Dealing with Divorce & Coronavirus as a Single Mom
Dealing with a divorce is very hard, but dealing with a divorce and coronavirus as a single mom, all at the same time? A virus that has infected more than 1 million people already, in fact. Well, that’s a whole other level of difficult. Not only do you have to learn how to live with…
Read MoreWill Marriage Become Obsolete?
With the steady downturn in the number of new marriages and the 40 to 50 percent chance that existing ones will end in divorce, it would be comforting to think that marriage has become obsolete, or that, at the very least, successfully navigating the end of a legally-binding partnership would somehow be written into our…
Read MoreAdvice for Women Who Think They Can’t Afford a Divorce
Divorce is expensive. While there is, of course, an emotional toll, there is also a heavy financial toll for which many people are not prepared. Even under the best circumstance, divorce is difficult and costly. And while help is out there, when you’re looking for it, you want advice for women wearing your particular set…
Read More8 Ways to Practice Self Care During & After Divorce
We can never know what life has in store for us. As we live through a historical global pandemic, many of us have been forced to reckon with this reality. But regardless of what’s going on in the world right now (or perhaps exactly because of it), what many of us do know is that…
Read MoreYour Inner Voice and the 9 Warning Signs of Divorce
It’s funny because it’s true: If it were easy to hear our inner voice, there wouldn’t be so many of us reminding each other how to do it. And when that voice is telling us that something is rotten in the state of our marriage, or simply that we just don’t fit inside it anymore,…
Read MoreDivorce in the Time of Coronavirus: 30 Ways to Be Prepared and Stay Committed to You
There is a lot of uncertainty right now due to the coronavirus. Things seem to be changing by the hour. But here are 30+ ways women considering or affected by divorce can use extended time at home to take care of themselves — and their families. When the coronavirus (COVID-19) is at last behind us,…
Read MoreWhat is the Difference Between a Marriage Annulment and Divorce?
A marriage annulment may seem like a thing of the past, but the legal process is still very much alive and could be an alternative to divorce. Annulment of a marriage can take place in both religious and secular societies, although it may be more common in the former. To put it simply, an annulled…
Read MoreThe Apologetic vs. Unapologetic Woman
Look around. There is a tidal swell of social change that’s rising because women are looking at themselves differently. We are putting more value in our own perspective on ourselves, rather than focusing on what others think. Looking at divorce differently, too—as a means of leveraging possibility and coming through the heat of it with…
Read MoreWill the Pain of Divorce Ever Go Away?
Sitting down with this question for the first time, my immediate response was a smile that I felt in my solar plexus. Will the pain of divorce ever go away? Of course it will—no hesitation there. But that doesn’t mean that leaving or being left by a spouse and coming to grips with the aftermath…
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