“My spouse left me.” As the weather gets colder and the orange and yellow leaves start to fall from the trees, I’ve been thinking a lot about a growing trend in divorce: when your spouse leaves you. The case of spouse abandonment, aka when you thought the marriage was fine…
Well, Thanksgiving is done and we’ve survived Black Friday. But we’re not through the holiday abyss yet. Which means we’ll most likely be dreading the stress, craziness and visions of perfection shoved down our throats. For many of us, the holidays can feel dark, lonely, and stressful—especially if we are…
You know that feeling during divorce. Some of us know it all too well during divorce and after divorce. When one of your grown children, after spending the weekend with your ex, tells you about the “new friend” that is at your ex’s house. Or when you hear about the…
Divorce is completley unfair and can screw you over. It’s up to you to move on. Ah, if only moving on, especially after a divorce or break-up, were so easy. There are so many obstacles that hold us back when recovering from divorce, but perhaps the elephant in the room…
Hello, Friends! As you recover from your divorce and move on, there is one all-too-common emotion that causes you way more headaches than you need. Anger. Being ticked off. The persistent rage that will not leave you but could jeopardize your future relationships. To start off with, there is something that…
Hi There! So, last email, we talked about how we actually screw ourselves over when we try to get all our crap done at one time. Check out that story here if you haven’t yet! Let’s pull that thread a little bit, because it’s a conflicting concept when you’re recovery…
Hello, Friends! We’ve definitely covered a lot over the past couple of months, haven’t we? We’ve dug into why New Year’s resolutions are stupid. We discovered the more practical way to make your goals manageable. And in a perfect world, you would easily be able to break your goals into…
Hello, Friends! Recently, we talked about why New Year Resolutions can be utter bullshit. But that is not an excuse to just throw your hands up, give up, call it a day, and resign yourself to the fact that you’ll never fully recover from divorce. Or become financially secure. Or…
Hello, Friends! Well, we’re in the middle of the first month of the New Year, and by this time, most people’s New Year Resolutions are already out the window. You may have vowed to yourself throughout December that you were going to get up early every morning to hit the…
Happy New Year, Friends! Now that the holidays are over, we usually tend to feel one of two ways. Some of us are super-excited and motivated to start the year off right. Then there’s the rest of us. You know–those of us who are like, “Ughhhhhhh January is so depressing!…