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Surviving Divorce
How Holding Onto a Victim Mindset Keeps You Stuck After Divorce
We’ve all been through some stuff. Whether you’ve experienced childhood trauma, emotional neglect, physical abuse, addiction issues, or something entirely unique to you– we’ve all waded through difficult times.
Over the course of the…
Starting a Business After Divorce: 4 Things To Know
Going through a divorce can cause you to experience a rollercoaster of emotions. While it’s a big loss and a stressful life event, it can also serve as a motivational tool as you start the next chapter of your life.
Starting a…
7 Things You Should NEVER Do After An Unwanted Divorce
Divorce, at its best, brings out the crazy in all of us. An unwanted divorce will drive some people to the brink of insanity. If you’ve invested decades of your life, raised children with and loved, unconditionally someone who walks…
What Is All The Kerfuffle On Forgiveness?
I have been reading articles and books on forgiveness for decades now and I must tell you, I think in my case, forgiveness is overrated.
Oh, I know, “The only way we can move forward in our own lives is to forgive the one who harmed…
The Abandoned Wife’s Guide to Recovery And Renewal
The universal reactions to being abandoned were shock, devastation, and disbelief.
Excerpt from Runaway Husbands: The Abandoned Wife’s Guide to Recovery and Renewal
The following descriptions, which I call the Catalog of Heartbreak,…
What You Say Matters, Especially During Divorce
Does this sound familiar? You have every good intention of having a civil conversation with your ex, but then something triggers you, and just like that, you’re in an ugly back-and-forth you wish you could undo, accompanied by a nasty…
Are You Advocating For Yourself in Your Divorce?
My Dear Divorced Moms,
My heart is as heavy for you as it is for me. Not only have you had to suffer through the loss of your relationship, but now you must determine your and your children’s future over maybe a three-hour mediation…
Here Are 9 Things I Would Tell My Pre-Divorce Self
People get divorced for a thousand different reasons. Maybe they tried out this whole marriage thing and found it wasn’t for them. Perhaps their spouse is a different person than the one they were dating.
Whatever the reason, divorce…
6 Tips To Help Deal With Post-Divorce Conflict
If you are leaving a marriage that is full of conflict, that conflict will follow you into your post-divorce life. Divorce does not put an end to the crazy that went on during the marriage. You may no longer live in the same home but…
15 Reasons to Date a Single Mom
Society leaves no loose ends when objectifying women or labeling them. When a woman is a single mom, the arrows of society pointed toward her become even sharper and more lethal. To raise their children as calmly as possible, single…