Your Guide to Break Ups and Everything After

We created Chapter 2 Club as THE guide where women don’t have to go through tons of articles to get the right information. We want to share our learnings from our experiences and create a supportive community too! Along with the 2 sister co-founders, Matana & Malinee, Chapter 2 Club is built with perspectives from friends, lawyers, therapists, financial advisors, mothers, parenting coaches and women who been through it before. If Chapter 1 was your marriage, Chapter 2 is what comes after. This is your story; we’re here to help you write it.

MATANA LEPLAE, Founder & CEO
When Matana went through her divorce, she was really struck by at how little there was out there as a vetted resource and guide to help women going through the divorce process. So she started a blog and it grew to thousands of followers and now it's ready to grow further with workshops and more community tools. Matana lives in NY and has 2 daughters and the best dog ever, named Oscar.
MALINEE CHURANAKOSES, Co-Founder & Operations
When Malinee went through her divorce, she had her older sister Matana to help navigate the world, but she still needed the support of a larger community. So she joined Matana in building out Chapter 2 Club and is often seen in many of the videos. Malinee is a mom to 2 teens, a dog mom and a cat mom and lives with this crew in San Diego.
LAURIE ITKIN, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA)
Laurie Itkin is a financial advisor, wealth manager, and certified divorce financial analyst (CDFA). She is also the author of the Amazon best-seller, Every Woman Should Know Her Options: Invest Your Way to Financial Empowerment. Investopedia named Ms. Itkin one of the top 100 most influential financial advisors in the country.
ERIN LEVINE, Certified Family Law Specialist
Certified Family Law Specialist, CEO of Hello Divorce and Levine Family Law Group. Erin has 15 years running a family law practice in Northern California and created Hello Divorce, an affordable online divorce solution. www.hellodivorce.com
KAREN MCMAHON, Certified Divorce and Relationship Coach
Karen McMahon is a Divorce & Relationship Coach and Founder of Journey Beyond Divorce. Karen is the mother of two emerging adults, a graduate of the world’s leading coaching institute, Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) and a Certified Member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
LYNN SALADINO, PSYD
Dr. Lynn Saladino is a clinical psychologist with over 10 years of clinical experience specializing in relationships and health psychology. Using a holistic and practical approach, she guides private clients and corporations toward improved communication, confidence, and overall wellbeing. Her column, “Let’s Talk it Out” can be found bi-monthly in Health Magazine.
JENN LOFFT, LMFT
Jenn is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 15 years clinical experience and specializes children, teens, and families. She has guided countless children, teens, and their families through a wide range of issues and is passionate about helping people find their own best path to a joyful life.
RICH HELLER, MSW, CPC, ELI MP
Rich Heller has a Masters in Social Work and is trained in mediation with the Center for Understanding in Conflict. He is a Certified Professional Coach, and an ELI Master Practitioner. He works with people engaged in high levels of conflict so that they can create cooperation out of conflict. Rich grew up in NYC, is a child of divorce, has been divorced and remarried.
LOUISA TRIANDIS, LCSW
Louisa Triandis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of counseling experience with families, adults, and children of all ages. She is co-author of “There’s Always Something Going Right Workbook for Implementing the Nurtured Heart Approach”.
ELISE BUIE, Esq.
Elise Buie, Esq. is a family and divorce lawyer and founder of the Elise Buie Family Law Group. A survivor of Hurricane Katrina, her own divorce, and many dish-filled sinks piled high after lively family dinners with her husband, Doug, and their blended family of six (six!) teens and 20-somethings, Elise knows firsthand what it means to juggle work and parenting, finding balance in between, even if it means a lot of late nights.
STACEY FREEMAN, Managing Editor
Stacey Freeman is a writer and the founder of Write On Track, LLC. Her writing has been published or syndicated in The Washington Post, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Woman’s Day, Town & Country, MSN, HuffPost, Popsugar, Maria Shriver, and other well-known platforms. And she’s a single mom of three amazing kids. More information about Stacey at www.writeontrackllc.com.
CASSIE ZAMPA-KEIM, DATING COACH
Cassie Zampa-Keim is a renowned dating and relationship strategist, mentor, author, speaker, workshop leader, and coach. She is the founder and CEO of Innovative Match, a national relationship-services firm and author of Finding Love After 50. One of the industry's leading experts on dating, Cassie has created a new map for transforming her clients' dating lives, using decades of successful singles coaching, technological insight, intuition and commitment.