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Moving Through the Sadness: 3 Ways to Feel Joy During Divorce

When going through an intense emotional process like divorce, it’s good to allow ourselves to feel different emotions. Joy, for instance, can provide some needed relief from sadness. The other day while walking through the park near my house, I noticed a swing set. It seemed like the swings were calling to me. Still glancing back at […]

16 Tips for a Stepparent Entering a Blended Family

 You are entering a new marriage. You have children and so does your soon-to-be new spouse. How do you assure that everyone lives happily ever after like the old television series The Brady Bunch? You don’t. Life is a far different story!  Following are some questions you need to ask yourself before entering a blended family, […]

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 […]

4 Things to Do to Begin Moving on After Divorce

Divorce can feel devastating or liberating for women, but it’s never easy. You put your heart and soul into the relationship. You hoped you would be happy, and get old together, but now you are alone. You may be questioning yourself and feel depleted. Although difficult, moving on can be rejuvenating and empowering if you […]

4 Strategies to Prevent Divorce

“Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we marry.” – Tom Mullen My favorite metaphor for what it’s like when two people get married is “two ticks and no dog”. In his book, The Marriage Builder, Dr. Larry Crabb introduced the concept of the “tick-on-a-dog” relationship. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Put Your Big Girl Panties on and Deal With It

How often, in separation and divorce, are you forced to pretend, at least, that you can manage everything that’s happening to you? How often, instead, would you prefer to throw yourself on the ground, acknowledging your grief and fear, and throw a tantrum like you might have done as a toddler? Whether you chose divorce […]

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