Life After Divorce
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Your Ex-Husband’s Harassment: How to Deal with It Emotionally and Legally
Nobody really talks about the harassment you may face after divorce. There’s this common belief that once you leave the marriage, the bullying stops. But for many women, that isn’t how it plays out. In fact, harassment, intimidation, and hostility can sometimes increase after leaving an ex-husband. This behavior is often rooted in a need…
Read MoreMy Experience of Parallel Parenting as a Mother
I never realized that what my daughter experienced after our divorce was parallel parenting. To my Ex, his parental duties included paying a pitiful amount of child support for my child from the age of four when we divorced till she turned 18, a sum that he never increased by one cent. He thought he…
Read MoreThe Financial Fallout of Divorce on a Woman: Its Emotional Impact
Divorce is rarely a simple experience, and the financial fallout that often follows can feel especially heavy for women. Even as a capable, educated woman, you may suddenly find yourself managing financial responsibilities you never expected to handle alone, all while navigating the emotional weight of the transition. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, you’re not alone.…
Read MoreHow to Manage Your Emotional Divorce Spending During and After Divorce
As a divorced woman, I certainly don’t have any regrets in the decision to end my marriage, but perhaps just maybe one or two regarding the way I spent my money. If we’re not careful, mistakes during and after a divorce can affect our lives for years to come. Common financial mistakes people make at…
Read MoreHow to Face Feeling Alone After Divorce
Most of us, as we embark on our new life after divorce, face feelings of sadness and loneliness that make us not only sore but confused and occasionally, resentful. Humans are social, community-based creatures. Feeling lonely is one of the most difficult emotions for us to cope with. We might feel shortchanged, betrayed even, because…
Read MoreWhy are Women Having a Divorce Party? And Should You?
How you respond to getting through your divorce is unique to you, much like your divorce story. Some women find joy and relief in marking the moment with friends, while others need quiet time to recover. Often, it can depend on how the marriage ended. The person who chose to leave is usually the one…
Read MoreDivorced Parents and the Unconscious Damage They Cause
It might be comforting to read of celebrities striving for an amicable divorce, a family shift where there are zero divorce effects on the children, and where, after signing the agreement, the divorced parents stay long-lasting friends. We want to believe this is possible today in our modern world. The unfortunate reality, however, is that…
Read MoreAre Divorce Support Groups Helpful?
For many of us, divorce is shattering. Even if we are the ones who initiated it, or are now trying to rebuild our lives after the explosion. We all experience it—varying degrees of loss and shock, living through a life that is coming undone. If you never wanted the divorce, you never saw it coming;…
Read MoreMenopause and Divorce
When I was diagnosed with menopause several years ago, I felt it was hugely unfair! First, I was seven years younger than my mother was when she started hers. Secondly, I was just emerging from my divorce. The combo of going through menopause and divorce felt like being hit with a tsunami and a snowstorm…
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