While it’s difficult to lose in-laws, relatives, and friends after divorce, there are things you can do to expand your social circle.
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A Couples’ Mutual Gaze Is Crucial In A Relationship
A mutual gaze between you and your partner helps you learn to read and to know one another better, ultimately allowing you build a stronger relationship.
5 Practical Tips to Help You Turn the Page After a Divorce
For most people, divorce is a loss that is followed by months of grief and, in some cases, even emotional trauma. Dealing with the pain of separating from someone you once deeply cared for can never be easy. Whether it was you or your ex-spouse who decided to end the relationship, the decision can turn […]
4 Tips for Successful Grandparenting After Divorce
My youngest son just turned 15. This has brought to my mind a story from shortly after I had adopted my children. My ex-husband and I adopted our children in March of 2005, following a six-month foster care placement for the kids. We had to move the date because my grandfather died, and that meant […]
Best Advice for Divorce Recovery: Turn Off The News!
You’re meditating. You’re exercising. You’ve got a coach. Still, there’s a knot in your belly most of the time. What’s bringing you down? Most likely, it’s your own brain working against you. Here’s the thing: Your brain can’t discern good news from bad. It takes it all in, chaff and grain together, and whatever you […]
Death and Divorce: 5 Things to Do When Grieving an Ex-Spouse’s Death
After a divorce, you can’t predict the emotions you’ll be dealing with when grieving an ex-spouse’s death, but the path to healing can be found.
Celebrate Lovers’ Interdependence Day
We all know that Independence Day on July 4th is a national holiday celebrating the fledgling American colonies’ declaration that they were no longer Britain’s satellite territory. The 13 colonies were “independent” and no longer connected to the mother ship, so to speak. Such clear boundaries can be made between national states (with or without […]
Insights on How a Child Experiences Divorce
As I sat on the floor with my favorite after-school snack and juice, I watched TV mindlessly. My 10-year-old mind wandered until the image of a mom and dad flashed on the TV screen. They were explaining to their kids that daddy is moving to a new home and they would stay with mommy. But, […]
5 Ways Sticky Note Therapy Will Save Your Sanity During Divorce
Save your sanity during divorce? Is that possible? Yes, and it’s inexpensive, too. Yesterday, I recommended Sticky Note Therapy to a client navigating divorce. “Buy some sticky notes (Post-it notes). Get a color you love. Write compelling, nurturing, and uplifting messages on them. Plaster them all over your house, your garage, your car, your bike, your […]
7 Strategies to Super-Size Your Self-Esteem
For me, and eventually for my clients, one of the most challenging aspects of getting through a divorce is trying to pick up your trashed self-esteem off the floor and bring it back to life. In my coaching career, this subject comes up a great deal. Here are some of my favorite strategies to counteract […]
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