A clearer place to begin

You don’t have to figure out everything at once.

Whether you are considering separation, navigating divorce, or rebuilding afterward, the free Mini RISE Assessment can help you understand where you are right now and choose a manageable next step.

Take the Free Assessment

About 3 minutes · Private · No payment required

See what I’ll receive
  • Start where you are
  • Skip anything you prefer not to answer
  • Receive your result before any email request

One thoughtful step at a time

01

Share what feels relevant

Answer a short set of questions about your current situation, priorities, clarity, capacity, and momentum. You may skip questions you prefer not to answer.

02

See your MARA starting point

Receive your current RISE stage and the area that may deserve attention first. This is a planning tool—not a diagnosis or judgment.

03

Choose your next manageable action

Receive three personalized next steps, a seven-day starting plan, and a MARA resource selected for your situation.

Clarity you can use right away

Your current RISE stage

Regulate, Identify, Strengthen, or Emerge—based on your present clarity, capacity, and momentum.

Your most relevant priority

A practical starting point based on what is asking for your attention now.

Three manageable next steps

Actions matched to your current capacity—not an overwhelming list of everything you could do.

A recommended MARA resource

A practical guide or worksheet you can use whether or not you become a member.

Your situation is more than one category

MARA considers the areas that may be shaping your next step without assuming that every area applies to you.

  • Financial Stability
  • Legal Preparation
  • Communication & Boundaries
  • Co-Parenting
  • Housing & Property
  • Emotional Wellness
  • Building Your Next Chapter

Meet the RISE framework

RISE helps MARA match the experience to the kind of support that feels realistic today. A stage is not a grade, label, or permanent identity. It can change as your circumstances change.

1

Regulate

Begin with steadiness, immediate needs, and one small step.

2

Identify

Clarify what is happening and what deserves attention first.

3

Strengthen

Build protections, routines, information, and practical plans.

4

Emerge

Carry plans forward and begin shaping what comes next.

Moving between stages is not success or failure. It reflects what your life requires right now.

Leave with something useful

After your result, MARA offers a practical resource you can keep, whether or not you become a member.

  • The MARA Next-Step Checklist

Prefer a practical checklist? Download the free MARA Next-Step Checklist.

Your experience should respect your privacy

You can complete the assessment without creating an account. Your core result will appear before MARA asks whether you want to email, download, or save anything.

  • No payment is required to take the assessment.
  • Email is not required to see the core result.
  • Marketing consent will be separate and optional.
  • Questions marked “Prefer not to answer” will not be treated as zero.
  • Safety support will never be placed behind an email, account, or payment screen.
  • Anonymous sensitive routing information must not be placed in URLs, analytics events, advertising pixels, session-replay tools, browser history, or logs.

Need support right now?

MARA is not an emergency or crisis service. If you are in immediate danger in the United States, call 911 when it is safe to do so. Confidential and crisis support is available without taking the assessment, creating an account, or providing an email address.

You can begin without having all the answers.

Take a few minutes to understand where you are, what may need attention first, and what one manageable next step could look like.

Start Where You Are

Free · About 3 minutes · Core result shown immediately