Alexandra NielDivorce Recovery Coach, ANiel International, LLC. · I help women who held it all together through divorce finally build a life that’s actually theirs | Thrive After Divorce

Why Women Need Community More Than Ever After Divorce | Healing Through Connection

20 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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In this interview segment, the speaker reflects on the trajectory of the coaching industry over the next five to ten years, emphasizing that the central future trend will be a heightened demand for community. While social media enables broader connections, it simultaneously fosters feelings of isolation, creating a paradox where people appear more linked yet experience less genuine support. The speaker highlights that women emerging from divorce are especially vulnerable because they often lose both familial and friendship networks, leaving them without a reliable support system. This loss underscores the urgent need for community‑focused coaching models that can rebuild social ties and provide emotional sustenance during post‑divorce transitions.

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Tell me, where do you see your industry, the coaching industry, going over the next 5 to 10 years? And how are you staying on top of that? So I think the biggest thing, and it's not just, I would say, not just even coaching, but I think the need for community, right, is increasing. I think one of the disservices One of the great things about social media is that we can connect with more people all the time in a lot of different places with people that we would never otherwise have come across. So we feel like we're more connected, but we're also more isolated. And so the need to build more community— and when you think about women coming out of a divorce, sometimes, often they come out of a divorce and they lose their whole support system. They lose their family, not just their adopted family, but they lose their family, they lose their friends, and all of a sudden they find themselves without a community that, that they can rely on.