Reinventing After Divorce: How NOT to Date a Married Man
If you are reinventing after divorce and considering the prospect of “getting back out there,” dipping your toes in the exciting and terrifying world of DATING, you might discover you don’t know the first thing about how to begin. What you do know is that we are no longer kids. And we no longer live…
Read MoreChild Custody: 6 Things a Divorcing Mom MUST Know
Child custody has changed drastically over the years. Time and time again the law has flipped on which parent, if either, is favored in child custody determinations. In the past, since the formation of the United States and its divorce laws, fathers were automatically granted custody of their children during a divorce. This was due…
Read MoreFree Divorce Resources for Women. Did You Know About These?
Just the idea of getting divorced can be overwhelming. There are so many emotions, fears, and uncertainties involved that it can be hard to even figure out where to start—let alone what kind of help you may need along the way. That is why we’ve compiled a few resources here to provide you with quick…
Read More5 Helpful Things to Know About a “Controlled Separation”
As couples consider the various options for changing the status of their marriage, a controlled separation is a tool some people are turning to. A controlled separation allows you and your spouse to take time apart and to come back together again and work things out before resorting to a divorce. As the name suggests,…
Read MoreA Single Woman on Holiday: 6 Must Do’s for Meeting Yourself
We don’t know what we’ve got till it’s gone. This is true for so many things after divorce, but in this case, I am referring to family vacations, those idealized holidays we took with our children and our husband. Those rare two weeks, where away from the home front, and the grind of our jobs,…
Read MoreHow Can a Court Custody Order Be Changed?
To parents, one of the most important aspects of the divorce process is custody of the children. While most people do not go to court for divorce in the United States, for those who do, the final court custody order is often the divorce’s most contentious and important part. This order can give you the…
Read MoreDivorce Anniversary: My Third Year of Being Imperfect but Free
It is common for divorced women to underestimate our achievements, our accomplishments, and who we’ve become as a result. After all, many of us are powering on, too busy looking ahead that we never pause to look back. Others of us might still view our divorce as a failure, too, so we refuse to really…
Read MoreHow to Help a Friend Through a Divorce in 18 Loyal Ways
There may not be an infallible method for how to help a friend through a divorce, nor how to pry off the lid she’s got clamped on her real feelings. Sometimes, though, you may wish for a lid to put on her determination to post every insulting meme she can find, and block her from…
Read MoreMy Husband Destroyed Me Emotionally
Recently, two people wrote me. One was a woman who shared, “My husband destroyed me emotionally. How do I ever move on?” And ironically the other was a man, who said, “Women don’t have a monopoly on being abused.” My heart goes out to both of these brave people who are suffering, and to others…
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