For years, Chantay Sanders balanced a rotating set of identities – product marketer, project manager, cake decorator, and e-commerce entrepreneur.
But quietly and intentionally, she’s been building something far more personal: A calling rooted in faith, clarity, and creative reinvention for women standing in the middle of life’s hardest transitions.
Today, Sanders is a Creative Living Strategist and Certified Divorce Coach (CDC®) – or, as she calls it, a “Divorce Doula.” The title is purposeful. Just as a birth doula supports women through labor, Sanders supports women through what she calls the labor of letting go.
“When the moment hits that you realize you’re getting a divorce, you’re in immediate crisis,” Sanders said. “There’s grief, there’s an identity crisis, and for women of faith, there can be a faith crisis, too. You’ve been praying, and what you thought would happen doesn’t.”
That insight is both professional and deeply lived. Long before her certifications, Sanders found herself guiding a close friend through a devastating divorce nearly 15 years ago.
“I didn’t realize I was coaching,” she said. “I was just showing up.”
Many of the tools she instinctively used then now anchor her practice, strengthened by formal training and decades of leadership experience.
Sanders is double certified as a life, divorce, and business coach, and she brings serious professional weight to the work. She holds an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business and has spent more than 20 years in senior marketing and project management roles at major companies, including GE, Citibank, eBay, Sony Music Entertainment, and Overstock.com.
“I don’t make decisions for you. You make your own decisions—but I open your eyes to possibility.”
– Chantay Sanders
That background shapes her specialty: Helping high-achieving women of faith navigate the “messy middle” of career and life transitions – turning uncertainty into opportunity through strategic reinvention.
Divorce, Sanders explains, is rarely just a legal process. It’s the unraveling of a shared identity – the sudden question of Who am I without “we”? – while life keeps moving at full speed.
“Life still continues, even when your world feels like a dumpster fire rolling down the street,” she said. “That makes it incredibly hard to make sound decisions.”
Her role is to steady that moment. Sanders creates a safe, nonjudgmental space where women can separate the emotional and spiritual weight of divorce from its practical realities. Lawyers handle the law. Therapists address trauma. Financial advisors crunch the numbers. Sanders focuses on the woman in the middle.
That balance of compassion and clarity is what clients say sets Sanders apart. Sarah, a former client, describes Sanders’ approach as both grounding and empowering.
“Chantay partners your needs step-by-step with grace and accountability,” Sarah said. “She offers a depth of knowledge and understanding that can bring clarity, peace, and wisdom together for you as you walk through a difficult divorce. With a sensitive and compassionate heart, she offers tangibles that are practical and life-giving.”
That approach resonates especially with women navigating midlife transitions, often facing divorce alongside menopause, empty nesting, or career shifts.
“It can feel like everything is ending at once,” Sanders said. “But I don’t see it as starting over. I see it as a launch pad.”
As a Creative Living Strategist, her work extends beyond marriage. Sanders supports women who are “divorcing” more than a spouse – careers, belief systems, and identities that no longer fit. She helps clients reclaim who they are, discover hidden talents, and turn creative passions into side hustles and multiple income streams – something she’s been doing herself for two decades.
“All major life transitions deserve support,” she said. “Sometimes what you’re really letting go of is who you thought you had to be.”
Her practice is fully virtual, allowing her to coach women worldwide.
“Every marriage is different. Every transition is different,” she said. “My job is to help you figure out what applies to your life – and start rebuilding now.”
For Sanders, this chapter is an invitation to grieve honestly, to seek support without shame, and to believe that joy can be designed on the other side of loss.
“It’s time for that girl you made concessions for to come outside,” she said. “This isn’t the end. It’s the beginning of something greater.”
