When it comes to your Ex, it’s all too easy to hold on to bitterness, especially when it feels justified. Most people don’t blame you and many jump right in and join you. Sadly, your bad feelings don’t hurt your …
If you’re like most people, you aren’t sure of the best response when confronted with a divorce revelation from a friend. If you’ve gone through your own divorce, you’re probably painfully aware of just how unhelpful, or downright hurtful, the …
Breaking up is hard to do and it may be especially hard on the kids if they feel torn between warring parents. While I like to put the focus on what “to do” rather than what “not to do,” there …
Leaving my unhappy marriage in 2005 was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. I wondered if I was scarring my kids for life. I had dismantled the family they knew and loved. They didn’t understand or care about …
Dear Deb:
My brother has been my rock during my divorce. My problem is that while I’m actually starting to move past my anger at my Ex, my brother can’t. He constantly makes snide comments about my Ex. It’s wearing …
What if what’s going wrong is subject to interpretation? It is possible that there are gifts in everything that happens, even painful and unpleasant experiences?
If, just for a minute, we can take our focus off of our suffering, we …
People often remark on the cooperative relationship I have with ex-husband. While I’m grateful for the inner peace and acceptance I feel toward him now, at the beginning of our divorce, we were far from happy collaborators.
Back then we …
