Divorcing Gracefully & Beyond

Come join Anne and Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on how to break free from the past and into a life of love. It’s your time now!

“Educated in special education and elementary education I had a career spanning years and locations. Art, bicycling traveling and both native rights and sexual orientation equality have been in my wheel house. Most recently I have worked with individuals to release emotional blocks with spiritual healing. I never thought that would be where I ended up but through my own healing journey I discovered my empathic and intuitive gifts.”

Come join Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a masterclass on how to break free from the past and into a life of love. It’s your time now!

Come join Cathy and Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on how to break free from the past and into a life of love. It’s your time now!

“I am a mother of 7 and just welcomed my first grand baby. Most of my career has been in IT as a manager and developer. Currently, I am pursuing a real passion of mine with helping women through divorce. A big part of my identity is nurturing so naturally, I love to garden. I am gearing up to build my dream greenhouse for year-round fresh fruits and veggies.”

Come join Laurie and Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on how to break free from the past and into a life of love. It’s your time now!

“Laurie Boon-Fowlkes is a mom of three teenage daughters (two in high school, one in college). She works at a financial firm and helps make sure that the marketing and administrative items are getting done, so that the advisors can focus on diversifying clients’ portfolios. On her days off, she enjoys paddleboarding (when it’s sunny), listening to podcasts while walking (whether rain or shine!), playing piano, singing, and hanging out with friends. She is a natural MIP (Most Inspirational Person) and brings excitement to the lives of all who encounter her path.”

Come join Terri and Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on how to break free from the past and into a life of love. It’s your time now!

"I am a family medicine physician who has spent most of my career doing ER and Urgent Care work. I have a 12 year old son adopted as a baby from Ethiopian named Levi and currently in the process of adopting a teenage girl from Colombia. I live in Oregon and love to cycle, travel, take in a good underdog movie, and cuddle with my dog Oreo."

Come join Margaret and Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on how to break free from the past and into a life of love. It’s your time now!

“In addition to spending time with my family, I love travel. I have spend a lot of time over the years doing genealogy. I have just published my first book and would like to publish a book about my family and my roots. I am happily married now, thanks to Dona. We have 3 horses and a sweet dog Leah. I have been an entrepreneur, retired from the airlines and now thinking about my next work chapter.”

Come join Naomi and Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on how to break free from the past and into a life of love. It’s your time now!

"24 yr AF Veteran where I served as a clinical lab officer. Following the AF I worked in higher education and most recently worked as a healthcare administrator specializing in long term care. I grew up in northeast Ohio but lived in several different locales while in the military: California, Maryland, Georgia, Texas, and Okinawa Japan. Following my time in the military I moved to Phoenix (2008) and have lived in Scottsdale for the past 5 years. I retired early in 2021 and now enjoy working out regularly, doing volunteer work and I host a weekly trivia show at a local sports bar. I’ve also done some voiceover work over the past 15 years. I have one 25 year old daughter, Andrea, currently attending law school in Vermont where she’s studying Environmental Law. I currently have two rescue kitties, Howie and Toby."

Divorce can play tricks on your mind. It can make you feel so alone, abandoned and uncertain. Come join Dona as she shares how these stories our brain creates are feelings vs facts. This is a must listen!

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Come join Christine and Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on all things Divorcing Gracefully & Beyond!

"Christine Fruehwirth is the proud mom of three amazing children: Ryan (22), Anna (20), and Logan (17). She is currently a professional career consultant and executive coach for women returning to the workplace or trying to find more of a work/life balance. She loves to snow ski, play tennis, and be on the water whether that is on her family's boat or on her paddleboard."

Come join Julie and Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on all things Divorcing Gracefully & Beyond!

"Julie O’Connell Alholm is 8 years post-divorce, loving and living her beautiful life in Illinois with her 2 incredible children ages 15 & 19. She is currently a teacher of students learning English but also teaches graduate classes and instructional coaches. She is working on a new vein of coaching- prepping for retirement. She loves her significant other along with photography, gardening, hiking, exploring, and travel."

Come join Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on how to break free from the past and into a life of love. It’s your time now!

Come join Natalie and Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on all things Divorcing Gracefully & Beyond!

"Natalie Meldrum is the proud mom of two amazing sons: Brandon (25) and Zaden (14). She’s currently a Special Education teacher for an online charter school, but has also started to sell her woodwork art this summer. She plans to open her own local artist shop and dance hall. She also loves going on adventures with her boys and riding her bike."

Come join Heather and Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on all things Divorcing Gracefully & Beyond!

"I am Heather Emerson Burckhardt a working professional mom of 2 kids. 16 year old son and 13 year old daughter who keep me busy but make me so proud each day. I was married for 18 years and dated him for 7 years before that, 25 years total. We seperated/divorced in August of 2020 and I have been part of DGB family since May 2022. I enjoy walking, running and riding my peloton to relieve stress. Sewing, making wreaths and writing are all things I enjoy to escape and create. This summer I plan to attend several concerts, go to the beach and visit the lake as much as possible. This is my favorite time of year!!! My big goal this year is to complete the Marine Corp Marathon. I finished it 10 years ago and I'm trying to do it again….faster.

Come join Jill and Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on all things Divorcing Gracefully & Beyond!

"I divorced in 2021 after a 25-year marriage. There were days, I fluctuated from feeling like I was falling into a dark black hole, to being buoyantly optimistic. I am so grateful that I took the leap to join Divorcing Gracefully. The group discussions, module practices, and interactions with Dona, Kati, and Jacki took me on an uplifting, life-altering journey, toward self-discovery and self-actualization. I can now joyfully announce, that I am a full-time Artist after teaching art on the side for over 35 years.All my life I knew I was born to be a visual Artist. Raised on Chicago’s North Shore, I yearned for nature and the wild and wanted desperately to live like the kids in the movies who went fishing and walked across the creek by placing stepping stones in the moving water. Instead, digging in the mud in my backyard was my favorite pastime. I loved the feel of earth squishing through my fingers and often spent hours manipulating and forming imaginary cities and odd creatures. As I grew, so did my materials. My dresser drawers were filled with scraps of garbage I collected off the neighborhood streets. A rusted muffler would become a body for a figure. A milk carton would be transformed into a diorama. My hands became my tools. Like a shovel to a gardener, I unearthed my inner artist. I knew at a very young age that I could conjure up beautiful things and bring them into existence. When I was creating, I was present and content, I was at home.My current artworks speak of inner growth, universal energy, and transformation. My work is ethereal in nature and created for the purpose of informing and raising spirits. This body of work invites viewers to dive into personal power and guides them toward finding peace, joy, and healing. My sculptures inhabit and confront challenging themes such as memory and loss, darkness and light, intimacy, and seduction. For inspiration, I look at forces of nature: topographical images of hurricanes and Hubble Space Telescope images. Capturing emotional states or the energy of now, I use that impetus as fuel to drive my process. I begin many of my works by drawing gesturally with wire or steel rods - twisting, melting, and manipulating until the armature speaks to me. My three-dimensional artworks are formed by stretching an opaque fabric over a linear steel construction. My airy sculptures look like floating, celestial cloud formations or other-worldly figures that have come to life. Welded steel, glass, Eco Epoxy resin, sewn acrylic coated fabrics, fade-proof parachute fabric, and color-changing LED lights - these innovative, durable materials act as vehicles for expression in my suspended public sculptures.

Come join Miriam and Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on all things Divorcing Gracefully & Beyond!

"I am a 53 year old woman, excited about this next chapter with 3 children ages 21, 17, and 15. I am a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with a doctorate…and I have my own practice. I began DGB, after 6 months of trying to reconcile my marriage and 6 months of post attempting to reconcile…and my divorce was final, and I didn’t have the words for my life had not yet really begun to blossom …as Dona says, divorce happens for us…it does and I am here as living testimony that I am out on the other side, having envisioned a bigger life than what I wasn’t really living…and I am moving into that life.

Come join Nancy and Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on all things Divorcing Gracefully & Beyond!

Nancy is a mom of four, grandmother of one and is retired, loving life!

Come join Denise and Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on all things Divorcing Gracefully & Beyond!

I live in Utah. I am 55 years old. I have two children. A 20-year-old son and a 13 year-old daughter. I like to dance, play pickleball and hang out with my family. I am one of eight children and spend a lot of time with my siblings. All of us live within 15 minutes of each other. I consider myself very blessed.

Come join Moraine and Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on all things Divorcing Gracefully & Beyond!

A little about Moraine:

I live in Stratford , Ontario and am a retired Elementary School Teacher. I have 2 sons and was married for 28 years. I moved away from my community after selling the family home in order to help look after my elderly parents. I have completed an Empowerment Coaching Certification from the Simply Women Accredited Training in Canada. I am presently practice coaching for free as part of my requirement to be a Gentle Trauma Release Practitioner from The Gentle Trauma Release Institute.  I enrolled in Divorcing Gracefully and Beyond in order to belong to a supportive Community of Women going through the same issues as myself as well as to receive coaching as I felt somewhat stuck in deciding whether or not to continue seeing my boyfriend as well as why I have resistance in completing my Gentle Trauma Release Certification. I really enjoyed the level of coaching, learning modules and community of women going through similar issues to what I had gone through and am still working on creating a new and improved life.

Come join Liz and Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on all things Divorcing Gracefully & Beyond!

My name is Liz. I came to DGB very early on right after I began the process of divorcing my husband after a 13 year marriage. I wanted to “solve” my divorce just like I had tried to approach all challenging aspects of my life. My divorce has been the best worst thing that could have ever happened, and although it took a few years, I have learned to surrender to the process and to feel all of it.

2 years later and I am in the best shape of my life and my self care is on point. Professionally I have found my voice after 20 years as a social worker helping others. I am still finding my voice in love and am learning my value. I practice daily affirmations. I show up for my community and I help anywhere or anyone I can. I am a kick ass mom and I am blessed with the most important job of living and raising 3 amazing little souls, age 10, 8 and 4.

Come join Susan and Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on all things Divorcing Gracefully & Beyond!

Susan is 65, her hobbies are enjoying further research of the DGB teaching and reading and listening to Abraham Hicks, Joe Dispenza, Louise Hay. She gets her grandchildren ready for school each day and is at their house when they get home. She's a retired 5th grad teacher of 38 years. She has 4 adult children 1 son and 3 daughters. Susan's favorite quote from DGB: When one door closes another one opens, BUT IT IS HELL IS THE HALLWAY!

Come join Brittany and Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on all things Divorcing Gracefully & Beyond!

Hi! My name is Brittany I'm from Montreal, Quebec.

I work at a high school with kids that need a little extra love. I’m 37, no kids but I have a 16 year old fur baby… my chihuahua Zipper

I love shopping, everything to do with fashion and beauty, dancing and spending time with my family.

Come join Candis, Suzanne and Dona Rutowicz, Expert Relationship Coach & LCSW, for a conversation on all things Divorcing Gracefully & Beyond!

Candis and Suzanne are DGB graduates who have continued their journey to be Certified Life Coaches through the DGB program. This is a conversation you do not want to miss!

Come join Candis, Suzanne and Dona for a conversation on all things Divorcing Gracefully & Beyond!

Candis and Suzanne are DGB graduates who have continued their journey to be Certified Life Coaches through the DGB program. This is a conversation you do not want to miss!

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Join Dona as she shares with you one of her most memorable moments and how what she learned changed her life forever, and now it can change yours too!!! XOXO

Come join Dona as she explains how to manifest the love you desire.  It's easy to talk about manifestation with friends and family. The tricky part is HOW to do it.  This is an episode you don't want to miss.

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