Conscious Uncoupling: The 5 Steps to Living Happily Even After

by Katherine Woodward Thomas

In 2014, a media storm erupted when Gwyneth Paltrow announced her separation from Chris Martin, describing it as a harmonious and mutual 'conscious uncoupling' and the term entered the world's vocabulary overnight. Coined and created by relationship expert Katherine Woodward Thomas, the expression 'conscious uncoupling' has become synonymous with a divorce where both partners accept that they each played a role in the breakup and, in particular, are looking to co-parent in a functional and healthy way in the future.

The Conscious Uncoupling five-step process is designed to support separating couples through the thorny terrain of a breakup, helping them to consciously complete a relationship in ways that leave all involved whole, healthy and well, and optimistic about future relationships.

Conscious Uncoupling offers a new paradigm for divorcing couples and is set to become a classic in the genre.

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Published September 16, 2021

About the author

Katherine Woodward Thomas, M.A., LMFT, was a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning licensed psychotherapist, and pioneering teacher in the field of transformational psychology. Through her groundbreaking books Calling in "The One," Conscious Uncoupling, and What's TRUE About YOU, along with her transformative courses and professional coach training programs, Katherine helped hundreds of thousands of people transform their relationships, graduate from old patterns, and create lives rooted in love, purpose, and possibility.

Her books have sold more than 600,000 copies worldwide, sparking cultural movements and redefining how we approach love, relationships, and conscious endings. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Time, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and on The Today Show, reaching millions of people around the world.

Katherine's final book, What's TRUE About YOU, represented the culmination of decades of professional experience and the transformational work that had become her greatest passion. Through her Future Forward Frameworks™, Katherine offered a new approach to helping people move beyond the patterns of the past and consciously create a brighter future.

Today, Katherine's legacy continues through her timeless teachings, an expanding network of Certified Coaches, and a vibrant global community committed to creating lives—and a world—rooted in love, healing, and possibility.