Liz Goll Lerner’s Divorce Guide Hits No. 1 on Amazon After Emmy Week Event

Divorce Well and Thrive® 2nd Edition rose to No. 1 in Amazon’s Family Health category after psychotherapist Liz Goll Lerner appeared at a Beverly Hills Emmy-week gifting lounge on Sept. 10. The book’s momentum follows a day of “high-stakes conversations” with nominees, performers and producers, and sets up Lerner’s next coaching expansion this fall.

Why it matters: - Divorce and relationship stress are not just personal issues. Lerner’s event and book are aimed at helping people handle difficult conversations in families, workplaces and co-parenting relationships. - The book’s climb to No. 1 in Amazon’s Family Health chart gives Lerner’s message a broader platform just as she prepares to expand her coaching work this fall.

What happened: - Divorce Well and Thrive® 2nd Edition: Your Guide to Being Your Best Self Under the Worst Circumstances by Liz Goll Lerner reached No. 1 in Amazon’s Family Health category. - The ranking followed Lerner’s debut at the Harvest 2026 Gifting Lounge Honoring Emmy Nominees in Beverly Hills. - Lerner spent Sept. 10 at the invitation-only event under a banner reading High-Stakes Conversations: From the Bedroom to the Boardroom. - Lerner asked Emmy nominees, performers, producers and media one question: what conversation are you avoiding?

The details: - Lerner is a licensed psychotherapist, board-certified art therapist and transformational coach with more than 40 years in practice. - Lerner said the day surfaced deep conversations about empty nests, relationship struggles, self-confidence, production challenges, major achievement and heartbreak. - Lerner connected with Carlos Manuel Vesga, Patrik Simpson, Summer Moore, Patrika Darbo, Eugenia Kuzmina, Kathy Garver, Lisa Foiles, Obba Babatundé, Naomi Grossman, Kim Cox, Avi Gabay, Eric Martsolf and Lydia Cornell. - Mike Torchia, identified as an Architect of Human Performance & Longevity and health advisor to Matt Damon, Al Pacino and Lionel Richie, said he loved talking with Lerner about thriving and high-stakes conversations at Harvest. - Event producer Heather Marianna said Lerner’s table was informative and interactive and that feedback from celebrities, publicists and guests about Lerner, her High Stakes Conversation Board and her book was “off the charts great.” - Lerner said three themes came up repeatedly: a postponed professional conversation, a rehearsed personal conversation and a family conversation being avoided entirely. - The professional pattern included renegotiations, creative disagreements and working relationships that had quietly stopped working. - The personal pattern included self-doubt, strain in co-parenting and the search for meaningful connection. - The family pattern included an aging parent, an estranged sibling, a marriage at a crossroads and parenting adult children. - Lerner said high-stakes is about what someone stands to lose if a conversation goes badly, not the size of the audience. - Lerner said the same skills apply in a boardroom and a bedroom because the same nervous system is being regulated in both settings. - The book draws on Lerner’s four decades of clinical practice and her own divorce. - The book has been endorsed by clinicians, coaches and family law practitioners. - Amy Ahlers, a leadership coach in San Francisco, called the book her go-to guide for people going through divorce and praised its practical advice. - Darcy A. Shoop, a family law attorney in Rockville, Md., called the book practical, readable and instructive, and said it is a must-have for people contemplating or in the middle of a divorce. - Lerner founded the Enlightened Communication Institute® and is CEO of Your Inspired Choices® LLC. - Lerner created the trademarked Accelerated Breakthrough Coaching®, Quantum Presence Technique® and Divorce Well and Thrive® methods. - Lerner earned a B.A. in Anthropology and an M.A. in Art Therapy from George Washington University and later taught there as an adjunct faculty member. - Lerner practices in Washington, D.C., Maryland and New York and works with clients internationally. - More information is available at Your Inspired Choices.

Between the lines: - The event positioned Lerner’s book as both a divorce resource and a broader communication tool for high-pressure personal and professional situations. - The repeated emphasis on conversations suggests the marketing strategy is built around emotional clarity and conflict navigation rather than divorce alone. - The Amazon ranking gives the launch a measurable proof point, which can help convert event visibility into book sales and coaching interest.

What's next: - Lerner plans to launch an expanded coaching program this fall built on her proprietary Accelerated Breakthrough Coaching® method. - The program will extend the high-stakes conversation work to executive and personal clients. - Lerner said details will be announced separately.

The bottom line: - Lerner turned an Emmy-week networking appearance into a bestseller bump, and she is now using that momentum to push a broader coaching platform built around difficult conversations.