For me, the hardest part of divorce was keeping my head on straight. I’ll give you an example. When I got divorced for the second time, my ex-husband decided to clean out our checking account. At the time, most of our account contained money my uncle had given me to help pay for my next Read More…
Keeping your Wits About You in Divorce, written by Lucy Spencer
February 20, 2009 by Leave a Comment
When one door closes, another opens
November 2, 2008 by Leave a Comment
It is easy to think that divorce is the end of life as you know it. Making a transition from here to there, without really knowing where “there” is can be gut wrenching. But, like those youthful afternoon adventures with your friends, where you’d trek over the hills to see what lies beyond, divorce can Read More…
Dealing with Difficult Times in a Divorce
October 20, 2008 by Leave a Comment
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you until it seems that you cannot hold on for a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn. ~Harriet Beecher Stowe
Divorce Memoir in Review: How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed
August 21, 2008 by 2 Comments
While wandering the new releases in my local library, I stumbled upon Theo Pauline Nestor’s divorce memoir, How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed: A Memoir A few hours after leaving the library with Theo’s book in hand, I began reading and was immediately hooked. In fact I was so taken by Theo’s prose Read More…
Dealing with Divorce
August 15, 2008 by Leave a Comment
To prevent unfavorable circumstances and adversity from afflicting your mind…put a stop to aversion toward inner and outer obstacles….Practice seeing everything in a solely agreeable way. For that to happen, stop seeing harmful situations as something wrong, but give all your effort to seeing them as valuable. -Jigme Tenpey Nyima
Divorce Articles and News on the Net
August 14, 2008 by 1 Comment
Think Simple Now has a very conscientious article entitled “How to End a Relationship“. It has some valid and some interesting points that psychologists and therapists may disagree with in certain situations. For example, it suggests that after the break-up you should be available to your former partner to help him/her heal, and that you Read More…
Dealing with Divorce? Surrond Yourself with Positive Women
July 24, 2008 by 5 Comments
Over the last week I attended four, yes FOUR, different community events for women, and all were FANTABULOUS! The first and second events included a Women’s Meditation session and Dialogues with Women, a relationship workshop, both hosted by the lovely Sharon Maser Danaceau, Director of the Women’s School of Healing Arts & Sciences. Sharon is Read More…
Inspiration
July 7, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Faith is belief in the unseen, the quietly held conviction that even though you can’t imagine how, at some time, in some place, in the right way, the thing you desire will indeed come to pass. ~Daphne Rose Kingma (Author of Coming Apart: Why Relationships End and How to Live Through the Ending of Yours)
Divorce News Now
July 1, 2008 by Leave a Comment
For those of you who missed my introduction last week to this new feature….it’s time to catch up, so here’s the intro again. Because divorce is such a normal part of life, articles, posts and discussions about divorce appear on the web everyday. Some of these pieces focus on the latest celebrity divorces or “shocking” Read More…
Ten Ways to Stop Thinking about your EX
May 28, 2008 by Leave a Comment
1. Move. If you still live in the house you shared with your ex-husband and it’s financially reasonable, move. Find a new home and make it your own. 2. Ditch his stuff. If moving is out of the question, gather all of your ex’s belongings or the things that remind you of him, and get Read More…
