Rebuilding Life After Gray Divorce, with Author Pat Fenner (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 841)
In this episode of North Fulton Business Radio, host John Ray speaks with Pat Fenner, a podcast producer, author, and host of the Silver Women, Bright Future podcast. Pat shares her personal journey through a gray divorce and how she transitioned this experience into a mission to support other women going through similar challenges. She discusses her book, Rebuilding Your Life After a Gray Divorce: A Path to Healing, Significance, and Joy, and highlights strategies for overcoming financial setbacks, rebuilding self-image, and finding gratitude amidst turmoil. The conversation also covers Pat’s work in podcast production and financial advisory, emphasizing the critical need for financial literacy and emotional support for women in midlife transitions.
John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. The show is recorded and produced by the North Fulton affiliate of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.
Pat Fenner, Author and Podcaster
Pat Fenner is a devoted advocate for personal transformation and healing. As an accomplished author and podcast producer, Pat has dedicated her career to empowering women, particularly those navigating the challenging waters of post-divorce life. In her latest book, Rebuilding Your Life After a Gray Divorce: A Path to Healing, Significance, and Joy, Pat draws on her own experiences and years of mentoring to offer a lifeline to women struggling to find their footing after a “gray divorce.”
With a compassionate voice and a deep understanding of the emotional and spiritual upheavals faced in later-life separations, Pat has crafted the STRENGTHS 
framework. This guide is designed to help women savor simplicity, rebuild trust, and embrace a future filled with peace, purpose, and joy. Her approach is deeply practical, rooted in real-life stories, biblical wisdom, and actionable strategies encouraging women to reclaim their lives and rediscover joy.
Beyond her writing, Pat produces the engaging and insightful podcast Silver Women, Bright Future which serves as a platform to discover resilience, healing, and personal growth. She aims to inspire listeners to move forward with grace and strength. Whether through her book or her podcasts, Pat Fenner is passionate about helping others rewrite their stories, proving that the journey doesn’t end post-divorce—it transforms.
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Topics Discussed in this Episode
00:00 Introduction and Episode Overview
01:56 Guest Introduction: Pat Fenner
02:37 Pat’s Journey into Podcasting
03:52 Experiencing and Overcoming Gray Divorce
06:32 Rebuilding Life After Divorce
11:01 Challenges and Commonalities in Gray Divorce
15:40 Rebuilding Trust and Moving Forward
20:32 Moving On from Divorce
21:04 The Healing Power of Writing and Podcasting
23:45 Empowering Women Through Coaching
25:27 Financial Challenges of Gray Divorce
27:19 The Emotional Journey of Financial Planning
30:34 Maintaining Stamina and Self-Care
33:57 Sharing Stories of Healing and Transformation
37:37 Connecting with Pat Fenner
Renasant Bank supports North Fulton Business Radio
Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions, with over $17 billion in assets and more than 180 banking, lending, wealth management, and financial services offices throughout the region. All of Renasant’s success stems from each banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way to better understand the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.
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About North Fulton Business Radio and host John Ray
With over 800 shows and having featured over 1,200 guests, North Fulton Business Radio is the longest-running podcast in the North Fulton area, covering business in our community like no one else. We are the undisputed “Voice of Business” in North Fulton!
The show invites a diverse range of business, non-profit, and community leaders to share their significant contributions to their market, community, and profession. There’s no discrimination based on company size, and there’s never any “pay to play.” North Fulton Business Radio supports and celebrates business by sharing positive business stories that traditional media ignore. Some media leans left. Some media leans right. We lean business.
John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. The show is recorded and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, and many others.
The studio address is 275 South Main Street, Alpharetta, GA 30009.
John Ray also operates his own business advisory practice. John’s services include advising solopreneurs and small professional services firms on their value, their positioning and business development, and their pricing. His clients are professionals who are selling their expertise, such as consultants, coaches, attorneys, CPAs, accountants and bookkeepers, marketing professionals, and other professional services practitioners.
John is the national bestselling author of The Generosity Mindset: A Journey to Business Success by Raising Your Confidence, Value, and Prices.
