RESISTANCE If we take a closer look at anxiety, it is usually the resistance of a feeling. In my marriage, I wanted to feel like I was part of a team. When I wasn’t included, I was hurt and disappointed. I didn’t know how to […]
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STRUGGLING AFTER DIVORCE: PART 1
ANXIETY Do you struggle with anxiety following your divorce? I know I did. It turns out anxiety became a significant part of my life for a couple of decades. For years during my marriage I had anxiety, but I had no idea. If you’ve had […]
POST DIVORCE HOLIDAYS
DREAD Are you dreading Christmas? Last year I just wanted to skip it. I was newly divorced with two young kids. Turns out it wasn’t my year to have my children and the thought of waking up ALONE on my first “single” Christmas brought tears […]
PEOPLE PLEASERS
CONTROL Can I get a show of hands for all the people pleasers out there? I am in recovery, but still fall off the wagon now and then. When we try to people please, it’s an attempt to control other people’s opinion of us to […]
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY
SUFFERING You can’t suffer enough to make someone else stop suffering. I can’t tell you how much this sentence resonates with me. To the point of tears. Nor should you expect the same of someone else. When we believe we aren’t responsible for our own […]
THE COURAGE TO FACE PAIN
I never thought there would be a day when I would truly believe the thought that I wanted my ex-husband to be happy. That was too painful. He’s happy and I’m not? I still had a lot of work to do. I knew that I […]
DIVORCE – MY STORY OF TRANSFORMATION
I met my husband when I was 20. We married, had a business together, two amazing kids and then, after 25 years; a QUARTER CENTURY later, I was facing a divorce. Our marriage was hard. Most are, but it was a struggle right from the […]