Kara Francis: Divorce Coach Specialist
This is for the woman who can no longer ignore the gap between the life she has built and the version of life that’s calling out to her – one that feels true, grounded, aligned, and whole.
Not performative.
Not “good on paper.”
Not what everyone else wants or needs her to be.
I guide you home to yourself so you can navigate marriage, divorce, and major life transitions with clarity and self-trust.
You’ve been living in the “in-between” for longer than you realize.
The space where you know that something about your relationship or life no longer feels aligned, but you don’t fully trust yourself to change it.
You keep hoping clarity will suddenly arrive, while part of you already knows that something must shift.
You may be:
- Trying to find realignment within your marriage,
- Contemplating divorce,
- Navigating divorce, or
- Rebuilding after a major life transition
Regardless, you know that you can’t keep overriding yourself just to keep everything else intact.
Information can help. But clarity is what moves you forward.
Most women don’t come here because they need more information about marriage or divorce in order to decide what comes next.
They come here because:
At some point, the deeper question stops being:
“What should I do?”
And becomes:
“What feels true for me now?”
Because this isn’t just about your marriage or divorce. It’s about the version of you that’s living within it. It’s about your relationship with yourself and conflict resolution.
This isn’t a quick fix. It’s a journey back home to yourself.
There is a difference between endlessly thinking about change and becoming the woman who can actually live it. My work is designed to support the latter transformation.
Together, we move through a guided journey of:
- Honesty
- Returning home to yourself
- Identity reclamation
- Grounded decision-making.
Not from pressure. Not from fear. But from alignment.
Because clarity isn’t something you force. It comes when you stop overriding what you know deep down to be true for yourself and start living in alignment with it.
I’ve sat where you’re now sitting.
- It looks good on paper,
- There hasn’t been a clear, “justifiable” reason to leave,
- And walking away would mean grieving not just a relationship, but an entire identity.
It just means you’re growing into a new version of yourself.
I’ve personally navigated marriage, divorce, and remarriage. And through that experience, I learned that the hardest part usually isn’t the logistics of change. It’s trusting yourself enough to choose it. And to keep choosing it when it gets hard.
That understanding deepened even further during my years of practicing as a divorce attorney, where I saw firsthand that most women didn’t just need legal information in order to make decisions.
They needed someone to guide them to return to their true selves – the version that existed beneath the fear, pressure, guilt, and noise.
That’s the work I guide women through now. I help them return to themselves so the answers become clear.
There is another version of you waiting on the other side.
Imagine waking up and moving through your life differently.
This version of you:
- Trusts her decisions, instead of constantly second-guessing herself
- Feels calm and grounded in her body, instead of living in a constant state of anxiety and high conflict.
- Approaches difficult conversations with honesty, instead of avoidance
- Knows that even if life changes, she will be okay
- Creates a life that feels aligned with her truest self and desires
This version of you exists not because everything suddenly became perfect or you achieved a specific goal. But because you stopped outsourcing your truth.
This is who you’re becoming. And this is the work that gets you there.
This is where the deeper work begins.
The Aligned Decision Space
A private, 1:1 coaching experience for the woman who is navigating marriage, the divorce process, or an identity-level transition, and is ready to stop living in constant second-guessing.
- Knows something in her life and/or relationship needs to change
- Feels exhausted by overthinking and carrying the weight of the same internal questions
- Wants support that goes deeper than surface-level advice
- Is ready to stop overriding herself and start honoring her truth.
- Returning home to yourself,
- Rebuilding self-trust,
- Making grounded, aligned decisions
- Navigating difficult transitions with honesty and emotional resilience
- Creating a life that feels aligned with who you are now
This work is not about me telling you what decisions to make. It’s about becoming the version of yourself who trusts herself enough to make them.
You don’t have to have everything figured out before reaching out for support.
You just have to be willing to tell yourself the truth about what’s no longer working, and be open to discovering what becomes possible on the other side of that honesty.
Because this isn’t about finally “figuring it out.”
It’s about finally trusting yourself enough to move forward with an action plan to start the next chapter of your life.
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Frequently Asked Questions
As a coach, I am an objective, non-judgmental sounding board who helps you identify what’s currently working versus not working in your marriage/divorce/life, get clear on what’s most important to you and how you ideally want your life to look and feel, and think outside the box to find solutions to move forward.
Coaches work with their clients to define the goals they want to achieve in their marriage, divorce, and/or in life generally. Then we create action plans to achieve those goals. Along the way, I ask you empowering questions to help raise your awareness about WHO you really are, WHAT you really want, WHY your goals are important to you, and what’s BLOCKING you from reaching your goals.
To learn more about what coaching is (and is not), check out my blog post, “What is a divorce coach?”
The focus of therapy is healing and recovering from events and trauma in your past, so you can function better in the present (for example, if depression, anxiety, or another diagnosis is impairing your ability to take care of yourself, maintain a job, engage in relationships with others, etc.).
Conversely, coaching requires you to acknowledge your present situation (what’s working well versus what’s not working well), envision a different future that feels more aligned with your true, inner desires and goals, and come up with a strategy to move you toward your ideal next chapter.
A good analogy to further illustrate the difference between a therapist and a coach is to consider the difference between a doctor and a physical trainer. You would see a doctor if you have a past or ongoing injury or illness that is preventing you from functioning in your current life on a healthy baseline level. Conversely, if you’re already functioning on a healthy baseline level in the present but want to uplevel your future in some way (for example, optimize your physique, refine your nutrition plan, or compete in a fitness competition), then you would work with a trainer.
One profession is not necessarily “better” than the other; they simply focus on different areas of the client’s life. In fact, most of my coaching clients also have therapists, because it’s important to both process and heal from your past AND create an action plan designed to help you move into your future.
To learn more about the differences between therapy and divorce coaching, check out my blog post, “What are the differences between therapy and coaching?”
Based on my years of personal and professional experience, when it comes to marriage, divorce, and other big life transitions, investing in support for yourself is definitely worth it and can be critical to future success, whatever that looks like for you.
Whether you’re preparing to wed, experiencing challenges in your marriage, or navigating a divorce, coaching helps raise your awareness of how you’re currently showing up (individually and with respect to your partner or ex), gain clarity on what you want your life to look like, and determine the best path forward to your ideal future.
Coaching can also save you time and money by helping you focus on what’s really going to move you closer to your goals. For example, most people who are getting divorced think they should rely on their lawyer for everything. But this ends up costing them more time and money in the long run, because (1) a lawyer is only trained to provide legal advice, not advice about your goals, fears, relationships, finances, and other non-legal issues, and (2) the hourly rate of a lawyer is generally much higher than a coach.
So, not only are you paying more for a lawyer’s time, you are also not receiving the best support possible for the non-legal challenges you are facing. A coach can help you work through the non-legal issues and/or quickly identify and direct you to other professionals who actually specialize in the other areas of your life that are being impacted by divorce, so you can get the most targeted, efficient support possible.
To learn more about how coaching is a worthy investment for your marriage and/or divorce, check out this blog post!
Pre-marital coaching is designed to prepare individuals for a strong and healthy marriage and covers important topics such as communication, conflict resolution, finances, self-identity, and relationship expectations.
To learn more about what pre-marital coaching is, check out the following blog posts:
Marriage prep through Kara Francis Coaching helps couples understand each other’s needs, set realistic expectations, and develop key skills for a lasting, fulfilling partnership. We cover topics like communication, intimacy, financial planning, maintaining your self-identity, and resolving conflicts, empowering couples to start their marriage on the right track.
Marriage and divorce coaching with Kara Francis offers specialized support for individuals at all stages of their relationships. Whether you’re looking to strengthen your marriage or navigate the divorce process, my coaching services provide expert guidance tailored to your unique needs.
Kara Francis Coaching stands out for its personalized approach to divorce and marriage coaching across the country. As a divorce lawyer turned coach who has also navigated marriage, divorce, and remarriage, I have extensive professional and personal experience when it comes to navigating challenges in relationships, divorce, and other big life transitions. I help my clients gain clarity and make informed decisions that are aligned with their true selves and desires, no matter what the ultimate outcome looks like.
