You know that feeling—some of us know it all too well during and after divorce. When one of your children, after spending the weekend with your ex, tells you about the “new friend” that is at the ex’s house. The “friend” that was there the whole weekend, who went out…
How to Overcome Issues of Unfairness like a Champ.
First off, a great big THANK YOU to everyone who shared with me in the prior email the things that you are dealing with that are making it hard to move on. For the next couple of months, we are going to explore the most common struggles that we deal…
How to love where you are right now.
Hello, Friends! In my neck of the woods, the promise of spring is starting appear. The once-barren trees now have cherry blossoms peaking out. And the air—the type that freezes the inside of your nostrils and hits your chest so it’s hard to breath and hurts your already-chapped face—is little…
The only Valentine’s gift you need…
Today, I have a divorce gift for you. Alas, it is not a box of chocolate from CVS. Or a tacky Mylar balloon. Hell, I don’t even have any fancy dinner reservations or a bottle of wine for you. But I think I have something more useful. What I have…
Are You Tired of Feeling Lost?
Hello Everyone! As we continue our Summer of Feeling Better, there’s another issue that we all feel as we try to nove on from divorce. Feeling lost. There are many times in our lives where we may feel like we are not sure of our paths but it gets even…
How to Abandon Your Divorce Loneliness
Happy Thursday, Friends! It’s been a few weeks and I’ve missed you! This week, let’s take a look at something that can hit us when we least expect it. Loneliness. Loneliness sucks. It’s a horrible feeling to think you have nobody in the world to turn to as you are…
How to Stop Being So Angry
As we move along in our Summer of Feeling Better, this week let’s take a look at another all-too-common emotion that causes us waaaaaaay more headaches than we need right now. Anger. Being pissed off. Feeling rage. To start off with, there is something that you must remember. Anger is…
How to Move the Hell On Part 4: Plan that Future!
Happy Friday, Everybody! The spring has finally returned to this neck of the woods, and with that nice weather comes dreams of fun activities in the next coming months—a few quick getaways, summer concerts, and just that overall wonderful feeling that with warm weather, life just seems better. Last week, we…
How Divorce can be the Best Thing to Ever Happen to You
Happy Wednesday, Everyone! Although we are moving right along in our Move the Hell On series, I wanted to take this week to pause for a second and remind you how freakin’ awesome you are. This is you. Every damn day. Don’t forget it. Image via Jackie…
How to Move the Hell on with Your Life. Part 1
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, Everyone! Last week, we discussed why you feel like crap during divorce and I promised this week that Surviving Your Split will start digging into that issue so that you can move the hell on with your life. I must warn you–learning how to move on with…