“Many of us are unaware of the new life that is available to us after a breakup. For many of us, we’ve lost ourselves and our power in the process of breaking up, and sometimes much earlier in the relationship. Because we’ve
2003 was the most challenging year of my life. I had married a wonderful man in 2000 – someone I’d met at university a few years before. I meant my wedding vows; in my mind, this relationship was for life. But by
There is something very liberating when you stop wanting people to change or to change people. We get easily annoyed when people are not acting the way we would like them to. We have so many expectations about just anything and anyone.
I don’t know how many women leave a marriage and leave their children behind. I still don’t know how many openly talk about it to help and heal more. I remember a comment Soila once made probably on a previous post of
If 10 years ago you told me that at the age of 32 I would be divorced, I would have probably laughed so hard in your face. Never in my entire life had that thought ever crossed my mind. I clearly remember
Sometimes we pick the wrong partner due to inexperience and youth, or because someone’s true colours show up later. Alice admits to being the personification of the cliché “Love is blind.” When Alice was quite young she married a Vietnam veteran who
After divorce, take a breather before dating again. This especially holds true when one’s spouse had an affair and left them for someone else. It may be tempting to jump into someone’s arms (or bed) right after a divorce to reaffirm that
Here’s an interview with the outspoken author Marie Abanga (My Unconventional Loves) where she speaks frankly about her marriage, adulteries and how she managed to leave her children behind as she escaped her marriage. Marie, herself an adult child of divorce, has so
In this two part interview, I speak with Nevine Bentley of Facilitate Family Mediation in Farnham, Surrey about life after divorce and if you can be friends with an ex. What is great about this interview is that Nevine who used to practice as
When Jay met Katharine it was though he met his soul mate but as you may have guessed already, this is their divorce story. Although they were opposites – she is fiery and he is quite laid back – they seemed to
I recently spoke to a divorced dad friend of mine who lives in the States and whom I have known for over 20 years. My discussion with him is what prompted this article because it was not the first time that I have come
Amy was married to a verbally abusive man, who hit her once in a blue moon. He was cruel to their son and treated the daughter like a goddess. Jonathon told the girl that her mother lied and not to trust her.