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In this week's Work it Like a Mum Podcast episode, we speak with Karen Arndt, an accomplished media, tech, and marketing leader turned legal tech disruptor. Karen co-founded WhatWouldAJudgeSay.com, a groundbreaking platform helping couples in England and Wales get clear, judge-led insight into how their finances would be split in a divorce, without going to court or paying extortionate legal fees.

With a career that’s taken her from Amsterdam to Tokyo, New York to Berlin, and now back to Yorkshire, Karen shares how her professional journey and personal experience inspired her mission to modernise and humanise divorce.

What We Cover

• Why court should be your last resort
  
  
• How to handle financial disclosure without a meltdown
  
  
• What’s actually in the marital pot (yes, even gifts)
  
  
• Why your solicitor isn’t your strategy
  
  
• How to build your “Team You”
  
  
• Keeping kids and cash separate
  
  
• What to do right now to protect yourself

Key Takeaways

You don’t need a £500/hr solicitor- you need clarity and calm

Form E is brutal- but doable with support

Pensions, crypto, debt- it all counts

Courts are slow, expensive, and traumatic- avoid if you can

Most divorces take 12–18 months- longer if you wing it

Get a grip on your finances spending, and credit now

Don’t try to do it alone- build your team

Divorce is emotional and financial chaos. This episode cuts through the noise with straight-talking advice on what really matters when separating: money, mindset, and staying out of court.

🎧 Listen if you're lying awake wondering:

“Am I protected?”
“How do I start?”
“Am I being too kind... or too harsh?”

Show Links:

Connect with our host, Elizabeth Willetts here

Connect with Karen here

Visit the ‘What a judge would say’ website here

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