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Divorce Financial Planner, Mediator
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Certified Divorce Financial Analyst®

Financial Clarity Before Decisions Become Final

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Tailored guidance for women navigating divorce decisions

Certified Divorce Financial Analyst®

Financial Clarity Before Decisions Become Final

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Tailored guidance for women navigating divorce decisions

Jessica M. Garcia — Certified Divorce Financial Analyst®

Understanding the numbers changes the conversation.

Whether you are still weighing your options or actively moving toward separation, understanding your financial picture before decisions are made can change the course of your future.

Divorce is often one of the most significant financial restructuring events of a lifetime. The decisions made during the process may affect your income, retirement, investments, taxes, housing, and financial security for years to come. Once agreements are signed, changing them later can be difficult, expensive, and sometimes impossible.


Some questions are broad:

  • Will I be financially okay?
  • What could life realistically look like after divorce?
  • How do I begin organizing everything?
  • Which financial issues deserve my attention first?


Others are highly specific:

  • How should retirement accounts be divided?
  • What is equitable when assets have different tax consequences?
  • How should post-separation contributions be treated?
  • How do concentrated stock positions, reinvested dividends, or executive compensation affect the analysis?
  • What am I actually being asked to agree to?


You have spent years, perhaps decades, building a financial life together—a home, retirement accounts, investments, business interests, and future plans. You do not need to become a financial expert overnight. You need someone who can help you understand how the financial pieces fit together before important decisions become final.


At BrainstormingWomen, we provide thoughtful financial planning, analysis, and strategy designed to help you make informed decisions with greater confidence and clarity.  Our work may include:

  • Financial organization and document review
  • Identifying and organizing assets and liabilities
  • Cash flow and lifestyle analysis
  • Settlement option comparisons
  • Financial scenario modeling
  • Retirement and property division considerations
  • Customized financial workbooks
  • Preparation for meetings with attorneys, mediators, and other professionals
  • Financial education and decision support throughout the process


Why Clients Seek Financial Strategy Before Signing an Agreement

Many women come to us after realizing they have unanswered financial questions that cannot be answered by legal advice alone.

They want to understand the tradeoffs before agreeing to a settlement, evaluate different scenarios before negotiations begin, or organize years of financial information into a clearer picture.  Our goal is not to tell you what decision to make.

Our goal is to help you understand the financial implications of the decisions before you make them.


Is This Right for You?

Our services are designed for women who want more than calculations. They want clarity.

You may benefit from working with BrainstormingWomen if you are:

  • navigating multiple financial decisions that affect one another
  • reviewing a proposed settlement before signing
  • concerned about retirement, investments, support, or long-term cash flow
  • looking for an independent financial perspective before important conversations
  • seeking a structured process to organize complex financial information

Every situation is different, and every financial picture deserves thoughtful review.


Begin with a Conversation

Every client relationship begins with a virtual consultation.

This conversation provides an opportunity to discuss your circumstances, identify your most important financial questions, and determine which level of support is appropriate for your situation. Whether your questions are broad or highly specific, the goal is to help you move forward with greater understanding and confidence.


Not Facing Divorce?

If divorce is not part of your story, but you want a clearer understanding of your financial life, Her Financial Review offers a private, structured review of your finances and the questions that deserve your attention.  

Visit our page Women and Wealth After 50 to learn more.



Choose the Level of Support That's Right for You

Explore Our Private Divorce Services

Not every financial question requires the same level of support..  The support you need may depend on the questions you are facing, the information available, and how many financial decisions need to be considered together.

Ways We Can Work Together

Momentum - Understand How the Financial Pieces Fit Together

Some financial decisions cannot be viewed in isolation. A decision about the marital home may affect retirement, support, cash flow, taxes, and your long-term financial stability.

Momentum is a private, three-part experience for women facing several connected financial decisions during separation or divorce. Through a structured process of preparation, financial review, and strategy, we help you organize the available information, understand the tradeoffs, identify what may still be missing, and prepare for the important conversations ahead.

The experience includes a virtual Financial Mapping Session, advance document review, a private four-hour Strategy Meeting in Cary or Charlotte, and a final virtual session to review your personalized findings and next steps.

Best for: Women facing several interconnected financial decisions that should be understood together before agreements become final.

Investment: $6,600
Two payments of $3,300.


Fulcrum - Focus on a Pivotal Financial Decision

Sometimes one financial decision deserves thoughtful attention before you move forward.

Fulcrum is a private, project-based engagement designed for women who need greater clarity around a specific financial question, proposal, or settlement option. Together, we define the question, review the relevant financial information, and evaluate the implications before important decisions are made.

The engagement includes advance document review, customized financial review, two private virtual meetings, and a personalized workbook summarizing the information discussed.

Best for: A single financial decision, proposal, or settlement question that requires focused review.

Investment: $3,000
Payment is due before the work begins.


Start With a Conversation

Every client relationship begins with an initial consultation.

This 30-minute virtual conversation provides an opportunity to discuss your circumstances, identify the financial questions that matter most, and determine which service is the best fit for your situation.

INITIAL CONSULTATION $215



Have one or two specific financial questions?

Office Hours with Jessica offers a private 60-minute virtual session for women seeking guidance on a defined financial question without engaging in a larger project.

OFFICE HOURS WITH JESSICA $395

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Jessica M. Garcia MBA, CDFA® is the founder of BrainstormingWomen

Divorce is more than a legal process. It is a financial turning point.

At BrainstormingWomen, Jessica M. Garcia, MBA, CDFA®, works with women who want to understand the financial impact of divorce before decisions are made and agreements are signed.  Through a structured process, clients gain clarity around income, expenses, assets, retirement, settlement options, and the long-term realities that often go overlooked during divorce.  This work is designed for women who are not looking for quick answers or generic advice, they are looking for a deeper understanding of what their financial future may truly require.

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Financial Clarity for Women

Navigating Your Financial Journey through Divorce.

Serving clients virtually from our North Carolina locations.

BrainstormingWomen

2500 Regency Parkway, Cary, North Carolina, United States

919-605-1735

Understanding Our Divorce Services

We are not attorneys, investment managers, or financial product sales professionals.
Our work is focused on helping clients understand, organize, and think through the financial side of divorce with greater clarity and confidence.  

All data and information provided on this site is strictly the opinion of BrainstormingWomen, LLC and does not constitute any financial, legal, or other type of advice.   

We are not attorneys and we do not provide legal advice.   We are not a CPA firm.  

We do not make any personal investments on behalf of our clients, nor do we provide investment advice. We do not sell any financial/investment/insurance products.  

Your appointment time is reserved just for you. 

Due to the preparation and exclusivity involved, Consultations and Office Hours fees are non-refundable.

Navigating Your Financial Journey through Divorce

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