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From one of the best known names in the world of dispute resolution comes this fresh and innovative podcast full of tips and insights to help you build the mediation or collaborative practice of your dreams, including making money in the process. Susan Guthrie shares her own insights and proven ideas for making it work and brainstorms with some of the top industry leaders so that you can finally let that litigation practice go and be the peacemaker you dream of being!
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Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
ChatGPT is on everyone's lips these days and for good reason! It's the next level in artificial intelligence assisted communication and turns out, it can also be an incredible assist to your practice. In this episode, Host, Susan Guthrie shares 5 ways that you can use the technology right in your mediation sessions and another 5 ways that it can make your marketing easier. Do not miss this episode - it is going to blow your mind!
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Mentioned in this episode:
ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/chat
Canva Docs Magic Write: https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/magic-write-ai-text-generator/
Get the FREE LinkedIn Newsletter from Susan, "Practice Building Tip of the Day": here: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/daily-practice-building-tips-6979857568605114368/
Reach out to Susan at susan@susaneguthrie.com
Book an Hour Strategy Session with Susan and get started on brainstorming your new practice, project or problem: https://calendly.com/susanguthrie/strategy-session-with-susan-guthrie
Websites:
Susan Guthrie: https://www.susaneguthrie.com (coming soon)
Mosten Guthrie Academy: https://mostenguthrie.com
Social Media:
Susan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susaneguthrie/
Susan on Instagram: @susanguthrieesq
Mosten Guthrie on Instagram: @mostenguthrie
Make Money Mediating on Instagram: @makemoneymediating
Meet Our Creator and Host: Susan Guthrie
Nationally recognized as one of the Top Family Law Attorneys and Mediators in the United States, Susan Guthrie has been at the forefront of divorce practice for more than 30 years. After more than 20 years as a name partner in a leading law firm in Connecticut followed by establishing her own boutique Family Law and Mediation practice in 2012, Susan has in the past two years transitioned into one of the leading family, collaborative and mediation trainers in the world and regularly works with and consults with divorce professionals and attorneys in growing and marketing their practice for a happier and healthier life.
In 2020 Susan partnered with mediation legend, Forrest “Woody” Mosten, to create the Mosten Guthrie Academy to provide cutting edge gold-standard trainings for attorneys, mediators and other professionals. The Academy has grown in two years from one 40-Hour training program to a comprehensive curriculum of basic, advanced and specialized trainings and consulting groups for a vast family of dedicated professionals.
As a leading dispute resolution professional, Susan is honored to have been recently elected as Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution and looks forward to serving as the Chair of the Section in the 2024-2025 Bar Year. She was also recently elected as the ABA Section Officer's Committee Vice-Chair Representative.
Susan is also an internationally renowned expert in online mediation and has been training colleagues and other professionals in the practical and ethical considerations of conducting their mediations online with her innovative programs and webinars for more than two years. To date, more than 25,000 dispute resolution professionals have benefited from her program and she has trained mediators in countries all around the world including programs for the American Bar Association (ABA), the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada (ADRIC), and the National Association of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) among others.
Susan is the award-winning creator and host of one of the top 3 divorce podcasts in the world and one of the top 1.5% of all podcasts worldwide, The Divorce & Beyond Podcast with Susan Guthrie which has more than 5,000,000 listens to date.

Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Is there anything more frustrating and seemingly impossible to crack than social media? Isn't it all algorithyms and crazy videos? Not at all! In fact, social media can be a huge resource for you as you build your practice but you need to do it right and honestly, most people are spending a lot of time and effort but getting little reward with their social media approach. In this episode Susan shares her secret to making it work for you!
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Mentioned in this episode:
For inspiration on GREAT social media check out the following:
Get the FREE LinkedIn Newsletter from Susan, "Practice Building Tip of the Day: here: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/daily-practice-building-tips-6979857568605114368/
Reach out to Susan at susan@susaneguthrie.com
Book an Hour Strategy Session with Susan and get started on brainstorming your new practice, project or problem: https://calendly.com/susanguthrie/strategy-session-with-susan-guthrie
Websites:
Susan Guthrie: https://www.susaneguthrie.com (coming soon)
Mosten Guthrie Academy: https://mostenguthrie.com
Social Media:
Susan on Instagram: @susanguthrieesq
Mosten Guthrie on Instagram: @mostenguthrie
Make Money Mediating on Instagram: @makemoneymediating
Meet Our Creator and Host: Susan Guthrie
Nationally recognized as one of the Top Family Law Attorneys and Mediators in the United States, Susan Guthrie has been at the forefront of divorce practice for more than 30 years. After more than 20 years as a name partner in a leading law firm in Connecticut followed by establishing her own boutique Family Law and Mediation practice in 2012, Susan has in the past two years transitioned into one of the leading family, collaborative and mediation trainers in the world and regularly works with and consults with divorce professionals and attorneys in growing and marketing their practice for a happier and healthier life.
In 2020 Susan partnered with mediation legend, Forrest “Woody” Mosten, to create the Mosten Guthrie Academy to provide cutting edge gold-standard trainings for attorneys, mediators and other professionals. The Academy has grown in two years from one 40-Hour training program to a comprehensive curriculum of basic, advanced and specialized trainings and consulting groups for a vast family of dedicated professionals.
As a leading dispute resolution professional, Susan is honored to have been recently elected as Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution and looks forward to serving as the Chair of the Section in the 2024-2025 Bar Year. She was also recently elected as the ABA Section Officer's Committee Vice-Chair Representative.
Susan is also an internationally renowned expert in online mediation and has been training colleagues and other professionals in the practical and ethical considerations of conducting their mediations online with her innovative programs and webinars for more than two years. To date, more than 25,000 dispute resolution professionals have benefited from her program and she has trained mediators in countries all around the world including programs for the American Bar Association (ABA), the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada (ADRIC), and the National Association of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) among others.
Susan is the award-winning creator and host of one of the top 3 divorce podcasts in the world and one of the top 1.5% of all podcasts worldwide, The Divorce & Beyond Podcast with Susan Guthrie which has more than 5,000,000 listens to date.

Thursday Jan 19, 2023
How Getting ”Sticky” Will Make Your Marketing Better with Susan Guthrie #411
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
This week we are diving into the secrets that you need to know in order to draft compelling marketing copy! You've got to get sticky with it!
Whether drafting copy for your website, posts for your social media or blog articles to share, it is critical that your marketing efforts result in the best possible ROI for your hard work. Nothing is more frustrating than putting the time and effort into consistently posting on social, putting out articles and keeping your website up-to-date only to hear crickets from potential clients and customers.
In this episode, Susan shares her tried and true 8 top tips for making your content "sticky" so that it will stick in the minds of your potential clients and result in the outreach you are looking for!
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Many thanks to colleague and friend, Christina McGhee, top Parenting Expert and Author, who introduced Susan to the idea of "sticky ideas!" If you want to see a beautiful examply of "sticky" marketing copy and gorgeous graphics, just check out her social media feeds on LinkedIn and Instagram!
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Mentioned in this episode:
ANR Law from Ashely Nicole Russell
Delivering Divorce Differently from Ashley Nicole Russell
The Three Pillars to Success from Collaborative Law Phenom, Ashley-Nicole Russell #406
Christina McGhee, founder of Divorce & Children, Author of Parenting Apart and Creator of the Co-Parenting Specialist Certification Training in partnership with the Mosten Guthrie Academy.
Bill Eddy, Co-Founder of the High Conflict Institute and Author of BIFF for Co-Parent Communication and Calming Upset People with EAR.
Get the FREE LinkedIn Newsletter from Susan, "Practice Building Tip of the Day: here: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/daily-practice-building-tips-6979857568605114368/
Reach out to Susan at susan@susaneguthrie.com
Book an Hour Strategy Session with Susan and get started on brainstorming your new practice, project or problem: https://calendly.com/susanguthrie/strategy-session-with-susan-guthrie
Websites:
Susan Guthrie: https://www.susaneguthrie.com (coming soon)
Mosten Guthrie Academy: https://mostenguthrie.com
Social Media:
- Susan on Instagram: @susanguthrieesq
- Mosten Guthrie on Instagram: @mostenguthrie
- Make Money Mediating on Instagram: @makemoneymediating
Meet Our Creator and Host: Susan Guthrie
Nationally recognized as one of the Top Family Law Attorneys and Mediators in the United States, Susan Guthrie has been at the forefront of divorce practice for more than 30 years. After more than 20 years as a name partner in a leading law firm in Connecticut followed by establishing her own boutique Family Law and Mediation practice in 2012, Susan has in the past two years transitioned into one of the leading family, collaborative and mediation trainers in the world and regularly works with and consults with divorce professionals and attorneys in growing and marketing their practice for a happier and healthier life.
In 2020 Susan partnered with mediation legend, Forrest “Woody” Mosten, to create the Mosten Guthrie Academy to provide cutting edge gold-standard trainings for attorneys, mediators and other professionals. The Academy has grown in two years from one 40-Hour training program to a comprehensive curriculum of basic, advanced and specialized trainings and consulting groups for a vast family of dedicated professionals.
As a leading dispute resolution professional, Susan is honored to have been recently elected as Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution and looks forward to serving as the Chair of the Section in the 2024-2025 Bar Year. She was also recently elected as the ABA Section Officer's Committee Vice-Chair Representative.
Susan is also an internationally renowned expert in online mediation and has been training colleagues and other professionals in the practical and ethical considerations of conducting their mediations online with her innovative programs and webinars for more than two years. To date, more than 25,000 dispute resolution professionals have benefited from her program and she has trained mediators in countries all around the world including programs for the American Bar Association (ABA), the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada (ADRIC), and the National Association of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) among others.
Susan is the award-winning creator and host of one of the top 3 divorce podcasts in the world and one of the top 1.5% of all podcasts worldwide, The Divorce & Beyond Podcast with Susan Guthrie which has more than 5,000,000 listens to date.

Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
This week on the Make Money Mediating Podcast we are diving in to tackling one of the most intractible roadblocks to success: Procrastination!
Tune in to hear the simple but effective tool for beating inertia and creating momentum toward your goals that Susan learned from a professional organizer. Find out how cleaning out her closet turned into one of the biggest lessons for finding success and why she uses the 15-minute rule every day to make her practice and her life better!
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Mentioned in this episode:
Get the FREE LinkedIn Newsletter from Susan, "Practice Building Tip of the Day: here: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/daily-practice-building-tips-6979857568605114368/
Reach out to Susan at susan@susaneguthrie.com
Book an Hour Strategy Session with Susan and get started on brainstorming your new practice, project or problem: https://calendly.com/susanguthrie/strategy-session-with-susan-guthrie
Websites:
Susan Guthrie: https://www.susaneguthrie.com (coming soon)
Mosten Guthrie Academy: https://mostenguthrie.com
Social Media:
- Susan on Instagram: @susanguthrieesq
- Mosten Guthrie on Instagram: @mostenguthrie
- Make Money Mediating on Instagram: @makemoneymediating
Meet Our Creator and Host: Susan Guthrie
Nationally recognized as one of the Top Family Law Attorneys and Mediators in the United States, Susan Guthrie has been at the forefront of divorce practice for more than 30 years. After more than 20 years as a name partner in a leading law firm in Connecticut followed by establishing her own boutique Family Law and Mediation practice in 2012, Susan has in the past two years transitioned into one of the leading family, collaborative and mediation trainers in the world and regularly works with and consults with divorce professionals and attorneys in growing and marketing their practice for a happier and healthier life.
In 2020 Susan partnered with mediation legend, Forrest “Woody” Mosten, to create the Mosten Guthrie Academy to provide cutting edge gold-standard trainings for attorneys, mediators and other professionals. The Academy has grown in two years from one 40-Hour training program to a comprehensive curriculum of basic, advanced and specialized trainings and consulting groups for a vast family of dedicated professionals.
As a leading dispute resolution professional, Susan is honored to have been recently elected as Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution and looks forward to serving as the Chair of the Section in the 2024-2025 Bar Year. She was also recently elected as the ABA Section Officer's Committee Vice-Chair Representative.
Susan is also an internationally renowned expert in online mediation and has been training colleagues and other professionals in the practical and ethical considerations of conducting their mediations online with her innovative programs and webinars for more than two years. To date, more than 25,000 dispute resolution professionals have benefited from her program and she has trained mediators in countries all around the world including programs for the American Bar Association (ABA), the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada (ADRIC), and the National Association of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) among others.
Susan is the award-winning creator and host of one of the top 3 divorce podcasts in the world and one of the top 1.5% of all podcasts worldwide, The Divorce & Beyond Podcast with Susan Guthrie which has more than 5,000,000 listens to date.

Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
In a Special Bonus Replay of the #1 Episode of The Make Money Mediating Podcast, Susan Guthrie speaks with Donna Serdula, author of LinkedIn Profile Optimization for Dummies and the Founder of LinkedIn-Makeover.com, who shares her top tips for making LinkedIn work for you!
LinkedIn is the most important networking, job search and digital outreach platform for professionals and how you show up there matters! So many people struggle with LinkedIn though. How do you build your profile? What do you post? How can you maximize it's impact on your career? Enter Donna Serdula who literally wrote the book and built the company that help you answer all these questions and more. Donna shares her best advice and top tips to help you get you LinkedIn profile in top shape so that you can harness the power and uplevel your career. After all, if you can't trust advice from a woman with more than 45,000 connections on LinkedIn, who can you trust?!
More information about this week's Special Guest:
Donna Serdula pioneered the concept of LinkedIn profile optimisation, realising early on that the LinkedIn profile was so much more than just an online resume.
A job change in 2006 led her back to LinkedIn as Donna looked for tools to help her build a sales territory. It was during this time she had her LinkedIn epiphany and forged her LinkedIn 4 point methodology. By integrating LinkedIn into her sales process, she found tremendous success.
In 2009, she walked away from her successful sales career and founded Vision Board Media and LinkedIn-Makeover.com.
Donna is the author of LinkedIn Profile Optimization for Dummies
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Mentioned in this episode:
Get the FREE LinkedIn Newsletter from Susan, "Practice Building Tip of the Day: here: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/daily-practice-building-tips-6979857568605114368/
Read the Newsletter on Calendly
Reach out to Susan at susan@susaneguthrie.com
Book an Hour Strategy Session with Susan and get started on brainstorming your new practice, project or problem: https://calendly.com/susanguthrie/strategy-session-with-susan-guthrie
Websites:
Susan Guthrie: https://www.susaneguthrie.com (coming soon)
Mosten Guthrie Academy: https://mostenguthrie.com
Social Media:
- Susan on Instagram: @susanguthrieesq
- Mosten Guthrie on Instagram: @mostenguthrie
- Make Money Mediating on Instagram: @makemoneymediating
Meet Our Creator and Host: Susan Guthrie
Nationally recognized as one of the Top Family Law Attorneys and Mediators in the United States, Susan Guthrie has been at the forefront of divorce practice for more than 30 years. After more than 20 years as a name partner in a leading law firm in Connecticut followed by establishing her own boutique Family Law and Mediation practice in 2012, Susan has in the past two years transitioned into one of the leading family, collaborative and mediation trainers in the world and regularly works with and consults with divorce professionals and attorneys in growing and marketing their practice for a happier and healthier life.
In 2020 Susan partnered with mediation legend, Forrest “Woody” Mosten, to create the Mosten Guthrie Academy to provide cutting edge gold-standard trainings for attorneys, mediators and other professionals. The Academy has grown in two years from one 40-Hour training program to a comprehensive curriculum of basic, advanced and specialized trainings and consulting groups for a vast family of dedicated professionals.
As a leading dispute resolution professional, Susan is honored to have been recently elected as Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution and looks forward to serving as the Chair of the Section in the 2024-2025 Bar Year. She was also recently elected as the ABA Section Officer's Committee Vice-Chair Representative.
Susan is also an internationally renowned expert in online mediation and has been training colleagues and other professionals in the practical and ethical considerations of conducting their mediations online with her innovative programs and webinars for more than two years. To date, more than 25,000 dispute resolution professionals have benefited from her program and she has trained mediators in countries all around the world including programs for the American Bar Association (ABA), the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada (ADRIC), and the National Association of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) among others.
Susan is the award-winning creator and host of one of the top 3 divorce podcasts in the world and one of the top 1.5% of all podcasts worldwide, The Divorce & Beyond Podcast with Susan Guthrie which has more than 5,000,000 listens to date.

Thursday Dec 15, 2022
Thursday Dec 15, 2022
It's the most wonderful time of the year and that is very true for businesspeople, entrepreneurs and those who are building a practice! In this episode, Susan discusses the golden opportunity that the holidays present to reach out to our network, thank them for their support and build the relationships that matter.
As hard as it can be to find a good reason to touch base and connect with our colleagues and clients, the holidays present us with a ready-made vehicle for sharing updates, best wishes and more. Susan shares a variety of ways to maximize your outreach and the many ways you can build those valuable relationships as you grow the practice of your dreams!
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Mentioned in this episode:
Get the FREE LinkedIn Newsletter from Susan, "Practice Building Tip of the Day: here: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/daily-practice-building-tips-6979857568605114368/
Read the Newsletter on Calendly
Reach out to Susan at susan@susaneguthrie.com
Book an Hour Strategy Session with Susan and get started on brainstorming your new practice, project or problem: https://calendly.com/susanguthrie/strategy-session-with-susan-guthrie
Websites:
Susan Guthrie: https://www.susaneguthrie.com (coming soon)
Mosten Guthrie Academy: https://mostenguthrie.com
Social Media:
- Susan on Instagram: @susanguthrieesq
- Mosten Guthrie on Instagram: @mostenguthrie
- Make Money Mediating on Instagram: @makemoneymediating
Meet Our Creator and Host: Susan Guthrie
Nationally recognized as one of the Top Family Law Attorneys and Mediators in the United States, Susan Guthrie has been at the forefront of divorce practice for more than 30 years. After more than 20 years as a name partner in a leading law firm in Connecticut followed by establishing her own boutique Family Law and Mediation practice in 2012, Susan has in the past two years transitioned into one of the leading family, collaborative and mediation trainers in the world and regularly works with and consults with divorce professionals and attorneys in growing and marketing their practice for a happier and healthier life.
In 2020 Susan partnered with mediation legend, Forrest “Woody” Mosten, to create the Mosten Guthrie Academy to provide cutting edge gold-standard trainings for attorneys, mediators and other professionals. The Academy has grown in two years from one 40-Hour training program to a comprehensive curriculum of basic, advanced and specialized trainings and consulting groups for a vast family of dedicated professionals.
As a leading dispute resolution professional, Susan is honored to have been recently elected as Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution and looks forward to serving as the Chair of the Section in the 2024-2025 Bar Year. She was also recently elected as the ABA Section Officer's Committee Vice-Chair Representative.
Susan is also an internationally renowned expert in online mediation and has been training colleagues and other professionals in the practical and ethical considerations of conducting their mediations online with her innovative programs and webinars for more than two years. To date, more than 25,000 dispute resolution professionals have benefited from her program and she has trained mediators in countries all around the world including programs for the American Bar Association (ABA), the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada (ADRIC), and the National Association of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) among others.
Susan is the award-winning creator and host of one of the top 3 divorce podcasts in the world and one of the top 1.5% of all podcasts worldwide, The Divorce & Beyond Podcast with Susan Guthrie which has more than 5,000,000 listens to date.

Thursday Dec 08, 2022
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
In this episode, Susan shares her favorite programs and technology assists that will support you in creating a truly friendly client experience with automation. One of the most important parts of being a service provider is making sure that clients are well taken care of and that their pain points are eliminated or managed. In many cases, technology provides us with help in this endeavor and in the right instances, adding automations with technology will result in happier clients AND a happier YOU!
Technology mentioned in this episode:
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Mentioned in this episode:
Get the FREE LinkedIn Newsletter from Susan, "Practice Building Tip of the Day: here: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/daily-practice-building-tips-6979857568605114368/
Read the Newsletter on Calendly
Reach out to Susan at susan@susaneguthrie.com
Book an Hour Strategy Session with Susan and get started on brainstorming your new practice, project or problem: https://calendly.com/susanguthrie/strategy-session-with-susan-guthrie
Websites:
Susan Guthrie: https://www.susaneguthrie.com (coming soon)
Mosten Guthrie Academy: https://mostenguthrie.com
Social Media:
- Susan on Instagram: @susanguthrieesq
- Mosten Guthrie on Instagram: @mostenguthrie
- Make Money Mediating on Instagram: @makemoneymediating
Meet Our Creator and Host: Susan Guthrie
Nationally recognized as one of the Top Family Law Attorneys and Mediators in the United States, Susan Guthrie has been at the forefront of divorce practice for more than 30 years. After more than 20 years as a name partner in a leading law firm in Connecticut followed by establishing her own boutique Family Law and Mediation practice in 2012, Susan has in the past two years transitioned into one of the leading family, collaborative and mediation trainers in the world and regularly works with and consults with divorce professionals and attorneys in growing and marketing their practice for a happier and healthier life.
In 2020 Susan partnered with mediation legend, Forrest “Woody” Mosten, to create the Mosten Guthrie Academy to provide cutting edge gold-standard trainings for attorneys, mediators and other professionals. The Academy has grown in two years from one 40-Hour training program to a comprehensive curriculum of basic, advanced and specialized trainings and consulting groups for a vast family of dedicated professionals.
As a leading dispute resolution professional, Susan is honored to have been recently elected as Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution and looks forward to serving as the Chair of the Section in the 2024-2025 Bar Year. She was also recently elected as the ABA Section Officer's Committee Vice-Chair Representative.
Susan is also an internationally renowned expert in online mediation and has been training colleagues and other professionals in the practical and ethical considerations of conducting their mediations online with her innovative programs and webinars for more than two years. To date, more than 25,000 dispute resolution professionals have benefited from her program and she has trained mediators in countries all around the world including programs for the American Bar Association (ABA), the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada (ADRIC), and the National Association of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) among others.
Susan is the award-winning creator and host of one of the top 3 divorce podcasts in the world and one of the top 1.5% of all podcasts worldwide, The Divorce & Beyond Podcast with Susan Guthrie which has more than 5,000,000 listens to date.

Thursday Dec 01, 2022
Thursday Dec 01, 2022
In this episode Susan Guthrie speaks with Ashely-Nicole Russell, the founder of three successful collaborative law practice firms, who shares her top 3 pillars for success that helped her start, and continues to support, her ongoing achievements and you can do the same!
When Ashley-Nicole Russell told people that right out of law school she was going to start her own collaborative law practice, bypassing the tried and true career path of becoming a litigation associate in a law firm to get experience and exposure, most people just "patted her on the head and said 'how cute.'"
Well, she not only made a huge success of that first firm, she has gone on to found two more successful firms in North Carolina and has helped other professionals to do the same accross the country.
In this episode, Ashley-Nicole shares her secret sauce, the things that she knows will fuel your journey, because they WORK! Listen in to hear her 3 pillars of success and find out how you can make them the foundation of your practice, whether just starting out or decades into your career.
Honestly, just her enthusiasm and unquenchable belief that ANYONE can find her level of success will change your day, and change your practice, so do not miss this episode!
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More About This Week's Special Guest: Ashley-Nicole Russell
Ashley-Nicole Russell, Esq. is an award-winning family law attorney, author, and speaker who is changing the way divorce is perceived around the world. She is widely-known as a dedicated, passionate, and trustworthy attorney with integrity. She is committed to protecting her clients while understanding the needs of their families. As a child of divorce and divorcee, she brings a unique, relatable, and personal understanding to AN|R Law Offices and the communities it serves. As the first collaborative law firm in eastern North Carolina, AN|R Law has office locations in Greenville, Raleigh, Beaufort, and Wilmington.
With more than a decade of experience in collaborative law, Ashley-Nicole knows first-hand how this model benefits families during separation and divorce. This method, which Ashley-Nicole used in her own divorce, allows the couple to move forward peacefully with understanding and respect. She is the author of The Cure for Divorce Culture and the host of the Divorce, Healthy! podcast.
Ashley-Nicole is the creator of the game-changing new on-demand and personal coaching platform, "Delivering Divorce Differently" which is an outgrowth of her passion and goal of changing the face of divorce world-wide. This program will support attorneys and collaborative professionals in building and growing their own SUCCESSFUL collaborative practice in three easy modules. Ashely-Nicole knows the formula for success and she shares it in Delivering Divorce Differently!
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Ashley-Nicole was a guest on Susan's other podcast, The Divorce and Beyond Podcast talking about the benefits of collaborative divorce. You can listen here: https://divorcebeyond.com/collaborative-divorce
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Get the FREE LinkedIn Newsletter from Susan, "Practice Building Tip of the Day: here: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/daily-practice-building-tips-6979857568605114368/
Reach out to Susan at susan@susaneguthrie.com
Book an Hour Coaching Session with Susan: https://calendly.com/susanguthrie/strategy-session-with-susan-guthrie
Websites:
Susan Guthrie: https://www.susaneguthrie.com
Mosten Guthrie Academy: https://mostenguthrie.com
Social Media:
- Susan on Instagram: @susanguthrieesq
- Mosten Guthrie on Instagram: @mostenguthrie
- Make Money Mediating on Instagram: @makemoneymediating
Meet Our Creator and Host: Susan Guthrie
Nationally recognized as one of the Top Family Law Attorneys and Mediators in the United States, Susan Guthrie has been at the forefront of divorce practice for more than 30 years. After more than 20 years as a name partner in a leading law firm in Connecticut followed by establishing her own boutique Family Law and Mediation practice in 2012, Susan has in the past two years transitioned into one of the leading family, collaborative and mediation trainers in the world and regularly works with and consults with divorce professionals and attorneys in growing and marketing their practice for a happier and healthier life.
In 2020 Susan partnered with mediation legend, Forrest “Woody” Mosten, to create the Mosten Guthrie Academy to provide cutting edge gold-standard trainings for attorneys, mediators and other professionals. The Academy has grown in two years from one 40-Hour training program to a comprehensive curriculum of basic, advanced and specialized trainings and consulting groups for a vast family of dedicated professionals.
As a leading dispute resolution professional, Susan is honored to have been recently elected as Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution and looks forward to serving as the Chair of the Section in the 2024-2025 Bar Year. She was also recently elected as the ABA Section Officer's Committee Vice-Chair Representative.
Susan is also an internationally renowned expert in online mediation and has been training colleagues and other professionals in the practical and ethical considerations of conducting their mediations online with her innovative programs and webinars for more than two years. To date, more than 25,000 dispute resolution professionals have benefited from her program and she has trained mediators in countries all around the world including programs for the American Bar Association (ABA), the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada (ADRIC), and the National Association of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) among others.
Susan is the award-winning creator and host of one of the top 3 divorce podcasts in the world and one of the top 1.5% of all podcasts worldwide, The Divorce & Beyond Podcast with Susan Guthrie which has more than 5,000,000 listens to date.

Thursday Nov 24, 2022
Thursday Nov 24, 2022
What role does gratitude play in our professional success? It turns out that gratitude is everything when it comes to creating and building your practice although it may not be exactly what you are thinking. Yes, saying thank you is important, but it goes much deeper than that in fostering success professionally.
In this special Thanksgiving Day episode, I want to break down the many ways that gratitude is the elixir of success - the potion that will improve everything!
Find out why incorporating an awareness and atmosphere of gratitude is so important not only to your professional network, clients and colleagues but also for you personally. The ripple effect of thankfulness will always bring the wave of abundance back to you and in ways that you can't imagine as you sit here today.
Listen in to hear some real examples of the positive impact of gratitude, some concrete ideas for expressing your thanks and raise your own wellness in the workplace!
Thank you to all my listeners. followers, colleagues, friends and family on this joyful Thanksgiving 2022 and every day!
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- Susan on Instagram: @susanguthrieesq
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Meet Our Creator and Host: Susan Guthrie
Nationally recognized as one of the Top Family Law Attorneys and Mediators in the United States, Susan Guthrie has been at the forefront of divorce practice for more than 30 years. After more than 20 years as a name partner in a leading law firm in Connecticut followed by establishing her own boutique Family Law and Mediation practice in 2012, Susan has in the past two years transitioned into one of the leading family, collaborative and mediation trainers in the world and regularly works with and consults with divorce professionals and attorneys in growing and marketing their practice for a happier and healthier life.
In 2020 Susan partnered with mediation legend, Forrest “Woody” Mosten, to create the Mosten Guthrie Academy to provide cutting edge gold-standard trainings for attorneys, mediators and other professionals. The Academy has grown in two years from one 40-Hour training program to a comprehensive curriculum of basic, advanced and specialized trainings and consulting groups for a vast family of dedicated professionals.
As a leading dispute resolution professional, Susan is honored to have been recently elected as Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution and looks forward to serving as the Chair of the Section in the 2024-2025 Bar Year. She was also recently elected as the ABA Section Officer's Committee Vice-Chair Representative.
Susan is also an internationally renowned expert in online mediation and has been training colleagues and other professionals in the practical and ethical considerations of conducting their mediations online with her innovative programs and webinars for more than two years. To date, more than 25,000 dispute resolution professionals have benefited from her program and she has trained mediators in countries all around the world including programs for the American Bar Association (ABA), the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada (ADRIC), and the National Association of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) among others.
Susan is the award-winning creator and host of one of the top 3 divorce podcasts in the world and one of the top 1.5% of all podcasts worldwide, The Divorce & Beyond Podcast with Susan Guthrie which has more than 5,000,000 listens to date.

Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
In this episode Susan speaks with one of the leading dispute resolution practitioners and educators in the country, Harold Coleman, Jr., Vice President of the American Arbitration Association as they delve into the importance and value of training and continuing education in your journey to success.
"The key to learning is not knowing the answer"
As Special Guest, Harold Coleman, Jr. points out in this episode, the ever-curious mind, the mind that is always open and enquiring, is the is the mind of a master practitioner. The fact is, when we think we have the answers and that we know it all, we stop learning and growing. We stagnate and become less effective. That curious mind is the key to success in learning, the key to success in dispute resolution and the key to success in our relationship to others and to ourselves.
In this podcast episode Susan and Harold the great value of being a life-long student, an ardent and passionate learner and the training junkie. This episode will inspire you to continue that curious journey of not knowing and along the way, you just might find success!
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More About This Week's Special Guest: Howard Coleman, Jr.
Harold Coleman, Jr., is an award-winning dispute resolution practitioner, educator, and peace-building champion. He is an attorney, arbitrator, mediator, conciliator, facilitator, teacher, trainer, speaker, writer and conflict coach.
Harold is senior vice president for mediation at the American Arbitration Association (AAA)… the global dispute resolution leader, and mediator/executive director for AAA Mediation.org…an AAA technology innovation that trains and develops mediators, assists them with promoting their practices, and connects them with a diverse community of ADR practitioners, users and thought leaders worldwide. He also trains new AAA arbitrators and aspiring/practicing mediators in basic/advanced arbitration case management techniques and basic/advanced mediation skills.
A former multi-disciplinary project manager and complex litigation attorney, Harold’s mediated and arbitrated multiplied hundreds of litigated and non-litigated disputes over a 30+ year legal and ADR career. His formal education encompasses studies in civil engineering, business, real estate and law, leading to the academic degrees of Bachelor of Science and Juris Doctor. He is a former member of the AAA’s international board of directors, a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA), and a director for the International Mediation Institute (IMI). He is program co-chair for the American Bar Association’s Advanced Mediation & Advocacy Skills Training Institute.
Find out more about AAAMediation.org
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Mentioned in this episode:
The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution's Advanced Mediation & Advocacy Skills Institute:
December 1-3, 2022 - Entirely Virtual
Registration: https://web.cvent.com/event/80192746-aea7-4135-bb89-cdc50e3a3f8e/summary
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Get the FREE LinkedIn Newsletter from Susan, "Practice Building Tip of the Day: here: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/daily-practice-building-tips-6979857568605114368/
Reach out to Susan at susan@susaneguthrie.com
Book an Hour Coaching Session with Susan: https://calendly.com/susanguthrie/strategy-session-with-susan-guthrie
Websites:
Susan Guthrie: https://www.susaneguthrie.com
Mosten Guthrie Academy: https://mostenguthrie.com
Social Media:
- Susan on Instagram: @susanguthrieesq
- Mosten Guthrie on Instagram: @mostenguthrie
- Make Money Mediating on Instagram: @makemoneymediating
Meet Our Creator and Host: Susan Guthrie
Nationally recognized as one of the Top Family Law Attorneys and Mediators in the United States, Susan Guthrie has been at the forefront of divorce practice for more than 30 years. After more than 20 years as a name partner in a leading law firm in Connecticut followed by establishing her own boutique Family Law and Mediation practice in 2012, Susan has in the past two years transitioned into one of the leading family, collaborative and mediation trainers in the world and regularly works with and consults with divorce professionals and attorneys in growing and marketing their practice for a happier and healthier life.
In 2020 Susan partnered with mediation legend, Forrest “Woody” Mosten, to create the Mosten Guthrie Academy to provide cutting edge gold-standard trainings for attorneys, mediators and other professionals. The Academy has grown in two years from one 40-Hour training program to a comprehensive curriculum of basic, advanced and specialized trainings and consulting groups for a vast family of dedicated professionals.
As a leading dispute resolution professional, Susan is honored to have been recently elected as Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution and looks forward to serving as the Chair of the Section in the 2024-2025 Bar Year. She was also recently elected as the ABA Section Officer's Committee Vice-Chair Representative.
Susan is also an internationally renowned expert in online mediation and has been training colleagues and other professionals in the practical and ethical considerations of conducting their mediations online with her innovative programs and webinars for more than two years. To date, more than 25,000 dispute resolution professionals have benefited from her program and she has trained mediators in countries all around the world including programs for the American Bar Association (ABA), the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada (ADRIC), and the National Association of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) among others.
Susan is the award-winning creator and host of one of the top 3 divorce podcasts in the world and one of the top 1.5% of all podcasts worldwide, The Divorce & Beyond Podcast with Susan Guthrie which has more than 5,000,000 listens to date.