Divorce is that one word that everyone knows what it means and what it stands for, but I didn’t imagine that it would come knocking at my door. About (5) years ago, there stood “Mr. D” at my front door where I
You’re done with the hard graft of your 30s and 40s. The kids have left home, the mortgage is more or less paid and, hopefully, you’re financially secure. You finally have some time to re-evaluate life and focus on your own needs,
After the tsunami of stress and paperwork subsides and the air clears the new divorcee can feel like they are clinging to a wreckage of their lives. It is not unusual to feel a visceral sensation of grief for loss of what
Divorce can seem like a roller coaster ride – speeding along at break neck speed with a multitude of decisions needing to be made. During this frenetic time it is okay to put the brakes on and take a breather. The mind
Right now, as you read this sentence, as many as half a million women across the UK are thinking about going back to work, but simply don’t know where to begin. Are you one of them? “Preparing for that return is not easy” says Poornima Kirloskar-Saini, Programme
I read somewhere recently that we are starting to live so far outside our bodies that we are almost a race of walking heads! We are so ruled by the relentless chatter of our minds that we treat our bodies as something
Going through a divorce or a difficult break-up is well documented as “one of the most stressful life events we are ever likely to experience”. For most of us, this statement doesn’t even begin to touch on the emotional turbulence that we
I found the video below and couldn’t think of a better place to share it than on an online magazine that talks about divorce and the emotions that one can feel when going through divorce, the divorce process and at time in
Here’s a wonderful “poem” that I found on the Reiki in London website: Just for today, I will not worry Just for today, I will not be angry Just for today, I will give thanks for my many blessings Just for today, I will
A key piece to having an amicable divorce is what is happening pre-divorce. If discussing whether or not to part-ways, do it in a calm manner without assigning blame. Use I statements to describe your feelings and unhappiness with the marital situation.
A relationship break up is life-changing. Everything you had taken for granted in your marriage and indeed your life, has come to an end. It overturns all that is familiar, including any hopes and dreams you had for the future. How does
When you arrive at work, do you greet your boss with a kiss on the lips? Do you invite the grocery store clerk to family dinner at your house? Do you complain about period pain to the FedEx guy delivering your Downton