How to Split a Toaster: A Divorce Podcast About Saving Your Relationships | Violence in the Divorce Process with Sabrina Osso from Osso Safe

Sabrina Osso from Osso Safe joins Seth and Pete to talk about violence in the divorce process, how to recognize when you’re being abused, how to talk to your lawyer about your abuse, helping friends who are being abused, and more.

Show Notes

Meet Sabrina Osso

Sabrina Osso from Osso Safe is here to talk to Seth and Pete about violence in relationships, particularly when its part of the divorce process. What do you need to do to stay safe if you’re the one suffering the abuse? How should you talk to your lawyer about it?

It’s a difficult thing to sort through but when you're in this situation, how do you figure out how to escape? But were there warning signs early on that you could’ve seen? And what should you look for if you think you might be suffering abuse of one form or another?

It’s a wide ranging conversation about a difficult – but very important – subject.

Plus, we have a listener question all about divorcing a lawyer and figuring out timeshare for the kids.

Links & Notes

Help is available at the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233
Osso Safe’s Website
Sabrina Osso on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube
Sabrina’s TedX Talk
Schedule a consult with Seth
Got a question you want to ask on the show? Click here!

(00:00) - Welcome to How to Split a Toaster
(00:26) - Meet Sabrina Osso
(01:06) - Safety in the Divorce Process
(03:13) - Violence in Divorce
(06:13) - Stats
(09:14) - Warning Signs
(12:41) - When the Sexes Are Reversed
(13:56) - When Abuse Starts
(15:15) - Sponsor: Soberlink
(17:11) - The Abused
(18:52) - When You Don't Recognize You're Being Abused
(20:30) - How to Talk About Your Abuse to Your Laywer
(28:36) - Patterns of Violence
(29:32) - Listener Question
(35:13) - When It's Someone You Know
(40:48) - Osso Safe

Creators & Guests

Host

Pete Wright

Podcaster and co-host, Pete Wright brings years of marriage and a spirit of curiosity to the divorce process. He's spent the last two decades interviewing experts and thinkers in emotional healing and brings that with him to the law, divorce, and saving relationships in the process.

Host

Seth R. Nelson

Seth Nelson is the founding attorney and managing partner at NLG Divorce & Family Law. He is a Tampa-based family lawyer known for devising creative solutions to difficult problems.

Producer

Andy Nelson

Hailing from nearly 25 years in the world of film, television, and commercial production, Andy has always had a passion for storytelling, no matter the size of the package.

What is How to Split a Toaster: A Divorce Podcast About Saving Your Relationships?

Seth Nelson is a Tampa based family lawyer known for devising creative solutions to difficult problems. In How to Split a Toaster, Nelson and co-host Pete Wright take on the challenge of divorce with a central objective — saving your most important relationships with your family, your former spouse, and yourself.