going through a divorce

Woman Going Through A Divorce: “Forget About Sleep. Not Happening.”

Here is an email I received from a woman going through a divorce. She sent it around 4am: Today really got the best of me. Putting my home on the market has really taken this divorce to a whole new reality. I am crushed. Once again, my son is mad at me for not waiting … Read more

Gratitude Is Good For Your Health

The holiday season can be dark and depressing for those going through a divorce or already divorced. Still, I think we can all find gratitude every single day: our health, our children, our loved ones, our homes, the outdoors, our career, our passions. As lonely as being divorced can seem, it is important to recognize … Read more

A Look Back At 2015: My 12 Most Popular Divorce Blog Posts

My 12 most popular divorce blog posts of 2015! How was your 2015? Was this the year your life completely spun out of control because your spouse told you he/she wanted a divorce? Or, perhaps this was a year of healing for you, spending 2015 as a separated single person? Maybe it was a year … Read more

what does divorce look like

What Does Divorce Look Like? Here’s The Real Face Of Divorce

What does divorce look like? The idea to write this article stemmed from episode one of season two of “Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce,” . A really good scene in the episode involves its main character, Abby McCarthy (a divorced writer…hmmm sounds familiar) landing a weekly column in a well known women’s magazine. The magazine (which … Read more

Ugly Divorce? Feeling Pretty Is Important

  I’m not sure I’ve ever met a person going through a divorce who didn’t describe it as “ugly.” Isn’t an ugly divorce sort of expected? I mean, we can all say we know this one couple getting divorced who are really amicable, who are still “best friends” and who have made the transition easy … Read more