Respect our differences. We come from different backgrounds, stages, and situations. There's no "right way" to do this.

Speak with kindness—including about yourself. This means speaking respectfully about yourself, others in the group, and yes, even your ex-partners—even when you're angry or hurt.

Honor everyone's pace. Some people share a lot; some prefer to listen. Both are welcome. You choose how much to share.

Stay focused. While our stories will vary, we'll stay centered on divorce navigation and co-parenting rather than branching into unrelated topics.

4. Showing Up: Camera & Audio

Audio: Please keep your microphone on during sessions so you can participate when you're ready. The more you engage, the more you'll get out of this experience—and the more you'll contribute to the support others receive.

Camera: I strongly encourage you to have your camera on. Seeing each other's faces is what transforms this from a call into a true village. I know it can feel vulnerable, but showing up on camera is one way to be brave, to invest in yourself, and to show up for the other women in the room. That said, if you need to step away or turn your camera off occasionally, that's okay—life happens.

Tech troubles? If you have connection problems, you can call in by phone or email me right after the session to catch up on what you missed.

5. No Recording

Our sessions are not recorded, and I ask that you don't record, screenshot, or transcribe any part of them.

This is intentional. Knowing that nothing is being captured allows everyone to be more honest, more vulnerable, and more real. It's one of the ways we protect the safety of this space.

6. Attendance & Participation

You're choosing to be here—and I'm so glad you are. Your participation is voluntary at every step.

Attendance: I hope you can make all six sessions, but I also know that life doesn't always cooperate.

  • If you need to miss a session, please let me know as soon as you can

  • Missing one or two sessions won't affect your ability to stay connected with the group

  • If you anticipate missing more than two, reach out so we can talk about how to support you

If you need to leave: You can step away from the group at any time. I hope you'll stay engaged through all six weeks, but I trust you to know what's right for you.

7. Emotional Safety & Boundaries

I'm here to facilitate, support, and hold space for you. My role is to guide and witness while you do the important work of finding your own path forward. I won't fix things for you or judge where you are—I trust you to know yourself.

What this means for you:

  • You are responsible for your own emotional wellbeing (though you don't have to carry it alone)

  • If something triggers strong emotions, you can step away, mute yourself, or reach out to me afterward

  • This group is a complement to professional support, not a substitute for it

  • If you're in crisis, please reach out to a mental health professional or crisis line

Crisis resources:

  • National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233

  • Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988

  • Local Emergency Services: 911

8. What This Group Is—and Isn't

This group is:

  • A community of women who get what you're going through

  • A space to think through challenges and decisions out loud

  • A framework for keeping your children's wellbeing central

  • Gentle accountability for moving forward, one step at a time

  • Connection during a chapter that can feel incredibly lonely

This group is not a replacement for:

  • Therapy or mental health treatment

  • Legal guidance (please work with an attorney)

  • Financial advice (please work with a financial advisor)

  • Mediation between you and your ex

Think of this as one essential piece of your support system—not the whole thing.

9. Building Your Village: Optional Contact-Sharing

Part of creating a true village is connecting beyond our group calls. If you'd like, you can add your information to an optional contact-sharing spreadsheet to connect with other members.

This is completely up to you. You choose:

  • Whether to participate at all

  • What contact information to share (email, phone, Instagram—whatever feels right)

  • What to leave blank

  • How you'd like to connect (texts, calls, coffee dates)

My role: I don't facilitate or monitor these connections. This is peer-to-peer support that you create on your own terms. You're building your village the way you want it.

10. My Role & What I Offer

What I bring to this space:

  • Facilitation of our group sessions with care and intention

  • A grounded, compassionate presence

  • Frameworks for thinking about your divorce intentionally

  • Permission to prioritize yourself while keeping your children centered

  • Accountability and gentle challenge when it serves you

What falls outside my role:

  • Individual therapy or ongoing 1:1 coaching outside the group

  • Crisis intervention or mental health treatment

  • Legal or financial advice

  • Having all the answers (you'll find your own, with support)

  • 24/7 availability—I'll respond to emails during business hours

A note on my boundaries: I'm a coach, not a therapist, attorney, or financial advisor. I can't diagnose mental health conditions or provide professional advice outside my scope. I also have a life outside of coaching, which helps me show up fully present when we're together.

11. Your Privacy

The information you share in your intake form is:

  • Used to help me understand your situation so I can support you better

  • Kept confidential

  • Only shared with the contact-sharing spreadsheet if you choose to participate

  • Never shared with anyone outside the group

12. Your Commitment

By marking that you agree to this agreement, you're committing to:

✓ Respecting the confidentiality of our group

✓ Showing up with an open heart and willingness to support others

✓ Honoring our group norms—listening, witnessing, speaking with respect

✓ Being honest about your experience

✓ Taking responsibility for your own wellbeing and building your professional support team

✓ Attending sessions or letting me know if you need to miss

✓ Keeping our sessions private—no recording or sharing group content

13. Agreement

I have read and understand this Group Coaching Agreement.

I agree to:

  • Participate in this group as described above

  • Honor confidentiality

  • Follow our group norms

  • Take responsibility for my own wellbeing

  • Seek professional support (therapy, legal, financial) as needed alongside this group

I understand that:

  • This is peer support and coaching, not therapy or professional advice

  • Kristina is a coach, not a therapist or attorney

  • My participation is voluntary and I can leave at any time

  • Sessions will not be recorded