It’s Thanksgiving. The time of year when we pause to remember and mark all the things in our life we are thankful for. But in this season of counting our blessings, can we actually count our divorce as one of them? Can we find be thankful for the pain of divorce? In the chaos and uncertainty of divorce, we have […]
5 Life Changing Lessons You Learn Dealing with Divorce
You know how they say that every cloud has a silver lining? If that big dark is a divorce, then yes, there is a silver lining. There are powerful life lessons you learn dealing with divorce that will change the way you view and live your life. In short, divorce sucks, got it. What you might not know? After this […]
“What I Wish I’d Known.” Real Women Share Advice For Women Going Through Divorce.
Advice for women going through divorce. What real women wish they’d known before their own divorce. Experts can tell you all day what you should do during your divorce. What you should expect, how to react, but no one is more of an expert on divorce than a woman who’s been through it. A woman who’d made it through the […]
The heart felt ways to help a friend or family member struggling with divorce.
The Four Simple Words We All Want To Hear. Someone Might Be Waiting to Hear Them Now. During some of the darkest days of my divorce, my phone was often silent. No calls. No texts. It was just me alone with my thoughts and that gaping hole of emptiness where my life used to be. I was too scared to […]
Making New Year’s Resolutions This Year? I’m trying something new.
Why, this year, I’m Overhauling My System of Making New Year’s Resolutions. For the umpteenth time in my life, I’m waiting for a new year to begin and contemplating what New Year’s resolutions to make. But just about making the same tired resolutions over and over again. Make them. Forget them. Feel crappy. Stay stuck. Next. Obviously this method is […]
What to do when you don’t want to do anything.
How to get moving when you have no clue what to do next. Today was one of those days, I just didn’t want to get out of bed. Actually, this week was one of those weeks when I just didn’t want to get out of the bed, or out of the house. Sitting and staring into space seemed like a […]
This Mom Couldn’t Decide What Last Name to Use After Divorce. So She Took a Vote.
What last name do you use after divorce? It’s a confusing emotional decision for lots of women as they transition to their newly unmarried life. The choices of what name to use after divorce are often complicated. If you took your husband’s last name do you keep your married name? Do you return to your “maiden” name? And if you […]
Snap out of it! 3 women not to turn into after a relationship breakup.
Yes, a breakup changes you. I’m hoping that it’s turning me into someone better. (We’ll see). But stress has a strange effect on people. Some people become stronger and better after going through a breakup. Others? They become one of these women. Here are the 3 women that I so don’t want to be after my divorce. The Man Hater. Right […]