Posts Tagged ‘life after divorce’
Benefits of Yoga in Fighting Post Divorce Depression
Post Divorce Depression is real, and it’s a bit different than the pain and other negative emotions stirred up during your divorce. Those emotions manifest differently for everybody—grief, anger, frustration, and anxiety are only some of the emotions at play during and after a divorce. Sometimes the feelings get so bad, you want to build…
Read MoreHow a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst Can Help with a Divorce
Dividing a house, retirement accounts, alimony, child support—all the financial issues that come up in a divorce can leave your head spinning. The process of going through a divorce is incredibly stressful, regardless, but if you’re not comfortable talking about money, facing the topic of splitting up your finances can be downright miserable. You may…
Read MoreDivorced But Not Done: 5 Must-Dos for Staying Positive After Separating
Getting divorced is a painful experience. It can leave you feeling like you’re still drowning under the weight of it long after your “case” has come to a close. Do you feel like your divorce is over, but you haven’t truly begun to move on? This is common for many newly divorced women. But there…
Read MoreNot Your Mother’s Divorce: How to Cope Like a Modern Woman
Coping with divorce was not on my list of goals as a happily married mom of three. But my husband of twelve years had a different list, one he shared with me just weeks before Christmas. He asked me to join him at the dining room table, where he sat with a piece of paper…
Read More8 Skills for the Best Coparenting
Figuring out the best coparenting skills while dealing with your Ex isn’t always easy. After divorce, routines are disrupted and then pieced back together. Emotions are strained. Energy levels are low to nonexistent. And while kids bounce back quicker, on some level, they may be sharing some of these feelings too—a breeding ground for the…
Read MorePost Divorce: How to Avoid Making the Same Mistakes in Your Next Relationship
When you get out of a long-term relationship or marriage, the newfound freedom can feel both exhilarating and daunting, especially if you’ve felt trapped or unhappy for a long time. In your post divorce/new found life, you can now do things you couldn’t do before. You can stay out late when your Ex has the…
Read MoreWhat to Do After Divorce: Your Top 15 Best Moves
There is no “after divorce” checklist because what helps one person move forward with her life doesn’t always work for the next. We enter and leave our marriages with our own unique sets of personal baggage. Even so, we find thinking carefully about what to do after divorce can help you feel more in control…
Read MoreWhat to Do When Your Child Acts Like Your Ex-husband
At last, you are finally on the other side of the longest, hardest life change you have ever experienced: your divorce. Your emotions are stabilizing and the coparenting arrangement seems to be working (for the most part). You are free from him* and ready to move forward. You are taking steps to advance your independence.…
Read More7 Ways to Handle Divorce Stress
Stress comes in all shapes and sizes. What tops the list of most stressful life events for most people is moving, break ups, divorce—the latter of which involves dealing with the first two. So if you’re getting divorced and feeling stressed out about it, go easy on yourself. You’re not alone in this — no…
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